"Digs at GWB aside, the responses dont match his normal speech patterns. It does indeed seem unlike something he would write."
And everybody here writes exactly like they talk? Please. If you read my emails you'd think I was an eloquent speaker.
I'm not defending Bush or even saying he personally wrote those responses. Rather, I'm saying this point isn't very indicative of anything. Just recently I recieved an email from my boss. I was late a couple of times and he wanted to make sure it didn't become a regular problem. My response to him was well crafted and diplomatic, and everything was smoothed over. If he had discussed it with me in person, being put on the spot, I don't think my response would have worded very well. (no no, not saying I would have been hostile, just saying that in email I was able to phrase my response a lot better.) I really don't think anybody could have read that email, or any of my others really, and thought "oh, hey, that was NanoGator. I can tell because he talks just like that!"
On a side note, it is a mistake to judge one's IQ over how they express themselves. One of the most gifted people I know would throw any spell checker into confusion.
" Selling 30 million of anything can still be just a matter of breaking even. YES Nintendo failed on 2 consoles."
Except that they sold millions of copies of several of their first party titles. Another poster pointed out that Nintendo had a 50% drop in profit last year. They still made 300 million dollars. Okay, it's not 600 million, but it's a far cry from breaking even.
"Get metroid and zelda on PS2 and xbox and watch the $$$ roll in."
We don't entirely disagree on this. However, Nintendo makes money on the hardware they sell, plus they control the design elements in it. I imagine that's why they don't port to other platforms.
"Bet's not over yet. Of course I need KABOOM, ASH AND LAVA before I see any money.."
When I told my gf about this article, my gf said "I hope it happens on Friday, that's the day I bet on!" Evidently, some site's offering a prize for whoever guesses it. hehe
"When it appears that we "humans" lack even a basic respect for others"
You mean like respecting that one wants to keep in touch with the family members they're responsible for? Or perhaps just assuming that they're not polite enough to set their phone to vibrate?
"30 million N64s is a failure, yes. Sony has moved over 100 million original PSX's, and sold volumes more in overall games. (As console companies make most of their money from sales royalties, this makes a huge difference.)"
That is not a failure. It's not as good as Sony, but it is not a failure. As for royalties, Nintendo's been quite successful with their own in-house games. They recieve more money for that those than 3rd party games.
"In the market, the N64 was a pretty dramatic failure compared to the competition."
Fair enough. We more or less agree on that. Take out the last 3 words in that sentence, though, and the statement is untrue.
"As for Nintendo "hanging by a thread", the proof is in the pudding, as you can read about here:"
The article basically says they profited 300 million dollars (assuming I did the conversion correctly) instead of 600 million. Thats' not hanging by a thread. Hanging by a thread is when one is making virtually no profit and are dangerously close to the red zone. Even then, they'd have to be low on cash reserves. Lsat I checked, and yes it hsa been a while (gimme credit, I try to be honest despite being a Nintendo fan boy) they had 5 billion in the bank. So long as they are making a profit I doubt they're below that.
I'm gonna skip a big part of your post here because I pretty much agree with it.
"If their console holdings don't improve, they will probably drop out of the market as a console maker eventually--and reclaim the massive profit they reap from their handheld share, instead of using it to subsidize more failed console attempts."
Possible, but it's difficult for me to imagine. So long as they're making a profit, they'll keep doing it. If they make a console and don't make a profit, then they may very well stay in the portable arena. This next generation should turn out very interesing. We could very well see dramatic news from Nintendo's end, but I doubt it'll be another Sega.
"Genesis had an 8 MHz 68000, SNES a 3 or 1.5 MHz 65c816 (d6502 with added instructions)."
The SNES processor was a little under 4mhz. It also had a graphic co-processor that handled the 'mode 7' graphics that made games like F-Zero and Mario Kart work.
"Genesis had higher resolution (SNES had a 512 pixel wide mode but it wasn't useful)."
So the Genesis had higher resolution but it didn't? Err okay, whatever. The SNES had a far broader color pallette, and it showed.
"Genesis had more sprite sizes (up to 32x32 but only 80 compared to SNES 128 and some problems with too many sprites on a single line)."
I thought Donkey Kong Country settled that stupid sprite debate.
"In my experience, Genesis was far less of an obstacle to program on than SNES, so in my opinion there is no doubt that Genesis was superior to SNES"
Superior? The Genesis was easy to develop for if all you wanted to do was make side-scrollers. If you wanted to break out of that mould, then the SNES was a far better choice. It offered more (i.e. the Mode 7 graphics) to play with. In short, the SNES had broader gaming capabilities. (Not to mention sound hardware, but conveniently that wasn't mentioned in your original post.) I wonder if I should bring up the superior controllers or the Super FX chip...
