Look, Bush is pretty bad and the least favorite President I've seen (and that's saying a lot), but he's nothing particularly special, sorry. Politicians have ignored reality throughout history. I could go on with a billion examples, but that would look I'm defending him, which I desperately do not wish to do.
I'm just here to point out that in order to have an open mind, you, well, actually have to have an open mind. Those who do not understand history are not only doomed to repeat it but to also end up thinking that their times are somehow unique.
According to SK, the Engine apparently caused the game to "slow down significantly" due to lengthly load times and "memory-spikes" during loading. Epic apparently had known about this problem with the Unreal Engine since 2004 and promised a solution by 2005. It never came. " Wow, they really should have had those PS3 problems ironed out given they had the development kits 2 years before Sony actually made them.
Not sure if this is just your opinion, but the attacks on the Beirut and Saudi Arabia were military targets and classified as terrorism. As was the attack on the USS Cole.
Very nice, albeit still not enough to justify me getting one. Mind you the reason why I haven't is not an issue with the TiVo itself - more of a matter of nothing being on television worth watching anyway. If they add a "unSuck" button you can count me as the first person in line. Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own a Television
However, there's a lot that don't, and even when they do have component cables, they're located in the back of the TV and hooked up to the DVD player.
If you have a spare component in on the TV (far from guaranteed) wouldn't you hook the cable up to the TV and then leave it tucked behind somewhere until you wanted to pull it out and play the PSP?
On the other hand if you only have one component in (much more likely) and you are a gamer you already have a $20 component switchbox with easily accessible inputs for DVD + at least one system. This will work in the first case too if you have a desire to frequently remote the PSP cable.
I've been using RF remotes for years (including a universal receiver/blaster) and everytime I pick up an infrared remote I feel like I'm in a time warp because I actually have to point the damn thing.
I can see how it would be frustrating to have two remotes. Hopefully within a few years everything will be off IR or you'll be able to get programmable RF remotes although that sounds a bit questionable.
You know, the funny part is that I agree with your premise because of the limited memory size, not the disc size. The disc size allows larger levels, blah blah whatever. But textures on a given frame can only be fit into memory which is equal on the PS3/360 (and that is what they should of put more into on the PS3 for the price).
But really, drop your stuff about the drive speed or anything else. It really makes no sense. You can get far more mileage out of pointing out the memory size. The speed of the BD-ROM is entirely irrelevant except to slow down load times which at the end of the day are not in the top three concerns of the average player.
Sigbritt, who has never owned a computer before, can now watch 1,500 HDTV channels simultaneously or download a whole high definition DVD in two seconds. Apparently 'the hardest part of the whole project was installing Windows on Sigbritt's PC.'" It seems the hardest part would be setting up the 1,500 HDTVs.
Of course if she's anything like my 71 year-old Mom it would mean she could fall asleep in from of 1,500 HDTV channels simultaneously.
But seriously, what is it that makes it hard to get content onto it. Can't you just plug it into a USB port and have a new drive letter? Or do you have to use their own custom software, like the iPod (which is the single thing I dislike about the iPod)? I've never used a PSP and have only seen one once, so I don't know much about them. Oh, it's not HARD, for anyone like us. It's just not "mom-simple". She even uses a PSP I gave her to carry around pictures (big thing for her) and play music. But downloading videos requires torrent-ing or ripping the content, converting it, and then downloading it across the USB cable. I don't know why they don't have a store likes iTunes. That's half the reason people like the iPod I think.
BTW, the "which" in the original sentence negates you're joke. If I'd used "that" or "whom" you'd be in business.;)
Hours is incredibly misleading, to the point of being a lie. It's also a useless fact since you'd never do this.
I also never said the drive was fast... it's about the speed of a DVD drive, which is what the ubiquitous hard-drive is for.
Or let's look at it this way: You could fill the entire memory (512MB) From the disk in 512MB / 9MB / sec = 57 second maximum load time. Of course any programmer worth his salt would be able to do better than that using the HDD.
