Posted by Samuel Altersitz at 03:10:58 PM EST on 12.13.2004.
Reports are coming in that the initial shipment of PSP units is seeing some defective units getting to the public.
These defects include:
Dead pixels, as many as 3 per screen with the problem.
Broken UMD drives.
Analog nubs not working.
Sony has yet to make any official announcement about any of these issues, and about how users with any of these problems can recitfy them.
Be sure to check back for Sony's response to these issues.
UPDATE: More problems ahoy!
Analog nubs not just not working, but actually falling off.
PSP is turned on, but does not start up.
Screen has air bubbles.
Screen has dust on the inside.
Also, as for the UMD drive problems, some have reported the drive not closing completely, and the UMD, when the PSP is twisted, actually flies out!
Most retailers are stressing the fact that these problems don't occur in the majority of PSPs, but take caution in importing until Sony gives an official announcement.
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From the list, some of the retro items are: Tonka Trucks, Rubiks Cube, Teenage Mutant Ninja Vehicle Truck, Nerf footballs, WWE Classic Superstars, etc...
Those Mars Rovers are badass. I'm really impressed with the US engineering that went into them. Especially to land 2 on each side in a short amount of time, go through some minor problems, and then re-correct them. It's really cool that they lasted longer than anyone expected too.
Actually these sites still seem to be responding well. I guess not everyone is on a shared server.
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Dang! I wish you guys were still reading in August when I was their site of the month. You can see a scanned copy of the article here. I was a big fan back in the day too when they had the thick version. It was almost unreal that you could get a phonebook sized magazine for $2. I got the hard copy with the issue of my site of the month, and the articles are more general computing. Not as much shopping as I would have though.
I meant that they should have thought about it in the first place, and brought back unneeded stuff during each trip at the time, rather than letting junk build up.
If they have the cargo space to haul all that stuff up there in the first place, you'd think they would have some room to bring the trash back with them for disposal here on Earth.
Can anyone explain how this actually works? Same with spammers too. If you transfer money, I'd think there would be an electronic trail of the money being transferred. After 9/11 they traced bank account of suspects, why can't they do it all the time? A lot of spam also generates sales, but why can't the money trail be followed to catch the bad guys?
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Amazon has one of the best affiliate programs in existance. Anyone with a website can easily sign up with Amazon to make some money off selling items. I wonder if A9 will automagically find sites that have amazon links and rank them higher? It seems like they could help mazimize their revenue that way.
-- The Sunday deals are rolling in, check them out live.
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Jason Jepson seems a little paranoid. Sometimes you have to take the heat to make some $$$. Controversial topics are usually pretty lucrative. It definately stirs up the interest in a product. While I personally wouldn't want to be caller-id spoofed, I think he should give the idea a chance. Like another poster pointed out, the companies will soon wise up and prevent the caller-id spoofing. Until then, try to make a few bucks.
-- Live deals all the time. Check out the latest in deal processing.
Not to bash open source products, but if you find a problem how are you going to go about getting it fixed? Sure you might be able to code around the problem, but you don't have any support contracts to really get it fixed.
Sony has something similar with the EyeToy. It's doens't really make cartoons, but will put you live in the action of a video game. It probably woudn't be too hard for them to add some filters to "cartoonize" the video.
-- Constant deal updates. Every 10 minutes!
Jokes aside, Playboy does have some of the best articles around. Don't be ashamed to own a subscription. If you don't have it, you want it.
-- Check this out
I have the Replay TV 5040 and the commercial skip rocks. I quickly bought it as the 55xx series was being introduced and the 50x0 series was being phased out. I couldn't be happier. Although my next choice would have been a MythTV setup.
Quick Tivo and replay links for best prices: Tivo Replaytv
Enjoy!
Slashdot Mirror
Another joke... Pull a slashdotting joke on me... Will I survive???
This is going to be a long day... Now slashdot my site!. Aww crap...
Here is a link with more details about the hidden browser: http://www.fumanchuu.com/pspdev/
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Hot deals updated every few minutes every minutes!
Reports are coming in that the initial shipment of PSP units is seeing some defective units getting to the public.
These defects include:
Dead pixels, as many as 3 per screen with the problem.
Broken UMD drives.
Analog nubs not working. Sony has yet to make any official announcement about any of these issues, and about how users with any of these problems can recitfy them.
Be sure to check back for Sony's response to these issues. UPDATE: More problems ahoy!
Analog nubs not just not working, but actually falling off.
PSP is turned on, but does not start up.
Screen has air bubbles. Screen has dust on the inside.
Also, as for the UMD drive problems, some have reported the drive not closing completely, and the UMD, when the PSP is twisted, actually flies out!
