Warehouse space isn't free either so goods that don't sell rotting away in a warehouse cost money, too. That space could have been used for goods that do sell.
5$ isn't really a good deal. It would be, if the goods were identical but a used game clearly isn't as good as a new game (you risk getting a used CD key or a scratched disc). I can often get a 5$ discount just by shopping around (in my experience EB or other dedicated games stores are a bit more expensive than larger retailers).
The article is supposed to talk about the various rating systems out there but in the end it goes into details about the japanese system and describes the US system but when it comes to the rest of the world it's mostly done in two or three sentences. Almost as if they just knew something about the japanese system, wanted to write an article about rating systems and googled for five minutes for some rough information on the rest of the world and decided to describe the US system in detail as a filler (I thought "abroad" in this context means "non-US"?). I mean, hello, you have an entire article about the topic, why not go into details on the separate systems used in Europe or give examples of what games Singapore censores?
By the way, for a self-proclaimed major news site they take rather badly to a slashdotting.
It might be possible to improve the GBA emulation on the DS by modifying the firmware. I'd appreciate a feature to change the button configuration (e.g. Y->B, B->A. The Super Gameboy did that, why not the DS?). Hitting B while holding A is hard and since there are some damn hard games for the GBA (most problematic are Ninja Five-O and Megaman Zero 3 for me) that can be a matter of life and death. Firmware flashing kills the nag screen already.
You don't necessarily need the adaptor, if you have a RALink rt25x0-based WiFi card you can use it to flash your firmware. I have mine configured for that but so far I've only used it to download demos for the DS and play those. The card was 10 Euros extra on my mainboard price so I took it, apparently WiFi cards using the chip can be had for ~25 Euros. Might not end up cheaper than the pass-me but certainly gives more value.
Actually I'm referring to the regular sales charts, not total installed base. Especially in Japan the DS is outselling the PSP constantly, numbers for the US are harder to get as the sales trackers there cracked down on the leakers (last numbers I've seen put the PSP below the GBA in monthly sales but were unclear on the DS) and numbers for Europe pretty much don't exist (well, okay, the PSP isn't really available here yet, either).
In what respect is the DS "far inferior" to the PSP? You mean the hardware? Well, the PS2 is the weakest comnsole this gen and it's been the most successful and offers the largest selection of games. Or do you mean the games selection (which is what REALLY matters)? Last I checked the PSP wasn't any better in this respect than the DS and apparently in the US and Japan the DS has the better lineup.
No, they forget that there is no way to disprove creationism because it postulates that the outcome we see would be identical for both evolution and creationism. Creationism is just a fancy explaination for the same observation except it cannot be used to predict anything. You could say that gravity is just the effect of the Flying Spaghetti Monster pushing things downwards and the only difference between your theory and Newton's would be that your's is worthless for telling what an object might do if it's in the air.
The body dissolves antibodies to retrieve the ressources spent on them if the substance they were built for wasn't encountered lately. Some antibodies get removed faster than others. The tag would be good only for a few years.
Do you really think those phonelines are build-and-forget? They need to be maintained like everything else and without maintenance they'll quickly fall apart.
It's not patent infringement, MS simply asked G&M for a design, G&M sent a proposal, MS took it and contracted another company to produce it. Copyright infringement.
How about "one data point does not a theory make"? This data could be a fluke or par for the course, without additional data it's impossible to say. It would make more sense to make a graph of the number of vulnerabilities found per time unit and see whether there is any identifiable pattern.
Saying "IE is more secure than FF" or "FF is more secure than IE" based on the number of problems found within 6 months is stupid and the headline is just sensationalistic. That's like saying "The US is mostly republican" because the last election resulted in a republican president being elected.
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Warehouse space isn't free either so goods that don't sell rotting away in a warehouse cost money, too. That space could have been used for goods that do sell.
5$ isn't really a good deal. It would be, if the goods were identical but a used game clearly isn't as good as a new game (you risk getting a used CD key or a scratched disc). I can often get a 5$ discount just by shopping around (in my experience EB or other dedicated games stores are a bit more expensive than larger retailers).
