Why even mention China at all? Why not say, "Don't use different sizes"? Does the fact that you used "China" add extra weight as to what *not* to do? Maybe there's some subconscious xenophobia at work here.
Never mind the fact that 25 countries in Europe use the Euro.
Not everyone on Slashdot here hates Microsoft. A lot of people on Slashdot live off of Microsoft - people with MCSEs and other consultants. Not only that, but every article that is negative about Microsoft always has at least several, "I know everyone here hates Microsoft, but...." rated +5 Insightful. Basically that's the way you get modded Insightful these days - praise Microsoft in a devil's advocate tone, or bash Sony. Fact is, there are some fanboy moderators (and editors *cough* Zonk), and they are shameless in their abuse of power.
They don't realize that if Microsoft dominates the game console industry, that's their entrance into the PC market - imagine a world where Microsoft dominated software and hardware - pretty scary. Their gaming console will become a home entertainment console that coincidentally is capable of browsing the Internet (IE), and use Microsoft Office. Sony *has* to succeed - as you can see from Sony's missteps, they aren't a threat to being a monopoly - Microsoft, however is.
As for gaming news, I think I'll skip reading Slashdot - I've submitted some neutral PS3 stories, which were ranked highly on Digg, and yet they got rejected in favor of this crap. In the meantime, I'll read Digg's Gaming Section - it still has negative PS3 stories, but it's a lot more balanced than a biased editor pushing their agenda like their being paid by Microsoft.
..in rich nations...and costs very little in poor nations that manufacture them. That's the real reason why it's cheaper to buy a new one. Face it, globalization is basically a system invented by rich countries to replace colonialism and slavery. Ignoring the transfer of money, and just looking at the work and goods that people make and receive, the poor countries are basically slaves to the rich countries.
The poor countries would be better off forming their own economic bloc and trading amongst themselves.
We're the ones that are funding all of Microsoft's foray into console development and digital music players. We pay the Windows tax which gets funnelled into these worthless products of theirs. Not much of what Microsoft does is innovative. XBox? Zune? They do nothing for the advancement of technology. At least with Sony, they innovate somewhat. From the Cell to Blu-ray, at least that's new. Microsoft just takes a market segment and uses it's Windows monopoly to dominate.
Boycott the Zune and the XBox - get them to do something innovative for once.
Ninety percent of violent cases start with verbal aggression
And at least 90% of verbal aggression ends up leading to nothing that the police can go after. But who knows, maybe they'll have an adjustable tolerance level, or maybe the police will get their kicks out of watching people argue, like a soap opera or watching COPS.
They announce a problem with a model that is 2 years old - and say they'll fix it. Most warranties only cover a year or so, and some will even ignore the problem unless there's threat of lawsuits (think personal injury).
Compare this to Microsoft and the Windows OS.
Microsoft fanboys (including Zonk) may bash Sony like they're getting paid, but this is can be considered a positive for Sony's customer service.
On the other hand, Sony's hardware with the exception of the PS3, has been disappointing because all the company's resources are being diverted to the content and media side of the business. You can blame Howard Stringer and the rest of his media group for this.
"Tell me why you would buy a $600 PS3?" Peter Moore, a Microsoft vice president, said in an interview. "People are going to buy two (machines.) They're going to buy an Xbox and they're going to buy a Wii... for the price of one PS3."
Moore then turned pitchman for Nintendo's Wii, the latest offering from the Japanese company that once dominated the video game industry. "People will always gravitate toward a competitively priced product -- like what I believe Wii will be -- with innovative new designs and great intellectual property like Mario, Zelda and Metroid," Moore said.
I'm not sure why you declare Sony as evil but relentlessly rally to support Microsoft who's done much worse.
The anti-Sony crap wasn't something Slashdot created. It was born from Sony's missteps over the last year.
Actually it was born from Microsoft's aggressive catering to blogs and internet media. Sony didn't take steps to counter Microsoft's negative campaign. On the other hand, most people, the ones that don't live on the Internet, don't read all the blogs and therefore will have an unbiased point of view when it comes to purchasing a game console.
Now if we can only stop those annoying Microsoft fanboys from polluting every discussion about the PS3 while trying to *seem* impartial...
Brad Garlinghouse joined Yahoo! in 2003 as vice president of communications products, responsible for strategy, management, development, and financial performance. Mr. Garlinghouse is an expert on the intersection of communications and the Internet. He previously served as CEO of Dialpad Communications, one of the world's largest providers of PC-based telecommunications services. Under his direction, the company's user base grew from just over 2 million to 14.5 million, and he successfully diversified revenue sources from advertising to premium services. Earlier in his career, he led venture capital investments in software, communications, and Internet-based businesses at @Ventures. He also has held product and marketing leadership positions at @Home Networks, TCI Internet Services, and SBC Communications. Mr. Garlinghouse received a Master's degree in Business Administration from Harvard University and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Kansas.
So he has no background in technology, he only knows it at a high level.