Most retailers are stressing the fact that these problems don't occur in the majority of PSPs, but take caution in importing until Sony gives an official announcement.
Mirror of the Video
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Check out more deals that you can shake a stick at!
I just made the jump to Firefox a couple weeks ago. Is it only me or does the text on Slashdot bleed over into the left side on the front page?
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Get live updates on the best prices on gear for Christmas. Black Friday information rolling in too.
[plug] I have a self-updating toys page generated from Amazon with their new and sale toy items. [/plug]
From the list, some of the retro items are: Tonka Trucks, Rubiks Cube, Teenage Mutant Ninja Vehicle Truck, Nerf footballs, WWE Classic Superstars, etc...
Mirror
Be sure to check out this article on a sweet Asterisk implementation.
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Watch this page for Black Friday Information!
Those Mars Rovers are badass. I'm really impressed with the US engineering that went into them. Especially to land 2 on each side in a short amount of time, go through some minor problems, and then re-correct them. It's really cool that they lasted longer than anyone expected too. Actually these sites still seem to be responding well. I guess not everyone is on a shared server.
--
Watch this page for Black Friday Information!
Actually these sites still seem to be responding well. I guess not everyone is on a shared server.
--
Watch this page for Black Friday Information!
I have to say this is the coolest example of RSS feeds in action.
Dang! I wish you guys were still reading in August when I was their site of the month. You can see a scanned copy of the article here. I was a big fan back in the day too when they had the thick version. It was almost unreal that you could get a phonebook sized magazine for $2. I got the hard copy with the issue of my site of the month, and the articles are more general computing. Not as much shopping as I would have though.
I meant that they should have thought about it in the first place, and brought back unneeded stuff during each trip at the time, rather than letting junk build up.
If they have the cargo space to haul all that stuff up there in the first place, you'd think they would have some room to bring the trash back with them for disposal here on Earth.
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Hi, I missed this link when submitting the article, but here is an interview with Mark Hammill via CNN.
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Can anyone explain how this actually works? Same with spammers too. If you transfer money, I'd think there would be an electronic trail of the money being transferred. After 9/11 they traced bank account of suspects, why can't they do it all the time? A lot of spam also generates sales, but why can't the money trail be followed to catch the bad guys?
--
Live deals online with a new server, can withstand a Slashdotting now.
Amazon has one of the best affiliate programs in existance. Anyone with a website can easily sign up with Amazon to make some money off selling items. I wonder if A9 will automagically find sites that have amazon links and rank them higher? It seems like they could help mazimize their revenue that way.
--
The Sunday deals are rolling in, check them out live.
Mr. Wizard rocked. Definately one of the better shows on Nickelodeon in the day. I'm not sure if it's still or in syndication these days as I don't have cable, but it was a great show to learn growing up. Check out these facts from the pre Nickelodeon days
--
Cool kids click here
Jason Jepson seems a little paranoid. Sometimes you have to take the heat to make some $$$. Controversial topics are usually pretty lucrative. It definately stirs up the interest in a product. While I personally wouldn't want to be caller-id spoofed, I think he should give the idea a chance. Like another poster pointed out, the companies will soon wise up and prevent the caller-id spoofing. Until then, try to make a few bucks.
--
Live deals all the time. Check out the latest in deal processing.
Check out these links for quick pricing from the popular deal sites:
Nvidia
GeForce
Geforce 6800
You can usually find them cheaper for limited time when they go on sale, have rebates, etc... These sites know how to find the best prices.
Not to bash open source products, but if you find a problem how are you going to go about getting it fixed? Sure you might be able to code around the problem, but you don't have any support contracts to really get it fixed.
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New deal processing engine online: http://www.dealsites.net/livedeals.html
Yeah, and being from Microsoft, this has the potential to be the first cartoon I've ever seen crash. Cue up the BSOD and Own3ed catoonz jokes here.
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The only place to look for deals: http://www.dealsites.net/livedeals.html
Sony has something similar with the EyeToy. It's doens't really make cartoons, but will put you live in the action of a video game. It probably woudn't be too hard for them to add some filters to "cartoonize" the video.
--
Constant deal updates. Every 10 minutes!
Jokes aside, Playboy does have some of the best articles around. Don't be ashamed to own a subscription. If you don't have it, you want it.
--
Check this out
I have the Replay TV 5040 and the commercial skip rocks. I quickly bought it as the 55xx series was being introduced and the 50x0 series was being phased out. I couldn't be happier. Although my next choice would have been a MythTV setup.
Quick Tivo and replay links for best prices:
Tivo
Replaytv
Enjoy!