Sony will likely take a big loss on the device in order to challenge Nintendo, just like Microsoft did with the XBOX to challenge Sony. The difference between the two is that the XBOX could be used with standard non-proprietary media and converted to a stand-alone media center... bringing no more revenue to Microsoft. The PSP, as I understand it, requires that users either use Sony's new disc format or Sony's memory stick. They're almost guaranteed to derive at least some profit from the sale of games or memory for the device. Seems to me that Sony can afford to take a huge hit in device price to encourage more users to buy.
Well, since the original story submitter didn't want to tell me who he was, I figured I'd dig.
His email address was listed as mcwizard@gmx.de. A Google of that turned up a forum containing a post with both his email address and his name: Helge Richter Google again for Helge Richter, and we get a Sourceforge profile listing three project affiliations:
S1-P111. It needs a few more 1's before I'd consider it buyable. Seriously... Who the fuck comes up with model numbers? Did these retards pay somebody to come up with S1-P111?
Barry Bonds struck a deal with Topps baseball cards where they're the only company that can print a card with him on it. He wasn't in any company's cards this year, though Topps can now post-print a 2004 under the terms of the "deal". The price for Barry? Estimates say 1-2 million.
Not that I consider it a big deal... but this now also changes the concept that what you type is only sent across the net once you hit enter. Each key you press now sends info across the net. For an application like this, it's not a big deal... but I can imagine situations where this could be exploited.
While we're on the topic of typing being sent real-time versus being sent upon carriage-return, can somebody please explain how in one of the last scenes of "Sum of All Fears" all of the communication back and forth with the US and Russia is sent after the carriage-return, EXCEPT for the one where Jack Ryan gets cut off halfway through a sentence? Pissed me off.
I'm curious about the timing of the ad. The last two weeks of the year are when most corporate executives take vacations... meaning they may not keep up with news in the Times... meaning if the goal is to convince these guys to use Firefox in their corporations, they may miss the target market entirely. I suppose you could make the case that these same guys now have more time to sit on a beach and read the Times, but has any thought been put into the timing of this thing?
One thing to remember. The authorized companies that will provide free credit reports WON'T be emailing you to promote this service. If you get an email offering your free credit report, you might want to look into the company before you start providing info like your SS#, name, and address.
"RTFA. You can enable/disable the ActiveX controls and IE rendering based on the site. (I'd hope that they have it disabled for everything by default)"
Which is great... until Jane Soccermom stumbles upon a website that detects the browser and instructs the user to turn it on for "optimal performance". Jane Soccermom flips the switch, worm says thank you in its special ActiveX way, chaos ensues...
"Illegal how? What if I tell you that www.bazbar.org has copies of pictures from www.foobar.com that they're offering for free download? Am *I* now breaking the law? That's all google is doing really. They don't even know that they're doing it, as it's entirely automated, so there isn't even any willfullness about it."
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Pretty much all you need to know to understand why CD sales dropped for a few years, then rose again in 2004.
Sony will likely take a big loss on the device in order to challenge Nintendo, just like Microsoft did with the XBOX to challenge Sony. The difference between the two is that the XBOX could be used with standard non-proprietary media and converted to a stand-alone media center ... bringing no more revenue to Microsoft. The PSP, as I understand it, requires that users either use Sony's new disc format or Sony's memory stick. They're almost guaranteed to derive at least some profit from the sale of games or memory for the device. Seems to me that Sony can afford to take a huge hit in device price to encourage more users to buy.
Well, since the original story submitter didn't want to tell me who he was, I figured I'd dig.
His email address was listed as mcwizard@gmx.de.
A Google of that turned up a forum containing a post with both his email address and his name: Helge Richter
Google again for Helge Richter, and we get a Sourceforge profile listing three project affiliations:
MegaMekNet
MegaMek
and
Provoke
Scary world we live in, isn't it?
S1-P111. It needs a few more 1's before I'd consider it buyable. ... Who the fuck comes up with model numbers? Did these retards pay somebody to come up with S1-P111?
Seriously
Barry Bonds struck a deal with Topps baseball cards where they're the only company that can print a card with him on it. He wasn't in any company's cards this year, though Topps can now post-print a 2004 under the terms of the "deal". The price for Barry? Estimates say 1-2 million.
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Every new phone in the US is legally required to have GPS. It automatically turns on when 911 is dialed.
How come 8 is 89 and 6 isn't 69?
Maybe they're waiting for Paris Hilton's NEXT video.
Not that I consider it a big deal ... but this now also changes the concept that what you type is only sent across the net once you hit enter. Each key you press now sends info across the net. For an application like this, it's not a big deal ... but I can imagine situations where this could be exploited.
While we're on the topic of typing being sent real-time versus being sent upon carriage-return, can somebody please explain how in one of the last scenes of "Sum of All Fears" all of the communication back and forth with the US and Russia is sent after the carriage-return, EXCEPT for the one where Jack Ryan gets cut off halfway through a sentence? Pissed me off.
I'm curious about the timing of the ad. The last two weeks of the year are when most corporate executives take vacations ... meaning they may not keep up with news in the Times ... meaning if the goal is to convince these guys to use Firefox in their corporations, they may miss the target market entirely. I suppose you could make the case that these same guys now have more time to sit on a beach and read the Times, but has any thought been put into the timing of this thing?
fuck off
Any chance you've moved recently?
Check this out for cooling concerns:
Liquid Nitrogen 5GHz CPU.
Dude, you can just disable that in Yahoo. You can turn off all sounds too. Easy to do, just check the menus.
One thing to remember. The authorized companies that will provide free credit reports WON'T be emailing you to promote this service. If you get an email offering your free credit report, you might want to look into the company before you start providing info like your SS#, name, and address.
I'd like to know WHERE FedEx is.
They were supposed to deliver me two packages today and never showed up. Assholes.
And based on the NS screenshots, I can't imagine using that browser day after day.
I half-expected that this story would be categorized under Politics.
Am I supposed to click that link? Finally, we've found the antidote to slashdotting!
I still think RC Pro-Am is one of the most fun games I've ever played.
9) And a pony
Rock beats scissors
Paper covers rock
Scissors cuts paper
Dolphin eats plastic
Got it?