A computer, huh? Sold! And here I was afriad my $600 machine was only gonna be able to play games.
Seriously, is there any distinction anymore? Does being easily upgradeable magically make it a "computer"? I still consider my original NES - having a processor, input interface, and the ability to read instructions on ROMs and provide output - "basically a computer".
This sounds more like a change in marketing strategy than anything else (compare "hey, the PS3 is twice the cost of these other consoles" to "hey, this PS3-computer-thingy is only half the cost of my desktop computer!") Either way, I wouldn't be pleased knowing that after shelling out $600 I will have the option to pay more next year to keep the thing updated.
Disclaimer: I'm a Nintendo fanboy and have never had any interest in PlayStation consoles.
This article was written last week. I still believe that Nintendo was all but ready to throw out the $200 figure until Sony announced their price at E3 (Nintendo was quoted as being quite surprised that Sony chose to announce their price so early, and everyone else was shocked at the number). Now Nintendo is going back to discuss the possibility of a $250-$300 price point. After all, their whole model is the appearance of affordability for casual gamers, and $250 is still LESS THAN HALF of a PS3 and considerable cheaper than a 360.
If it turns out to be above $250, I sure hope they include an extra controller and perhaps some sample games to show off functionality (Wii Sports, for example, seems fun but doesn't strike me as a game I would pay $50 for)
By pricing the PS3 so high, not only are they making the choice easier for next-gen gamers (PS3/Xbox360/Wii), but they are blowing their trump card in the next-gen format war.
It seems to me that a better move would have been to take a big(ger) loss on the consoles for the sake of saturating the market with Blu-Ray. Instead, they've set themselves up to lose both races.
A refund isn't enough - I hope to see some lawsuits go forward against Sony, as the very least to scare other companies from trying something like this.
Okay, I understand that what these kids did was stupid, and serious, but is it really necessary to include quotes like this...?
"When we grow up and get our jobs, that's our life right there. They can access anything about us. It just screws us up for the rest of our lives," said Julianne Junus, student.
In my experience (if you're using a half-decent compiler), ANY "hand-coded" optimization will save you AT MOST a few instructions or clock cycles, and this is only in rare cases. Anyone who really needs the extra.000000001% difference is probably coding it in Assembly already. BTW, 'if (!prt)' and 'if (ptr==NULL)' yield the exact same code but I prefer the former because I think it's clearer.
...will this be a blessing in disguise for Apple, making their DRM format the defacto standard
How exactly would this be a blessing in disguise? Wouldn't it just open the door to more iTunes-compatible players to compete with? Or does Apple stand to make a pretty penny by licensing FairPlay to the world?
Users who run Windows AND haven't installed a patch that's six weeks old? Talk about the bottom 5% of the internet. It's a shame this thing doesn't permanently sever their connection instead.:) Blame Microsoft for Sasser, but blame yourself for this one.
I'm curious (the article is down so I don't know if its answered)...
With the added complexity of the new movie, what was the difference in total rendering time from the first one? Also, can I donate my spare system to speed up the release of Shrek 3?:)
"...don't have some of the archtypical TiVo features"
Such as selling your personal viewing habits to advertisers? I'm no tinfoil-hatter, but this is one of the main reasons I chose ReplayTV. I understand TiVo's data collection is aggregate, but the thought that someone keeps a record of everything I watch (or re-watch), and uses it for profit is a bit off-putting. Kudos to the newcomers!
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A computer, huh? Sold! And here I was afriad my $600 machine was only gonna be able to play games.
Seriously, is there any distinction anymore? Does being easily upgradeable magically make it a "computer"? I still consider my original NES - having a processor, input interface, and the ability to read instructions on ROMs and provide output - "basically a computer".
This sounds more like a change in marketing strategy than anything else (compare "hey, the PS3 is twice the cost of these other consoles" to "hey, this PS3-computer-thingy is only half the cost of my desktop computer!") Either way, I wouldn't be pleased knowing that after shelling out $600 I will have the option to pay more next year to keep the thing updated.
