It would win on input interface, but the screen is smaller, resolution isn't the same.
I own a PDA (HP PPC) and I already find the PSP better for web surfing then that and that has a pen. Come to think of it the PDAs screen is bigger then the DS as well.
Like I said I don't think you realise how much Chinese goods are ingrained into your culture. I am not talking about direct sources (eg. Walmart makes up 4% of Chinas exports)
For example. - China makes 90% of all the worlds toys. - All electrical goods are made in china or contain parts made in china. - Large majority of clothes are made in China. - Quite a few countries outsource to China even though they claim made in that country. - Even other Country Branded items are made in China. For example Timberlake clothing is a US owned company but all the stuff is made in China. - Other examples, Sony PS2/PSP, Nindento DS, PCs, etc. - Some things that China exports US companies have given up producing.
So a boycott would be for the most part be pointless.
Its not just Walmart a lot of US made goods are made in China. I'd love to know how you manage to not buy stuff made in china. You must have no electrical goods in your house at all.
Intresting I got troll for that but I (or rather the cartoon) is making a valid point.
You have a president that has been hiding various stuff and instigating laws to protect his backside while doing the reverse for the people of the country.
Then that is an issue with Cisco. Not google. Google also shows you that the results have been censored which is better then just searching and not realising results are missing (eg. MSN, Yahoo).
TBH the whole system is pointless. Lets say Joe Terrorist wants to pass a message to another cell.
Does he fire up his hotmail account and send an email to durkadurka@hotmail.com?
Of course he doesn't. TBH the easiest way would be to post on a webboard that has a lot of innocent traffic, or on the USENET. Heck even just play an online game (MMORPG) and say something like your looking for +3 Orc slaying knife for two gold pieces.
This method of scanning email headers doesn't solve the issue. All combatants must realise they are being spied on.
I gave up my moderating to post this. This feature has been known for a long time and there are instructions to disable it, and to force disabling of it (so it can't even do it if it tried).
Must be different models of DS then because my DS does not have any way to connect to my wireless router. Even checking up on it I found that it is not using a standard protocol and you have to buy extra stuff to get it to work.
Funny you should mention that. I recall a US government department set up just after 9/11 which one of the things it would be working on was a handheld device that could translate from English to Arabic on the fly.
Only reason I recall this is because the logo of said department was the all seeing eye shining some kind of beam over the rest of the world. Prehaps someone with a better TFH then me has a link.:)
"Why should third parties pump resources into PSP development if their title has to compete against UMD movies, mp3s, uploaded MPGs and (to a lesser but still decent extent) homebrew apps for a PSP owner's attention?"
Your argument makes absolutly no sense whatsoever. It is like saying why should a company bother making games for the games consoles because you can watch DVD's, play music and play games on them. Heck you can even just watch TV.
DS is cheap because its a cheap system. they get you on the extras. For example you have to pay extra to get access to the internet. Where as the PSP is internet ready. PSP hooks up to a PC straight off while the DS again you have to pay extra for. Heck my PSP even recharges off my computer.
I watch/listened streamed video/audio on my PSP while in the house (Saves having to sit at the PC) and use it for reading (easier to read sites then using my PDA). It supports podcasting.
My local store now rents the UMDs in the same way as renting videos and the whole sony collection of movies/TV shows are available. Even then if I want to watch something for a journey and I don't have on UMD I just rip to memory card.
DS on the other hand is a games console, nothing more. Sure you can buy stuff to try to emulate the same fields as the PSP but the screen/audio just don't compare. If all you are interested in is playing games then go for the DS.
>Basically Sony thinks that people want a (3rd rate) MP3 player > and a (2nd rate) Portable DVD player
It plays MP3. granted its no IPOD but 2nd Rate DVD player? UMD is DVD quality with digital audio. Batteries will generally last (on mine) 4-6 hours. Even so a 1-2GB memory card will get you 1-2 movies or a few TV shows to watch.
Sorry but the DS wins on being cheap and games machine only. It is not an entertainment system.
>thinking that "better graphics" was going to make them the automatic winner in the handheld business.
Except that for the PSP there is a lot more then "better graphics". If all you want to do is play games then DS is for you. If you are looking for an entertainment system then the PSP wins out.
Slashdot Mirror
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/obj-rexx/
We have apps running in Object REXX on Windows.
It would win on input interface, but the screen is smaller, resolution isn't the same.
I own a PDA (HP PPC) and I already find the PSP better for web surfing then that and that has a pen. Come to think of it the PDAs screen is bigger then the DS as well.
I can see it now on pictochat...
"Princess Peach! GET OUT NOW! The signal is coming from within the Castle!"
Like I said I don't think you realise how much Chinese goods are ingrained into your culture. I am not talking about direct sources (eg. Walmart makes up 4% of Chinas exports)
For example.
- China makes 90% of all the worlds toys.
- All electrical goods are made in china or contain parts made in china.
- Large majority of clothes are made in China.
- Quite a few countries outsource to China even though they claim made in that country.
- Even other Country Branded items are made in China. For example Timberlake clothing is a US owned company but all the stuff is made in China.
