So PSP has done poorer in Japan than we thought because some (many) of the sales actually include European buyers?
I would expect Sony to want as many sales as possible so they can point to Japan as a resounding success and create excitement in Europe and elsewhere.
Instead Sony is now drawing attention to the possibility that Japan is not all that interested in their product and are now trying to pawn it off to Europe? How does Sony benefit from this lawsuit?
Because their ATM machines are everywhere?
I like my local credit union and they are generally good about fees but when I'm out of town and need to use an ATM I get jacked with fees from both the ATM and my credit union.
In the end it doesn't matter whether you're trolling or stupid. What matters is how many moderators think you're trolling or stupid. This will dictate how many mod points you get and how many people will read your posts.:)
1. Europe's linux market grows.
2. Software companies start developing games to expand their markets to Europe.
3. U.S. willing to enter linux market now that games are available.
The PC (and MS) really started to grow once games were available.
Last year's Free Comic Book Day was better for Americans. It was on the Fourth of July. People discovered it as they were out at parades and the storefront was handing out free comics. This helped introduce people to comics who would otherwise not have considered it.
This year? My guess is that few people will know about it unless they are comic book fans already. I nearly missed it and I loved comics as a kid. I only found out through slashdot.
It's not that I blame Opera. Like I said at the end of my original post, I hope that hotmail and google work toward making their sites more Opera-friendly. But the many new users are likely to face some problems they didn't have before...at least at first.
I've found a workaround for both but I really did run into these problems. I never had the beta version so I can't say. The hotmail issue was talked about quite extensively in their forum so I know I wasn't the only one. Do a search there for hotmail and empty. A lot of people have been bugged by it.
I just went back there and did a search for google AND maps and found that people are starting to report that too. So it isn't just me.
From mozilla..." Firefox browser has been downloaded more than 25 million times, fueled by consumers' demand for a faster, safer Internet experience. Released less than 100-days-ago Firefox has..."
25 million in 100 days is a quarter million a day, right?
A million new opera users means a lot of people who can't empty their hotmail trash or get directions on google maps correctly.
Of course, if enough people had opera, google and microsoft would make their sites more compatible.
" Color me cynical, but I suspect it may be a gift to ClearPlay as well, who will be especially well positioned after this. Once the bill is signed into law, the suit against them will be dismissed."
Well, if the studios were smart, they'd learn that if ya can't beat em, join em. At that point, new DVDs would be able to skip past adult scenes without any help from outside companies and ClearPlay would end up the loser.
Why would they make a DVD with both an R and a PG-13 version when they can release the R now and in a few years re-release it as a Platinum Family Edition?
We accept any type of video content, with these restrictions:
* You must own all necessary rights to the content, including copyrights toboth the video and the audio.
* You must be able to upload the video to us electronically.
* The video must not contain pornographic or obscene material.
The content may be reviewed prior to being made available online. If we cannot use it, we'll let you know."
After the install I was informed that my extensions were disabled until new ones come out to ensure compatability. I can understand why that could be important for major updates but will I have to lose my gmail notifier every time a minor bug fix comes out?
Back when people thought online ads would make tons of money I signed up for a free pc (compaq presario). The catch was having ads on the bottom of my screen. I signed up, got the computer and about 4 months later they were bought out by another company (I think emachines) and they told me how to remove the ads from my computer. I still have it. My son uses it for learning games.
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Gone are the days when competition brings prices down?
So PSP has done poorer in Japan than we thought because some (many) of the sales actually include European buyers? I would expect Sony to want as many sales as possible so they can point to Japan as a resounding success and create excitement in Europe and elsewhere. Instead Sony is now drawing attention to the possibility that Japan is not all that interested in their product and are now trying to pawn it off to Europe? How does Sony benefit from this lawsuit?
I think that's the point. If their profit mostly comes from games and you already have tons of cheap games there is less incentive to buy more.
Because their ATM machines are everywhere? I like my local credit union and they are generally good about fees but when I'm out of town and need to use an ATM I get jacked with fees from both the ATM and my credit union.
In the end it doesn't matter whether you're trolling or stupid. What matters is how many moderators think you're trolling or stupid. This will dictate how many mod points you get and how many people will read your posts. :)
1. Europe's linux market grows.
2. Software companies start developing games to expand their markets to Europe.
3. U.S. willing to enter linux market now that games are available.
The PC (and MS) really started to grow once games were available.
Last year's Free Comic Book Day was better for Americans. It was on the Fourth of July. People discovered it as they were out at parades and the storefront was handing out free comics. This helped introduce people to comics who would otherwise not have considered it. This year? My guess is that few people will know about it unless they are comic book fans already. I nearly missed it and I loved comics as a kid. I only found out through slashdot.
It's not that I blame Opera. Like I said at the end of my original post, I hope that hotmail and google work toward making their sites more Opera-friendly. But the many new users are likely to face some problems they didn't have before...at least at first.
I've found a workaround for both but I really did run into these problems. I never had the beta version so I can't say. The hotmail issue was talked about quite extensively in their forum so I know I wasn't the only one. Do a search there for hotmail and empty. A lot of people have been bugged by it. I just went back there and did a search for google AND maps and found that people are starting to report that too. So it isn't just me.
25 million in 100 days is a quarter million a day, right?
A million new opera users means a lot of people who can't empty their hotmail trash or get directions on google maps correctly. Of course, if enough people had opera, google and microsoft would make their sites more compatible.
What's amusing is that they gripe about their vision being messed with and then a year later I see an edited version of the movie on TV anyway.
That's ok...I can handle one second worth of each commercial or warning. Preferably the last second where it all goes black.
*uses newly legal technology to skip past offtopic posts*
Well, if the studios were smart, they'd learn that if ya can't beat em, join em. At that point, new DVDs would be able to skip past adult scenes without any help from outside companies and ClearPlay would end up the loser.
I do NOT want my kids watching that FBI Warning. With that dark background and ominous silence my kids would be scared to death!
Why would they make a DVD with both an R and a PG-13 version when they can release the R now and in a few years re-release it as a Platinum Family Edition?
You were having sex with her before you started dating?
"What types of videos are you accepting?
We accept any type of video content, with these restrictions:
* You must own all necessary rights to the content, including copyrights toboth the video and the audio.
* You must be able to upload the video to us electronically.
* The video must not contain pornographic or obscene material.
The content may be reviewed prior to being made available online. If we cannot use it, we'll let you know."
Tom had much more complicated techniques.
Or it'd get a lot of spammers voting their crap in quite quickly
After the install I was informed that my extensions were disabled until new ones come out to ensure compatability. I can understand why that could be important for major updates but will I have to lose my gmail notifier every time a minor bug fix comes out?
Back when people thought online ads would make tons of money I signed up for a free pc (compaq presario). The catch was having ads on the bottom of my screen. I signed up, got the computer and about 4 months later they were bought out by another company (I think emachines) and they told me how to remove the ads from my computer. I still have it. My son uses it for learning games.
So should my computer be free, too, because I use it to access the net?
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