My take on this is that Nintendo realized their primary assets are their name and their creative staff. They don't have Microsoft's money, they don't have Sony's other business, but they have the best videogame hardware and software designers. It is in their best interest to shake up the industry as much as possible because they are better positioned to capitalize on it. MS and Sony have a tendency to focus group everything, while Nintendo will just jump in feet first. The trick is getting third parties to follow along.
And the same stubborness and lack of reality that allowed them to rebuild and reinvent the game industry in the '80s. What exactly should they be doing differently? Losing money? Killing hookers? Forcing the industry into stasis?
He's not too bright, is he? Isn't the idea that journalists should have some idea what they are talking about, especially when dismissing it? Apparently a DS with Nintendogs is the same as a keychain with a preprinted LCD, and Electroplankton is some sort of music sequencer. I have no idea what games Dvorak has liked in the past but given that information I'm pretty sure I could point out what games they, by his standards, ripped off or imitated.
Hmm, the free market is efficient at reducing wages? What a surprise. Hmm, the free market has found manipulating the legal system one of the most efficient routes to profit? I'm shocked. Hmm, being a wasteful country focused on disposability is not efficient? Who woulda thought?
The fact is illegal immigrants are a drain on the american system and that includes YOU. What you are doing is a slap in the face to every legal immigrant who has gone through the process to come here legally.
You ignore our border; you ignore our laws -- GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR COUNTRY! (you're welcome back when you get your green card)
Oddly enough, you are saying the same thing many countries are saying to American corporations. You can't have it both ways, though you may be able to take it in both ends. When did American become a synonym for self-centered, anyway?
Assembled a lot of ships, have you? Spent a lot of time huddled in the dark, trapped by collapsed project documentation?
Do you understand the point of a union? I'm sure you understand the concept of divide and conquer. Assuming you are working in IT, which your arrogance bears out, you have been conquered. Congratulations.
What actual information could they release though? I suppose they could tell us the graphics will be better than now, but I think everyone figured that out. What else do they have? Micropayments? Halo 2.5? "Theoretically possible" Madden?
And Sony and Nintendo are both launching sometime next year, not this fall, so they can position their hype to counter the Xbox 360 retail launch. "Wait for us! We'll be able to render The Incredibles in real time."
Agreed. I think Jobs is going about this wrong, but it is an easy way to keep the memes going. "Microsoft copies Apple" is easy to communicate to people unfamiliar with computers, the ideal Mini/iMac audience. "Microsoft and Apple are not doing new things but Apple is more innovative and elegant in implementation" isn't as catchy. I am however sick of it. I don't want a pissing match about whose head the light bulb appeared over, I want a useful, productive OS.
Apple "innovates". Microsoft "just works". Linux is "free". Simplify a complex situation and you end up with partial truths.
No, MS is copying Nintendo. Have you seen the DS or maybe the platinum GC?
If MS was copying Apple I would expect better design. People likened the PSP to the iPod. Shiny does not mean well designed. Now people are comparing the Xbox 360 to the Power Mac. Apple design doesn't start and end with covering everything with brushed metal.
The most intelligent women disproportionatly go into careers, limiting their family size or skipping children altogether, while the least intelligent women are the most immune from feminist propaganda. From a purely Darwinian standpoint it's suicidal.
Your post doesn't make much sense to me, but I'm especially having trouble with this part. Is intelligence an evolutionary advantage? Is this "feminist propaganda" correct or incorrect? What evidence do you have showing career choice or family size are correlated to intelligence? Do you even a usable measure for intelligence?
Tip plus pay is supposed to be calculated per shift, but most employers calculate over a pay period. This works out well for the employers, but means waitstaff get their wages squeezed pretty badly. I live in Oregon, where the minimum base wage ignores tips. As a cook this actually impacts my wage, but as precedent for actually paying employees a living wage I'll accept it.
Why don't companies use stock options as an excuse to retroactively reduce salary?
