I'm sure they've lost a few, but most pirates are cheap assholes who wouldn't have bought the games had they not been able to pirate them instead. I've been around quite a few pirates, most pirates are cheap bums who don't like they fact they have to buy the player/console and get upset over having to buy the "expensive" blank media needed to pirate. Movies and would prefer to use some other persons bandwidth to do downloading if possible.
On the other hand, the "backup" crowd, such as I'm actually a part of, probably spend more on their devices than the normal kid who has his mommy buy him a few games.
I've got around 15 PSP games, I've got about 5 genuine Magic Gate compliant memory cards ranging from 256 MB to 16GB, I bought my PSP 2000 new off the shelf, and I actually have about 1/2 dozen UMD movies along with some various other accessories. Every PSP game on my memory cards were legally purchased, only one used, the rest were out of the shrink wrap.
Considering the tons of music CD's I have all ripped and on my Iriver and iPhone, I would say there's a lot of hot air where the average consumer was concerned. If Sony wants to go after real pirates they need to focus on Flea Markets and the gas stations/etc.... that sell burned CD's with Xeroxed pictures in the cases, not people who don't want to carry a ton of UMD's. Of course I'll admit 16GB on board with digital distribution is a step in the right direction.
If it's heavy, it's expensive to ship. Monitors (especially back in the CRT days), automotive parts (I know, off topic), and anything the exact right model are important on is best left to an in person deal if possible.
(when you're a Linux user and you buy by the chip - the exact right model revisions is important sometimes)
I can still "buy from Montgomery Ward" - it's not like I'm actually able to buy from Montgomery Ward anymore. Snatching up a name is nothing more than that, I don't care what they name it, Circuit City is gone.
Try getting a Lexmark all in one device to work while NOT admin - ain gonna happen. If you call up Lexmark to ask why their shits broke, they pawn it off on Microsoft. I spent quite a bit of time figuring out folders to change ownership permissions on to make that bastard work without giving admin to everyone.
I watch them both, and I like them both, but SCC has a more complex intelligent plot. Yes, Dollhouse is getting way complex, more so than I gave it credit for when I heard the premise, but I would still give the nod to SCC as the better show.
Dollhouse seems like it was based on a formula, like so many are. SCC is more like Galactica where they really did go out of their way to develop characters and a show. Never mind the fact Dollhouse has more than one leftover Galactica actor and SCC has none.
I would have actually worked on something like the Sci-Fi channel that not only runs it when it premiers, but then follows it up with a second showing the same night, and a few arbitrary time slots afterward so everyone gets a second or third chance to see it. This is part of the reason Showtime and HBO have made such successful series along the same lines. Prime time networks value every minute of airtime so much they can't afford to present this type of series in the way it needs to be presented for the target nerd audience.
I didn't know it was canceled until just now. Really, I thought it was in hiatus after that cliff hanger ending of the last episode.
It's not easy to get in my Hulu Que, now that Galactica is gone all that's left beside Terminator is Dollhouse, Family Guy, Simpsons, and American Dad.
It's easy to tell which major network is the only one I watch. That, and that I don't have/need cable.
I looked up the MX1000. It was NOT listed in the mice section of the Logitech website, on the website it comes up bundled with the diNovo keyboard that cost $200.
I may be wrong, but I can't find a stand alone MX1000 that's Bluetooth. This board discussions claims it only comes with the keyboard in Bluetooth.
OR as I've often run into management needs to get their heads out of their asses. Clearly define what they want, and when people create something accept it as is or be very specific about the changes that need to be made.
You don't know how many software (and other types of projects) are destroyed by management changing their minds on details and inserting demanding new "features" and functions well after the original outline was done.
Get Bluetooth if you have it built in. Even if you don't have it built in (which having a Mac you do) get Bluetooth. It beats having a dongle for every damned device you want to plug in (keyboard, game control, mouse, headset) the Bluetooth one can do all of it.