You can tell from their homepage that they're trying to play catch-up in the online video segment. The headline always has some irrelevant video that they want you to see. There's no way to customize it to show something else, unless, of course you go to My Yahoo! instead. A homepage should be fast loading and uncluttered - Yahoo!'s page fails in that regard. It seems that they have marketing types designing the front page with no regard for usability or performance.
Of course, because selling less consoles is in Sony's best interest. I'll bet they actually have millions of consoles in stock were only willing to release 80,000 in Japan. Makes great business sense.
This time around the Wii and PS3 aren't even competitors. People who want amazing graphics, vast potential, and next generation disk formats will choose the PS3, if they can afford it.
People who love Nintendo games, a child-friendly console at a lower cost will choose the Wii.
It's like comparing a Toyota Yaris to a Lexus... who will win? Different class, different customers.
On the other hand, the XBox 360 will compete mainly with the PS3, since they are around the same price range. Most people who buy Microsoft will choose the XBox 360 premium package, with the hard drive, but for an extra $100 - less than the cost of two games, you get Blu-Ray, free online play, a faster processor, Linux, etc.... these two consoles are much more similar in price than certain people would have you think.
Microsoft has made blogs an essential part of their marketing plans. Weren't they at some point encouraging their employees to blog? I wouldn't be surprised to find some blog sites that are paid by Microsoft - monetarily or by other mean, to be pro-Microsoft or anti-compeition. If this were the case, I'd suspect Kotaku, Gizmodo, and Joystiq are part of this "ring". They may say a few negative things about Microsoft to throw people off, but many of these sites expouse a general positive message regarding Microsoft and negative messages about their competitors.
Microsoft is an even bigger threat because they are a hell of a lot smarter than Sony. Sony may be evil, but they're incompetent enough to make mistakes which allows competition to come back in. Microsoft, on the other hand, is very good at closing the door shut.
If you're going to buy a console based on the good of the industry and ethical reasons, choose the Wii first, then PS3, then the XBox 360.
In terms of value, yes $600 is expensive for a console, but the base is $500, which is only $100 more than the Xbox 360's premium version. For the $100, you get greater storage capacity in the games (bigger games), a next-generation media player, free online play, no power brick, less noise, more potential, linux capability, motion sensing, among other things. The only thing you lose is rumble, an unproven online system, and few games (currently).
Linux capability proved to be the clincher for me, but the other features may be enough to convince people to shell an additional $100 to buy a PS3. And when you think about it, $100 is less than the price of a couple games...people who can't afford the PS3 are more likely to get a Wii than an Xbox 360. It's people who want great graphics, and can't wait for the PS3 to be in stock that are the ones that will buy an Xbox 360, which I assume will include a fair number of people this holiday season.
what's more likely is that the naysayers will say that they were right all along, except Sony deceived everyone and their superior marketing and name brand influenced the ignorant masses.
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How is the Xbox 360 innovative? It's a machine that was designed for market penetration. There's nothing new or innovative whatsoever.
Compare that to the Wii with it's innovative controller, and the PS3 with it's innovative architecture and cutting-edge technology.
We should boycott these "innovations" until they *really* produce something innovative.
The reason is that Microsoft can direct users to (highly recommended) web resources that they own, such as MSN.
That's what really happens. That's the main reason why people should boycott their products whenever they can, including the Zune and XBox 360.
IE was not free. We subsidized it's development by being forced to buy Windows. Therefore, it's included in the cost of Windows.
Change the $1 to a coin - in Canada, they started using coins for the lower bills to reduce cost, since coins last longer.
A positive(?) side effect is that many people start to spend more because having $1 and $2 coins in their pockets weighs them down.
Never mind the fact that 25 countries in Europe use the Euro.
I heard the "angry cat" is good too. So is the "downward facing dog".
...except the ones that excel in that profession.
Not everyone on Slashdot here hates Microsoft. A lot of people on Slashdot live off of Microsoft - people with MCSEs and other consultants. Not only that, but every article that is negative about Microsoft always has at least several, "I know everyone here hates Microsoft, but...." rated +5 Insightful. Basically that's the way you get modded Insightful these days - praise Microsoft in a devil's advocate tone, or bash Sony. Fact is, there are some fanboy moderators (and editors *cough* Zonk), and they are shameless in their abuse of power.
They don't realize that if Microsoft dominates the game console industry, that's their entrance into the PC market - imagine a world where Microsoft dominated software and hardware - pretty scary. Their gaming console will become a home entertainment console that coincidentally is capable of browsing the Internet (IE), and use Microsoft Office. Sony *has* to succeed - as you can see from Sony's missteps, they aren't a threat to being a monopoly - Microsoft, however is.
As for gaming news, I think I'll skip reading Slashdot - I've submitted some neutral PS3 stories, which were ranked highly on Digg, and yet they got rejected in favor of this crap. In the meantime, I'll read Digg's Gaming Section - it still has negative PS3 stories, but it's a lot more balanced than a biased editor pushing their agenda like their being paid by Microsoft.
..in rich nations...and costs very little in poor nations that manufacture them. That's the real reason why it's cheaper to buy a new one. Face it, globalization is basically a system invented by rich countries to replace colonialism and slavery. Ignoring the transfer of money, and just looking at the work and goods that people make and receive, the poor countries are basically slaves to the rich countries.
