Didn't you know? Anybody who likes anything on the internet nowadays is paid to like it. You're not allowed to have good opinions of products any longer.
Depends on the state. In some states, they can let you go for whatever they feel like, so long as it isn't discriminatory. If they say that a condition of employment is that once daily, everyone must jump on one leg for a minute, then they can fire everyone who doesn't do it as long as they're not handicapped.
No. The Dreamcast died and went away because it was outclassed and Sega just gave up. The PS3 is here to stay for quite a few reasons, the most important being:
1) The exclusives. When MGS/FF/Singstar/GT get released, sales will skyrocket (and they're currently pretty closely mirroring the 360's first year of sales, which isn't bad). 2) Blu-ray. The PS3 is Sony's ticket into success in the HD movie market. They'll make sure it succeeds if not for that reason alone. Despite what Stringer says, Blu-ray is clearly outselling HD-DVD, and the PS3 is the only reason for that.
They can't do that. The moment they start returning worse results than other search engines, people will move to those other sites. Look how quickly people migrated from Yahoo to Google.
Gmail - Try moving you email Sure. Free forwarding, POP and IMAP access. Easy.
iGoogle - Default home page, I didn't ask for it but just went to it once to see what it was. I find moving OS is easier than home pages due to the manual input needed for customization. ... and I stopped reading here. Changing OS easier than changing a homepage? Are you crazy?
It was a great move by Sony to put Blu-ray in the PS3, though. The PS3 is why Blu-ray is still outselling HD-DVD by a very large margin, despite the far cheaper HD-DVD players.
PS3 games, high-def movie support built in, streaming media off your home servers, DVD upscaling, PS2 game upscaling, internet browsing, DVR functionality, movie/TV downloads, etc. Your one-machine solution for entertainment.
So have it as an option to restrict the console to using friend codes only. Or be a good parent and talk to your kids about people they meet online and supervise them when they're on.
There are other options than to force everyone to use a broken system.
Don't forget the extinction of entire species of animals and environmental devastation caused by massive pollution and climate change as some of the costs of using alternative fuels, too.
What, you think those solar cells and batteries are made cleanly? Hmm...
the majority of mod users are breaking the law so they don't have to pay. The majority of P2P users are breaking the law, too. Should we shut down that?
Can you remember many other portable devices which were able to even compete with Nintendo's offering, much less sell 25 million? The PSP is probably the only worthy competitor Nintendo's had in the portable arena.
I've been playing the beta for a week now, and even though I knew about the ads before I started playing, I still haven't noticed them at all while playing when I wasn't specifically looking for them. IIRC, they're limited to "stations" where are basically the towns from Diablo 2. Since these are basically subway stations, you expect to see ads there, and they aren't obtrusive at all, so they feel like part of the environment rather than being a jarring experience.
Hellgate is not the game to make an outrage over, because the ads in it are so tastefully done that they feel right.
Both MS and Sony keep trying to turn their console into a "media center", which while a nice idea, isn't something that the mass-market really cares about. The general public, nowadays, loves DVRs. ONE box in your cabinet that plays DVDs, Blu-ray/HD-DVD, games, downloadable movies, live and recorded TV, media streamed off your computer, pictures/video from your camera, CDs, downloaded music, music off an iPod, lets you browse the internet, etc. is an attractive thought. Especially when it's under $500.
The only thing that the PS3 in my setup isn't doing is TV-watching. When the PS3 tuner comes out, I can then get rid of the TiVo and ONLY have game consoles and my receiver in my cabinet. What's even better is if I got a PSP, I could then watch any of the shows taped on it wherever I could get an internet connection. Seriously cool tech, and if the general public even realized you could do this, it would likely be huge.
The problem doesn't lie in the fact that the features are unwanted, it lies in the fact that nobody knows about any of them because instead Sony makes ads with babies and squirrels.
