Music != schools, roads, or any other service that it makes sense for the government to provide.
Music is entertainment, and they're taking money from people to give it to rich people just in case the original people might steal music.
I can also guarantee you that at some point, something that you use comes by way of road. Even if you walk to the supermarket to get food, that food has to be delivered by road (or air/rail/ship but I bet most of it is truck delivered).
I agree. I feel that most of my troll/flamebait mods have been because someone disagreed with me (mostly if it was political) or didn't catch the attempted humor.
I'm sure this is opening me up for an off-topic moderation, but at least it'll be deserved.;)
So next time Windows fails to start, you'll know why!
Where are all the jokes about this? Seriously! A bad hard drive is not the only reason Windows won't start. It's not even in the top ten. I've had Windows not start maybe once in ten years over a hard drive. I've had it not start for a variety of other reasons... well the number is greater than one, but I don't keep count (I bet twitter did, though).
C'mon you slackers, it was a slow day, where are my +5 funny posts about the ineptitude of Microsoft?
I'll go you one further: I'd like to be able to avoid most top "..." lists. They're all very subjective. The writing is generally poor, even when a usually good site puts one up.
The only reason I read this one was to see what scandals I might not have heard about. I disagree with the inclusion of Columbine; that wasn't a video game industry scandal. That was a "make the parents feel better about what their little monsters did by blaming a video game" scandal trumped up with little basis other than "oh they played Doom."
Shit, I bet they jerked off, too, but no one blamed masturbating for Columbine.
I don't think they do. These comments, if anything, are more flamebait and annoying and wouldn't win them any fans. However, people like Dr. Kool? I think he's paid. I didn't, until the last few posts about E3 and the price drop, but I do now.
I think the ACs are two or three young PS3 fans. 14-17 or so. They're pissed off at the way their system is doing in sales. They post the same inane drivel in every thread, calling people names, and don't back up anything they say. Shills would at least provide links to back their statements up, or not call potential customers names.
There are Wii/360 fanboys, too, but I've seen far, far fewer ACs posting in the same reactionary, angry, and generally stupid style in support of the Wii/360. When even twitter looks sane by comparison you have a serious problem. They're just angry and flailing because we're so stupid we can't see how GREAT a deal the PS3 is and the majority don't care to part with five hundred (or six hundred) dollars for a games system.
If the PS3 turns out to be the Saturn of this generation -- and even I would be surprised if they did so badly -- I wonder what these people will say? Not much, in my guess. Or they'll blame the naysayers, but they won't place any blame on the shoulders of Sony. Sony, of course, is loading the AK-47 aimed at their feet. They've completely screwed up every opportunity, starting with "$600!" and then "$600 is too cheap!" It might be less than it costs, but it's certainly more than the thing is worth.
I don't know, but by your inability to read my post fully or comprehend the words, I'm guessing you work for Sony.
The PS3 is selling at roughly the same rate as the PS1 and PS2 were worldwide...Slightly faster than the PS1, and slightly slower than the PS2.
I didn't compare it to either. I said as someone who owned both, I wanted it to be cheaper. Is "cheaper" too big of a word for your dumb ass?
The Gamecube and X-Box both "lost" to the PS2. As it stands now, less than a year in, the Wii has sold almost half what the GC did, and the 360 has reached that point as well almost two years in. The PS3 has sold roughly ONE THIRD of their numbers. It doesn't matter how fast the PS1 and PS2 sold if DEVELOPER SUPPORT goes to shit.
The 80 gig will be moved down to 499 when they have sold through the 60 gigs. Are you really that fucking stupid not to understand that?
I don't take the word of AC Sony Shills on/. and expect some sort of proof. Are you really so fucking stupid not to understand that? (Sorry "that" twice in your sentence bugged me, so I upgraded it.)
And, yeah, that waggle hype is gonna last for another five to seven years...
I'm assuming, at this point, you're talking about the Wii. I will now point to the X-Box 360 -- which, before anyone accuses me of being a fanboy for, I don't own. They're getting a great many "exclusives" to be ported to their system. Sony doesn't just have to compete against Nintendo, and Nintendo isn't even trying to compete with the same demographic -- yet they're still kicking Sony in the teeth. The PS3 may or may not be selling at the same speed as the earlier systems, I don't trust anything you say as you're a) stupid and b) back nothing up. But all sales numbers indicate the Wii is roughly outselling the PS3 three to one. So by your own argument: The Wii is selling three times as fast as the PSX and PS2.
Even if you're right, and they drop the 80GB to $499: It's. Still. Ridiculous.