" They already have 2 unsuccessful consoles in the past few years, Gamecube and N64. Both of which completely failed to win over the 13 to 30 age group. They are hanging in by a thread."
Nintendo sold 30 million N64s, and that's a failure? Hanging by a thread? WTF?
Nintendo is making profit, a lot of it. They're not going anywhere any time soon. The only reason they appear to be 'hanging by a thread' is that Sony is significantly more successful than they are.
I know I'm risking karma here, but the above statement is true. (unlike those "stephen king is dead" trolls.) My local news station just broke in to announce it. As of the time of posting, I couldn't find any info on the net yet.
Slashdot Mirror
"It's called sex.
... and wait for the applications for sex partner to roll in?
Put the keyboard and mouse down, back away from the computer..."
"So this means I can surf with NO hands on the keyboard? Think of the possibilities."
Well it'd certainly be a relief to the ladies. They won't let you shake their hands, tho.
"I, for one, welcome our new wired quadriplegic overlords."
What will it take to put an end of mod points being wasted on this stale joke? Maybe after SNL rids of it humor?
"DON'T use Windoze & it should be okay"
Giggle giggle, snort. Windoze suxx0rs!
This might be funny in a sophomoric slashdottian way if the computer was sending signals back to the brain.
"Where can I bet on the year your girlfriend gets diagnosed with breast cancer and dies? I've got a $100 bucks here saying it's 2010."
Am I supposed to be offended?
"Digs at GWB aside, the responses dont match his normal speech patterns. It does indeed seem unlike something he would write."
And everybody here writes exactly like they talk? Please. If you read my emails you'd think I was an eloquent speaker.
I'm not defending Bush or even saying he personally wrote those responses. Rather, I'm saying this point isn't very indicative of anything. Just recently I recieved an email from my boss. I was late a couple of times and he wanted to make sure it didn't become a regular problem. My response to him was well crafted and diplomatic, and everything was smoothed over. If he had discussed it with me in person, being put on the spot, I don't think my response would have worded very well. (no no, not saying I would have been hostile, just saying that in email I was able to phrase my response a lot better.) I really don't think anybody could have read that email, or any of my others really, and thought "oh, hey, that was NanoGator. I can tell because he talks just like that!"
On a side note, it is a mistake to judge one's IQ over how they express themselves. One of the most gifted people I know would throw any spell checker into confusion.
"IF you are responsible for others, why are you ditching them to go to the movies?"
Uh huh.
"I'm sure I've read this somewhere before. And for once it isn't a previous slashdot article.
.. by... uh...
If you're going to copy verbatim, credit your source.",
What's your name?
It's nice to see that graduates from the Bob Saget School of Comedy are finding time to expand on their art form.
"Sure he was just a gumball machine glued to a barrel of monkeys, but he has feelings too!"
And he's quoted far more often than C3PO.
" Selling 30 million of anything can still be just a matter of breaking even. YES Nintendo failed on 2 consoles."
Except that they sold millions of copies of several of their first party titles. Another poster pointed out that Nintendo had a 50% drop in profit last year. They still made 300 million dollars. Okay, it's not 600 million, but it's a far cry from breaking even.
"Get metroid and zelda on PS2 and xbox and watch the $$$ roll in."
We don't entirely disagree on this. However, Nintendo makes money on the hardware they sell, plus they control the design elements in it. I imagine that's why they don't port to other platforms.
"Funny how Honda named it ASIMO, it always reminds me of robots invented by Asimov."
No no, it was named Asimo because the prototype spouted ideas for Adam Sandler movies.
"Is HAL even a robot? I though he/it was a computer."
If a stationary computer can take out a human, it deserves to be field promoted to 'robot'.
"At first I thought this was something I'd have in the kitchen or laundry.."
At first I thought I'd be delegating all my DVD burning needs to my mom.
"I bet that is the first time anyone has ever used the words 'Saint', 'tease' and 'blow' in a sentance."
Actually.. no. It's funny what you see when you mass download a bunch of.. uh... research material.
"Bet's not over yet. Of course I need KABOOM, ASH AND LAVA before I see any money.."
