It would probably burn out if you left it fully powered up all the time, but it should be fine in standby. That's what standbys for.
One of my two PS2 owning mates does switch his console off by the back though, and he has a (PAL) launch day console that's never malfunctioned.
I guess the new power brick model will be standby only though, as I doubt there will be a switch on the brick, so barring pulling the plug out you'll be using standby.
The earlier models needed a network card, they don't have any networking at all. (In North America and Japan you can get a modem as well, but Europe didn't get one, probably becuase games companies just so care about us...)
The Mk.1 Gameboy is the definiative handheld though. Just about everyone would recognise it.
Personally I wouldn't go updating the icon until the PSP and DS are out, as putting a GBA SP up there would just get out of date quickly, and putting a PSP or DS could lead to more talk if the (perceived) looser of the handheld war that'll probably happen is picked.
Ico is a PS2 game, but I gather from other people (don't have a PS2, haven't had a chance to play it) that it's a great game. The graphics do look very good, especially considering it's an early PS2 game.
I should note it obviously sold well enough in the UK to get another print run, as the original cardboard box version got replaced by a standard PS2 DVD case as well.
This sort of thing isn't really a question if they're going to release a 'PStwo', it's when. All successful consoles seem to end up with a cheaper shrunken model at the end of their life, see the little NES and SNES, Genesis 3[1], PSone.
But I don't think PStwo will be replaced this year however, as these little consoles are usually nearer to the launch of a next generation console, I think next Christmas will be when the console turns up.
[1] The Mega Drive 2 / Genesis 2 is an interesting one really, seeing as it came relatively early in the consoles life.
I think production of PSones has already stopped, they're just going through remaining stock. In the UK "Game" stores had a neat PSOne + official LCD Screen + GBP10 game deal for GBP80 (the PSOne's RRP is GBP50). Pity I didn't have enough money to get it at the time, as it was obviously a stock clearance measure.
Final Fantasy VII has an ending that's rather open to interpretation. Armageddon is one way to interpret it though.
I think that humanity survived whatever happened at the end, and it's only Midgar[1] that got messed up. I'm an optimist and don't even think everyone in Midgar died, mostly because Midgar is still there after the credits, it's not a hole in the ground. It's just been abandoned by it's inhabitants who've gone back to not using Mako power etc.
Seeing as there is a sequel, I'd guess something along that line is what's going to be said to have happened. That's the problem with making sequels to things with ambiguous endings.
[1] Which doesn't float, it's just raised off the ground by structures AFAIK.
If you're in a PAL area, the releases are a little different:
Final Fantasy Origins (FF, FFII) Final Fantasy Anthology, European Edition (FFIV, FFV) Final Fantasy VI (+ FFX PS2 demo)
Origins and Anthology have illustrations on the covers, Final Fantasy VI has the normal 'just the logo' design used for other Final Fantasy releases. Despite the acclaim its got, Chrono Trigger has never been released in a PAL format (neither has Chrono Cross). Non of these games have been PAL optimised either, but what do expect on PlayStation games.;-)
PowerPC is a cut down version of the POWER arhitecture, so they are a bit more related than an Opteron and an Z80, but I'm not sure if they're code compatible. I think the G5's might be quite near though, but still Mac OS X probably hasn't got half of the drivers it needs.
On the first page you see after logging in a blue bar appears above your inbox listings saying:
You have 6 Gmail invitations. Invite a friend to join Gmail!
The last bit is a link.
I got my invites after about a week (less I think...), perhaps it's throughput based, seeing as I recived several megabytes of AVR development tools through email into the account.;-)
Either that, or it's random. Whatever it is, at this rate the world and it's dog will have Gmail accounts before open signups begin...
Apple used to be ATI people though, I don't think any Macs have had S3 video cards in them, although I suppose NEXTSTEP might've had S3 drivers, it depends if they're still around in OS X.
