I am a member of a organization of Audiophiles here in Dallas. We purchase on average a total of around $10-11,000 worth of audio CD's and equipment a year.
My personal stereo system is compased of several Macintosh and Linux-based systems, as well as very high end audio components.
I see that your new protection scheme is designed to destroy fair use rights as given to the citizens of the United States, under the guise of copyright protection. Becuase of this, I will not be able to play any of your new discs, and refuse to spend my money to take the chance that it may work.
Reading over your new copyright protection scheme, I will make sure that none of us ever purchase another "CD" released by Universal.
These discs violate the CD-DA standard, as they are not playable in every device bearing the same emblem. I will push all retailers I do business with to stop carrying your products, or at the very least, inform customers that these discs may not play in ANY device they own.
This is a very slippery slope you have started down. We deal with other audiophile organizations across the US, and we will see fit that these discs are never purchased by any person with any common sense.
Poor little Lisa. She was just serving up pages to a few hundred or so of the Mac faithful when the Penguin known as Slashdot set it's lustful eyes upon it. Now, it's bandwidth stuffed to overflowing, the Lisa sits in a corner, weeping openly.
Slashdot: When bashing Apple and beatifying Linux is a way of life!
Dreamcasts made before October 2000 can boot from a CDROM. After, cannot. Most on the shelf now cannot. If you can find a Smash Pack Bundle anywhere, those for the most part are good to go. You can sometimes see the "Made On" date through the windown on the back for the serial number.
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There's a reason other than that why Sony got into the biz. Sony was developing the PSX originally as an Add-on to the SNES, kinda like the Sega CD idea. After a few years dev, Sony had this great system, but Nintendo backed out last minute, scared that Sony was going to end up running the whole show. Nintendo then started to work with Panasonic for hardware developing. Sony was then stuck with this great piece of hardware. They just adapted it, and with a bit of prodding from Ken Kutagari, released the PSX.
They wanted to see if they could recoup some R&D, they had no idea it would take off. But once it did, they would have been stupid not to keep it advancing.
Already got this. Not small, but HP does have a few (Photosmart series) printers that have CompactFlash and SmartMedia slots for direct printing. You don't need to hook them up to anything but a power plug.
Dear sweet Lord Jesus, leave it to some people to whine no matter what.
Yes, some HACKED PIECES OF SOFTWARE may not work under a new kernel. When you put a new Linux kernel in, does every HACK you've put in work? No. Most people who are getting 10.1 now are people who are going through a lot of effort to get it, and most would not mind updating other questionable pieces of software to insure compatibility. On the whole, 10.1 blows 10.0.4 out of the water.
"If you haven't seen them publicized, it's because you're not looking on Mac boards, but they're there."
Duh. Because people like you love griping about every little thing. Look at it as a whole. When you install XP, will you gripe about the fact that your hacked version of Everquest will not run on it, or try to find a native version of what you can?
I have a DVD player, I want a GAME MACHINE. Not an entertainment center. And for pure gaming, you can't beat Nintendo. Plus with Sega developing for it, it fits right in with my DC.
NO training, no materials, it's pick it up as you go.
I had to push real hard for them to let me train the department on Macs, on my own time, with my own materials. Then they tried to take the materials, to use themselves. I got no credit. I need to leave.
>10+ million units sold worldwide and still going strong
Yeah, by lying to their retail channels about shipments and shipping a few as possible to create an artifical demand.
>Hundreds of games available
I assume you mean the PSX library, cause the PS2 library is woefully thin. And not all the PSX games will work. Check your data.
>Tons of games on the horizon
Tons of crap is still crap. Quantity does NOT equal quality.
>Powerful marketing savvy
I'm gonna tell a story. When I bought my Dreamcast, Sony was pushing stores like crazy to do PS2 pre-orders, so they could kill the Dreamcast early. It worked, to my chagrin. When the PS2 came out, and no store had them, some stores started doing XBox and GameCube pre-orders. They were warned by Sony to stop doing preorders, or else their PS2 shipments, mediocre already, would be cut in half. Even though that is exactly what they did. It's extortion. If you consider abusing your position to be "Marketing savvy", by all means.
>Rock-solid online plans
"You've got lag!"
>Priority support from practically every 3rd party developer
SEGA? No. Sega is backing the XBox. And regardless of what EA says, SEGA is a player right now.
