Because that seems smarter to me than coming out with a $500+ device that only plays games in a dead economy. Did you look at the specs? there ain't no way in hell unless Sony is willing to take a bath on the BOM to get that thing for less than $500, and as we saw with the 3DS folks just ain't shelling out right now, not at those prices.
I don't know where you get $500 from. Sony announced the price of the Vita months ago: $249 for the wifi-only model, $299 for the one that also has 3G (I think it's going to be on AT&T in the U.S. Ugh.).
Don't forget the added benefit of the Vita - it'll work with your PS3.
Some people will be fine with cellphone games, but some games just don't play well with a touchscreen interface. That's fine - not every product has to appeal to everyone. As long as Sony can keep the price down and attract good games, it shouldn't be a problem for them. I am disappointed that they went with a proprietary memory card (again), and LTE would have been very nice, assuming they could have done it without killing battery life (which they probably couldn't with the current generation of LTE chips).
What android phones or iphone have actual joysticks? I must have missed those. And which ones have quad cores and the highest-end PowerVR GPU? And 5-inch OLED screen? This is a portable game console, not a phone that can do lightweight gaming. There IS a place for dedicated hardware, even if you personally don't need or want it.
I hear it cures cancer too. Oh wait, that's Ruby. (Actually, I love Python, but I'm allergic to fanboism...)
While it's true that Ruby cures (certain types of) cancer, it also has the unfortunate side effect of causing autism. Don't believe me? Try reading non-Ruby code written by Ruby fans.
Career-wise, there are WAY more PHP jobs than Python jobs, so if you're looking to be employed by someone else, PHP first (but don't stop with just one). If you're going to be doing your own projects, Python has evolved in a much more logical way than PHP.
It depends on what kind of web development career you want - there are lots of specialties these days. Learn PHP, and learn all the associated web technologies REALLY WELL (html, css, javascript, ajax, etc). Get really good with an IDE (probably Eclipse). Learn how to use Photoshop and maybe Flash (or Edge). Learn SQL - MySQL especially, but also maybe some NoSQL tools. Learn the backend stuff like memcache, hadoop, etc.
The more stuff you know, the more employable you will be.
Learn how to write well. Being able to express yourself goes a long way in a technical career.
Attack the Block is currently the best sci-fi movie I know of in theatres (though very FEW theatres). Much less humorous than the premise or trailers make it out to be, but there is a fair amount of humour in it.
Depends on where you dig and how deep. They're actually planning on digging a deep-bore tunnel underneath downtown Seattle, and have already begun digging tunnels in other parts of the city. The deep bore one downtown may be cancelled, but only due to stupid city leaders and stupid citizens. The 'underground' city in Seattle isn't that deep, but it is a pretty cool tour (especially the very humorous (and true!) history lecture at the start of the tour).
I don't think you can prove the idea bad because of bad (terrible) implementation.
Allowing density to increase without allowing space for increased transit is a recipe for disaster - and it's what's happened here in Seattle. Once all available space is already built on, the acquisition costs to expand highways or light rail, or anything - skyrocket to the point of a political inability to get anything funded.
What's that you say? Social networking and Git?! Now there's an idea! I'll go set up a new site - I'll call it GitFace! Who's in with me on the IPO in 2 years?
And I'll create the antisocial networking version called GitOuttaMyFace, et voila, between us, we have all of humanity covered.
Pale Moon is already available for people to check out. It's Windows-only, but I've been running it for a while as a secondary browser at work, and it works pretty well, albeit with a few minor quirks.
Like I said, different usage for different folks. I have 450 minutes/mo on my Sprint 'Everything 450' plan, and usually wind up using fewer than 20 (twenty). Even if I did talk a lot, it would be VERY hard for me to go anywhere near 450 since Sprint gives you unlimited anytime calling to any mobile number (regardless of carrier) in the U.S. I don't talk to anyone outside of the U.S., so for me, this is a super-moot point. But I can see where some people would find value in that.
For me, it's pretty rare that I'm someplace where I'll be using my phone for something that needs lots of bandwidth, but not be near a computer which I'd rather use, anyway. Different usage for different folks, though.
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Because that seems smarter to me than coming out with a $500+ device that only plays games in a dead economy. Did you look at the specs? there ain't no way in hell unless Sony is willing to take a bath on the BOM to get that thing for less than $500, and as we saw with the 3DS folks just ain't shelling out right now, not at those prices.
I don't know where you get $500 from. Sony announced the price of the Vita months ago: $249 for the wifi-only model, $299 for the one that also has 3G (I think it's going to be on AT&T in the U.S. Ugh.).
Don't forget the added benefit of the Vita - it'll work with your PS3.
Some people will be fine with cellphone games, but some games just don't play well with a touchscreen interface. That's fine - not every product has to appeal to everyone. As long as Sony can keep the price down and attract good games, it shouldn't be a problem for them. I am disappointed that they went with a proprietary memory card (again), and LTE would have been very nice, assuming they could have done it without killing battery life (which they probably couldn't with the current generation of LTE chips).