DO NOT get a fucking Apple Mighty Mouse. I've had a couple, great idea in theory, but not a good mouse in practice. Right click sucks. It works at first and stops working over time. If you completely remove your index finger from the mouse and click with your middle finger you can usually get a right click, or if you take out the batteries and put them back it works again. It's not worth it. The ball always gets fucked up over time, you can fix it and it will work again for a while, then fix it again, and again, and eventually, not anymore.
Get this Logitech, reviewed it, you can find my review in that link, and I did chastise Logitech a bit, but when compared the other Bluetooth mice I've used that's the best.
The USB wireless mice do have one advantage. They work immediately on boot up no problem on every OS. With Bluetooth I've found that to be the case with Linux. On Mac I have to either hit the connect button while booting with the Logitech (the Mighty Mouse actually did better at this - go figure) or fidget with the buttons and hope the Mac pics up on it after a while. With Windows, well, very mixed experience there, especially when it forgets the mouse should exist.
On my Macbook Pro I always carried a mini bluetooth keyboard and a mouse in my bag, and I left a bluetooth keyboard and mouse on my work desk, used Synergy at home. I had at least 3 each keyboards and mice paired with it, they all worked great every time. I even paired a bluetooth headset with it, but that seemed to be problematic. Audio quality would degrade with time, and the applications were stupid, if the headset wasn't present it wouldn't automatically switch back to the built in or external mic/speakers. Not to mention I paired a Motorola Q, a Blackberry and an iPhone. The Q was awesome with it, surprising since it sucked all around otherwise. The Blackberry was functional, but not that great. There was no point with the iPhone. I don't even see why it's pairable.
Linux on the other hand, I've paired everything above and a PS3 Sixaxxis, the Mac I could only get that to work via USB.
I like Bluetooth, I'm pushing Logitech to support it a bit better, and I can't wait for the day the dongle dies. The electronic dongle, not my dongle.
with equipment that's not much different than stock equipment. I test these cables with a DTX-1800, they do great.
They're sticklers for BlackBox brand cable, I don't know if it's because the cables good, or the more likely scenario that instead of specifying TIA-568B compliant cable they have have to give a part number to make a "Typical". A "Typical" is a blue print for a cable. Remember, it's government, loads of red tape.
We also use Black Box brand connectors, again, for part number reasons I'm almost certain. For the Cat-5 stuff there is something a bit different than your run of the mill cables, it's the inclusion of black load bars that get crimped into the connection. A bit different than most connectors I've used.
The only Cat-6 I've made was a specialized connector with additional grounding added, so I wont get into that.
Beyond what's mentioned the only difference between NASA and the rest of the world is the use of really expensive test equipment, and the insistence that calibrated ratcheting crimpers are used. For test reasons I've made cables using my own stuff and put it on the Fluke, I hate to say it, but my uncalibrated out of the box $20 crimpers from Ideal do just as well as there $150 at minimum crimpers that are custom pieced together. At least according to the Fluke.
I only wish I could see those at the box office. His earlier flicks came out while I was an early teen in BFE with no theater. The later ones, I never could seem to get away from my responsibilities long enough.
Like I said, the only reason I saw Watchmen was because I went to an 11:50 PM showing after work. Alone.
I've decided I'll see Star Trek in the theater if I have to take a day off of work.
This movie is going to shine on the home movie market â" for one really good reason. It's a move a lot of us geek men love but not really one to take a date to. (sure, some of you have that type of woman, but face it, those are a rare type) The guys who had to miss the theatrical release because they didn't want to go to the movies alone because that's just lame are going to buy the DVD, because you can watch that alone, and you have have your to cheap to buy a movie ticket friends watch it with you. (BTW â" I watched it alone, after work, I got off of work at 11:00 PM)
The theatre I usually go to in Baton Rouge had a sign clearly displayed saying have your ID ready for Watchmen, we will be checking. I don't know how many theaters checked ID's nation wide, but face it, it's easier for under aged comic fans to buy a DVD than it is to get into an R-rated movie in some places. Granted in some other places it's the opposite, but never mind that.