>Solidifying 1st party (Jax, Gran Turismo 3, Ico, Dark Cloud, Extermination, Phase Paradox, Drakan, Wipeout Fusion, SOCOM, The Devil and I, Twisted Metal Black, The Getaway)
Yeah. I'm excited about NONE of those.
>Still riding the hype wave, control over consumer mindshare
You actually count consumer brainwashing as a plus? Must be a Windows user.
>Killer, must-have titles (Gran Turismo 3, Metal Gear Solid 2, Devil May Cry, Twisted Metal Black, Final Fantasy X, Tekken 4, Soul Calibur 2)
At least two of those are still unconfirmed. (Tekken4, SC2) As far as the others, besides MGS2, they are all retreads of older games. I'll believe when I see.
>Huge headstart on the competition
If they had shipped any consoles to get a headstart, I'd believe that. They seemed content to reduce their buyers to have and havenots. Proof? Still selling the PSX. If Sony really believed the PS2 was the way, they would shut down the PSX, and go all out.
>Other consoles are getting "table scraps" from PS2's gaming table
Scraps?? Once again, look at Sega. Sony wishes they could develop like that. Look at Nintendo's 1st and 2nd party support. Sony WISHES.
>No longer facing potential delays/shortages. The pressure's on MS and Nintendo now.
Nope. MS uses off the shelf stuff, that has been tested. Nintendo uses a variant of the PowerPC chip, very easy to fab. I still have not seen a PS2 in stores, I shop all day every weekend, and I live in a major city. Sony can't make em. Like I said, if they were so damn sure, kill the PSX.
>As you can see, Sony clearly has this war. Now >the battle for 2nd place will be fought between >MS and Nintendo. I predict Nintendo will win.
Sony has won JACK. It's a three way race. And it is very close.
As a sidenote. You know Sony has released specs for the PS3, right? When they couldn't make shipments they had the nerve to unveil a plan to eliminate the PS2 in about three years, and go with the PS3. How many other console makers admit they screwed up? Just Sony. They know fanboys will buy any piece of crap with the Sony name on it.
I agree, but listen to this. At one time, everyone was a stranger. Give some people a chance, they might surprise you. And if they don't, then don't play with them again. You were a stranger once. Remember how much it sucked when people wouldn't play with you?
We still use paper books, even though some people can afford e-books.
We still use generic drugs, even though some people can afford the name brand.
Just because there is an expensive alternative some people can afford, that does not mean we need to eliminate the old ways. Hell, in most cases, the old ways are better.
Just say something defamatory about Linux. You'll be the new Slashdot whipping boy in mere minutes. Just make sure your web servers can handle the inevitable slashdot effect. Remember, "There is no such thing as bad publicity."
What about the Mac? I couldn't get Tribes2 for the Mac if I sacrificed my first-born. Not to mention the fact that the Mac has a larger installed base, and much more clout has a gaming platform. I'm not knocking Linux, but simply saying let's games for all platforms.
Well, supposedly, OS X has much tighter Ram specs, and does require more RAM.
So what people are finding, is that the RAM that is not being recognized is way out of tolerance spec. The moral is, NEVER do an upgrade on the first day. The very next day this came out. If you jump right away, you risk your system.
That's great. What about people with no broadband? There is NO official Sony solution to get online. So I guess they just wont/can't play some games. And what about people who don't want to have to buy an extra piece to play certain games. (Shades of 32X - Sega CD?) Oh well, go ahead Sony, alienate a big part of your market. I'd love to see it go to DC, GC, or XBOX anyway.
This is interesting. If this is legit, and Van Gogh was this accurate in his works, it would lead to a better understanding of his life, and who he was as a person. Very cool stuff.
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I am a member of a organization of Audiophiles here in Dallas. We purchase on average a total of around $10-11,000 worth of audio CD's and equipment a year.
My personal stereo system is compased of several Macintosh and Linux-based systems, as well as very high end audio components.
I see that your new protection scheme is designed to destroy fair use rights as given to the citizens of the United States, under the guise of copyright protection. Becuase of this, I will not be able to play any of your new discs, and refuse to spend my money to take the chance that it may work.
Reading over your new copyright protection scheme, I will make sure that none of us ever purchase another "CD" released by Universal.