Or let's look at it this way: You could just buy a PS3 and find out for yourself that load times are irrelevant on the dozens of games available.
That it's not integrated into an online store from Sony like iTunes? This isn't my problem actually... I get the content anyway... it's Sony's problem.
I like my PSP... but getting content onto is not simple. I wouldn't recommend it to my mother which I would love to do.
That anyone could mod that insightful or even take that seriously is sad.
1. 3 hours is enough for flights 1/2 way across the country (you can't have it on every single second.) I gave a very cheap way to extend battery life (because I'm a cheap ass) but for the price of a laptop I could purchase 2 additional proprietary batteries for 9 hours of battery life and still be at a third the price of a laptop.
2. You ignored the fact that I take it on a treadmill everyday. I also take it with me around town when I have to wait at the Doctors and the like. I would personally not want to take a laptop with me to either place.
3. People complain about it being too big as it is. The screen is the size it's at. That doesn't stop people from enjoying the PSP or the DS for hours at a time.
Unless you are encoding your own content everything on a.b.tv and on torrent sites uses Xvid so you are stuck re-encoding every single piece of content. Yeah, that is a pain in the ass. If Apple can make iTunes what is holding up Sony who even holds the content themselves??
So does this mean there are TV out ports (or a proprietary connector) to the PSP that connects to a TV VIA Composite, component, S-Video... or does it stream content to a PS3 and play on the screen?
From reading the announcement it LOOKS like the answer is TV out, unless there is an extra PS3 he's not mentioning:
11:49AM PDT - "You can control what you're seeing, I'll pause it, get rid of the menu, etc. If you want the video back on your PSP, push the display button again and it's back on your PSP. You can play games, videos, show photos, all of that on a tv screen or your PSP. With DLNA, you can also access the files on your PC at home via your PSP. This sparks the imagination, and encourages developers and players alike to think beyond the norm." We envision a bizarre future world where we stream computer video to the PS3 to the PSP over RemotePlay and then video output to a friend's HDTV. Sure, we'll only use this feature once... but it's cool nevertheless. "As you can see it comes in piano black, but there are some additional colors that are coming to North America, which Jack will show off in a moment." (yes, you can access your PS3 from a remote location using your PSP).
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Look, Bush is pretty bad and the least favorite President I've seen (and that's saying a lot), but he's nothing particularly special, sorry. Politicians have ignored reality throughout history. I could go on with a billion examples, but that would look I'm defending him, which I desperately do not wish to do.
I'm just here to point out that in order to have an open mind, you, well, actually have to have an open mind. Those who do not understand history are not only doomed to repeat it but to also end up thinking that their times are somehow unique.
Sometimes the greatest wisdom is to simply say, "I don't know, but this is my best effort, and I'm ready to be corrected."
I know. If only the other guys would say that more often, since they are always wrong.
Expecting our side to say that? Well, that's just plain ignorant!
This reminds me of Soviet Russia or a dictatorship. Having a political "officer" involved in every decision.
Yes, this is exactly what happens when the government controls the purse-strings.
How to fix it... how to fix it... hmmm....
...but what did it hit them with.
Planetfall and A Mind Forever Voyaging.
Trinity as well come to think of it. Also Zork III at the very end. I don't think I've enjoyed any media as much.
Infocom.
I nearly wept in at least two of their games.
In other words, I doubt this is a PS3 thing.
perhaps he needs to be corrected, Attacking armed forces while clearly being uniformed as a hostile force is not terrorism.
Saboteurs are regular military forces that go in disguised.
attacking armed forces is not terrorism.
Not sure if this is just your opinion, but the attacks on the Beirut and Saudi Arabia were military targets and classified as terrorism. As was the attack on the USS Cole.
However, there's a lot that don't, and even when they do have component cables, they're located in the back of the TV and hooked up to the DVD player.
If you have a spare component in on the TV (far from guaranteed) wouldn't you hook the cable up to the TV and then leave it tucked behind somewhere until you wanted to pull it out and play the PSP?
