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Worst Christmas Ever For Gadgets?
An anonymous reader writes, "CNet says this will be the most disappointing Christmas ever for gadget-lovers. The Playstation 3 is delayed across most of the world, the Zune MP3 player is cancelled for everyone outside the US, Vista won't be out for home users before the big day, and even Final Fantasy XII won't reach Europe in time. From the article: 'It's enough to make you slit your wrists with the shards of a smashed Christmas tree bauble... Santa fails to deliver on almost all of his Yuletide promises. Most of the major technologies that were supposed to be ready for purchase have been delayed until next year.' The writer goes on to suggest phrases to use over Christmas dinner when the offending companies' products are mentioned. To reduce the pain of a Zune-less party, he suggests remarking: 'Imagine the stability and usability of Windows migrated to an MP3 player. In short, imagine a small portable version of Hell.'"
I'd rather have a Wii.
the Zune MP3 player is cancelled for everyone outside the US
I'd rather have an iPod (if I wasn't perfectly happy with my Rockbox'd iRiver).
Vista won't be out for home users before the big day
I'd rather have a lobotomy.
and even Final Fantasy XII won't reach Europe in time.
Never mind that, when's Final Fantasy III coming out for DS?
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
in other news sony have revised the number of PS3s being distributed to 5, 3 to North america and 2 to Tokyo
...as long as Duke Nukem Forever is released.
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in other news sony have revised the number of PS3s being distributed to 5, 3 to North america and 2 to Tokyo
;-)
The good news is that this is an increase on previous estimates...
Tedious Bloggy Stuff - hooray?
"...what ever happened to pets?"
Wha.... OH GOD!!! I'd forgotten! Fluffy! Sure enough, I found that skeleton behind the couch. Thanks a lot, way to make my day!
Where were you when the voynix came?
No, I'm New Here
Wait, what, MOM?!
What the hell are you doing on Slashdot?
One of them is a box, a couple are posters, one of them is a PS2 with the 2 crossed out and 3 scrawled on, and another is a PS2 taped to a PS1. The other 2 are imports.
Can you make me a PS3?
and one of them is a P-P-P-Ps3
The war with islam is a war on the beast
The war on terror is a war for peace
Vista won't be out for home users before the big day
Sounds like it will be a good Christmas after all!
Tell that to my pet turkey
'For we walk by faith, not by sight.' II Corinthians 5:7
Got hungry and ate them!
Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration, which is why engineers sometimes smell really bad.
do them, you, and not least of all the poor animal a favor and get them a Wii instead.
Or at the very least, get them Nintendogs if you have to!
Got Apathy?
>Most fancy goldfish should have several tens of gallons of water per fish and a MASSIVE filtration system...
:-)
Not if you swallow them while they're still fresh from the store....
I actually do the same thing, but to the horror of my friends and family.
I spend the first week of December super gluing random crap together from my basement. I spray paint it a color and then wrap it.
Then I give the gift, wait for them to open it and ask, "do you like It? I spent all year sculpting that for you. The gold leaf was really hard as well. I so hope you like it!"
then I get the joy of asking for the next month, "hey where did you put my scupture I gave you for christmas? when we show up at the house."
I so lenjoy torturing those I love. Problem is I think they are on to me... so I need to mix things up this year.... Strange foods might be a good one!
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
It always seemed to me like if you REALLY wanted to make money, you'd just sell hotcakes. The profit margin on them has to be great. Plus, imagine how well they would sell!
Remember kids, tin foil doesn't work, so use LeadHat.