"806MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, front and rear 5 megapixel and 0.3 megapixel cameras, respectively, a 3.5 inch 320 x 480 touchscreen"
Whoo, impressive specs. Yes, that will definitely destroy the PS Vita in the market.
What android phones or iphone have actual joysticks? I must have missed those. And which ones have quad cores and the highest-end PowerVR GPU? And 5-inch OLED screen? This is a portable game console, not a phone that can do lightweight gaming. There IS a place for dedicated hardware, even if you personally don't need or want it.
I hear it cures cancer too. Oh wait, that's Ruby. (Actually, I love Python, but I'm allergic to fanboism...)
While it's true that Ruby cures (certain types of) cancer, it also has the unfortunate side effect of causing autism. Don't believe me? Try reading non-Ruby code written by Ruby fans.
Oh, and learn jQuery after you learn Javascript (not 'instead of').
Career-wise, there are WAY more PHP jobs than Python jobs, so if you're looking to be employed by someone else, PHP first (but don't stop with just one). If you're going to be doing your own projects, Python has evolved in a much more logical way than PHP.
It depends on what kind of web development career you want - there are lots of specialties these days. Learn PHP, and learn all the associated web technologies REALLY WELL (html, css, javascript, ajax, etc). Get really good with an IDE (probably Eclipse). Learn how to use Photoshop and maybe Flash (or Edge). Learn SQL - MySQL especially, but also maybe some NoSQL tools. Learn the backend stuff like memcache, hadoop, etc.
The more stuff you know, the more employable you will be.
Learn how to write well. Being able to express yourself goes a long way in a technical career.
Read Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon for some fun fictional Turing action.
Attack the Block is currently the best sci-fi movie I know of in theatres (though very FEW theatres). Much less humorous than the premise or trailers make it out to be, but there is a fair amount of humour in it.
I'm wondering how resistant to EMP electronics made out of this would be.
Depends on where you dig and how deep. They're actually planning on digging a deep-bore tunnel underneath downtown Seattle, and have already begun digging tunnels in other parts of the city. The deep bore one downtown may be cancelled, but only due to stupid city leaders and stupid citizens. The 'underground' city in Seattle isn't that deep, but it is a pretty cool tour (especially the very humorous (and true!) history lecture at the start of the tour).
He means that the days of free-range cars are going to end due to factory-farmed cars being so much cheaper.
*sad panda*
I don't think you can prove the idea bad because of bad (terrible) implementation.
Allowing density to increase without allowing space for increased transit is a recipe for disaster - and it's what's happened here in Seattle. Once all available space is already built on, the acquisition costs to expand highways or light rail, or anything - skyrocket to the point of a political inability to get anything funded.
You have to put the big rocks in first.
> Well, I guess that leaves the porn site. I'm going to call it... GitItOn!
And the redneck porn site: GitErDone
What's that you say? Social networking and Git?! Now there's an idea! I'll go set up a new site - I'll call it GitFace! Who's in with me on the IPO in 2 years?
And I'll create the antisocial networking version called GitOuttaMyFace, et voila, between us, we have all of humanity covered.
> The bad news: You need an AT&T account to use it.
Or an AT-AT, which is way cooler.
Pale Moon is already available for people to check out. It's Windows-only, but I've been running it for a while as a secondary browser at work, and it works pretty well, albeit with a few minor quirks.
Sorry, Houston annexed the Moon back in the 80's. You can't have it.
Yeah, General Zod took it back from Planet Houston, though.
Ha, too late!
I remember the 1980s when everybody said that you'll need to learn Japanese. In popular culture the Japanese were shown as our future overlords.
When in reality, it's only the cafe maids singing "Moe" songs who control us. And don't mind. :)
Whilst on the topic of things Japanese, I just watched 'Yukikaze" - a very nicely done anime!
Like I said, different usage for different folks. I have 450 minutes/mo on my Sprint 'Everything 450' plan, and usually wind up using fewer than 20 (twenty). Even if I did talk a lot, it would be VERY hard for me to go anywhere near 450 since Sprint gives you unlimited anytime calling to any mobile number (regardless of carrier) in the U.S. I don't talk to anyone outside of the U.S., so for me, this is a super-moot point. But I can see where some people would find value in that.
For me, it's pretty rare that I'm someplace where I'll be using my phone for something that needs lots of bandwidth, but not be near a computer which I'd rather use, anyway. Different usage for different folks, though.
I almost never use wifi on my phone. Maybe once every few months, if that.
Yes, a 50% savings doubles battery life. There is nothing particularly interesting about 1/(1-.51)=2.04 battery life.
But that .01 could be the difference between hacking the Gibson or not!
51% is double? Interesting math.