is because when you invoke "mailto:" on a windows box, it brings up Outlook or Outlook Express, which is a royal pain.
That said, I haven't missed anything since I switched my home laptop to Open Office, it's pretty easy to use, and I use Office 2003 at work. Since my email is from WebPINE, mailto: doesn't work in that suite either, and I have the exact same problem with MS Office 2003 that I have with Open Office. So can't say it's better, or worse.
Note that, in fact, they will be in the stores before Halloween (the important Thanksgiving to Christmas season), but they're delaying them to allow for any needed tech fixes to Blu-Ray hardware. They are releasing the Blu-Ray discs for music and movies first, working out the bugs, and then will ship the PS3 with any hardware glitches fixed.
From the article: "Now, electronics and games can take center stage, although major questions loom at those divisions as well.
Sony's new PlayStation 3 was widely expected to be introduced this spring, but will be delayed as the company fine-tunes the chips that are crucial to the success of the console's Blu-ray function.
The PlayStation 3 --- which is being called "the poor man's Blue-ray" --- is vital to Sony's plans because it plays Blu-ray discs as well as videogames.
Sony will roll out the PS3 by year end, in time for the holidays. If PS3 "delivers what everyone thinks it will, the game is up," Stringer boasts."
Now, to be frank, I wish MSFT would have had a longer burn-in when they did xBox. Anyone have any opinions on any problems with the xBox360? How stable is it? I haven't heard any complaints, so I'm guessing there are fewer glitches than when the xBox came out...
Animal Crossing 43, Pokemon 51 ... slate voting
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I think, based on the list, which shows people rating all the FF titles about the same, that some form of slate voting must have occurred, with people ranking all "their" versions of their game 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,...
Unless people who play Animal Crossing and Pokemon (both Japanese) tend to be too young to vote in this poll.
I've noticed people frequently do ballot-stuffing when we have film festival voting here - it's really obvious, because you get something like 500 votes of 5 (best), and maybe 30 votes of 1-4, spread evenly, but the total attendance was only 600, and usually less than half of an audience will ever vote (much lower, actually).
Anyone from Japan offer any insight into how this voting was done?
Might not be the best solution for older people, IMHO.
However, playing a game that exercises your mind, is probably more helpful than watching the local TV news, which is mostly soundbites designed to invoke fear about things one can do little about.
I've noticed that many Japanese games not released in this country are more puzzle-oriented, less FPS, and hopefully other ones could be ported to US/EU versions.
Man, they keep upping the specs on the video card, processor, memory, etc for all the games.
But maybe by 2020 we'll see the home PC get phased out.
I think we're more likely to see home PCs use more wireless keyboards and run off the HDTV screens, though, and as console game systems improve, we might see fewer people buy home PCs.
I've helped set up cable modem service in a town of 1,000 people. It's not hard, you keep all the stuff in the city hall/library building (or fire station, or whatever), usually in a closet.
Then you just run the wires along the main drag and spin out from there.
Once it's up and running, you set up a base station for the cable (could use a satellite feed too, depends on where you are), then to get wireless most people just buy something like the cheap $29 cable modem 11b/g wireless basestation I have.
Most installations like that can get 8-10 Mbps, and even if you can't get good equipment, it's not hard to get 2-4 Mbps up and running.
I think they even have federal and state grants you can apply for, especially if you make sure it has a hookup for the wireless in the library, firestation, or city hall (usually, you only have one place, but it's the big building).
If you live in feedlot country, it might be the Grange.
If this means they'll have to stop having their Good and Evil narrators stop talking, or the Guildmaster not say "There's another quest for you at the Guild, Hero", then I'm all in favor of downsizing at Lion's Head studios.
Yea, they sound like shit if you're in the frat boy halo2/madden demographic...
I totally agree.
From what I've seen, if you are in the frat boy halo2/madden/tigerwoods demographic group, you should just go out right now and buy the xBox360 with the biggest HD you can get and soup it up. You will be very happy. Ignore the other consoles, they won't have anything you can't get on the 360, and the 360 version will probably be way better.
