You know, I'm not surprised. Actually, yeah, I am. Next thing that happenes is Santa (or some equally important children's figure) will be shot by marauding todlers as he or she rolls by on vehicle of choice. I wonder why the kids opted for for rock and pebbles instead of uzis and m60s. More affordable and more quickly attainable? No waiting period for a bunch of rocks? Why aren't our gangs armed with stones instead?
A palm pilot in color.. Well, there are certainly worse fates, but this brings to mind the downward spiraling fate of that poor peice of electronic gameware called the Nintindo Gameboy. First it was in monotone, and sold well. Then, as other systems were introduced, it fell into disfavor. So they decided to spice it up with more games. Then a special carrying case to go with it. Then a ton of new gadgets to plug into it, and still then neon colors for the cases. Only when all of this failed to make that poor Gameboy as popular as it used to be, did they bother with color in the screens. Perhaps the people behind this can forsee this happening, but I think that color is just a desperate move.
If I were the person that found this, I think I would be severly insulted, but as it stands now, it's simply funny. I wonder what they would do if there were instructions and a disk that showed "how to delete windows"...
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A palm pilot in color.. Well, there are certainly worse fates, but this brings to mind the downward spiraling fate of that poor peice of electronic gameware called the Nintindo Gameboy. First it was in monotone, and sold well. Then, as other systems were introduced, it fell into disfavor. So they decided to spice it up with more games. Then a special carrying case to go with it. Then a ton of new gadgets to plug into it, and still then neon colors for the cases. Only when all of this failed to make that poor Gameboy as popular as it used to be, did they bother with color in the screens. Perhaps the people behind this can forsee this happening, but I think that color is just a desperate move.
If I were the person that found this, I think I would be severly insulted, but as it stands now, it's simply funny. I wonder what they would do if there were instructions and a disk that showed "how to delete windows"...