No no no! Common courtesy is that bribery starts at the top. The MPAA should have begun with Congress or at least the state legislature, and worked down.
Oh, they're doing that? I'll shut up now.
Why is it that the police, who should be coordinated and informed, tend to react to protests in violent and aggressive ways that later analysis finds unjustified?
Obvious solution to two Linux problems: Turn bug testing into an MMORPG. Linux bugs get squashed and Linux gets an unique game with near-infinite content. And selling a Xbox port could support kernel development.
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My take on this is that Nintendo realized their primary assets are their name and their creative staff. They don't have Microsoft's money, they don't have Sony's other business, but they have the best videogame hardware and software designers. It is in their best interest to shake up the industry as much as possible because they are better positioned to capitalize on it. MS and Sony have a tendency to focus group everything, while Nintendo will just jump in feet first. The trick is getting third parties to follow along.
And the same stubborness and lack of reality that allowed them to rebuild and reinvent the game industry in the '80s. What exactly should they be doing differently? Losing money? Killing hookers? Forcing the industry into stasis?
He's not too bright, is he? Isn't the idea that journalists should have some idea what they are talking about, especially when dismissing it? Apparently a DS with Nintendogs is the same as a keychain with a preprinted LCD, and Electroplankton is some sort of music sequencer. I have no idea what games Dvorak has liked in the past but given that information I'm pretty sure I could point out what games they, by his standards, ripped off or imitated.
Why don't people tell me these things?
Hmm, the free market is efficient at reducing wages? What a surprise. Hmm, the free market has found manipulating the legal system one of the most efficient routes to profit? I'm shocked. Hmm, being a wasteful country focused on disposability is not efficient? Who woulda thought?
You ignore our border; you ignore our laws -- GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR COUNTRY! (you're welcome back when you get your green card)
Oddly enough, you are saying the same thing many countries are saying to American corporations. You can't have it both ways, though you may be able to take it in both ends. When did American become a synonym for self-centered, anyway?
Assembled a lot of ships, have you? Spent a lot of time huddled in the dark, trapped by collapsed project documentation? Do you understand the point of a union? I'm sure you understand the concept of divide and conquer. Assuming you are working in IT, which your arrogance bears out, you have been conquered. Congratulations.
Can I assume that your opinion on Google "turning over to the dark side" is based on rational analysis and not just distrust of a large company?
No. A customer who wants something stupid should not be catered to. Allowing them to continue to exist is about my limit.
And Sony and Nintendo are both launching sometime next year, not this fall, so they can position their hype to counter the Xbox 360 retail launch. "Wait for us! We'll be able to render The Incredibles in real time."
Apple "innovates". Microsoft "just works". Linux is "free". Simplify a complex situation and you end up with partial truths.
If MS was copying Apple I would expect better design. People likened the PSP to the iPod. Shiny does not mean well designed. Now people are comparing the Xbox 360 to the Power Mac. Apple design doesn't start and end with covering everything with brushed metal.
Clarification please?
Obviously police compensation should be dependent on them doing what we want. We certainly have an excess of lawyers doing pro bono patent defense.
Tip plus pay is supposed to be calculated per shift, but most employers calculate over a pay period. This works out well for the employers, but means waitstaff get their wages squeezed pretty badly. I live in Oregon, where the minimum base wage ignores tips. As a cook this actually impacts my wage, but as precedent for actually paying employees a living wage I'll accept it. Why don't companies use stock options as an excuse to retroactively reduce salary?
No no no! Common courtesy is that bribery starts at the top. The MPAA should have begun with Congress or at least the state legislature, and worked down. Oh, they're doing that? I'll shut up now.
Why is it that the police, who should be coordinated and informed, tend to react to protests in violent and aggressive ways that later analysis finds unjustified?
Obvious solution to two Linux problems: Turn bug testing into an MMORPG. Linux bugs get squashed and Linux gets an unique game with near-infinite content. And selling a Xbox port could support kernel development.