We're talking about the BBC. They're not exactly a small organisation. Seeing as they run the most popular website in the UK (IIRC), I somehow think they can cope with a few thousand people downloading an MP3.:-)
Nope, it's on 198 Long Wave, which is probably listenable from parts of continental Europe[1], but otherwise it's 92-94FM, and DAB Digital Radio, neither of which are very long range, or digital TV services.
BBC World Service is on shortwave I think, although I don't think they specifically transmit shortwave to the US anymore. I don't know if they're going to broadcast it...
You can listen to it online, but that's not going to be much use to you.
[1] I can see the transmitter from my house, it's bloody big.
Try searching Amazon etc. (you may have better luck with UK retailers like Amazon.co.uk or Play.com, as they may not be officially released in the USA[1]) The BBC Radio Collection has released both series, although there are some edits (a Pink Floyd song is missing IIRC). You can't get the early 1980's LP re-recordings anymore, ironically while they were made because getting the rights to release the radio version was too hard, now they are the ones that can't be released.
The MP3 CD is suppose to be crap, get the proper CD version instead. There are two versions of the CD version, the Primary and Secondary phases, which are two separate releases, and a Collectors edition, which is both radio series and some bonus material that you don't get in the separate releases. The MP3 CD is the collectors edition.
[1] I'm making a random assumption your an American, apologies if your not.;-) I know Amazon ships internationally, I'm not sure about Play.com.
This is why they're making (well, they've made) two new radio series, covering the other two books, albeit breaking continuity between the first and secondary phases of the radio show while they're at it. That's what the trailer's advertising.
A slight correction, Pearl Harbour was in December 1941, so the US did go into World War 2 slightly earlier than 1943. But it would've taken some time for America to move it's armies around[1] and get into major combat.
But some Americans on forums are really obnoxious about their contributions to the World Wars. The US was important, but the US didn't single handily win the World Wars. It gets really annoying, along with the rest of the anti-Francism.
Your first idea is fine for the Xbox versions, and I think some use it. Playstation 2 doesn't have a hard disk by default however, so your either limiting the fix to Final Fantasy XI players, or your going to have to load the fix from an 8MB memory card.
If you went to the trouble of pressing a load-intercepting patch disk, why not just repress the entire game?
Even back in the day when I had a game gear, I almost always had a place to plug it in.
The Game Gear isn't exactly a good example for modern handhelds, the Game Boy series and other modern handhelds all have far better battery consumption levels than that battery muncher. You can actually use for reasonable lengths of time them without being chained to a power source. Although the PSP might be going back to the bad old days from some appearances...
I still have the articles that claim the PS2 is capible of over 130 million polygons/second (66 million in the CPU and 75 million in the emotion engine).
You've probably got that slightly mixed up, as the Emotion Engine is the PS2's CPU, the graphics chip is called the Graphics Synthesiser. Although they're now on one chip in newer model PS2's anyway. Sony does seem to be good at making bold claims about new hardware though. I assume those are 130 million unlit, untextured, with the system doing nothing but draw polygons. Numbers are easy to lie with, I mean my PC running WIndows 2000 is cheaper than a system running Linux (on a mainframe).
Or James Pond 2: Robocod, sponsered by Penguin, although not all versions were (I wonder if the recent PS1 remake I spotted was, although I doubt it...)
It seems that UK game developers like sponsership in their games (see Worms 3D, Wipeout etc. for modern examples.)
Well, apart from the odd Channel 4 (Faking It, Father Ted) and ITV programmes (Prime Suspect, 60s stuff like The Avengers, The Saint and The Prisoner) as well. Although it's mostly BBC programming.
It's a bit suprising how badly EastEnders does in the US though, considering it's the highest rated show on BBC One...
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It would probably burn out if you left it fully powered up all the time, but it should be fine in standby. That's what standbys for.
One of my two PS2 owning mates does switch his console off by the back though, and he has a (PAL) launch day console that's never malfunctioned.