So, don't wait around, you won't be missing much.
Besides, all your friends will be so psyched you got the 360 and have real games you can play right now that they all love. When one of them ends up getting a Nintendo Revolution or a PS3, you can be nice and play the cross-platforms on it, and try not to diss them too much.
So, go out and buy the PS3 - today - if you are in that demographic - and don't let anyone make you feel bad for choosing the best console for the games you want to play. You'll have a great time! And you can start saving up for the biggest HDTV screen you can buy in 2007, when the prices drop enough to finally justify it so you can see the big game in all its glory.
[note - that is not tongue in cheek, it is real honest opinion, and very heartfelt]
OK, looks like xBox360 is going to lose a lot of market share when it ships, probably starting in December when most of the new titles ship.
Hmm, maybe I should sell my MSFT stock...
Well, of COURSE it's going to lose market share, seeing how it's at 100%. Even with the supply problems, it's still the only provider of next-gen consoles.:)
As for selling MSFT stock, as a fellow shareholder (read my profile), I'd hold onto it for now. Ignore the 360. As we all know, most of the money comes from the OS and Office sales, and with new versions supposedly coming out this year, it should be interesting to see how the stock does. (It's been in a funk for the past few years)
Right, I meant it looks like PS3 will regain top dog market share by December.
Personally, I think we make more money as shareholders from all the companies MSFT owns plus the returns on all those billions in cash that are just coming in... not seriously thinking of selling my shares, but might do a swap of my Konami holdings and buy back into Sony (did well when I had it, sold it high before drop). Concerned about Blu-Ray and DRM impacts on that, though.
I agree with you that game quality and play are far more important than resolution, but I should point out that I went and bought the xBox version of Sims 2 instead of the GameCube version, due to the better graphics.
So, for a cross-platform game, I think it's critical.
For a single-platform, or console (PS3) plus portable (PSP) decision, I don't think it matters that much. It won't make me buy one console over the other.
Really, the article is a bit more like "here's the stuff we really don't know the answer to:"
- when will it ship
Fall 06, in time to get one-to-two months of buzz and hit stride for Novemeber-December sales.
- what will it cost
I'd say $500 at ship time retail, premium if preorder, $400 about a year later.
- will games actually be able to live up to the great graphics and model/AI processing promised by the Cell processor marketing, or will they look pretty much like XBox360 games ?
Don't really care. They'll look as good, which is the mark. The wider selection of more fun, more multi-gender, more age-range-capable, plus extra stuff that Euro and Asian zones go hot over means higher market share. My guess is 360 will have edge for standard US sports games and standard US FPS, but will lose out for most other categories.
- will there be a halfway decent online component ?
Don't really care. If you want a babysit-me version, probably not, go with 360. If you want a good quality one, yup. Looks like lower entry so far.
- is a hard drive included ? An add-on ? What's the deal ?/I.
My guess is it would probably be a removeable/upgradeable, shipping version included, larger one add money, ultra-gamer version out with multi-disk Blu-Ray library capabilities within six months.
if it integrates with the PSP and people end up shelling out for:
PS3 - break even PS3 controllers (extra, say two or three) - profit PS3 game - profit, after first two PSPs to attach and interact with PS3 - profit PSP versions of PS3 games that interact with PS3 - profit PS3 extra services - classic games, etc - profit
Actually, based on the review, I think I saw about four Anime Dating Sims, so I'm in Anime Heaven. Nose bleeds! Obligitory panty flashes! Ultra-violence without real injury! Stolen kisses after eight hours of game play! Now I won't be stuck playing the flash versions of Love Hina and other ones...
Well, ok, since I've got a steady girlfriend for six months now, I haven't had time to do that, but still...
Well, I'm just basing this on the actual games that will be there by December for the PS3, and their broad range of appeal, which will give the PS3 a category killer that has appeal to non-FPS, non-Sports gamers, such as boys, girls, women, and guys who don't like to play FPS because they spent too many years actually doing that when they were in the Army and it tenses them up too much so it's more fun to play other games.