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Didn't you know? Anybody who likes anything on the internet nowadays is paid to like it. You're not allowed to have good opinions of products any longer.
They make that much in pure profit alone in one year.
Depends on the state. In some states, they can let you go for whatever they feel like, so long as it isn't discriminatory. If they say that a condition of employment is that once daily, everyone must jump on one leg for a minute, then they can fire everyone who doesn't do it as long as they're not handicapped.
Am I exaggerating? Hmm...
No. The Dreamcast died and went away because it was outclassed and Sega just gave up. The PS3 is here to stay for quite a few reasons, the most important being:
1) The exclusives. When MGS/FF/Singstar/GT get released, sales will skyrocket (and they're currently pretty closely mirroring the 360's first year of sales, which isn't bad).
2) Blu-ray. The PS3 is Sony's ticket into success in the HD movie market. They'll make sure it succeeds if not for that reason alone. Despite what Stringer says, Blu-ray is clearly outselling HD-DVD, and the PS3 is the only reason for that.
PROTIP: If you don't want someone to have personal information about you, don't give it to them.
They're completely ridiculous and everyone knows that, including the editors.
That said, they get lots and lots of page views, and Slashdot loves selling those ads, hm?
They can't do that. The moment they start returning worse results than other search engines, people will move to those other sites. Look how quickly people migrated from Yahoo to Google.
I think it's something like one and a half percent. Hardly enough to make any sort of difference.
But that means that almost 2.5 million people have PS3s and know they can watch Blu-rays, doesn't it?
It was a great move by Sony to put Blu-ray in the PS3, though. The PS3 is why Blu-ray is still outselling HD-DVD by a very large margin, despite the far cheaper HD-DVD players.
IIRC, the entire game, cutscenes and all, is rendered real-time.
You picked a horrible game to accuse of having no gameplay. The R&C games are notoriously awesome platformers.
PS3 games, high-def movie support built in, streaming media off your home servers, DVD upscaling, PS2 game upscaling, internet browsing, DVR functionality, movie/TV downloads, etc. Your one-machine solution for entertainment.
Except the vast majority of people playing video games aren't children. Why should we all be punished?
So have it as an option to restrict the console to using friend codes only. Or be a good parent and talk to your kids about people they meet online and supervise them when they're on.
There are other options than to force everyone to use a broken system.
It shows that Microsoft has a history of requiring upgrades in order to play new games.
Don't forget the extinction of entire species of animals and environmental devastation caused by massive pollution and climate change as some of the costs of using alternative fuels, too.
What, you think those solar cells and batteries are made cleanly? Hmm...
Yeah, man. Those games with wide audiences like Simcity, Tetris, Mario, and Wii Sports are totally crap.
Can you remember many other portable devices which were able to even compete with Nintendo's offering, much less sell 25 million? The PSP is probably the only worthy competitor Nintendo's had in the portable arena.
You can get rid of your cable box too, though. I gave Comcast back the box and use my S3 TiVo as a tuner currently.
I've been playing the beta for a week now, and even though I knew about the ads before I started playing, I still haven't noticed them at all while playing when I wasn't specifically looking for them. IIRC, they're limited to "stations" where are basically the towns from Diablo 2. Since these are basically subway stations, you expect to see ads there, and they aren't obtrusive at all, so they feel like part of the environment rather than being a jarring experience.
Hellgate is not the game to make an outrage over, because the ads in it are so tastefully done that they feel right.
The only thing that the PS3 in my setup isn't doing is TV-watching. When the PS3 tuner comes out, I can then get rid of the TiVo and ONLY have game consoles and my receiver in my cabinet. What's even better is if I got a PSP, I could then watch any of the shows taped on it wherever I could get an internet connection. Seriously cool tech, and if the general public even realized you could do this, it would likely be huge.
The problem doesn't lie in the fact that the features are unwanted, it lies in the fact that nobody knows about any of them because instead Sony makes ads with babies and squirrels.