Disclaimer: I'm a Nintendo fanboy and have never had any interest in PlayStation consoles.
This article was written last week. I still believe that Nintendo was all but ready to throw out the $200 figure until Sony announced their price at E3 (Nintendo was quoted as being quite surprised that Sony chose to announce their price so early, and everyone else was shocked at the number). Now Nintendo is going back to discuss the possibility of a $250-$300 price point. After all, their whole model is the appearance of affordability for casual gamers, and $250 is still LESS THAN HALF of a PS3 and considerable cheaper than a 360.
If it turns out to be above $250, I sure hope they include an extra controller and perhaps some sample games to show off functionality (Wii Sports, for example, seems fun but doesn't strike me as a game I would pay $50 for)
By pricing the PS3 so high, not only are they making the choice easier for next-gen gamers (PS3/Xbox360/Wii), but they are blowing their trump card in the next-gen format war.
It seems to me that a better move would have been to take a big(ger) loss on the consoles for the sake of saturating the market with Blu-Ray. Instead, they've set themselves up to lose both races.
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A refund isn't enough - I hope to see some lawsuits go forward against Sony, as the very least to scare other companies from trying something like this.
Okay, I understand that what these kids did was stupid, and serious, but is it really necessary to include quotes like this...?
"When we grow up and get our jobs, that's our life right there. They can access anything about us. It just screws us up for the rest of our lives," said Julianne Junus, student.
Oh come on now, that's ridiculous...
Why would Apache send back an HTTP/1.1 header when the client request was 1.0?
So how many unique users does that translate to? Anyone with a reasonable estimate?
This was the guy who modified the Blaster worm. The original author never got caught.
In my experience (if you're using a half-decent compiler), ANY "hand-coded" optimization will save you AT MOST a few instructions or clock cycles, and this is only in rare cases. Anyone who really needs the extra .000000001% difference is probably coding it in Assembly already.
BTW, 'if (!prt)' and 'if (ptr==NULL)' yield the exact same code but I prefer the former because I think it's clearer.
Sounds like someone was taking a nap over at Internap
Is it really fair to rate Trilogy/Quadrilogy box-sets against single DVD's?
According to UGO, Men In Black is better than all three Star Wars movies combined? Really?
Could someone please explain the significance of this to a lay geek?
Simple: just don't email this article to them
You can see videos of Asimo in action (including his new "tricks") at the Honda site.
Sure, your plane may turn but now you're stuck staring at a wall.
...okay maybe I should RTFA
Ask my grandma then pick the other. She still swears by Betamax.
...how can any consumer intelligently know which one to buy into?
My guess is that they'll buy into whichever format they current use for single-layer discs.
Does this mean I should hold off on buying an HDTV?
...will this be a blessing in disguise for Apple, making their DRM format the defacto standard
How exactly would this be a blessing in disguise? Wouldn't it just open the door to more iTunes-compatible players to compete with? Or does Apple stand to make a pretty penny by licensing FairPlay to the world?
Users who run Windows AND haven't installed a patch that's six weeks old? Talk about the bottom 5% of the internet. It's a shame this thing doesn't permanently sever their connection instead. :)
Blame Microsoft for Sasser, but blame yourself for this one.
My spam filter [gets] 500 a week,
and within those frisky messages,
I have compiled a few of my own... to
form semi-articulate sentences.
Does anyone else find it humerous that Yahoo! is carrying the story?
I'm curious (the article is down so I don't know if its answered)...
:)
With the added complexity of the new movie, what was the difference in total rendering time from the first one?
Also, can I donate my spare system to speed up the release of Shrek 3?
"...don't have some of the archtypical TiVo features"
Such as selling your personal viewing habits to advertisers? I'm no tinfoil-hatter, but this is one of the main reasons I chose ReplayTV. I understand TiVo's data collection is aggregate, but the thought that someone keeps a record of everything I watch (or re-watch), and uses it for profit is a bit off-putting.
Kudos to the newcomers!