These discs violate the CD-DA standard, as they are not playable in every device bearing the same emblem. I will push all retailers I do business with to stop carrying your products, or at the very least, inform customers that these discs may not play in ANY device they own.
This is a very slippery slope you have started down. We deal with other audiophile organizations across the US, and we will see fit that these discs are never purchased by any person with any common sense.
Respectfully..
Mike The Mac Geek
Poor little Lisa. She was just serving up pages to a few hundred or so of the Mac faithful when the Penguin known as Slashdot set it's lustful eyes upon it. Now, it's bandwidth stuffed to overflowing, the Lisa sits in a corner, weeping openly.
Slashdot: When bashing Apple and beatifying Linux is a way of life!
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For those of us who don't speak Finnish.
Dreamcasts made before October 2000 can boot from a CDROM. After, cannot. Most on the shelf now cannot. If you can find a Smash Pack Bundle anywhere, those for the most part are good to go. You can sometimes see the "Made On" date through the windown on the back for the serial number.
There's a reason other than that why Sony got into the biz. Sony was developing the PSX originally as an Add-on to the SNES, kinda like the Sega CD idea. After a few years dev, Sony had this great system, but Nintendo backed out last minute, scared that Sony was going to end up running the whole show. Nintendo then started to work with Panasonic for hardware developing. Sony was then stuck with this great piece of hardware. They just adapted it, and with a bit of prodding from Ken Kutagari, released the PSX.
They wanted to see if they could recoup some R&D, they had no idea it would take off. But once it did, they would have been stupid not to keep it advancing.
CDRW Minis are out there. I picked up another spindle today at Best Buy. 20$ for a 10 pack of 185MB 21minute CDRW's. Not bad, Memorex makes em.
Already got this. Not small, but HP does have a few (Photosmart series) printers that have CompactFlash and SmartMedia slots for direct printing. You don't need to hook them up to anything but a power plug.
Dear sweet Lord Jesus, leave it to some people to whine no matter what.
Yes, some HACKED PIECES OF SOFTWARE may not work under a new kernel. When you put a new Linux kernel in, does every HACK you've put in work? No. Most people who are getting 10.1 now are people who are going through a lot of effort to get it, and most would not mind updating other questionable pieces of software to insure compatibility. On the whole, 10.1 blows 10.0.4 out of the water.
"If you haven't seen them publicized, it's because you're not looking on Mac boards, but they're there."
Duh. Because people like you love griping about every little thing. Look at it as a whole. When you install XP, will you gripe about the fact that your hacked version of Everquest will not run on it, or try to find a native version of what you can?
I have yet to buy a PS2.
I have a DVD player, I want a GAME MACHINE. Not an entertainment center. And for pure gaming, you can't beat Nintendo. Plus with Sega developing for it, it fits right in with my DC.
And at 199$, I won't have to sell a kidney.
NO training, no materials, it's pick it up as you go.
I had to push real hard for them to let me train the department on Macs, on my own time, with my own materials. Then they tried to take the materials, to use themselves. I got no credit. I need to leave.
Nope, I give strangers a chance. If they screw me over, they get left behind next time. If they are cool, they get added to the list.
>Let's think for a minute here:
Yes, let's.
>10+ million units sold worldwide and still going strong
Yeah, by lying to their retail channels about shipments and shipping a few as possible to create an artifical demand.
>Hundreds of games available
I assume you mean the PSX library, cause the PS2 library is woefully thin. And not all the PSX games will work. Check your data.
>Tons of games on the horizon
Tons of crap is still crap. Quantity does NOT equal quality.
>Powerful marketing savvy
I'm gonna tell a story. When I bought my Dreamcast, Sony was pushing stores like crazy to do PS2 pre-orders, so they could kill the Dreamcast early. It worked, to my chagrin. When the PS2 came out, and no store had them, some stores started doing XBox and GameCube pre-orders. They were warned by Sony to stop doing preorders, or else their PS2 shipments, mediocre already, would be cut in half. Even though that is exactly what they did. It's extortion. If you consider abusing your position to be "Marketing savvy", by all means.
>Rock-solid online plans
"You've got lag!"
>Priority support from practically every 3rd party developer
SEGA? No. Sega is backing the XBox. And regardless of what EA says, SEGA is a player right now.
>Solidifying 1st party (Jax, Gran Turismo 3, Ico, Dark Cloud, Extermination, Phase Paradox, Drakan, Wipeout Fusion, SOCOM, The Devil and I, Twisted Metal Black, The Getaway)
Yeah. I'm excited about NONE of those.