But, hey, whatever. I'm still saying, since I've seen no real moves in the 360 area to broaden the appeal, kind of like the Big Three pushing cars/SUVs/trucks noone wants, that the market will expand, but the 360 won't be getting much of that action, unless something is happening I haven't heard about.
OK, so it's slightly more powerful than the xBox360, will probably retail around $400 without HDD (and $500 for Net/HDD config bundle) (figure initial cost to start at $500 so they can drop to $400 over a year, unless you get it cheap at Costco in a bundle), has 100-150 original content games, including an Anime Dating sim "Akira Project", a Nintendogs non-clone "Active Dogs", a lot of wierd anime games, a lot of RPGs, a lot of scary games, the obligitory sports games, the obligitory FPS games, Bomberman, Clown Combat (yup),...
OK, looks like xBox360 is going to lose a lot of market share when it ships, probably starting in December when most of the new titles ship.
the point of inspections is to make more money selling nuclear weapons technology to terrorist nations. geesh, I thought everyone knew that.
the point of investingating Snort is to make it look like they're actually doing something about homeland defense, instead of falling asleep at video conferences while people tell them thousands of Americans will die.
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Many of them posted handbills - anonymously - at public places.
...
Some of them posted scurious tracts arguing for Common Sense and other radical ideas, many using pen names (the same as anonymous postings).
I for one welcome our Thought Police Masters and bow to them in the East five times a day
dang, sorry, forgot the close bracket for bold. my apologies. should have been unbolded after the first sentence.
is because when you invoke "mailto:" on a windows box, it brings up Outlook or Outlook Express, which is a royal pain.
That said, I haven't missed anything since I switched my home laptop to Open Office, it's pretty easy to use, and I use Office 2003 at work. Since my email is from WebPINE, mailto: doesn't work in that suite either, and I have the exact same problem with MS Office 2003 that I have with Open Office. So can't say it's better, or worse.
Note that, in fact, they will be in the stores before Halloween (the important Thanksgiving to Christmas season), but they're delaying them to allow for any needed tech fixes to Blu-Ray hardware. They are releasing the Blu-Ray discs for music and movies first, working out the bugs, and then will ship the PS3 with any hardware glitches fixed.
...
From the article: "Now, electronics and games can take center stage, although major questions loom at those divisions as well.
Sony's new PlayStation 3 was widely expected to be introduced this spring, but will be delayed as the company fine-tunes the chips that are crucial to the success of the console's Blu-ray function.
The PlayStation 3 --- which is being called "the poor man's Blue-ray" --- is vital to Sony's plans because it plays Blu-ray discs as well as videogames.
Sony will roll out the PS3 by year end, in time for the holidays. If PS3 "delivers what everyone thinks it will, the game is up," Stringer boasts."
Now, to be frank, I wish MSFT would have had a longer burn-in when they did xBox. Anyone have any opinions on any problems with the xBox360? How stable is it? I haven't heard any complaints, so I'm guessing there are fewer glitches than when the xBox came out
I think, based on the list, which shows people rating all the FF titles about the same, that some form of slate voting must have occurred, with people ranking all "their" versions of their game 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,...
Unless people who play Animal Crossing and Pokemon (both Japanese) tend to be too young to vote in this poll.
I've noticed people frequently do ballot-stuffing when we have film festival voting here - it's really obvious, because you get something like 500 votes of 5 (best), and maybe 30 votes of 1-4, spread evenly, but the total attendance was only 600, and usually less than half of an audience will ever vote (much lower, actually).
Anyone from Japan offer any insight into how this voting was done?
Might not be the best solution for older people, IMHO.
However, playing a game that exercises your mind, is probably more helpful than watching the local TV news, which is mostly soundbites designed to invoke fear about things one can do little about.
I've noticed that many Japanese games not released in this country are more puzzle-oriented, less FPS, and hopefully other ones could be ported to US/EU versions.