The article is supposed to talk about the various rating systems out there but in the end it goes into details about the japanese system and describes the US system but when it comes to the rest of the world it's mostly done in two or three sentences. Almost as if they just knew something about the japanese system, wanted to write an article about rating systems and googled for five minutes for some rough information on the rest of the world and decided to describe the US system in detail as a filler (I thought "abroad" in this context means "non-US"?). I mean, hello, you have an entire article about the topic, why not go into details on the separate systems used in Europe or give examples of what games Singapore censores?
By the way, for a self-proclaimed major news site they take rather badly to a slashdotting.
They can redirect the output to either screen so why couldn't they redirect the input as well?
Won't work here in Europe. They ship with 1.52 or 2.0.
Sure, you'll get up to five frames per second more than on a gaming PC for 1000$.
It might be possible to improve the GBA emulation on the DS by modifying the firmware. I'd appreciate a feature to change the button configuration (e.g. Y->B, B->A. The Super Gameboy did that, why not the DS?). Hitting B while holding A is hard and since there are some damn hard games for the GBA (most problematic are Ninja Five-O and Megaman Zero 3 for me) that can be a matter of life and death. Firmware flashing kills the nag screen already.
Omega boy? Do you perhaps mean Astro Boy: Omega Factor?
You don't necessarily need the adaptor, if you have a RALink rt25x0-based WiFi card you can use it to flash your firmware. I have mine configured for that but so far I've only used it to download demos for the DS and play those. The card was 10 Euros extra on my mainboard price so I took it, apparently WiFi cards using the chip can be had for ~25 Euros. Might not end up cheaper than the pass-me but certainly gives more value.
Some people use the post type (Funny, Insightful, Redundant, etc) for point modifiers and that won't work if you keep using the wrong type.
Then please explain to us: How do I get an emulator to run on a PSP if I bought one from the store right now?
Yes but does it sound like a 50 Cent album?
Will Rare or Nintendo sue him for being called just like Diddy Kong?
Actually I'm referring to the regular sales charts, not total installed base. Especially in Japan the DS is outselling the PSP constantly, numbers for the US are harder to get as the sales trackers there cracked down on the leakers (last numbers I've seen put the PSP below the GBA in monthly sales but were unclear on the DS) and numbers for Europe pretty much don't exist (well, okay, the PSP isn't really available here yet, either).
In what respect is the DS "far inferior" to the PSP? You mean the hardware? Well, the PS2 is the weakest comnsole this gen and it's been the most successful and offers the largest selection of games. Or do you mean the games selection (which is what REALLY matters)? Last I checked the PSP wasn't any better in this respect than the DS and apparently in the US and Japan the DS has the better lineup.
Yes?
The DS sells better than the PSP, I don't think Nintendo is really as cornered as you say they are.
Actually it doesn't prove that intelligence is required, either. All it proves is that intelligence CAN create proteins.
No, they forget that there is no way to disprove creationism because it postulates that the outcome we see would be identical for both evolution and creationism. Creationism is just a fancy explaination for the same observation except it cannot be used to predict anything. You could say that gravity is just the effect of the Flying Spaghetti Monster pushing things downwards and the only difference between your theory and Newton's would be that your's is worthless for telling what an object might do if it's in the air.
The body dissolves antibodies to retrieve the ressources spent on them if the substance they were built for wasn't encountered lately. Some antibodies get removed faster than others. The tag would be good only for a few years.
You probably mean "Golden sun 0.5 & 1". Episodic content should not be sold at full price.
Do you really think those phonelines are build-and-forget? They need to be maintained like everything else and without maintenance they'll quickly fall apart.
There'll sooner or later be a vote "should voting remain mandatory?".
If the plague was weaker on low level chars that wouldn't be as much of a problem.
It's not patent infringement, MS simply asked G&M for a design, G&M sent a proposal, MS took it and contracted another company to produce it. Copyright infringement.
How about "one data point does not a theory make"? This data could be a fluke or par for the course, without additional data it's impossible to say. It would make more sense to make a graph of the number of vulnerabilities found per time unit and see whether there is any identifiable pattern.
Saying "IE is more secure than FF" or "FF is more secure than IE" based on the number of problems found within 6 months is stupid and the headline is just sensationalistic. That's like saying "The US is mostly republican" because the last election resulted in a republican president being elected.