E3 and wishlists aside, we can't trust what anything will actually look or play like until it winds up in the living room.
Given the alledge still-birth launch of the XBox360 with relatively sucky-games (except for COD2, of course), how would we expect the PS3 to be any different?
By the time the PS3 comes out, developers will be more comfortable with the Xbox360 platform and (hopefully) producing more mature games that take better advantage of the resources on tap as developers will still be cutting their teeth, relatively on the PS3.
People point to the excellent games that are out for the PS2 now, but you can't tell me the PS2 launch was running on all cylinders. In the interim, the PSP came out and I'm still looking for a decent game for it (never mind the load screens).
I think I'll take the wait-and-see approach this time - buy the console for the games, rather than the other way around!
There is no correct branch of government. The FCC is an independent agency.
The president does appoint the FCC commissioners, however, so maybe the parting shot isn't too far off the target.
My own xbox 360 is experiencing overheating, but the power supply itself remains only a bit warmer than ambient. There's a distinct smell of melting plastic that comes from within the xbox 360 itself.
The transformer is on a shelf by itself (glass plate on a component rack, not mounted on the wall, so it has 5 sides of open air) as well as the xbox 360 placed on another shelf (again, nothing around it). This didn't seem to do the trick, so I suspended a big box fan to the side blowing cold basement air over both of them. At least now it's not the DVD drive noise that bugs me.
During my call to 1-800-4MY-XBOX to see about warranty repair, the operator asked what kind of troubleshooting measure I have done, to which I replied with the description above. She them asked if I could pull the xbox 360 out of any enclosed area, to which I described the above again with the addition that there were no walls or encroachment within 4 feet of the top or sides. She them asked if I could move it further away from the glass plate it was sitting on.
Apparently those drives are that loud as MS expects them to be able to bring the xbox 360 into a hovercraft state. Are the sides of the case concave as a styling cue or is it just MS sucking?
How's that any less significant than Sony rootkitting a business-class operating system? Liability to consumers versus liability to Big Business would be much less, plus on a controlled environment such as console, MS could update and wipe it clean.
I think the big question is why hasn't MS done as much as make a statement about Sony's ploy and how it affects security of machines that have access to "secure" information...
I thought that too, though Microsoft may wish to check with their partners. I'm slapping my monkey as hard as I can, but I still haven't seen my free iPod or PS3:-(
New Sony TV, DVD player, TiVo, etc with HDCP content protection? Sony ipod clone with more DRM that you can shake a stick at? Sony PSP with no way to play your own video at native resolution?
Are these exceptions in that they feel they still own these after your purchase them because it has their name on it?
Wonder if they'll be able to exclude the VAIO computers we bought from the class action suits.
What's the point if any service that feeds video to you compresses the crap out of it?
I've got a hddirectivo, but the compression is fairly obvious when compared to OTA broadcasts, and even those are easy to pick out artifacts.
I don't see any huge leaps in bandwidth from any provider Real Soon Now, and wouldn't any compression to fit the available bandwidth reduce the effective resolution?
However if this is for closed-circuit feed from Hugh Hefner's humble abode, I may be interested:)
Keep in mind that the paging channel is per cell sector. Cell sites can have between 1-12 sectors per carrier (freq) and several frequencies.
So great.. we've jammed a city block. the rest of the network is unaffected.
And this is going to cause mass mayhem and panic because....?
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This may seem like a large concern to you, but I think we need to solve the snakes problem first.
It's obvious that with all the left over space where the wires would be, there could be hundreds of snakes silently waiting!
Sort of a corollary to: All flat level surfaces are soon covered.
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Nowarez on Nowhere > Nowarez on Vaporware
If this bothers you so much, just think of what it could do to younger impressionable minds!
In fact they've been giving away a bunch of free weekends, so it seems... Doesn't this devalue the service for paying members?
To address the rest of the comment, which branch does the **AA fall under? It's just a matter of time...
Given the alledge still-birth launch of the XBox360 with relatively sucky-games (except for COD2, of course), how would we expect the PS3 to be any different?
By the time the PS3 comes out, developers will be more comfortable with the Xbox360 platform and (hopefully) producing more mature games that take better advantage of the resources on tap as developers will still be cutting their teeth, relatively on the PS3.
People point to the excellent games that are out for the PS2 now, but you can't tell me the PS2 launch was running on all cylinders. In the interim, the PSP came out and I'm still looking for a decent game for it (never mind the load screens).
I think I'll take the wait-and-see approach this time - buy the console for the games, rather than the other way around!
There is no correct branch of government. The FCC is an independent agency. The president does appoint the FCC commissioners, however, so maybe the parting shot isn't too far off the target.
As long as the OS is powerful enough to allow me to download an item in the background, color me impressed!
Not even "close", so I imagine it may be a bit dimmer than you imagine.
The transformer is on a shelf by itself (glass plate on a component rack, not mounted on the wall, so it has 5 sides of open air) as well as the xbox 360 placed on another shelf (again, nothing around it). This didn't seem to do the trick, so I suspended a big box fan to the side blowing cold basement air over both of them. At least now it's not the DVD drive noise that bugs me.
During my call to 1-800-4MY-XBOX to see about warranty repair, the operator asked what kind of troubleshooting measure I have done, to which I replied with the description above. She them asked if I could pull the xbox 360 out of any enclosed area, to which I described the above again with the addition that there were no walls or encroachment within 4 feet of the top or sides. She them asked if I could move it further away from the glass plate it was sitting on.
Apparently those drives are that loud as MS expects them to be able to bring the xbox 360 into a hovercraft state. Are the sides of the case concave as a styling cue or is it just MS sucking?
I think the big question is why hasn't MS done as much as make a statement about Sony's ploy and how it affects security of machines that have access to "secure" information...
He's more likely a vegetable... as in couch potato.
You kidding? With serial racial killings and tanks blowing up strip malls, it's going to be great!
I thought that too, though Microsoft may wish to check with their partners. I'm slapping my monkey as hard as I can, but I still haven't seen my free iPod or PS3 :-(
New Sony TV, DVD player, TiVo, etc with HDCP content protection? Sony ipod clone with more DRM that you can shake a stick at? Sony PSP with no way to play your own video at native resolution?
Are these exceptions in that they feel they still own these after your purchase them because it has their name on it?
Wonder if they'll be able to exclude the VAIO computers we bought from the class action suits.
I've got a hddirectivo, but the compression is fairly obvious when compared to OTA broadcasts, and even those are easy to pick out artifacts.
I don't see any huge leaps in bandwidth from any provider Real Soon Now, and wouldn't any compression to fit the available bandwidth reduce the effective resolution?
However if this is for closed-circuit feed from Hugh Hefner's humble abode, I may be interested :)
Methinks it would help jumpstart collaboration-ware
If you're only going to make one sprinkled cupcake for me, I'm not coming to your party! ;)
Nah, the last three will realize that they can get at least 33 a piece, the captain keeping 1 for himself...
The volume of the sphere itself hasn't changed, assuming the diameter is greater than 10 inches so there is some sphere left ;)
I bet the IRS loves you...
The $2 is already included in the $27.. the difference is the $3 that was refunded.
Keep in mind that the paging channel is per cell sector. Cell sites can have between 1-12 sectors per carrier (freq) and several frequencies. So great.. we've jammed a city block. the rest of the network is unaffected. And this is going to cause mass mayhem and panic because....?