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  1. Re:And yet, no blockbuster games for 2005 on 360 Has Best Launch Lineup Ever? · · Score: 1

    That makes more sense because SNES and NES were released in Japan first, whereas the DS and the Xbox 360 were launched in North America first. So you couldn't just port some Japanese game for the North American market. Also the DS and the 360 like the PS2 is backwards compatible so they didn't really good launch titles as long as you could play your older games.

  2. Re:{H]ard OCP goes soft? on Dell XPS 'Gaming' PC Review · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, to give {H]ard OCP credit it was a different reviewer reviewing the Gateway and the Dell.

  3. Re:Interesteing Problems on Microsoft Ends IE for Mac · · Score: 1

    And where do you think people buy these so called certificates of deposit.

  4. Re:Interesteing Problems on Microsoft Ends IE for Mac · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you were a small bank and you lost Steve Jobs, it would make quite a difference financially.

  5. Re:This is insulting. on Superman 'Too Big' for the Big Screen · · Score: 1

    There is boy naked and then there is girl naked. No one wants to see boy naked, not even girls.

  6. Re:Yaaaay Melinda! on Bill Gates, Time Magazine "Person of the Year" · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't hold my breath on Windows, she was the woman responsible for MS Bob.

  7. Re:Out of curiousity.... on Bill Gates, Time Magazine "Person of the Year" · · Score: 1

    They also donate to local charities in the Pacific Northwest, these don't get as much publicity as the big AIDS donations, or software which have large dollar amounts but they make news here in the Pacific Northwest quite often.

    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/20 02657023_gates01m.html

    http://www.gatesfoundation.org/StoryGallery

  8. Re:cancel my subsc... oh wait, never mind. on Bill Gates, Time Magazine "Person of the Year" · · Score: 1

    Take a another look at Antitrust laws, it's a Federal pound me in the ass felony.

  9. Re:Old-School wireless? on Affordable Video Over IP as Standalone Devices? · · Score: 1

    Maybe they plan on broadcasting on the internet at some point.

  10. Re:Dumb evolution arguments on Polar Bears Drowning As Globe Warms · · Score: 1

    Hey, Some people like me like driving an SUV and living in the Suburbs.

  11. Re:Climate is Cyclical on Polar Bears Drowning As Globe Warms · · Score: 1

    It would prevent people from importing delicious Polar meat into the US.

  12. Re:Ideas are almost entirely worthless... on Portable Stereo Creator Gets His Due · · Score: 1

    Patent Law is created so you have full disclosure. You are required to disclose how your invention works. If there becomes a case where things cannot be patented because the market place hasn't found a way to make widget 2 good enough work with your invention. The inventor will sit on the patent until widget 2 is invented. This would encourage inventors to sit on their inventions contrary to the purpose of patent law. With full disclosure, inventor 2, knowing that there is a market for a new improved widget 2 is more likely to try to invent widget 2. Society is better off for it. That's the way its supposed to work in theory anyways.

  13. Re:Ideas are almost entirely worthless... on Portable Stereo Creator Gets His Due · · Score: 1

    You can't patent an idea, it's true you don't have to prove an idea works but you still need an implementation of an idea. You can't get a patent on the idea of banking software, or search. However, you can get a patent on the way you access data on said banking software.

  14. Re:Slight correction on Portable Stereo Creator Gets His Due · · Score: 2, Informative

    I believe the first game console was the Magnavox Odyssey, it came out before the first pong machine.

  15. Re:Atari on the upswing! on The Return of the Commodore? · · Score: 1

    Atari is a Japanese word from the game Go. That's why some people think it was a Japanese company in origin.

  16. Re:IQ, addictive personalities, and Korea on Why Do Computer Games Claim Lives? · · Score: 1

    Korea is in East Asia, not South Asia. Relying on anedoctal evidence that there is a correlation between race and IQ is racist. I'm sorry.

    There was a study studying Koreans living in Korea, Japan and the United States. They were all given identical math tests, the students living in the US had a highest score, those living in Korea had the second highest score and those living in Japan had the lowest. It doesn't make sense from a genetic point of view as these students were Korean. What makes more sense is the pygmalion effect. Asians in the US are considered good at math, however in Japan, Koreans are considered lower than the Japanese.

    What you have on your list is a list of countries, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan with relatively high literacy rates compared to the rest of Asia. If it was truly genetic, then the average person in Vietnam would have the same IQ as someone in Korea. But it remains that in that study Vietnam was not included.

  17. Re:SP2 - No, Thanks. it sucks ! on XP SP2 Adoption Lagging Overseas · · Score: 1

    Try add/remove components to uninstall windows IM.

  18. Re:Why would I bother? on XP SP2 Adoption Lagging Overseas · · Score: 1

    You probably have a hardware firewall. SP2 is supposed to have a better software firewall than before and it is activated as a default. A lot of people don't have lans and therefore no firewall.

  19. Re:Possible reason on XP SP2 Adoption Lagging Overseas · · Score: 1

    nocharge.com still exists in the Seattle area.

  20. Re:Nintendo had to do *something*... on CNN Hands-On With The Revolution · · Score: 1

    In America, it's a first to invent system. If you can prove you invented the item first, you get priority.

  21. Re:Revolution Name on CNN Hands-On With The Revolution · · Score: 1

    What's interesting is if you look at the model number for the DS on the back it says model number NTR-001.

  22. Re:Wait on Google To Purchase Stake In AOL For $1 Billion · · Score: 1

    Doesn't matter, AOL will still use Internet Explorer.

  23. Re:Maybe it is just where I live... on Why You Can't Buy A 360 · · Score: 1

    There are lot of retailers that sell Xboxes that don't sell online. Fred Meyer around here in the Northwest is one of them. Even if they did, sometimes online inventory is different than brick and mortar inventory, so even though Best Buy in Biloxi Mississippi may have a bunch of Xboxes around, the computers are not set up where a person in Seattle can order one online and get it shipped from Mississippi.

  24. Re:Couple facts on Why You Can't Buy A 360 · · Score: 1

    That's an interesting analogy because you can't buy the 959 in the US either.

  25. Re:Supply vs. demand on Why You Can't Buy A 360 · · Score: 1

    I think this was something the Phantom was going to do. It would charge a subscription and depending on the contract, give you a discount on the console. You don't see Sony and Nintendo doing this because they don't charge for online service. In fact Sony and Nintendo don't really have an online service. MS on the other hand does have an online service. I forsee in a couple of years that you can get an Xbox for free with a annual or bi annual Xbox Live contract or if Xbox gets DVR functions, you can get a free Xbox with a DVR contract like. Or maybe at one point, MS would work with cable providers and you can get a combination digital cable tuner and an Xbox for a monthly rental fee.