Really? The "office startup" process consumes maybe 10 MB of memory. OpenOffice's font drop-down box consumes more RAM than that.
Besides, why can't OpenOffice offer an "office startup" option to people who want something fast? Even for a Mac application it's deathly slow. (NeoOffice is slower still.)
In the original, you can hit START to skip the conversation and intro sequences. I think the intro sequences disguise the loading time, though, since you have to wait a few more seconds for the level to load.
EB's taking pre-orders at $30. The sequel sells in Japan for about ¥4400, which is the same as the original cost at launch. The Japanese version is effectively a budget title compared to the usual ¥6850 price point for new games there.
Yeah, and books are just paper with toner sprinkled on it. I can buy 500 blank sheets of paper for $3 and toner is like $60 for a 5,000-sheet cartridge.
Therefore, a 250-page book ought to cost $4.50. Probably less, since those "printing" companies buy in bulk.
...and then two weeks later, Firefox 1.1 or 1.1.1 or whatever will come out and break all of said extensions, leaving users to dig through seas of abandoned open-source projects to find something that works.
No, wait. That makes us sound pedantic, petty, and grouchy enough that we need to start co-opting other languages' words to set ourselves apart from the crowd.
Phantasy Star IV for the Genesis and The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants both sold for $80+ when they came out. Neither one sold in massive quantities though.
Selling games for $60 is not a new thing in Japan. They'll still sell them in the US for $50. The Nintendo 64 proved that $60 is too much money for an American consumer to spend on one game.
Companies have been selling PS2 games in Japan for ¥6850 brand new for years now. That's over $60 by the current exchange rate and it doesn't include (5%) sales tax. People snap 'em up.
Sony recommends that you purchase the 10GB SonyDrive with MagicGate for $299 more. You can install SonyLinux, and only SonyLinux, for $49 on top of that.
You'll also need a television capable of HDMI in, which'll run you at least $1,000. Anything less will not be able to capture the level of reality that Sony brings you.
Right. He was trying to claim that Apple wouldn't make a flash player because nobody ever likes flash players. Remember how the $250 iPod mini was supposed to steal the $100 flash player market?
The iPod Shuffle, meanwhile, is the same player feature-for-feature as the Creative MuVo that was released three years ago. It's just riding the coattails of the iPod brand.
"Nobody buys flash MP3 players; everyone who has one just puts it in a drawer and never uses it" - Steve Jobs (paraphrased), upon launching the iPod mini
Every podcast I've downloaded with iTunes starts with a 4-minute cold opening of "Hey, this is a podcast, isn't it totally cool? You can also find out more about our podcast by going to http colon slash slash long URL dot com or e-mail us a request at blah blah e-mail address. Come back and listen to us again!"
Apple's podcasts have a little track selector inside them, I assume based on audiobook chapters. I wish everyone let you skip the boring intros like Apple does.
(At least you can play with the "Start time" attribute in iTunes' Get Info window for subsequent plays.)
They also updated the iPod mini today. How would it take any more effort to provide the same functionality to 3G iPods because they "don't have color screens"?
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Really? The "office startup" process consumes maybe 10 MB of memory. OpenOffice's font drop-down box consumes more RAM than that.
Besides, why can't OpenOffice offer an "office startup" option to people who want something fast? Even for a Mac application it's deathly slow. (NeoOffice is slower still.)
PDFs? Who would use those once Metro becomes available?
Great, so then you'll have a "standards-compliant audio CD" that is filled with 128 kbit songs. How is that worth $10?
iTunes is the only store that still claims 128 kbps is "CD quality." Even Real Rhapsody sells songs at 192 kbps nowadays.
In the original, you can hit START to skip the conversation and intro sequences. I think the intro sequences disguise the loading time, though, since you have to wait a few more seconds for the level to load.
EB's taking pre-orders at $30. The sequel sells in Japan for about ¥4400, which is the same as the original cost at launch. The Japanese version is effectively a budget title compared to the usual ¥6850 price point for new games there.
Yeah, and books are just paper with toner sprinkled on it. I can buy 500 blank sheets of paper for $3 and toner is like $60 for a 5,000-sheet cartridge.
Therefore, a 250-page book ought to cost $4.50. Probably less, since those "printing" companies buy in bulk.
...and then two weeks later, Firefox 1.1 or 1.1.1 or whatever will come out and break all of said extensions, leaving users to dig through seas of abandoned open-source projects to find something that works.
Let's call it "libre."
No, wait. That makes us sound pedantic, petty, and grouchy enough that we need to start co-opting other languages' words to set ourselves apart from the crowd.
"Libre" it is.
Thanks to overzealous users of RSS readers, some web sites actually embed more advertising into their RSS feed than they put on their HTML page!
EB says October 4. All I know is that it will sell for $30, a 50% markup over the original's US price.
Phantasy Star IV for the Genesis and The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants both sold for $80+ when they came out. Neither one sold in massive quantities though.
Two exceptions:
Everyone Loves Katamari (Minna daisuki katamari damashii) is about $45 US.
Some pachinko/slot game is the same price.
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Check out amazon.co.jp's best-selling games. Tack on 5% sales tax. They're all over $60.
Selling games for $60 is not a new thing in Japan. They'll still sell them in the US for $50. The Nintendo 64 proved that $60 is too much money for an American consumer to spend on one game.
Companies have been selling PS2 games in Japan for ¥6850 brand new for years now. That's over $60 by the current exchange rate and it doesn't include (5%) sales tax. People snap 'em up.
The price includes no hard drive and no Linux.
Sony recommends that you purchase the 10GB SonyDrive with MagicGate for $299 more. You can install SonyLinux, and only SonyLinux, for $49 on top of that.
You'll also need a television capable of HDMI in, which'll run you at least $1,000. Anything less will not be able to capture the level of reality that Sony brings you.
Right. He was trying to claim that Apple wouldn't make a flash player because nobody ever likes flash players. Remember how the $250 iPod mini was supposed to steal the $100 flash player market?
The iPod Shuffle, meanwhile, is the same player feature-for-feature as the Creative MuVo that was released three years ago. It's just riding the coattails of the iPod brand.
You should read the Yahoo Search Blog then.
Yahoo is not a news agency. If you're going to go after someone for criticizing Google, attack the AP or Reuters.
Could this mean the end of Windows as we know it?
"Nobody buys flash MP3 players; everyone who has one just puts it in a drawer and never uses it" - Steve Jobs (paraphrased), upon launching the iPod mini
When have they ever "done a linux/mac version" of any non-browser-based application?
Oh, right, they'll do it when the beta period ends. Sorry but that makes sense.
They'll have Linux and Mac support by the time Google Video is out of beta.
Every podcast I've downloaded with iTunes starts with a 4-minute cold opening of "Hey, this is a podcast, isn't it totally cool? You can also find out more about our podcast by going to http colon slash slash long URL dot com or e-mail us a request at blah blah e-mail address. Come back and listen to us again!"
Apple's podcasts have a little track selector inside them, I assume based on audiobook chapters. I wish everyone let you skip the boring intros like Apple does.
(At least you can play with the "Start time" attribute in iTunes' Get Info window for subsequent plays.)
Holy crap The Beer Store is being given away for free?! QUICK, TO CANADA.
They also updated the iPod mini today. How would it take any more effort to provide the same functionality to 3G iPods because they "don't have color screens"?
I'm sure I, like most of the Internet population, don't care about Dave Winer or the "blogosphere" (oh, I'm sorry, "podosphere").