There is a difference between being able to get a product and actually buying it.
To say that 99% of Australians will have high speed broadband is ridiculous.
Most of the time it can be more affordable to buy a new car.
A $500 car is going to cost you a few grand a year in maintenence.
Car analogies dont work. Actually the Wii could be like buying a 4cylinder Honda/Accura - it does not have the raw grunt but if its light enough you'll get decent performance and as a bonus games (gas) will be cheaper.
This analogy is fun - It would be like introducing sweeping changes in the following manner:
Bush and Co come up with draconian laws to reduce the threat of motorist terrorism-
* Anyone may now be randomly stopped and their cars put through a safety test - if you are found with bald tires, oil leaks, suspension problems etc you can be charged with conspiracy to commit motorist terrorism.
* Random breath tests and saliva drug tests (as seen in countries like Australia)
* Electronic surveillance mandatory in all vehicles - if the cars computer and GPS determines you are speeding or driving dangerously you can have police turn up at your home and interview you then issue fines/arrest you.
Of course this is the USA and many of these measures are seen as unconstitutional, so during the debate several ammendments are written fixing up some of the privacy aspects and requiring judicial oversight etc etc. Then in the middle of the night congress is given the final version of the bill which they think is the ammended version but it's actually had all the dodgy bits put back into it by the attourney general and they pass it without reading it because it's essential to the countries future.
we've heard this all before with the ngage and portable gaming devices
"mobile phones are going to kill off the gameboy" - it never happened.
at the end of the day people buy something for one task because it makes the interface simpler. sure my mobile can play mp3s but i'd much rather have something which is designed to play music as its sole function. just look at another example: camera phones. my phone can take pictures but the interface is clunky and the quality sucks. i dont know anyone who wouldn't prefer using a simple digital camera.
its a jack of all trades but master of none situation.
argh.... that definately puts a dampener on it. of course we dont really know till it happens but... dammit!
i never really got to play secret of evermore... and my mates and I had some imagination that we could relive our childhoods via internet play of goldeneye.
heh, parent is right. I will be 23 and I will buy a revolution (like i bought an "ultra 64") simply to play some old favourites. Unfortunately for sony the back catalogue is essentially useless - the games I want to play are the quality nintendo/rare games including SMB, donkey kong country, diddy kong racing, goldeneye (will the extra grunt improve the frame rates in grenade launcher battles?) hell even games like blast corps were great.
/fanboy i guess
Yeah this is definately about the plumber... oh and that remote thingy...
Also, private companies will be cheaper that government.
I really have to go ahead an rant on that point. I fail to see that EVER being the case. Over the last decade or so I have watched everything get privatised/deregulated in Australia.
The bank got sold... bank fees went up. (the latest is a 50 cent fee for using internet banking)
The gas company got sold... the price of gas doubled.
The Airline got sold, prices went up AND the Australians were fired because jobs went overseas.
The milk companies got deregulated.... the price of milk quadripled.
Do none of you remember what Enron did to California? "If we trade electricity it will be cheaper for everyone" What a load of shit.
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There is a difference between being able to get a product and actually buying it. To say that 99% of Australians will have high speed broadband is ridiculous.
Or Malaria.
Incidentally two big diseases that American Pharma couldn't give a rats about.
fart jokes
I am pretty sure the price of a gamecube halved over its lifetime why wouldn't the wii also do this?
And fucking hot
And I'm here to piss on your letterbox
remember remember the 5th of november...
A $500 car is going to cost you a few grand a year in maintenence.
Car analogies dont work. Actually the Wii could be like buying a 4cylinder Honda/Accura - it does not have the raw grunt but if its light enough you'll get decent performance and as a bonus games (gas) will be cheaper.
See, they really dont work very well.
Bush and Co come up with draconian laws to reduce the threat of motorist terrorism-
* Anyone may now be randomly stopped and their cars put through a safety test - if you are found with bald tires, oil leaks, suspension problems etc you can be charged with conspiracy to commit motorist terrorism.
* Random breath tests and saliva drug tests (as seen in countries like Australia)
* Electronic surveillance mandatory in all vehicles - if the cars computer and GPS determines you are speeding or driving dangerously you can have police turn up at your home and interview you then issue fines/arrest you.
Of course this is the USA and many of these measures are seen as unconstitutional, so during the debate several ammendments are written fixing up some of the privacy aspects and requiring judicial oversight etc etc. Then in the middle of the night congress is given the final version of the bill which they think is the ammended version but it's actually had all the dodgy bits put back into it by the attourney general and they pass it without reading it because it's essential to the countries future.
Getting really off topic though, mods, be nice!
If someone can confirm that I'll be able to get it running relatively easily and stable with ATI graphics then I'll start downloading it now.
As for MS charging a premium for a more secure OS... why do we put up with this crap?
* I have an nvidia 9800 pro sitting on my desk however I am saving for a decent PSU - it kept crashing with my current 350w.
And now... Grammar police *are* coming after you and won't listen to any excuses!
PS3 will not be getting considered.
Thus it is up to Live to "bring home the bacon".
"mobile phones are going to kill off the gameboy" - it never happened.
at the end of the day people buy something for one task because it makes the interface simpler. sure my mobile can play mp3s but i'd much rather have something which is designed to play music as its sole function. just look at another example: camera phones. my phone can take pictures but the interface is clunky and the quality sucks. i dont know anyone who wouldn't prefer using a simple digital camera.
its a jack of all trades but master of none situation.
i never really got to play secret of evermore... and my mates and I had some imagination that we could relive our childhoods via internet play of goldeneye.
nice troll :P
Yeah this is definately about the plumber... oh and that remote thingy...
sorry to be pedantic, but plastic is a carbon based good...
and if they are networked then the cylons can take them down with one quick hack
This was the 1950s remember: "Member of Communist Party" = "Spy"
http://www.whitehouse.org/ seems to have all the information you need.
I really have to go ahead an rant on that point. I fail to see that EVER being the case. Over the last decade or so I have watched everything get privatised/deregulated in Australia.
The bank got sold... bank fees went up. (the latest is a 50 cent fee for using internet banking)
The gas company got sold... the price of gas doubled.
The Airline got sold, prices went up AND the Australians were fired because jobs went overseas.
The milk companies got deregulated.... the price of milk quadripled.
Do none of you remember what Enron did to California? "If we trade electricity it will be cheaper for everyone" What a load of shit.
it's flawless
oh wait, this is slashdot..