Well, it was more a joke than anything. I don't, however, see anything illegal happening. CES doesn't have a monopoly on anything. While I'm all for these companies taking their advertising budgets elsewhere in the face of a dumb move by a conference... but the fact remains that they can.
I don't care about HD-DVD and Blu Ray as such, but the thing I resent Sony the most is that they've more or less prevented us from having "HD" burners in our computers already.
How is that Sony's fault? Microsoft and Toshiba teamed up against pretty much everyone else to create FUD with a format doomed to lack of adoption from the start.
I bet you're not colorblind. I also bet you don't play games with more than two teams.
A game that truly takes it into account has an option to switch into a primary color mode or choose your own colors to account for varying types and degrees of colorblindness.
But that goes to my other point. It was obvious Think Secret from the getgo was getting TRUE insider information, and not controlled leaks, as they leaked products that NEVER made it to market sometimes and it did cause Apple a lot of trouble.
Apple is considering releasing a 40 foot tall robot equipped with lasers and a capacitive touchscreen.
On the off chance this isn't actually released, this demonstrates I have true insider information.
Not with the colors I listed. Most of them are very close. I'm not that colorblind either, but purple/dark blue is nearly impossible to distinguish because the red is lost.
I see some effects but just get a headache. I think it is some 5-10% of the population suffers from the same problem. That will limit any major 3D tv tech.
About 10% of the male population is colorblind. That still doesn't prevent half the video games that come out using purple/pink/red/cyan/dark blue/light blue as the major team colors.
What about Fred and Ethyl Six-Pack, who probably still have a tube set, or just got their first flat panel at Costco but have no idea how to set it up. Do their jaws drop the first time they see the blu-ray version of Bad Boys II? Of course not.
I look forward to the day when Blu-Ray players are available for $34.99 at Wal-Mart, as DVD players are today. Fortunately, our DVDs will still play fine, and there will still be no reason to replace them with their Blu-Ray counterparts.
I purchased a new TV in 2009 as well, and moved the old TV purchased in 2006 upstairs where we had none. My wife, a decided non-geek, noted with disappointment the quality difference on the downstairs set with the BluRay/PS3 player, and the upstairs set.
I too tend to keep TVs for awhile (this is the first time I've actually had two). But I certainly don't expect that to hold other people back.
Did significant regional economic troubles follow the construction of Taibei 101 or the Petronas Towers?
The Petronas Towers were initiated during the boom which preceded the Asian Financial Crisis.
I would consider Taipei 101 to be part of the financial boom engineered following the Dotcom crisis and 9/11.
You are correct that this is only a correlation. I am recalling it from a study I read that also included an analysis of the fortunes of those who financed and those who operated these "tallest" projects. They were not good. I wish I could recall the author/book I read it from. I apologize for my inability to do so.
That reasoning is both specious and incorrect. The Empire State Building, in fact, remained the tallest building in the world from 1931 until the WTC was completed four decades later, then eclipsed by the Sears Tower the very next year, which remained the tallest building in the world until 1998. Of the five buildings that surpass the Sears Tower, four of them were built in the last half decade.
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Well, it was more a joke than anything. I don't, however, see anything illegal happening. CES doesn't have a monopoly on anything. While I'm all for these companies taking their advertising budgets elsewhere in the face of a dumb move by a conference... but the fact remains that they can.
Where the heck do I find the Opt-Out?
By not getting bent out of shape that you can't watch Bad Santa on your iPhone.
I don't care about HD-DVD and Blu Ray as such, but the thing I resent Sony the most is that they've more or less prevented us from having "HD" burners in our computers already.
How is that Sony's fault? Microsoft and Toshiba teamed up against pretty much everyone else to create FUD with a format doomed to lack of adoption from the start.
Or perhaps your post just contained a lot of general fuckedupedness.
Duh, PI is 3!
It was actually just a joke. I have two kids.
Say you have kids.
Or perhaps you like kids...
...to join a crusade.
Groovy.
great, more sony lock in.
Yeah! I'm going to go the other video rental services that don't require signing up for an account!
I bet you're not colorblind. I also bet you don't play games with more than two teams.
A game that truly takes it into account has an option to switch into a primary color mode or choose your own colors to account for varying types and degrees of colorblindness.
Surely they've learned from this.
Chuckle.
When I said team, I didn't just mean televised sports.
But that goes to my other point. It was obvious Think Secret from the getgo was getting TRUE insider information, and not controlled leaks, as they leaked products that NEVER made it to market sometimes and it did cause Apple a lot of trouble.
Apple is considering releasing a 40 foot tall robot equipped with lasers and a capacitive touchscreen.
On the off chance this isn't actually released, this demonstrates I have true insider information.
Not with the colors I listed. Most of them are very close. I'm not that colorblind either, but purple/dark blue is nearly impossible to distinguish because the red is lost.
I see some effects but just get a headache. I think it is some 5-10% of the population suffers from the same problem. That will limit any major 3D tv tech.
About 10% of the male population is colorblind. That still doesn't prevent half the video games that come out using purple/pink/red/cyan/dark blue/light blue as the major team colors.
What about Fred and Ethyl Six-Pack, who probably still have a tube set, or just got their first flat panel at Costco but have no idea how to set it up. Do their jaws drop the first time they see the blu-ray version of Bad Boys II? Of course not. I look forward to the day when Blu-Ray players are available for $34.99 at Wal-Mart, as DVD players are today. Fortunately, our DVDs will still play fine, and there will still be no reason to replace them with their Blu-Ray counterparts.
I purchased a new TV in 2009 as well, and moved the old TV purchased in 2006 upstairs where we had none. My wife, a decided non-geek, noted with disappointment the quality difference on the downstairs set with the BluRay/PS3 player, and the upstairs set.
I too tend to keep TVs for awhile (this is the first time I've actually had two). But I certainly don't expect that to hold other people back.
Howard "I'm a guy who doesn't see anything good having come from the Internet" Stringer
That was some music industry guy at Sony BMG, not Stringer.
I want some of what you're dropping.
The 3D effects were blurry and made me feel nauseous.
Furthermore, everyone else in the theater was a nerd. Everyone but me had these big thick plastic glasses on.
I really don't see what the hype was about.
Did significant regional economic troubles follow the construction of Taibei 101 or the Petronas Towers?
The Petronas Towers were initiated during the boom which preceded the Asian Financial Crisis.
I would consider Taipei 101 to be part of the financial boom engineered following the Dotcom crisis and 9/11.
You are correct that this is only a correlation. I am recalling it from a study I read that also included an analysis of the fortunes of those who financed and those who operated these "tallest" projects. They were not good. I wish I could recall the author/book I read it from. I apologize for my inability to do so.
That reasoning is both specious and incorrect. The Empire State Building, in fact, remained the tallest building in the world from 1931 until the WTC was completed four decades later, then eclipsed by the Sears Tower the very next year, which remained the tallest building in the world until 1998. Of the five buildings that surpass the Sears Tower, four of them were built in the last half decade.
Perhaps you can spot the correlation now.
The Chrysler State Building was completed in 1930. The Empire State Building in 1931. The WTC completed at the start of the 1970s stagflation.
Construction hubris and economic crash seem to be close companions.
Mine said 'YES'! What do I do?!
How about this?