Do you get to keep the songs you download with that service? At 2 cents a MB it still seems pretty cheap.
Or are all the songs in some weird encrypted form?
SPIEGEL: When one puts the sentence "Bill Gates is the devil" into the Internet search engine Google, one gets thousands of hits. Does this bother you?
Gates: I have never searched for such a sentence. Plus: if you understand the search engine properly, it doesn't mean that you will find exactly this sentence on these pages.
If you understand the search engine properly, it does mean that you will find exactly this sentence on these pages.
Let's say they stick a $10 toaster UPC on a plasma TV. Maybe the cashiers slip up and let the sale slide, but what happens when they return it? The receipt first of all has the wrong item, and secondly says it was only purchased for $10. Even if they are dumb enough to mistake the plasma television for a toaster, wouldn't they only get their $10 back?
If they were rung up as lower priced items, then wouldn't it show the wrong items on the cash register/receipts? I don't understand how the cashiers didn't catch on. And how did they go about returning these items when the wrong items (and prices) were printed on the receipts?
The battery life is a big issue, but the screen problem is actually reversed. With all the usage on my Nintendo DS screen, it already has deep scratches, and gets smudged very easily. However, the Sony PSP has a nearly unscratchable screen because it is coated with a special layer of chemicals that protects it from nearly anything (keys, finger nails, rocks, and even permanent marker whipes right off).
The memory card does have some advantages though. Including loading your own media (images, mp3, and game saves) onto your PSP. And if you rent a game, you can keep your gamesave on your own memory card.
I'm not saying PSP is the better of the two, but I am saying that when you judge the devices, you should judge them fairly.
Ah, sorry, I misread the Lik-Sang article.
If you look at the following pictures, it will be clear to you why industry analysits and members of the semiconductor industry estimate that Sony's is taking a US$ 250 (!) loss for every console they make an sell."
It is just an estimate, and SONY never claimed that, the "semiconductor industry" (?) did. Oops.
On a side note, I think Lik-Sang needs to invest in a spell checker.
The screen is said to be nearly scratch proof. After a couple attempts by the media, the only device that finally made a mark in the screen was a hard stab with a sharp knife.
On eBay, only 2 weeks ago I found a Japanese importer who had several PSP units to sell (pre-releases that would be shipped for 12/12). I guess he figured the demand would be huge and he would make big profit, so he started the bid at $0 to get attention. It turned out, most people had never even heard of PSP selling yet and thought it was a scam (many questions to the seller at the bottom of the auction included, "Are you selling a link?" "Why are you selling this 3-4 months before the release?." Or possibly people saw the retail value of $200-250 and felt if they paid more they would be getting ripped-off.
Long story short, I managed to snag me one for just over $200US (and $25US shipping to Canada, which I find is fairly reasonable). The same unit on eBay as we speak is going for $600-$700US. I guess it pays to find these things out early;)
Even retailers, such as Lik-Sang are taking advantage of the demand by jacking up prices. They claim it is "out of their control," although Sony still claims to lose $250US on each unit (eep).
A couple weeks ago before I managed to snag the eBay auction, I had going around trying to find short pre-order lines (or finding unethical ways of cutting in line). Everyone has their price, right? After several emails back and forth from goldenshop, I found Ronald's price was $400US for the value pack. I told him I was interested, only because it may have been my only chance to get a unit before Christmas. We agreed upon $29 shipping, and things seemed to be settled. Well, that was until yesterday. I guess Ronald got quite a few of these "deals" once customers found out how limited the supply was. His "Buy-It-Now" price (so to speak), is now US$635 (followed again with the "this price is beyond our control" line). I immediately refused the offer. Only minutes later he responds back, telling me if I wait a bit, he might lower it. It sounds like a reverse-eBay method, starting high, and seeing how low he has to go before he can sell them all. Not a bad idea at all, but why not just auction them on eBay?
For a slightly lower price, for around $584, you can get the Standard Pack from success-hk.
If you don't mind waiting a bit, I highly recommend play-asia. Even with all the pre-order hype, they had a very reasonable price (around retail). When they found they were accepting more orders than they could handle, they promptly closed their pre-order lines. They also had the very first review of the PSP, even though it was a bit stingy on many details.
Your name may have contained a certain "block word" in it. Anything containing gmail, google, and most curse words, even if not intentional, would come back as "already in use."
1) Gmail Notifer DOES have popups of new messages
2) There is no word verifying system. Only if you mistype your password multiple times it will do this. No biggy.
3) All my 3rd party apps still work.
4) If Google's Gmail Notifier can login correctly, why can't a third party app do it the same way?
5) It's BETA, things change. Get used to it.
they gave spammers the md5 hash to every person on the do-not-spam registry. that way they can't find out who is on the list unless they already have them on their list.
".. or even a car's cigarette lighter"
Perfect for long trips:)
And when you get pulled over you'll be able to offer the officer something that won't taste like ass
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reason #21 why i hate myself for upgrading my Jap PSPs firmware :(
No it's not. Good grief. :P
Do you get to keep the songs you download with that service? At 2 cents a MB it still seems pretty cheap. Or are all the songs in some weird encrypted form?
