That's not true. You'll have the ability to use Blu-Ray, just not at 1080p. From the playstation.com website under specification:
Video output in HD requires cables and an HD-compatible display, both sold separately. Copy-protected Blu-ray video discs can ony output at 1080p using an HDMI cable connected to a device that is compatilble with the HDCP standard. HDMI cable not included Additional equipment may be required to use the HDMI connector.
http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/specs.html
So call me a fanboy and a troll for not jumping on the Doom and Gloom of the anti Sony hype machine that is/.
Maybe I am the exception. One of my favorite apps is MAME. Do I enjoy new games? You bet, and I don't think playing my old favorites on emulators has diminished that in the least.
What the article is really trying to say is sequels suck, and that's been said for years in video games. The only games that should have more than 2 sequels are sports titles for roster updates, rule changes improvements. After two sequels to Grand Theft Auto, or Final Fantasy, or Legend of Zelda the developers should try something new and original.
When I was slagging at Convergys on the M$ Win2KPro account I had my most memorable call. I was assigned an open callback. OK no problem. When I finally make contact with this guy, I can barely understand him through his thick, thick, almost too thick seemed like a put on Albanian accent, At least that's where he said he was from. He's getting a stop 7B error inaccessable boot device. We can't get the OS installed. And the entire time I'm continuously using the mute button cause he's saying some of the funniest stuff I've heard from a customer. So of course we need to go into the case (ugh, I hate opening cases with customers over the phone!) and I ask him if he has a screwdriver. He says yes and to hold on, I wait, wait, wait, wait, for a good 7 minutes. He comes back, "I hayve, a uh, how you say, eeelectric, screwdriver." I'm thinking great, so I ask him to go ahead and remove the screws from the back of the case. I hear him put the phone down, and for the next two minutes I hear the sound of a high powered electric drill. WAhhhh WAhhhh Wahhhh Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh. This gentlemen gets back on the phone, and says "Ze uh, Su-crewz are, how do you say, Not Responding." Now I'm dying of laughter, with the mute button pressed, tears rolling down my face. He follows this up with, "I think I vill just take this to CompUSA." I was so relieved. Anyway, because I'd been laughing so hard one of the Tech Leads had been listening the after the first ten minutes and recorded the call from that point on. He said it was the funniest call he's ever heard.
And me being the worst tech ever story goes like this:
Back in 98 I was doing support for Quantex/Cybermax/Pionex and I was on the graveyard shift. Well one night I was really tired and I had taken my phone under the desk to lay down and when it would ring, I would answer and take the call. I woke up to a customer yelling, "Are you OK?!"
Me: Uh yeah, I'm fine
Customer: You were snoring...
Me: Sorry about that, can I get your Serial number?
Customer: You already asked for that.
Me: OK. So what's on your screen?
Customer: Standard CMOS Setup, Advanced CMOS Setup,...
Me: OK hit F10, Y, and Enter
Customer: Save and exit?
Me: Yeah.
Customer: But we didn't change anything.
Me: Oh sorry, lets just tap F8 as we're booting up.
Customer: HEY!
Me: What?
Customer: You were snoring again.
Me: Damn, Sorry, Ok what were we doing?
Customer: Should I just call back and talk to somebody else?
Me: Would you mind?
Customer: No man, no problem, you get some rest. Bye.
Adults can freely buy AO games.
Not true. Because Wal-Mart won't distribute them, they don't get produced which means I can't "freely" buy them if they are never made, right?
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That's not true. You'll have the ability to use Blu-Ray, just not at 1080p. From the playstation.com website under specification: Video output in HD requires cables and an HD-compatible display, both sold separately. Copy-protected Blu-ray video discs can ony output at 1080p using an HDMI cable connected to a device that is compatilble with the HDCP standard. HDMI cable not included Additional equipment may be required to use the HDMI connector. http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/specs.html So call me a fanboy and a troll for not jumping on the Doom and Gloom of the anti Sony hype machine that is /.
Maybe I am the exception. One of my favorite apps is MAME. Do I enjoy new games? You bet, and I don't think playing my old favorites on emulators has diminished that in the least. What the article is really trying to say is sequels suck, and that's been said for years in video games. The only games that should have more than 2 sequels are sports titles for roster updates, rule changes improvements. After two sequels to Grand Theft Auto, or Final Fantasy, or Legend of Zelda the developers should try something new and original.
When I was slagging at Convergys on the M$ Win2KPro account I had my most memorable call. I was assigned an open callback. OK no problem. When I finally make contact with this guy, I can barely understand him through his thick, thick, almost too thick seemed like a put on Albanian accent, At least that's where he said he was from. He's getting a stop 7B error inaccessable boot device. We can't get the OS installed. And the entire time I'm continuously using the mute button cause he's saying some of the funniest stuff I've heard from a customer. So of course we need to go into the case (ugh, I hate opening cases with customers over the phone!) and I ask him if he has a screwdriver. He says yes and to hold on, I wait, wait, wait, wait, for a good 7 minutes. He comes back, "I hayve, a uh, how you say, eeelectric, screwdriver." I'm thinking great, so I ask him to go ahead and remove the screws from the back of the case. I hear him put the phone down, and for the next two minutes I hear the sound of a high powered electric drill. WAhhhh WAhhhh Wahhhh Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh. This gentlemen gets back on the phone, and says "Ze uh, Su-crewz are, how do you say, Not Responding." Now I'm dying of laughter, with the mute button pressed, tears rolling down my face. He follows this up with, "I think I vill just take this to CompUSA." I was so relieved. Anyway, because I'd been laughing so hard one of the Tech Leads had been listening the after the first ten minutes and recorded the call from that point on. He said it was the funniest call he's ever heard. And me being the worst tech ever story goes like this: Back in 98 I was doing support for Quantex/Cybermax/Pionex and I was on the graveyard shift. Well one night I was really tired and I had taken my phone under the desk to lay down and when it would ring, I would answer and take the call. I woke up to a customer yelling, "Are you OK?!" ...
Me: Uh yeah, I'm fine
Customer: You were snoring...
Me: Sorry about that, can I get your Serial number?
Customer: You already asked for that.
Me: OK. So what's on your screen?
Customer: Standard CMOS Setup, Advanced CMOS Setup,
Me: OK hit F10, Y, and Enter
Customer: Save and exit?
Me: Yeah.
Customer: But we didn't change anything.
Me: Oh sorry, lets just tap F8 as we're booting up.
Customer: HEY!
Me: What? Customer: You were snoring again.
Me: Damn, Sorry, Ok what were we doing?
Customer: Should I just call back and talk to somebody else?
Me: Would you mind?
Customer: No man, no problem, you get some rest. Bye.
Adults can freely buy AO games. Not true. Because Wal-Mart won't distribute them, they don't get produced which means I can't "freely" buy them if they are never made, right?
Why is this Smart Ass comment, modded up 3 as Insightful? WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot? Maybe modded to 2 as funny. MAYBE.
I'm not going to CES but if someone is can they please check http://cesweb.org/attendees/directory/rd_exhibitor _details.asp?exhibid=7059/
I just have to know Whiskey Tango Foxtrot with this thing. I't has been driving me crazy since September.
I was wondering why it was so slow this morning. F'ing /.
Pandora, uh sucks, none of you would like it, move it along, nothing to see here.
Does the book have pictures?