The poor countries would be better off forming their own economic bloc and trading amongst themselves.
We're the ones that are funding all of Microsoft's foray into console development and digital music players. We pay the Windows tax which gets funnelled into these worthless products of theirs. Not much of what Microsoft does is innovative. XBox? Zune? They do nothing for the advancement of technology. At least with Sony, they innovate somewhat. From the Cell to Blu-ray, at least that's new. Microsoft just takes a market segment and uses it's Windows monopoly to dominate.
Boycott the Zune and the XBox - get them to do something innovative for once.
Sorry, but the Earth's core emits radiation.
And at least 90% of verbal aggression ends up leading to nothing that the police can go after. But who knows, maybe they'll have an adjustable tolerance level, or maybe the police will get their kicks out of watching people argue, like a soap opera or watching COPS.
They announce a problem with a model that is 2 years old - and say they'll fix it. Most warranties only cover a year or so, and some will even ignore the problem unless there's threat of lawsuits (think personal injury).
Compare this to Microsoft and the Windows OS.
Microsoft fanboys (including Zonk) may bash Sony like they're getting paid, but this is can be considered a positive for Sony's customer service.
On the other hand, Sony's hardware with the exception of the PS3, has been disappointing because all the company's resources are being diverted to the content and media side of the business. You can blame Howard Stringer and the rest of his media group for this.
I'm not sure why you declare Sony as evil but relentlessly rally to support Microsoft who's done much worse.
Actually it was born from Microsoft's aggressive catering to blogs and internet media. Sony didn't take steps to counter Microsoft's negative campaign. On the other hand, most people, the ones that don't live on the Internet, don't read all the blogs and therefore will have an unbiased point of view when it comes to purchasing a game console.
Now if we can only stop those annoying Microsoft fanboys from polluting every discussion about the PS3 while trying to *seem* impartial...
So he has no background in technology, he only knows it at a high level.
You can tell from their homepage that they're trying to play catch-up in the online video segment. The headline always has some irrelevant video that they want you to see. There's no way to customize it to show something else, unless, of course you go to My Yahoo! instead. A homepage should be fast loading and uncluttered - Yahoo!'s page fails in that regard. It seems that they have marketing types designing the front page with no regard for usability or performance.
Of course, because selling less consoles is in Sony's best interest. I'll bet they actually have millions of consoles in stock were only willing to release 80,000 in Japan. Makes great business sense.
Blu-Ray isn't only for HDTVs, it's also allows for more expansive games - most likely exclusives... and multi-console games that add more cutscenes.
This time around the Wii and PS3 aren't even competitors. People who want amazing graphics, vast potential, and next generation disk formats will choose the PS3, if they can afford it.
People who love Nintendo games, a child-friendly console at a lower cost will choose the Wii.
It's like comparing a Toyota Yaris to a Lexus... who will win? Different class, different customers.
On the other hand, the XBox 360 will compete mainly with the PS3, since they are around the same price range. Most people who buy Microsoft will choose the XBox 360 premium package, with the hard drive, but for an extra $100 - less than the cost of two games, you get Blu-Ray, free online play, a faster processor, Linux, etc.... these two consoles are much more similar in price than certain people would have you think.
Microsoft has made blogs an essential part of their marketing plans. Weren't they at some point encouraging their employees to blog? I wouldn't be surprised to find some blog sites that are paid by Microsoft - monetarily or by other mean, to be pro-Microsoft or anti-compeition. If this were the case, I'd suspect Kotaku, Gizmodo, and Joystiq are part of this "ring". They may say a few negative things about Microsoft to throw people off, but many of these sites expouse a general positive message regarding Microsoft and negative messages about their competitors.
Well it was released in 2003, and it used a format only used by Sony:
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Aren't they as "evil" as Sony, if not more?
Microsoft is an even bigger threat because they are a hell of a lot smarter than Sony. Sony may be evil, but they're incompetent enough to make mistakes which allows competition to come back in. Microsoft, on the other hand, is very good at closing the door shut.
If you're going to buy a console based on the good of the industry and ethical reasons, choose the Wii first, then PS3, then the XBox 360.
In terms of value, yes $600 is expensive for a console, but the base is $500, which is only $100 more than the Xbox 360's premium version. For the $100, you get greater storage capacity in the games (bigger games), a next-generation media player, free online play, no power brick, less noise, more potential, linux capability, motion sensing, among other things. The only thing you lose is rumble, an unproven online system, and few games (currently).
Linux capability proved to be the clincher for me, but the other features may be enough to convince people to shell an additional $100 to buy a PS3. And when you think about it, $100 is less than the price of a couple games...people who can't afford the PS3 are more likely to get a Wii than an Xbox 360. It's people who want great graphics, and can't wait for the PS3 to be in stock that are the ones that will buy an Xbox 360, which I assume will include a fair number of people this holiday season.
Nah,
what's more likely is that the naysayers will say that they were right all along, except Sony deceived everyone and their superior marketing and name brand influenced the ignorant masses.