How do you know he died from a crash?
For all you know he suffered a painless stroke or the like while in mid-flight; therefore he literally died while doing what he loved.
Well, I cannot speak for everyone in this thread, but as the person who started this particular thread from this discussion, I can tell you that in my case, it was just a mistake. I had simply forgotten that it was "Blu-ray" rather than "Blue-ray". While I do admit to generally having an anti-sony bias, I did not intentionally carry that over into the subject line.
Ah, well my mistake then. Though it isn't the first time I've seen people do it, and in some cases they explicitly state and refuse to call it "Blu-ray" because blue is spelt with an 'e'; idiocy at its peak.
Thank you for pointing out the typo. As you read more on slashdot, you will find that indeed, most of us don't bother to read entire articles before commenting. I suspect that had I read the article in question, I probably would have seen the correct spelling for the product.
I've read/. plenty and am a long time AC troll and figured it was time I registered, but wow, you've never noticed it was spelt Blu-ray?
Ok, I had to register just for this, since no one listens to an AC.
It's "Blu-ray". Why the hell people "refuse" to call it so is just stupid.
Yes it's partially a marketing gimmick, however it is also the NAME of the product. It just makes you look like an ani-Sony fanboy or something.
I'm pretty sure there are other companies with their own products that have names slightly altered from what it actually is as well. You don't go calling them by its full name do you? (damn it can't think of an example)
Now if it were how they were describing how it worked, I'm all with you on that: "It's DVD player with a blu laser" - WRONG. However it's the name of the product and therefore it's what it should be called; Blu-ray.
Previously, I had heard that the total sales for Blu-ray players that use a blue ray included sales of PS3 consoles.
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How do you know he died from a crash? For all you know he suffered a painless stroke or the like while in mid-flight; therefore he literally died while doing what he loved.
Ok, I had to register just for this, since no one listens to an AC.
It's "Blu-ray". Why the hell people "refuse" to call it so is just stupid. Yes it's partially a marketing gimmick, however it is also the NAME of the product. It just makes you look like an ani-Sony fanboy or something.
I'm pretty sure there are other companies with their own products that have names slightly altered from what it actually is as well. You don't go calling them by its full name do you? (damn it can't think of an example)
Now if it were how they were describing how it worked, I'm all with you on that: "It's DVD player with a blu laser" - WRONG. However it's the name of the product and therefore it's what it should be called; Blu-ray.
Previously, I had heard that the total sales for Blu-ray players that use a blue ray included sales of PS3 consoles.