Let's not forget, some movies just shine on DVD anyways. Who here honestly watched Office Space in the theatre when it premiered? Everyone saw the home release! (I think it went back to the theaters once, but I'm not certain) Tarintino movies, how many did you see in the box office? Probably more at home than in a theatre seat. I wouldn't be surprised if the home release take rivals the theatrical take.
Sony should have designed the UMD to fit in a PS2 or PS3 or released DVD players capable of playing UMD format movies. At minimum a USB UMD drive that could plugged into a PS2 or PS3 would have been awesome. If they would have tried hard enough I really think they could design an optical drive that would accept both UMDs and more conventional media.
I also blame Sony for the shear numbers of counterfeit MSPro DUO's out there. If they wouldn't charge so damned much for Magic Gate, if they wouldn't require Magic Gate for so much, or get this, if they would just USE FUCKING SD CARDs LIKE EVERYONE ELSE there would be less reason for pirates to attempt to exploit that market.
I am being just a bit unfair on the touchscreen. I really don't want to jump back and forth.
I find the idea of playing the new version of Broken Sword on the DS tempting, especially since it has new/expanded levels. But since I originally played the game on Gameboy Advanced (no longer have thank you Hurricane Ike) and I now have it on PSX, even though it's expanded I'm not sure I want to buy it again for a little expansion. If they were to port/update Gabriel Knight Sins of the Fathers on the other hand...
Point and click adventures, fine, the touch screen isn't so bad, maybe even good. Action games/platformers etc.. I really don't want to do the touch bit. The little bit New Super Mario Brothers uses it is about all I can tolerate. There's no way I'm going to play a 3D shooter/Metroid with a touch interface, those are best left to a mouse and keyboard, or at second best dual analog joysticks.
The whole action game via stylus just isn't appealing. That's why there's only certain types of games I'll put on my iPhone.
(Mech games on the other hand are best left to dual analog joysticks, full size - how I wish I had a full arcade T-Mech)
Pecos is a Navajo word. Most Americans can't agree on how to pronounce it because the Navajo use vowel sounds that don't exist in English.
My user name is Pecosdave because like Pecos Bill (well, he was a Texas immigrant, but never mind that) I'm from the Pecos Valley, in Texas. My ancestors fought and died so anonymous coward asshats like you don't call us British anymore.
I have a PSP and a DS. For exactly the same reasons I prefer my PSP.
I don't like futzing with a touch screen. Granted most of the games I play don't require it. The New Super Mario Brothers on uses it for reserved power ups and changing worlds (as far as I'm concerned) so I accept that, the rest of the games I use such as the Final Fantasy games allow me to just use the cross pad as I always have. I actively avoid games that require me to use the stylus.
The PSP on the other hand is a Solid Old Skool design. I love it. No touch screen to think about, a huge beautiful display, and the perfect control layout to play my old SNES games on.
Not to mention Crush is the coolest puzzle game ever.
I have a 16GB Pro Duo in it. I have a bunch of PS1 and PSP games on that memory stick, I'm using compression but there's plenty of room left.
I own every PSP and PS1 game on there. Seriously, I have the disk or UMD for every game on there. Why did I hack my PSP? Because I don't want to carry the fucking UMD's around! I tried that at first, UMD's don't take abuse nearly as well as Game Boy Cartridges did. My Street Fighter Alpha 3 UMD has the clear window separated from the rest of the UMD casing. (that particular game has its own smaller Pro Duo - it gets confused by large ones) I can snap it back out and use it, I'm considering a drop of super glue but the memory stick is sort of nullifying my desire to do that.
I guess you can call me "an honest pirate" since I'm not actually pirating anything, but I use all the pirate utils.
My take on Sony - I was criticizing them for ignoring their customers. PSP 1000 people hacked it to do things Sony never intended, so they came out with a 2000 that was (initially) harder to hack. People hacked it, so they came out with a 3000 that's incredibly difficult to hack. The customer spoke up and said "I want my PSP to do these things" and Sony, instead of making it happen, said no.