Man, they keep upping the specs on the video card, processor, memory, etc for all the games.
But maybe by 2020 we'll see the home PC get phased out.
I think we're more likely to see home PCs use more wireless keyboards and run off the HDTV screens, though, and as console game systems improve, we might see fewer people buy home PCs.
I've helped set up cable modem service in a town of 1,000 people. It's not hard, you keep all the stuff in the city hall/library building (or fire station, or whatever), usually in a closet.
Then you just run the wires along the main drag and spin out from there.
Once it's up and running, you set up a base station for the cable (could use a satellite feed too, depends on where you are), then to get wireless most people just buy something like the cheap $29 cable modem 11b/g wireless basestation I have.
Most installations like that can get 8-10 Mbps, and even if you can't get good equipment, it's not hard to get 2-4 Mbps up and running.
I think they even have federal and state grants you can apply for, especially if you make sure it has a hookup for the wireless in the library, firestation, or city hall (usually, you only have one place, but it's the big building).
If you live in feedlot country, it might be the Grange.
And great pics too.
If this means they'll have to stop having their Good and Evil narrators stop talking, or the Guildmaster not say "There's another quest for you at the Guild, Hero", then I'm all in favor of downsizing at Lion's Head studios.
ooh, so you're a lawyer and a logician. whoopee.
face it, you just don't like me, and you never have.
Other things known about the PS3:
... um ... big guns are wearing strapless evening gowns.
* It is not a strapless evening gown.
But, you will be able to play games where female anime characters with big guns and
And also martial arts games where you can have female characters with said gowns.
If you're into that kind of thing.
Yea, they sound like shit if you're in the frat boy halo2/madden demographic...
I totally agree.
From what I've seen, if you are in the frat boy halo2/madden/tigerwoods demographic group, you should just go out right now and buy the xBox360 with the biggest HD you can get and soup it up. You will be very happy. Ignore the other consoles, they won't have anything you can't get on the 360, and the 360 version will probably be way better.
So, don't wait around, you won't be missing much.
Besides, all your friends will be so psyched you got the 360 and have real games you can play right now that they all love. When one of them ends up getting a Nintendo Revolution or a PS3, you can be nice and play the cross-platforms on it, and try not to diss them too much.
So, go out and buy the PS3 - today - if you are in that demographic - and don't let anyone make you feel bad for choosing the best console for the games you want to play. You'll have a great time! And you can start saving up for the biggest HDTV screen you can buy in 2007, when the prices drop enough to finally justify it so you can see the big game in all its glory.
[note - that is not tongue in cheek, it is real honest opinion, and very heartfelt]
it's called caveat emptor. i actually warn you when i post if i own stocks or bond holdings or options in a firm.
or i could be like all the softies and not mention it. but when you hold somewhere between $5000 and $20,000 in a firm, it's ethical to mention it.
remember ethics? we had that last century.
sorry if you don't like it. but i feel that one should do so in a root post if it's relevent.
OK, looks like xBox360 is going to lose a lot of market share when it ships, probably starting in December when most of the new titles ship.
...
:)
... not seriously thinking of selling my shares, but might do a swap of my Konami holdings and buy back into Sony (did well when I had it, sold it high before drop). Concerned about Blu-Ray and DRM impacts on that, though.
Hmm, maybe I should sell my MSFT stock
Well, of COURSE it's going to lose market share, seeing how it's at 100%. Even with the supply problems, it's still the only provider of next-gen consoles.
As for selling MSFT stock, as a fellow shareholder (read my profile), I'd hold onto it for now. Ignore the 360. As we all know, most of the money comes from the OS and Office sales, and with new versions supposedly coming out this year, it should be interesting to see how the stock does. (It's been in a funk for the past few years)
Right, I meant it looks like PS3 will regain top dog market share by December.