And it'll really piss off anyone who buys the 60GB unaware of the impending "upgrade" at that price range.
People have been asking for a price cut for "ages"? Has the PS3 even been out for a YEAR?
People have been bitching about the price since it was announced, before it came out. As a PS1 and PS2 owner, I'm one of them.
In the world of electronics, this has been "ages." Especially with the ass kicking Sony is taking in console sales.
And how is the 80GB a worse system for the same price?
It's not. But the point is: The 60GB version isn't selling at $600! The Wii -- with it's ridiculous name and much more limited capabilities -- is outselling it 3:1. The 80GB version probably won't sell. And the "free" game? It's not all that appealing.
There's a game in Zelda like that, called rollgoal. You have to roll a ball along these little blocks, like some sort of cheap game you'd buy for a kid you didn't like on a road trip, to get it from start to end. It is easily the most annoying part of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I'm not sure how they did that in the Gamecube version.
I have had no problem with either WMV or Quicktime in Linux. And, as someone who uses Linux, I'm very aware of Microsoft's vast reach and control. I just watched the quicktime trailer with ZERO problems, and I'm not in Windows, nor am I using a Mac. So it's not helping them get Microsoft software on MY PC.
If you can't view the trailer you are a very special kind of moron indeed.
I had to do the same text file editing with nVidia, which is what my current graphics card is (and I hold grudges: so after the first ATi card burned me with crap drivers in Linux AND Windows, I doubt I'll *ever* buy one of theirs again). It refused to show me 1280x1024, which is the native resolution of my monitor, until I did this.
Of course, this was almost a year ago now, and Feisty is way, way nicer than Dapper was, so I can't say for sure if this is still the case with nVidia. But last August, I had to edit a text file to get 1280x1024 -- and both my graphics card and monitor support it.
It's not that I want to the PS3 to win, but I don't want Sony to lose so badly that they'd pull out of the gaming industry.
I don't see this happening, simply because they know how much they can make and dominate. The PS1 and PS2 destroyed the competition. Even Sony's execs aren't so stupid to pull out when they lose one out of three rounds.
The guy compared the 360 to a PC, saying a similarly priced computer had more capabilities.
It's not an honest argument. Sure you can buy a $400 PC and do things with it you can't do with an X-Box, but you can't play comparable games on it -- which is the point of a games console. So his argument isn't all that, y'know, sensible in the first place.
Anyone thinking Microsoft has a monopoly in the gaming market is something of an idiot. In a few months, Nintendo Wii sales will pass up 360 sales -- and the Wii doesn't even have the "buy twice!" problem of faulty hardware included in those numbers. Last generation, Sony beat the living hell out of Microsoft and Nintendo combined. Together they sold maybe fifty million consoles, and the PS2 sold twice that (and is still selling). Microsoft has no portable system, and even if they introduced one tomorrow, the DS would trounce it. The DS is extremely popular in Japan, which is the market that tends to control the direction of video games.
And let's be honest -- Sony losing their control is a Good Thing(tm). I don't think Sony is going to leave the market, but with a more level playing field, things will be much, much better for all of us.
I had to tweak our ATI card settings in xorg.conf manually to get a good resolution.
That is the big show stopper in Ubuntu, to me. That is unacceptable in a distro that wants to be user-friendly. I had no problem doing this, and even expected it as I migrated from Slackware. But a non-techie user can't be expected to do this sort of thing. The wink and nod, "here are the codecs" thing Ubuntu does is acceptable, text-file-configuration-editing is not.
I have Ubuntu (Feisty Fawn) and XP installed on the same computer. The fonts look better on my 17" LCD in Ubuntu, by default, than they do in Windows. I'm not entirely sure why this is, as I've even compared the same fonts, taken screenshots. I've tried tweaking the way fonts look in Windows but can't. They just look like crap there.
So, really, maybe it's perspective/taste, or you've not seen Linux fonts lately. Before I delved into Linux again last year, the last time I looked at it was in 2000, and the fonts were horrid. We're talking -- wow, that was awful.
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So you're planning on punishing the students for the University being dicks?
Seems like you're just adding to the pile of crap the students have to put up with.
That'd probably sting more had I not already had free consensual sex.
How's your mother doing, anyway?
Yeah, and herpes is free, too.
;)
Doesn't mean I want it.
Except for one huge flaw here.
Music != schools, roads, or any other service that it makes sense for the government to provide.
Music is entertainment, and they're taking money from people to give it to rich people just in case the original people might steal music.
I can also guarantee you that at some point, something that you use comes by way of road. Even if you walk to the supermarket to get food, that food has to be delivered by road (or air/rail/ship but I bet most of it is truck delivered).