If the PSP 4000 rumors are correct, it shows Sony is beginning to listen. The 4000 supposedly doesn't have a UMD drive and will be pure on board storage.
That's a step in the right direction, but don't kill physical media just yet.
I like physical media. I have 10GB worth of music on my iPhone - I ripped all 10GB off of CD's that are in display racks in my living room. All of my PSP and PS1 games on my PSP have disk either in my office closet or in a CD binder near my entry (Hurricane Ike killed the original cases/manuals)
Please don't go pure online distribution only. I don't trust it. We've already seen a couple of DRM laden distribution companies go belly up. We don't need you "Pulling a Sony" when you're tired of us.
To be fair, I bought pirate hardware for my Game Boy Advanced - cheap Chinese crap was broke when it arrived so I never actually got to use it. My reasons were the same - not to pirate, but to not carry the carts around. A coworker is doing this with his DS, I think I'm going to do this with my DS also.
I feel more comfortable knowing if my whole backpack gets stolen I lose my PSP and my DS, but when it comes down to it, I only have to replace the systems (and the memory cards) not the systems and every damn game I had for them.
Between two major theft incidents (both inside of locked personal area's) and hurricane Ike I've lost lots of media. I know how much it sucks to replace it all. The less at risk I put my media the happier I am. I like the idea of digital distribution since there's no media or hardware to risk, I just don't trust the providers to offer it to me for the rest of my life any time I want it.
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fine, I'm using it. CUTE as a man I don't like using this word, but there it is. Don't forget to show him how to use warp zones and the crack on the left side of the screen that will make you walk through bricks trick.
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I'm sure they've lost a few, but most pirates are cheap assholes who wouldn't have bought the games had they not been able to pirate them instead. I've been around quite a few pirates, most pirates are cheap bums who don't like they fact they have to buy the player/console and get upset over having to buy the "expensive" blank media needed to pirate. Movies and would prefer to use some other persons bandwidth to do downloading if possible.
On the other hand, the "backup" crowd, such as I'm actually a part of, probably spend more on their devices than the normal kid who has his mommy buy him a few games.
I've got around 15 PSP games, I've got about 5 genuine Magic Gate compliant memory cards ranging from 256 MB to 16GB, I bought my PSP 2000 new off the shelf, and I actually have about 1/2 dozen UMD movies along with some various other accessories. Every PSP game on my memory cards were legally purchased, only one used, the rest were out of the shrink wrap.
Considering the tons of music CD's I have all ripped and on my Iriver and iPhone, I would say there's a lot of hot air where the average consumer was concerned. If Sony wants to go after real pirates they need to focus on Flea Markets and the gas stations/etc.... that sell burned CD's with Xeroxed pictures in the cases, not people who don't want to carry a ton of UMD's. Of course I'll admit 16GB on board with digital distribution is a step in the right direction.
But in the winter time, the electronic lap warming version may have an advantage of its own.
Hey, I like my very well hacked yet full of legitimately purchased games PSP!
When they decide to start wearing pants I might pay attention to them.
You forgot "heavy stuff" and "breakable stuff".
If it's heavy, it's expensive to ship. Monitors (especially back in the CRT days), automotive parts (I know, off topic), and anything the exact right model are important on is best left to an in person deal if possible.
(when you're a Linux user and you buy by the chip - the exact right model revisions is important sometimes)
I can still "buy from Montgomery Ward" - it's not like I'm actually able to buy from Montgomery Ward anymore. Snatching up a name is nothing more than that, I don't care what they name it, Circuit City is gone.
Try getting a Lexmark all in one device to work while NOT admin - ain gonna happen. If you call up Lexmark to ask why their shits broke, they pawn it off on Microsoft. I spent quite a bit of time figuring out folders to change ownership permissions on to make that bastard work without giving admin to everyone.