Personally, I think we make more money as shareholders from all the companies MSFT owns plus the returns on all those billions in cash that are just coming in
I agree with you that game quality and play are far more important than resolution, but I should point out that I went and bought the xBox version of Sims 2 instead of the GameCube version, due to the better graphics.
So, for a cross-platform game, I think it's critical.
For a single-platform, or console (PS3) plus portable (PSP) decision, I don't think it matters that much. It won't make me buy one console over the other.
Ssh. That's called marketing.
And it's working, since xBox360 set the bar so low by rushing to market.
Really, the article is a bit more like "here's the stuff we really don't know the answer to :"
- when will it ship
Fall 06, in time to get one-to-two months of buzz and hit stride for Novemeber-December sales.
- what will it cost
I'd say $500 at ship time retail, premium if preorder, $400 about a year later.
- will games actually be able to live up to the great graphics and model/AI processing promised by the Cell processor marketing, or will they look pretty much like XBox360 games ?
Don't really care. They'll look as good, which is the mark. The wider selection of more fun, more multi-gender, more age-range-capable, plus extra stuff that Euro and Asian zones go hot over means higher market share. My guess is 360 will have edge for standard US sports games and standard US FPS, but will lose out for most other categories.
- will there be a halfway decent online component ?
Don't really care. If you want a babysit-me version, probably not, go with 360. If you want a good quality one, yup. Looks like lower entry so far.
- is a hard drive included ? An add-on ? What's the deal ?/I.
My guess is it would probably be a removeable/upgradeable, shipping version included, larger one add money, ultra-gamer version out with multi-disk Blu-Ray library capabilities within six months.
Hope this helped.
if it integrates with the PSP and people end up shelling out for:
PS3 - break even
PS3 controllers (extra, say two or three) - profit
PS3 game - profit, after first two
PSPs to attach and interact with PS3 - profit
PSP versions of PS3 games that interact with PS3 - profit
PS3 extra services - classic games, etc - profit
Not a bad market move.
Actually, based on the review, I think I saw about four Anime Dating Sims, so I'm in Anime Heaven. Nose bleeds! Obligitory panty flashes! Ultra-violence without real injury! Stolen kisses after eight hours of game play! Now I won't be stuck playing the flash versions of Love Hina and other ones ...
...
Well, ok, since I've got a steady girlfriend for six months now, I haven't had time to do that, but still
and based on the review and the titles shown, I'd say the 360 just had their clock cleaned.
Sure, some will be multi-platform, but most won't.
Well, I'm just basing this on the actual games that will be there by December for the PS3, and their broad range of appeal, which will give the PS3 a category killer that has appeal to non-FPS, non-Sports gamers, such as boys, girls, women, and guys who don't like to play FPS because they spent too many years actually doing that when they were in the Army and it tenses them up too much so it's more fun to play other games.
But, hey, whatever. I'm still saying, since I've seen no real moves in the 360 area to broaden the appeal, kind of like the Big Three pushing cars/SUVs/trucks noone wants, that the market will expand, but the 360 won't be getting much of that action, unless something is happening I haven't heard about.
OK, so it's slightly more powerful than the xBox360, will probably retail around $400 without HDD (and $500 for Net/HDD config bundle) (figure initial cost to start at $500 so they can drop to $400 over a year, unless you get it cheap at Costco in a bundle), has 100-150 original content games, including an Anime Dating sim "Akira Project", a Nintendogs non-clone "Active Dogs", a lot of wierd anime games, a lot of RPGs, a lot of scary games, the obligitory sports games, the obligitory FPS games, Bomberman, Clown Combat (yup), ...
...
OK, looks like xBox360 is going to lose a lot of market share when it ships, probably starting in December when most of the new titles ship.
Hmm, maybe I should sell my MSFT stock
the point of inspections is to make more money selling nuclear weapons technology to terrorist nations. geesh, I thought everyone knew that.
the point of investingating Snort is to make it look like they're actually doing something about homeland defense, instead of falling asleep at video conferences while people tell them thousands of Americans will die.
oh, great, more tax dollars up in smoke.