When I told my gf about this article, my gf said "I hope it happens on Friday, that's the day I bet on!" Evidently, some site's offering a prize for whoever guesses it. hehe
"When it appears that we "humans" lack even a basic respect for others"
You mean like respecting that one wants to keep in touch with the family members they're responsible for? Or perhaps just assuming that they're not polite enough to set their phone to vibrate?
" It's just getting it out the way you want it that is the trick."
I'm itching to do a Wile E. Coyote joke, but I haven't had my coffee yet.
"30 million N64s is a failure, yes. Sony has moved over 100 million original PSX's, and sold volumes more in overall games. (As console companies make most of their money from sales royalties, this makes a huge difference.)"
That is not a failure. It's not as good as Sony, but it is not a failure. As for royalties, Nintendo's been quite successful with their own in-house games. They recieve more money for that those than 3rd party games.
"In the market, the N64 was a pretty dramatic failure compared to the competition."
Fair enough. We more or less agree on that. Take out the last 3 words in that sentence, though, and the statement is untrue.
"As for Nintendo "hanging by a thread", the proof is in the pudding, as you can read about here:"
The article basically says they profited 300 million dollars (assuming I did the conversion correctly) instead of 600 million. Thats' not hanging by a thread. Hanging by a thread is when one is making virtually no profit and are dangerously close to the red zone. Even then, they'd have to be low on cash reserves. Lsat I checked, and yes it hsa been a while (gimme credit, I try to be honest despite being a Nintendo fan boy) they had 5 billion in the bank. So long as they are making a profit I doubt they're below that.
I'm gonna skip a big part of your post here because I pretty much agree with it.
"If their console holdings don't improve, they will probably drop out of the market as a console maker eventually--and reclaim the massive profit they reap from their handheld share, instead of using it to subsidize more failed console attempts."
Possible, but it's difficult for me to imagine. So long as they're making a profit, they'll keep doing it. If they make a console and don't make a profit, then they may very well stay in the portable arena. This next generation should turn out very interesing. We could very well see dramatic news from Nintendo's end, but I doubt it'll be another Sega.
"if that's the case, please rent your movies instead. Your conditions are obviously not satisfactory enough to attend a public showing of a film."
Nice to see we humans have our priorities straight.
"Under disadvantages you forgot the one that stopped me from going 100% cellular.
Batteries."
Uh huh.
A.) It really isn't that hard to buy a cell phone with good battery life, despite popular claims on Slashdot.
B.) Cell phones actually work while they're charging.
C.) If the power fails and your battery is dead, you can run out to your car and power the phone from cigarette lighter.
I haven't had to worry about B and C despite not having a landline. I've been on my own for 7 years and never needed a landline.
"won't have any time for the GF soon..."
Just don't misplace your puncture repair kit.
"Genesis had an 8 MHz 68000, SNES a 3 or 1.5 MHz 65c816 (d6502 with added instructions)."
The SNES processor was a little under 4mhz. It also had a graphic co-processor that handled the 'mode 7' graphics that made games like F-Zero and Mario Kart work.
"Genesis had higher resolution (SNES had a 512 pixel wide mode but it wasn't useful)."
So the Genesis had higher resolution but it didn't? Err okay, whatever. The SNES had a far broader color pallette, and it showed.
"Genesis had more sprite sizes (up to 32x32 but only 80 compared to SNES 128 and some problems with too many sprites on a single line)."
I thought Donkey Kong Country settled that stupid sprite debate.
"In my experience, Genesis was far less of an obstacle to program on than SNES, so in my opinion there is no doubt that Genesis was superior to SNES"
Superior? The Genesis was easy to develop for if all you wanted to do was make side-scrollers. If you wanted to break out of that mould, then the SNES was a far better choice. It offered more (i.e. the Mode 7 graphics) to play with. In short, the SNES had broader gaming capabilities. (Not to mention sound hardware, but conveniently that wasn't mentioned in your original post.) I wonder if I should bring up the superior controllers or the Super FX chip...
" They already have 2 unsuccessful consoles in the past few years, Gamecube and N64. Both of which completely failed to win over the 13 to 30 age group. They are hanging in by a thread."
Nintendo sold 30 million N64s, and that's a failure? Hanging by a thread? WTF?
Nintendo is making profit, a lot of it. They're not going anywhere any time soon. The only reason they appear to be 'hanging by a thread' is that Sony is significantly more successful than they are.
I know I'm risking karma here, but the above statement is true. (unlike those "stephen king is dead" trolls.) My local news station just broke in to announce it. As of the time of posting, I couldn't find any info on the net yet.
No hard feelings for modding me off-topic.