I watch them both, and I like them both, but SCC has a more complex intelligent plot. Yes, Dollhouse is getting way complex, more so than I gave it credit for when I heard the premise, but I would still give the nod to SCC as the better show.
Dollhouse seems like it was based on a formula, like so many are. SCC is more like Galactica where they really did go out of their way to develop characters and a show. Never mind the fact Dollhouse has more than one leftover Galactica actor and SCC has none.
Just the wrong channel/presentation.
I would have actually worked on something like the Sci-Fi channel that not only runs it when it premiers, but then follows it up with a second showing the same night, and a few arbitrary time slots afterward so everyone gets a second or third chance to see it. This is part of the reason Showtime and HBO have made such successful series along the same lines. Prime time networks value every minute of airtime so much they can't afford to present this type of series in the way it needs to be presented for the target nerd audience.
I didn't know it was canceled until just now. Really, I thought it was in hiatus after that cliff hanger ending of the last episode.
It's not easy to get in my Hulu Que, now that Galactica is gone all that's left beside Terminator is Dollhouse, Family Guy, Simpsons, and American Dad.
It's easy to tell which major network is the only one I watch. That, and that I don't have/need cable.
I looked up the MX1000. It was NOT listed in the mice section of the Logitech website, on the website it comes up bundled with the diNovo keyboard that cost $200.
I may be wrong, but I can't find a stand alone MX1000 that's Bluetooth. This board discussions claims it only comes with the keyboard in Bluetooth.
Just a word in, I did keep my in a small polyester draw string bag as well.
OR as I've often run into management needs to get their heads out of their asses. Clearly define what they want, and when people create something accept it as is or be very specific about the changes that need to be made.
You don't know how many software (and other types of projects) are destroyed by management changing their minds on details and inserting demanding new "features" and functions well after the original outline was done.
Get Bluetooth if you have it built in. Even if you don't have it built in (which having a Mac you do) get Bluetooth. It beats having a dongle for every damned device you want to plug in (keyboard, game control, mouse, headset) the Bluetooth one can do all of it.
DO NOT get a fucking Apple Mighty Mouse. I've had a couple, great idea in theory, but not a good mouse in practice. Right click sucks. It works at first and stops working over time. If you completely remove your index finger from the mouse and click with your middle finger you can usually get a right click, or if you take out the batteries and put them back it works again. It's not worth it. The ball always gets fucked up over time, you can fix it and it will work again for a while, then fix it again, and again, and eventually, not anymore.
Get this Logitech, reviewed it, you can find my review in that link, and I did chastise Logitech a bit, but when compared the other Bluetooth mice I've used that's the best.
The USB wireless mice do have one advantage. They work immediately on boot up no problem on every OS. With Bluetooth I've found that to be the case with Linux. On Mac I have to either hit the connect button while booting with the Logitech (the Mighty Mouse actually did better at this - go figure) or fidget with the buttons and hope the Mac pics up on it after a while. With Windows, well, very mixed experience there, especially when it forgets the mouse should exist.
On my Macbook Pro I always carried a mini bluetooth keyboard and a mouse in my bag, and I left a bluetooth keyboard and mouse on my work desk, used Synergy at home. I had at least 3 each keyboards and mice paired with it, they all worked great every time. I even paired a bluetooth headset with it, but that seemed to be problematic. Audio quality would degrade with time, and the applications were stupid, if the headset wasn't present it wouldn't automatically switch back to the built in or external mic/speakers. Not to mention I paired a Motorola Q, a Blackberry and an iPhone. The Q was awesome with it, surprising since it sucked all around otherwise. The Blackberry was functional, but not that great. There was no point with the iPhone. I don't even see why it's pairable.
Linux on the other hand, I've paired everything above and a PS3 Sixaxxis, the Mac I could only get that to work via USB.
I like Bluetooth, I'm pushing Logitech to support it a bit better, and I can't wait for the day the dongle dies. The electronic dongle, not my dongle.
In my defense I got off of work at 07:00, I'm wrapping up the day. That's a good excuse for now, now for the other 1,000's of times I've done it.....
with equipment that's not much different than stock equipment. I test these cables with a DTX-1800, they do great.