I agree. I feel that most of my troll/flamebait mods have been because someone disagreed with me (mostly if it was political) or didn't catch the attempted humor.
;)
I'm sure this is opening me up for an off-topic moderation, but at least it'll be deserved.
This has been up at least an hour.
So next time Windows fails to start, you'll know why!
Where are all the jokes about this? Seriously! A bad hard drive is not the only reason Windows won't start. It's not even in the top ten. I've had Windows not start maybe once in ten years over a hard drive. I've had it not start for a variety of other reasons... well the number is greater than one, but I don't keep count (I bet twitter did, though).
C'mon you slackers, it was a slow day, where are my +5 funny posts about the ineptitude of Microsoft?
Totally OT: I love your sig.
I'll go you one further: I'd like to be able to avoid most top "..." lists. They're all very subjective. The writing is generally poor, even when a usually good site puts one up.
The only reason I read this one was to see what scandals I might not have heard about. I disagree with the inclusion of Columbine; that wasn't a video game industry scandal. That was a "make the parents feel better about what their little monsters did by blaming a video game" scandal trumped up with little basis other than "oh they played Doom."
Shit, I bet they jerked off, too, but no one blamed masturbating for Columbine.
They discuss the genesis of the game,
Very punny...
Does Sony pay you to post this crap?
I don't think they do. These comments, if anything, are more flamebait and annoying and wouldn't win them any fans. However, people like Dr. Kool? I think he's paid. I didn't, until the last few posts about E3 and the price drop, but I do now.
I think the ACs are two or three young PS3 fans. 14-17 or so. They're pissed off at the way their system is doing in sales. They post the same inane drivel in every thread, calling people names, and don't back up anything they say. Shills would at least provide links to back their statements up, or not call potential customers names.
There are Wii/360 fanboys, too, but I've seen far, far fewer ACs posting in the same reactionary, angry, and generally stupid style in support of the Wii/360. When even twitter looks sane by comparison you have a serious problem. They're just angry and flailing because we're so stupid we can't see how GREAT a deal the PS3 is and the majority don't care to part with five hundred (or six hundred) dollars for a games system.
If the PS3 turns out to be the Saturn of this generation -- and even I would be surprised if they did so badly -- I wonder what these people will say? Not much, in my guess. Or they'll blame the naysayers, but they won't place any blame on the shoulders of Sony. Sony, of course, is loading the AK-47 aimed at their feet. They've completely screwed up every opportunity, starting with "$600!" and then "$600 is too cheap!" It might be less than it costs, but it's certainly more than the thing is worth.
My god, where do these idiots come from?
/. and expect some sort of proof. Are you really so fucking stupid not to understand that? (Sorry "that" twice in your sentence bugged me, so I upgraded it.)
I don't know, but by your inability to read my post fully or comprehend the words, I'm guessing you work for Sony.
The PS3 is selling at roughly the same rate as the PS1 and PS2 were worldwide...Slightly faster than the PS1, and slightly slower than the PS2.
I didn't compare it to either. I said as someone who owned both, I wanted it to be cheaper. Is "cheaper" too big of a word for your dumb ass?
The Gamecube and X-Box both "lost" to the PS2. As it stands now, less than a year in, the Wii has sold almost half what the GC did, and the 360 has reached that point as well almost two years in. The PS3 has sold roughly ONE THIRD of their numbers. It doesn't matter how fast the PS1 and PS2 sold if DEVELOPER SUPPORT goes to shit.
The 80 gig will be moved down to 499 when they have sold through the 60 gigs. Are you really that fucking stupid not to understand that?
I don't take the word of AC Sony Shills on
And, yeah, that waggle hype is gonna last for another five to seven years...
I'm assuming, at this point, you're talking about the Wii. I will now point to the X-Box 360 -- which, before anyone accuses me of being a fanboy for, I don't own. They're getting a great many "exclusives" to be ported to their system. Sony doesn't just have to compete against Nintendo, and Nintendo isn't even trying to compete with the same demographic -- yet they're still kicking Sony in the teeth. The PS3 may or may not be selling at the same speed as the earlier systems, I don't trust anything you say as you're a) stupid and b) back nothing up. But all sales numbers indicate the Wii is roughly outselling the PS3 three to one. So by your own argument: The Wii is selling three times as fast as the PSX and PS2.
Even if you're right, and they drop the 80GB to $499: It's. Still. Ridiculous.
And it'll really piss off anyone who buys the 60GB unaware of the impending "upgrade" at that price range.
"Ridge Racer! Riiiiiidge Racer!"