On the other hand if you only have one component in (much more likely) and you are a gamer you already have a $20 component switchbox with easily accessible inputs for DVD + at least one system. This will work in the first case too if you have a desire to frequently remote the PSP cable.
I've been using RF remotes for years (including a universal receiver/blaster) and everytime I pick up an infrared remote I feel like I'm in a time warp because I actually have to point the damn thing.
I can see how it would be frustrating to have two remotes. Hopefully within a few years everything will be off IR or you'll be able to get programmable RF remotes although that sounds a bit questionable.
removal of the IR port (Sony really hates infrared),
Saying Sony hates infrared is like saying my new flatscreen hates buttons because 95% of them are only on the remote.
Another technology has replaced it. Why have two means of remote communication on a device?
Crap, same thing for here and I've been with them since 2005.
But my service plan got renewed in MAY so I'm out 10 months of service!!! That makes my monthly cost 600/26 instead of 600/36 = $23 instead of $17.
Oh well, they were still a great deal while they were around. I loved the international calling rates.
You know, the funny part is that I agree with your premise because of the limited memory size, not the disc size. The disc size allows larger levels, blah blah whatever. But textures on a given frame can only be fit into memory which is equal on the PS3/360 (and that is what they should of put more into on the PS3 for the price).
But really, drop your stuff about the drive speed or anything else. It really makes no sense. You can get far more mileage out of pointing out the memory size. The speed of the BD-ROM is entirely irrelevant except to slow down load times which at the end of the day are not in the top three concerns of the average player.
Of course if she's anything like my 71 year-old Mom it would mean she could fall asleep in from of 1,500 HDTV channels simultaneously.
BTW, the "which" in the original sentence negates you're joke. If I'd used "that" or "whom" you'd be in business.
Hours is incredibly misleading, to the point of being a lie. It's also a useless fact since you'd never do this.
I also never said the drive was fast... it's about the speed of a DVD drive, which is what the ubiquitous hard-drive is for.
Or let's look at it this way: You could fill the entire memory (512MB) From the disk in 512MB / 9MB / sec = 57 second maximum load time. Of course any programmer worth his salt would be able to do better than that using the HDD.
Or let's look at it this way: You could just buy a PS3 and find out for yourself that load times are irrelevant on the dozens of games available.
To transfer a whole disc worth of textures to an HDD would take *hours*
25,000MB / 9MB/sec = 2,777 sec = 46 minutes to read every byte on the disk.
The rest of your post is equally inane.
That it's not integrated into an online store from Sony like iTunes? This isn't my problem actually... I get the content anyway... it's Sony's problem.
I like my PSP... but getting content onto is not simple. I wouldn't recommend it to my mother which I would love to do.
That anyone could mod that insightful or even take that seriously is sad.
1. 3 hours is enough for flights 1/2 way across the country (you can't have it on every single second.) I gave a very cheap way to extend battery life (because I'm a cheap ass) but for the price of a laptop I could purchase 2 additional proprietary batteries for 9 hours of battery life and still be at a third the price of a laptop.
2. You ignored the fact that I take it on a treadmill everyday. I also take it with me around town when I have to wait at the Doctors and the like. I would personally not want to take a laptop with me to either place.
3. People complain about it being too big as it is. The screen is the size it's at. That doesn't stop people from enjoying the PSP or the DS for hours at a time.
Chuckle. Nice editing.
From reading the announcement it LOOKS like the answer is TV out, unless there is an extra PS3 he's not mentioning:
11:49AM PDT - "You can control what you're seeing, I'll pause it, get rid of the menu, etc. If you want the video back on your PSP, push the display button again and it's back on your PSP. You can play games, videos, show photos, all of that on a tv screen or your PSP. With DLNA, you can also access the files on your PC at home via your PSP. This sparks the imagination, and encourages developers and players alike to think beyond the norm." We envision a bizarre future world where we stream computer video to the PS3 to the PSP over RemotePlay and then video output to a friend's HDTV. Sure, we'll only use this feature once