- Other examples, Sony PS2/PSP, Nindento DS, PCs, etc.
- Some things that China exports US companies have given up producing.
So a boycott would be for the most part be pointless.
>In my area, a lot of what's there is tools and other things that were made Before.
Before when? I don't think you realise how ingrained stuff made from China is in your every day lives.
I always wondered what would happen if the US turned around and just defaulted on the debt? What would happen?
Its not just Walmart a lot of US made goods are made in China. I'd love to know how you manage to not buy stuff made in china. You must have no electrical goods in your house at all.
Intresting I got troll for that but I (or rather the cartoon) is making a valid point.
You have a president that has been hiding various stuff and instigating laws to protect his backside while doing the reverse for the people of the country.
If he was innocent he would have nothing to hide.
Then that is an issue with Cisco. Not google. Google also shows you that the results have been censored which is better then just searching and not realising results are missing (eg. MSN, Yahoo).
TBH the whole system is pointless. Lets say Joe Terrorist wants to pass a message to another cell.
Does he fire up his hotmail account and send an email to durkadurka@hotmail.com?
Of course he doesn't. TBH the easiest way would be to post on a webboard that has a lot of innocent traffic, or on the USENET. Heck even just play an online game (MMORPG) and say something like your looking for +3 Orc slaying knife for two gold pieces.
This method of scanning email headers doesn't solve the issue. All combatants must realise they are being spied on.
Yea innocent people should have nothing to hide!
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http://www.workingforchange.com/comic.cfm?itemid=
Just to add to that. They are storing index information. Which despite what people think is not the same as the actual document.
>Google is now also helping repress millions of
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>Tibetans who have suffered under harsh military
>occupation by the Chinese since 1950.
man I'm giving up my moderator points but what the heck.
http://www.google.cn/search?hl=zh-CN&q=free+tibet
I gave up my moderating to post this. This feature has been known for a long time and there are instructions to disable it, and to force disabling of it (so it can't even do it if it tried).
>People have fled those media for the internet, because they can control their mindspace.
You know I used to think this too, until I read this site. (PDFs of the courses there)
http://www.womma.org/wombat/agenda.htm
Advertisers won't be content until they pollute every medium.
Must be different models of DS then because my DS does not have any way to connect to my wireless router. Even checking up on it I found that it is not using a standard protocol and you have to buy extra stuff to get it to work.
>PSP might be nice hardware, but until it gets the really fun games, people won't care. GBA emulator in the works. :)
http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/22/game-boy-advanc e-emulator-for-psp/
thanks guys for the update. :D
It does have wifi but is not using a standard protocol that you can just hook to a wireless router and access the internet (not just HTTP).
> cough cough echelon cough
:)
Funny you should mention that. I recall a US government department set up just after 9/11 which one of the things it would be working on was a handheld device that could translate from English to Arabic on the fly.
Only reason I recall this is because the logo of said department was the all seeing eye shining some kind of beam over the rest of the world. Prehaps someone with a better TFH then me has a link.
"Why should third parties pump resources into PSP development if their title has to compete against UMD movies, mp3s, uploaded MPGs and (to a lesser but still decent extent) homebrew apps for a PSP owner's attention?"
Your argument makes absolutly no sense whatsoever. It is like saying why should a company bother making games for the games consoles because you can watch DVD's, play music and play games on them. Heck you can even just watch TV.
DS is cheap because its a cheap system. they get you on the extras. For example you have to pay extra to get access to the internet. Where as the PSP is internet ready. PSP hooks up to a PC straight off while the DS again you have to pay extra for. Heck my PSP even recharges off my computer.
I watch/listened streamed video/audio on my PSP while in the house (Saves having to sit at the PC) and use it for reading (easier to read sites then using my PDA). It supports podcasting.
My local store now rents the UMDs in the same way as renting videos and the whole sony collection of movies/TV shows are available. Even then if I want to watch something for a journey and I don't have on UMD I just rip to memory card.
DS on the other hand is a games console, nothing more. Sure you can buy stuff to try to emulate the same fields as the PSP but the screen/audio just don't compare. If all you are interested in is playing games then go for the DS.
>Basically Sony thinks that people want a (3rd rate) MP3 player
> and a (2nd rate) Portable DVD player
It plays MP3. granted its no IPOD but 2nd Rate DVD player? UMD is DVD quality with digital audio. Batteries will generally last (on mine) 4-6 hours. Even so a 1-2GB memory card will get you 1-2 movies or a few TV shows to watch.
Sorry but the DS wins on being cheap and games machine only. It is not an entertainment system.
I'm curious how you are getting spam in your inbox so badly? I don't have this happening at all and I get an awful lot of spam to my spambox.
Has to be in the forwarding I guess.
I get tons of spam in gmail but it all goes to the spam folder. I don't even remember the last time I had spam/phish mails on my gmail inbox.
>thinking that "better graphics" was going to make them the automatic winner in the handheld business.
Except that for the PSP there is a lot more then "better graphics". If all you want to do is play games then DS is for you. If you are looking for an entertainment system then the PSP wins out.