People have been asking for a price cut for "ages"? Has the PS3 even been out for a YEAR?
People have been bitching about the price since it was announced, before it came out. As a PS1 and PS2 owner, I'm one of them.
In the world of electronics, this has been "ages." Especially with the ass kicking Sony is taking in console sales.
And how is the 80GB a worse system for the same price?
It's not. But the point is: The 60GB version isn't selling at $600! The Wii -- with it's ridiculous name and much more limited capabilities -- is outselling it 3:1. The 80GB version probably won't sell. And the "free" game? It's not all that appealing.
Which brings us to the entire point of the GP:
"Link?"
Most parts, yes. But what about the parts dealing with providing source code?
The kernel can be replaced.
;)
then why hasn't Stallman done it?
There's a game in Zelda like that, called rollgoal. You have to roll a ball along these little blocks, like some sort of cheap game you'd buy for a kid you didn't like on a road trip, to get it from start to end. It is easily the most annoying part of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I'm not sure how they did that in the Gamecube version.
No, I'm not a moron, but thanks for asking.
I have had no problem with either WMV or Quicktime in Linux. And, as someone who uses Linux, I'm very aware of Microsoft's vast reach and control. I just watched the quicktime trailer with ZERO problems, and I'm not in Windows, nor am I using a Mac. So it's not helping them get Microsoft software on MY PC.
If you can't view the trailer you are a very special kind of moron indeed.
I had to do the same text file editing with nVidia, which is what my current graphics card is (and I hold grudges: so after the first ATi card burned me with crap drivers in Linux AND Windows, I doubt I'll *ever* buy one of theirs again). It refused to show me 1280x1024, which is the native resolution of my monitor, until I did this.
Of course, this was almost a year ago now, and Feisty is way, way nicer than Dapper was, so I can't say for sure if this is still the case with nVidia. But last August, I had to edit a text file to get 1280x1024 -- and both my graphics card and monitor support it.
That game hasn't come out yet, but look for the Wii Diildo in stores soon!
(Squirting attachment comes separately!)
It's not that I want to the PS3 to win, but I don't want Sony to lose so badly that they'd pull out of the gaming industry.
I don't see this happening, simply because they know how much they can make and dominate. The PS1 and PS2 destroyed the competition. Even Sony's execs aren't so stupid to pull out when they lose one out of three rounds.
The guy compared the 360 to a PC, saying a similarly priced computer had more capabilities.
It's not an honest argument. Sure you can buy a $400 PC and do things with it you can't do with an X-Box, but you can't play comparable games on it -- which is the point of a games console. So his argument isn't all that, y'know, sensible in the first place.
Anyone thinking Microsoft has a monopoly in the gaming market is something of an idiot. In a few months, Nintendo Wii sales will pass up 360 sales -- and the Wii doesn't even have the "buy twice!" problem of faulty hardware included in those numbers. Last generation, Sony beat the living hell out of Microsoft and Nintendo combined. Together they sold maybe fifty million consoles, and the PS2 sold twice that (and is still selling). Microsoft has no portable system, and even if they introduced one tomorrow, the DS would trounce it. The DS is extremely popular in Japan, which is the market that tends to control the direction of video games.
And let's be honest -- Sony losing their control is a Good Thing(tm). I don't think Sony is going to leave the market, but with a more level playing field, things will be much, much better for all of us.
I've switched, too, and:
I had to tweak our ATI card settings in xorg.conf manually to get a good resolution.
That is the big show stopper in Ubuntu, to me. That is unacceptable in a distro that wants to be user-friendly. I had no problem doing this, and even expected it as I migrated from Slackware. But a non-techie user can't be expected to do this sort of thing. The wink and nod, "here are the codecs" thing Ubuntu does is acceptable, text-file-configuration-editing is not.
Why won't the fonts look beautiful by default?
I have Ubuntu (Feisty Fawn) and XP installed on the same computer. The fonts look better on my 17" LCD in Ubuntu, by default, than they do in Windows. I'm not entirely sure why this is, as I've even compared the same fonts, taken screenshots. I've tried tweaking the way fonts look in Windows but can't. They just look like crap there.
So, really, maybe it's perspective/taste, or you've not seen Linux fonts lately. Before I delved into Linux again last year, the last time I looked at it was in 2000, and the fonts were horrid. We're talking -- wow, that was awful.
I don't buy Sony anymore because so far, 100% of the Sony products I've bought have died, no matter how careful I am with them.
The fact that as a corporation they're a bunch of shits is just an added bonus.
P.S. What did they do to Sega, specifically?
Don't let your facts get in the way of his irrational hatred.