They're sticklers for BlackBox brand cable, I don't know if it's because the cables good, or the more likely scenario that instead of specifying TIA-568B compliant cable they have have to give a part number to make a "Typical". A "Typical" is a blue print for a cable. Remember, it's government, loads of red tape.
We also use Black Box brand connectors, again, for part number reasons I'm almost certain. For the Cat-5 stuff there is something a bit different than your run of the mill cables, it's the inclusion of black load bars that get crimped into the connection. A bit different than most connectors I've used.
The only Cat-6 I've made was a specialized connector with additional grounding added, so I wont get into that.
Beyond what's mentioned the only difference between NASA and the rest of the world is the use of really expensive test equipment, and the insistence that calibrated ratcheting crimpers are used. For test reasons I've made cables using my own stuff and put it on the Fluke, I hate to say it, but my uncalibrated out of the box $20 crimpers from Ideal do just as well as there $150 at minimum crimpers that are custom pieced together. At least according to the Fluke.
I only wish I could see those at the box office. His earlier flicks came out while I was an early teen in BFE with no theater. The later ones, I never could seem to get away from my responsibilities long enough.
Like I said, the only reason I saw Watchmen was because I went to an 11:50 PM showing after work. Alone.
I've decided I'll see Star Trek in the theater if I have to take a day off of work.
This movie is going to shine on the home movie market â" for one really good reason. It's a move a lot of us geek men love but not really one to take a date to. (sure, some of you have that type of woman, but face it, those are a rare type) The guys who had to miss the theatrical release because they didn't want to go to the movies alone because that's just lame are going to buy the DVD, because you can watch that alone, and you have have your to cheap to buy a movie ticket friends watch it with you. (BTW â" I watched it alone, after work, I got off of work at 11:00 PM)
The theatre I usually go to in Baton Rouge had a sign clearly displayed saying have your ID ready for Watchmen, we will be checking. I don't know how many theaters checked ID's nation wide, but face it, it's easier for under aged comic fans to buy a DVD than it is to get into an R-rated movie in some places. Granted in some other places it's the opposite, but never mind that.
Let's not forget, some movies just shine on DVD anyways. Who here honestly watched Office Space in the theatre when it premiered? Everyone saw the home release! (I think it went back to the theaters once, but I'm not certain) Tarintino movies, how many did you see in the box office? Probably more at home than in a theatre seat. I wouldn't be surprised if the home release take rivals the theatrical take.
I agree on this one.
Sony should have designed the UMD to fit in a PS2 or PS3 or released DVD players capable of playing UMD format movies. At minimum a USB UMD drive that could plugged into a PS2 or PS3 would have been awesome. If they would have tried hard enough I really think they could design an optical drive that would accept both UMDs and more conventional media.
I also blame Sony for the shear numbers of counterfeit MSPro DUO's out there. If they wouldn't charge so damned much for Magic Gate, if they wouldn't require Magic Gate for so much, or get this, if they would just USE FUCKING SD CARDs LIKE EVERYONE ELSE there would be less reason for pirates to attempt to exploit that market.
I am being just a bit unfair on the touchscreen. I really don't want to jump back and forth.
I find the idea of playing the new version of Broken Sword on the DS tempting, especially since it has new/expanded levels. But since I originally played the game on Gameboy Advanced (no longer have thank you Hurricane Ike) and I now have it on PSX, even though it's expanded I'm not sure I want to buy it again for a little expansion. If they were to port/update Gabriel Knight Sins of the Fathers on the other hand...
Point and click adventures, fine, the touch screen isn't so bad, maybe even good. Action games/platformers etc.. I really don't want to do the touch bit. The little bit New Super Mario Brothers uses it is about all I can tolerate. There's no way I'm going to play a 3D shooter/Metroid with a touch interface, those are best left to a mouse and keyboard, or at second best dual analog joysticks.