>Still riding the hype wave, control over consumer mindshare
You actually count consumer brainwashing as a plus? Must be a Windows user.
>Killer, must-have titles (Gran Turismo 3, Metal Gear Solid 2, Devil May Cry, Twisted Metal Black, Final Fantasy X, Tekken 4, Soul Calibur 2)
At least two of those are still unconfirmed. (Tekken4, SC2) As far as the others, besides MGS2, they are all retreads of older games. I'll believe when I see.
>Huge headstart on the competition
If they had shipped any consoles to get a headstart, I'd believe that. They seemed content to reduce their buyers to have and havenots. Proof? Still selling the PSX. If Sony really believed the PS2 was the way, they would shut down the PSX, and go all out.
>Other consoles are getting "table scraps" from PS2's gaming table
Scraps?? Once again, look at Sega. Sony wishes they could develop like that. Look at Nintendo's 1st and 2nd party support. Sony WISHES.
>No longer facing potential delays/shortages. The pressure's on MS and Nintendo now.
Nope. MS uses off the shelf stuff, that has been tested. Nintendo uses a variant of the PowerPC chip, very easy to fab. I still have not seen a PS2 in stores, I shop all day every weekend, and I live in a major city. Sony can't make em. Like I said, if they were so damn sure, kill the PSX.
>As you can see, Sony clearly has this war. Now >the battle for 2nd place will be fought between >MS and Nintendo. I predict Nintendo will win.
Sony has won JACK. It's a three way race. And it is very close.
As a sidenote. You know Sony has released specs for the PS3, right? When they couldn't make shipments they had the nerve to unveil a plan to eliminate the PS2 in about three years, and go with the PS3. How many other console makers admit they screwed up? Just Sony. They know fanboys will buy any piece of crap with the Sony name on it.
I agree, but listen to this. At one time, everyone was a stranger. Give some people a chance, they might surprise you. And if they don't, then don't play with them again. You were a stranger once. Remember how much it sucked when people wouldn't play with you?
Apple sends MS a list of all buyers and Mac users, demands booty, and disperses it among all the Mac users. Huzzah!
Everybody wins!
We still use paper books, even though some people can afford e-books.
We still use generic drugs, even though some people can afford the name brand.
Just because there is an expensive alternative some people can afford, that does not mean we need to eliminate the old ways. Hell, in most cases, the old ways are better.
Just say something defamatory about Linux. You'll be the new Slashdot whipping boy in mere minutes. Just make sure your web servers can handle the inevitable slashdot effect. Remember, "There is no such thing as bad publicity."
What about the Mac? I couldn't get Tribes2 for the Mac if I sacrificed my first-born. Not to mention the fact that the Mac has a larger installed base, and much more clout has a gaming platform. I'm not knocking Linux, but simply saying let's games for all platforms.
Well, supposedly, OS X has much tighter Ram specs, and does require more RAM. So what people are finding, is that the RAM that is not being recognized is way out of tolerance spec. The moral is, NEVER do an upgrade on the first day. The very next day this came out. If you jump right away, you risk your system.
That's great. What about people with no broadband? There is NO official Sony solution to get online. So I guess they just wont/can't play some games. And what about people who don't want to have to buy an extra piece to play certain games. (Shades of 32X - Sega CD?) Oh well, go ahead Sony, alienate a big part of your market. I'd love to see it go to DC, GC, or XBOX anyway.
Game.Com Made by Tiger. I still have mine. Great system. Two cardtridge ports, touch screen, etc. VEry nice. Should have done better.
This is interesting. If this is legit, and Van Gogh was this accurate in his works, it would lead to a better understanding of his life, and who he was as a person. Very cool stuff.
I drive an Aspire too. I agree, and a very well proven point.
People pressing puns perilously presume people like them.
Alliteration was never my strong suit.
The scary thing is, I bet this won't be the last post like this. Hell, I bet it ain't even the first.
I actually miss these. Especially turn based RPGs. Everything now is all action oriented.
For a good game, and if you have a PSX, pick up Final Fantasy Tactics, if you can find it. Turnbased, strategy, and a very involving storyline.
Windows for non-commercial use?
Excuse me while I change my pants. I pissed myself laughing so hard.