I guess the new power brick model will be standby only though, as I doubt there will be a switch on the brick, so barring pulling the plug out you'll be using standby.
The earlier models needed a network card, they don't have any networking at all. (In North America and Japan you can get a modem as well, but Europe didn't get one, probably becuase games companies just so care about us...)
The Mk.1 Gameboy is the definiative handheld though. Just about everyone would recognise it.
Personally I wouldn't go updating the icon until the PSP and DS are out, as putting a GBA SP up there would just get out of date quickly, and putting a PSP or DS could lead to more talk if the (perceived) looser of the handheld war that'll probably happen is picked.
Ico is a PS2 game, but I gather from other people (don't have a PS2, haven't had a chance to play it) that it's a great game. The graphics do look very good, especially considering it's an early PS2 game.
I should note it obviously sold well enough in the UK to get another print run, as the original cardboard box version got replaced by a standard PS2 DVD case as well.
This sort of thing isn't really a question if they're going to release a 'PStwo', it's when. All successful consoles seem to end up with a cheaper shrunken model at the end of their life, see the little NES and SNES, Genesis 3[1], PSone.
But I don't think PStwo will be replaced this year however, as these little consoles are usually nearer to the launch of a next generation console, I think next Christmas will be when the console turns up.
[1] The Mega Drive 2 / Genesis 2 is an interesting one really, seeing as it came relatively early in the consoles life.
I think production of PSones has already stopped, they're just going through remaining stock. In the UK "Game" stores had a neat PSOne + official LCD Screen + GBP10 game deal for GBP80 (the PSOne's RRP is GBP50). Pity I didn't have enough money to get it at the time, as it was obviously a stock clearance measure.
Final Fantasy VII has an ending that's rather open to interpretation. Armageddon is one way to interpret it though.
I think that humanity survived whatever happened at the end, and it's only Midgar[1] that got messed up. I'm an optimist and don't even think everyone in Midgar died, mostly because Midgar is still there after the credits, it's not a hole in the ground. It's just been abandoned by it's inhabitants who've gone back to not using Mako power etc.
Seeing as there is a sequel, I'd guess something along that line is what's going to be said to have happened. That's the problem with making sequels to things with ambiguous endings.
[1] Which doesn't float, it's just raised off the ground by structures AFAIK.
If you're in a PAL area, the releases are a little different:
;-)
Final Fantasy Origins (FF, FFII)
Final Fantasy Anthology, European Edition (FFIV, FFV)
Final Fantasy VI (+ FFX PS2 demo)
Origins and Anthology have illustrations on the covers, Final Fantasy VI has the normal 'just the logo' design used for other Final Fantasy releases. Despite the acclaim its got, Chrono Trigger has never been released in a PAL format (neither has Chrono Cross). Non of these games have been PAL optimised either, but what do expect on PlayStation games.
PowerPC is a cut down version of the POWER arhitecture, so they are a bit more related than an Opteron and an Z80, but I'm not sure if they're code compatible. I think the G5's might be quite near though, but still Mac OS X probably hasn't got half of the drivers it needs.
On the first page you see after logging in a blue bar appears above your inbox listings saying:
;-)
You have 6 Gmail invitations. Invite a friend to join Gmail!
The last bit is a link.
I got my invites after about a week (less I think...), perhaps it's throughput based, seeing as I recived several megabytes of AVR development tools through email into the account.
Either that, or it's random. Whatever it is, at this rate the world and it's dog will have Gmail accounts before open signups begin...
Apple used to be ATI people though, I don't think any Macs have had S3 video cards in them, although I suppose NEXTSTEP might've had S3 drivers, it depends if they're still around in OS X.