The whole action game via stylus just isn't appealing. That's why there's only certain types of games I'll put on my iPhone.
(Mech games on the other hand are best left to dual analog joysticks, full size - how I wish I had a full arcade T-Mech)
Just an FYI:
Pecos is a Navajo word. Most Americans can't agree on how to pronounce it because the Navajo use vowel sounds that don't exist in English.
My user name is Pecosdave because like Pecos Bill (well, he was a Texas immigrant, but never mind that) I'm from the Pecos Valley, in Texas. My ancestors fought and died so anonymous coward asshats like you don't call us British anymore.
No, but a great deal of American's do have difficulty speaking coherent English of any type.
(well, now that I think of it, so do many of the British)
I have a PSP and a DS. For exactly the same reasons I prefer my PSP.
I don't like futzing with a touch screen. Granted most of the games I play don't require it. The New Super Mario Brothers on uses it for reserved power ups and changing worlds (as far as I'm concerned) so I accept that, the rest of the games I use such as the Final Fantasy games allow me to just use the cross pad as I always have. I actively avoid games that require me to use the stylus.
The PSP on the other hand is a Solid Old Skool design. I love it. No touch screen to think about, a huge beautiful display, and the perfect control layout to play my old SNES games on.
Not to mention Crush is the coolest puzzle game ever.
I have a 16GB Pro Duo in it. I have a bunch of PS1 and PSP games on that memory stick, I'm using compression but there's plenty of room left.
I own every PSP and PS1 game on there. Seriously, I have the disk or UMD for every game on there. Why did I hack my PSP? Because I don't want to carry the fucking UMD's around! I tried that at first, UMD's don't take abuse nearly as well as Game Boy Cartridges did. My Street Fighter Alpha 3 UMD has the clear window separated from the rest of the UMD casing. (that particular game has its own smaller Pro Duo - it gets confused by large ones) I can snap it back out and use it, I'm considering a drop of super glue but the memory stick is sort of nullifying my desire to do that.
I guess you can call me "an honest pirate" since I'm not actually pirating anything, but I use all the pirate utils.
My take on Sony - I was criticizing them for ignoring their customers. PSP 1000 people hacked it to do things Sony never intended, so they came out with a 2000 that was (initially) harder to hack. People hacked it, so they came out with a 3000 that's incredibly difficult to hack. The customer spoke up and said "I want my PSP to do these things" and Sony, instead of making it happen, said no.
If the PSP 4000 rumors are correct, it shows Sony is beginning to listen. The 4000 supposedly doesn't have a UMD drive and will be pure on board storage.
That's a step in the right direction, but don't kill physical media just yet.
I like physical media. I have 10GB worth of music on my iPhone - I ripped all 10GB off of CD's that are in display racks in my living room. All of my PSP and PS1 games on my PSP have disk either in my office closet or in a CD binder near my entry (Hurricane Ike killed the original cases/manuals)
Please don't go pure online distribution only. I don't trust it. We've already seen a couple of DRM laden distribution companies go belly up. We don't need you "Pulling a Sony" when you're tired of us.
To be fair, I bought pirate hardware for my Game Boy Advanced - cheap Chinese crap was broke when it arrived so I never actually got to use it. My reasons were the same - not to pirate, but to not carry the carts around. A coworker is doing this with his DS, I think I'm going to do this with my DS also.
I feel more comfortable knowing if my whole backpack gets stolen I lose my PSP and my DS, but when it comes down to it, I only have to replace the systems (and the memory cards) not the systems and every damn game I had for them.
Between two major theft incidents (both inside of locked personal area's) and hurricane Ike I've lost lots of media. I know how much it sucks to replace it all. The less at risk I put my media the happier I am. I like the idea of digital distribution since there's no media or hardware to risk, I just don't trust the providers to offer it to me for the rest of my life any time I want it.
fine, I'm using it. CUTE as a man I don't like using this word, but there it is. Don't forget to show him how to use warp zones and the crack on the left side of the screen that will make you walk through bricks trick.