Yep. I'm in the same boat.
SPIEGEL: When one puts the sentence "Bill Gates is the devil" into the Internet search engine Google, one gets thousands of hits. Does this bother you?
Gates: I have never searched for such a sentence. Plus: if you understand the search engine properly, it doesn't mean that you will find exactly this sentence on these pages.
If you understand the search engine properly, it does mean that you will find exactly this sentence on these pages.
Let's say they stick a $10 toaster UPC on a plasma TV. Maybe the cashiers slip up and let the sale slide, but what happens when they return it? The receipt first of all has the wrong item, and secondly says it was only purchased for $10. Even if they are dumb enough to mistake the plasma television for a toaster, wouldn't they only get their $10 back?
If they were rung up as lower priced items, then wouldn't it show the wrong items on the cash register/receipts? I don't understand how the cashiers didn't catch on. And how did they go about returning these items when the wrong items (and prices) were printed on the receipts?
d: google
They must be all busy upgrading :)
The battery life is a big issue, but the screen problem is actually reversed. With all the usage on my Nintendo DS screen, it already has deep scratches, and gets smudged very easily. However, the Sony PSP has a nearly unscratchable screen because it is coated with a special layer of chemicals that protects it from nearly anything (keys, finger nails, rocks, and even permanent marker whipes right off).
The memory card does have some advantages though. Including loading your own media (images, mp3, and game saves) onto your PSP. And if you rent a game, you can keep your gamesave on your own memory card.
I'm not saying PSP is the better of the two, but I am saying that when you judge the devices, you should judge them fairly.
Ah, sorry, I misread the Lik-Sang article. If you look at the following pictures, it will be clear to you why industry analysits and members of the semiconductor industry estimate that Sony's is taking a US$ 250 (!) loss for every console they make an sell." It is just an estimate, and SONY never claimed that, the "semiconductor industry" (?) did. Oops. On a side note, I think Lik-Sang needs to invest in a spell checker.
The screen is said to be nearly scratch proof. After a couple attempts by the media, the only device that finally made a mark in the screen was a hard stab with a sharp knife.
On eBay, only 2 weeks ago I found a Japanese importer who had several PSP units to sell (pre-releases that would be shipped for 12/12). I guess he figured the demand would be huge and he would make big profit, so he started the bid at $0 to get attention. It turned out, most people had never even heard of PSP selling yet and thought it was a scam (many questions to the seller at the bottom of the auction included, "Are you selling a link?" "Why are you selling this 3-4 months before the release?." Or possibly people saw the retail value of $200-250 and felt if they paid more they would be getting ripped-off.
;)
Long story short, I managed to snag me one for just over $200US (and $25US shipping to Canada, which I find is fairly reasonable). The same unit on eBay as we speak is going for $600-$700US. I guess it pays to find these things out early
Even retailers, such as Lik-Sang are taking advantage of the demand by jacking up prices. They claim it is "out of their control," although Sony still claims to lose $250US on each unit (eep).
A couple weeks ago before I managed to snag the eBay auction, I had going around trying to find short pre-order lines (or finding unethical ways of cutting in line). Everyone has their price, right? After several emails back and forth from goldenshop, I found Ronald's price was $400US for the value pack. I told him I was interested, only because it may have been my only chance to get a unit before Christmas. We agreed upon $29 shipping, and things seemed to be settled. Well, that was until yesterday. I guess Ronald got quite a few of these "deals" once customers found out how limited the supply was. His "Buy-It-Now" price (so to speak), is now US$635 (followed again with the "this price is beyond our control" line). I immediately refused the offer. Only minutes later he responds back, telling me if I wait a bit, he might lower it. It sounds like a reverse-eBay method, starting high, and seeing how low he has to go before he can sell them all. Not a bad idea at all, but why not just auction them on eBay? For a slightly lower price, for around $584, you can get the Standard Pack from success-hk.
If you don't mind waiting a bit, I highly recommend play-asia. Even with all the pre-order hype, they had a very reasonable price (around retail). When they found they were accepting more orders than they could handle, they promptly closed their pre-order lines. They also had the very first review of the PSP, even though it was a bit stingy on many details.
My ISP is one of these. :(
Your name may have contained a certain "block word" in it. Anything containing gmail, google, and most curse words, even if not intentional, would come back as "already in use."
1) Gmail Notifer DOES have popups of new messages 2) There is no word verifying system. Only if you mistype your password multiple times it will do this. No biggy. 3) All my 3rd party apps still work. 4) If Google's Gmail Notifier can login correctly, why can't a third party app do it the same way? 5) It's BETA, things change. Get used to it.
they gave spammers the md5 hash to every person on the do-not-spam registry. that way they can't find out who is on the list unless they already have them on their list.
By the time HL2 is released his system will be obsolete.
I like the name of that!
one one one eleven
"For fun and games, there's Brainball, which is best described as an anti- game, because the goal is to achieve nothing."
.. Ah screw it I'm going back to bed ..
Woohoo, I won I won!
... do we start finding these on eBay?
" .. or even a car's cigarette lighter"
Perfect for long trips :)
And when you get pulled over you'll be able to offer the officer something that won't taste like ass