We're talking about the BBC. They're not exactly a small organisation. Seeing as they run the most popular website in the UK (IIRC), I somehow think they can cope with a few thousand people downloading an MP3. :-)
Nope, it's on 198 Long Wave, which is probably listenable from parts of continental Europe[1], but otherwise it's 92-94FM, and DAB Digital Radio, neither of which are very long range, or digital TV services. BBC World Service is on shortwave I think, although I don't think they specifically transmit shortwave to the US anymore. I don't know if they're going to broadcast it... You can listen to it online, but that's not going to be much use to you. [1] I can see the transmitter from my house, it's bloody big.
Try searching Amazon etc. (you may have better luck with UK retailers like Amazon.co.uk or Play.com, as they may not be officially released in the USA[1]) The BBC Radio Collection has released both series, although there are some edits (a Pink Floyd song is missing IIRC). You can't get the early 1980's LP re-recordings anymore, ironically while they were made because getting the rights to release the radio version was too hard, now they are the ones that can't be released.
;-) I know Amazon ships internationally, I'm not sure about Play.com.
The MP3 CD is suppose to be crap, get the proper CD version instead. There are two versions of the CD version, the Primary and Secondary phases, which are two separate releases, and a Collectors edition, which is both radio series and some bonus material that you don't get in the separate releases. The MP3 CD is the collectors edition.
[1] I'm making a random assumption your an American, apologies if your not.
This is why they're making (well, they've made) two new radio series, covering the other two books, albeit breaking continuity between the first and secondary phases of the radio show while they're at it. That's what the trailer's advertising.
A slight correction, Pearl Harbour was in December 1941, so the US did go into World War 2 slightly earlier than 1943. But it would've taken some time for America to move it's armies around[1] and get into major combat.
But some Americans on forums are really obnoxious about their contributions to the World Wars. The US was important, but the US didn't single handily win the World Wars. It gets really annoying, along with the rest of the anti-Francism.
[1] Let along it's leggies.
Your first idea is fine for the Xbox versions, and I think some use it. Playstation 2 doesn't have a hard disk by default however, so your either limiting the fix to Final Fantasy XI players, or your going to have to load the fix from an 8MB memory card.
If you went to the trouble of pressing a load-intercepting patch disk, why not just repress the entire game?
Even back in the day when I had a game gear, I almost always had a place to plug it in.
The Game Gear isn't exactly a good example for modern handhelds, the Game Boy series and other modern handhelds all have far better battery consumption levels than that battery muncher. You can actually use for reasonable lengths of time them without being chained to a power source. Although the PSP might be going back to the bad old days from some appearances...
I still have the articles that claim the PS2 is capible of over 130 million polygons/second (66 million in the CPU and 75 million in the emotion engine).
You've probably got that slightly mixed up, as the Emotion Engine is the PS2's CPU, the graphics chip is called the Graphics Synthesiser. Although they're now on one chip in newer model PS2's anyway. Sony does seem to be good at making bold claims about new hardware though. I assume those are 130 million unlit, untextured, with the system doing nothing but draw polygons. Numbers are easy to lie with, I mean my PC running WIndows 2000 is cheaper than a system running Linux (on a mainframe).
Or James Pond 2: Robocod, sponsered by Penguin, although not all versions were (I wonder if the recent PS1 remake I spotted was, although I doubt it...)
It seems that UK game developers like sponsership in their games (see Worms 3D, Wipeout etc. for modern examples.)
I think he's referring to the latest edition, Worms 3D. I'm not sure if that's out in the US yet.
It carries only BBC programming,
Well, apart from the odd Channel 4 (Faking It, Father Ted) and ITV programmes (Prime Suspect, 60s stuff like The Avengers, The Saint and The Prisoner) as well. Although it's mostly BBC programming.
It's a bit suprising how badly EastEnders does in the US though, considering it's the highest rated show on BBC One...
iTunes Music Store has been availible in the UK, France and Germany for bit now.
In Europe we generally seem to get video games last (or never) as well though.
No, that's Naboo.
Shit, I've just admitted remembering something from The Phantom Menace.