"What's up with all the itsatrap tags today, anyway? Does someone think it's funny?"
Slashdot finds humor in repetition. For example: I, for one, welcome our $SUBJECT overlords. All your base are belong to us. Imagine a beowulf cluster of $SUBJECT. In Soviet Russia, $SUBJECT $VERB you! No carrier. BSOD. Etc.
I wouldn't mind, but the same group that always shouts "Hollywood keeps rehashing crap!" just can't let these jokes die.
"Psst, hey buddy, the post in question is plagiarized and it's 4 years old."
I was the one who originally wrote that post. I lost over 16 million dolllars as a result of its widespread copying, but I won't go into detail as to how I arrived at that number.
Ah, sorry. I couldn't distinguish between a 5 year old joke and blatant ignorance. Considering your previous comment about the strapped on pointer, I assumed the latter. I apologize.
"I don't play games for children! I play Mario, and Princess! WEEEEE! er.. WIIIIII!"
Heh. The 'credibility' here you've mentioned depends entirely on how informed the person is. For example, your comment here would appeal to somebody with hurt feelings over Sony's latest round of anti-PR. It wouldn't, however, appeal to somebody who knew that Twighlight Princess was the next Zelda game. So, yeah, you're right, I lent it some credibility to ignorant people.
"My guess is that he was using the laptop to download porn off the clock (possibly at home), but when word got out, the employer sacked him for misusing their laptop."
The critical question, though, is how did it get out? Did he mention it in passing, or did somebody walk by and see it? If they saw it, wouldn't that imply that he had it up at work? (the porn, I mean...)
"Yeah, Nintendo's handheld sales have always been a good predictor of their console sales!"
Um.. okay. Anyway, the DS is creaming the PSP despite being graphically inferior. It's cheaper, the games are better, and it has a stronger UI. PS3 vs. Wii? Same circumstances. Which would you rather play: Quake 3 but only with a Dual Shock controller, or Quake 1 with a KB and mouse?
"Five years from now console gamers are going to look back at the idiots trying to hype this silly gimmick Nintendo is trying to pull and laugh their asses off at the suckers dumb enough to waste 250 bucks on a GameCube turbo with a pointer bolted on."
Have fun playing Gears of War with your analog stick.
"I guess this is the worthless crap Zonk posts when his day of looking for anything remotely negative, real or imagined, against Sony and/or the PS3 comes up futile."
Right because Zonk would have to really dodge and swerve to avoid finding positive Sony related stories.
"The PS3 will not only run but have a company support Linux on it."
*Fap* *Fap* *Fap*
"It will run a subset of OpenGL and thus offer better migration to OSX and Linux for games."
That ain't the problem to getting games to OSX and Linux. The problem is that in the case of Linux, for example, a Linux game was considered 'successful' if it sold 10k copies. The audience is that small. The most successful game, so far, sold a whopping 40,000 copies.
"It will offer an open solution to Internet."
Free, not open.
"But, if you want to support Microsoft then that is your option. I mean they have never done anything unethical."
Rootkits and Lik-sang.
"Then again you could just go to Nintento. They would never do anything unethical... just ask Atari and Sega...."
It's hard to compare Nintendo's legal entanglements with root kits and OS monopolies.
"Though I'm pretty sure by now that format is cursed, in a mystical and supernatural way, and people will refuse to use no matter what holes it fills."
It's cursed with files generally being quite a bit larger than JPEGs.
"I don't know about the rest of you, but when I play a video game, I don't want a "scathing critique of high school social politics," or anything else for that matter. I want something that entertains and engages me. Whatever happened to fun for fun's sake?!?"
"This also leads me to ask: "Does resolution really matter?" For some games, I'm sure it makes a difference, but I'd be willing to bet that high resolution won't make any difference to a large majority of gamers in a large number of titles."
I'm personally a little disappointed that they're using this generation to push HD. I have a ton of DVDs with visual FX in them that far exceed what's possible on a console/PC even at standard definition. Now they have 6x the pixels to fill... and we're still not coming close to the potential of the screen. Polygons with cleaner edges. Fun.
""missteps"? Who cares? I'm not a stockholder. I'm not an employee. I'm just a guy who likes to play video games."
You don't care about the $599 price tag, rootkits, or the unfair shutting down of Lik-Sang?
Ok... That's fine. You, however, don't represent the world.
"It uses more power. Big deal. I'd wager that there is not a single person on the planet that will not buy a PS3 because of power consumption. Not one."
That's up to the individuals to decide. I personally don't like the idea of spending $600 on a machine that poses a serious risk of overheating. But that's just me. I'd rather wait until it's been out a few months to make sure the wattage isn't an issue.
"This isn't news. This is some wacko gamer (Zonk?) who has some bizarre grudge against the PS3: a non-existent game console."
Oh please. Zonk doesn't write the stories. Frankly, there aren't that many Sony Fanboy compatible stories out there. That has nothing to do with Zonk. And, btw, the PS3 exists and its arrival is imminent. That's an important little detail.
"A BluRay Rewritable drive uses at most 30 watts. That's peak, and probably only used for a few seconds when spinning a CD-ROM up to 52x."
Very good. So why not just say that initially instead of pulling the karma-whore card? I wouldn't mind, but all this hostility surrounding Sony stories is fucking obnoxious.
"The articles (like the constant "PS3 suxors" stuff that this article is) are worse than 50% of the personal blogs out there right now."
The "PS3 SUXORS" articles are about all the press Sony's getting lately. It's not Slashdot's fault that Sony tripped over their own two feet, fell down a flight of stairs, slipped on a banana peel, and didn't run far enough after lighting a stick of dynamite.
You don't understand how Slashdot can be so biased against Sony, I don't understand how anybody (even the biggest Sony zealot) can overlook their missteps this year.
Erm... Considering this and the "LOL" tag for this story, I have to say it's a shame that Slashdotters don't have a better sense of proportion. Paypal may not be everybody's favorite entity, but bombing them's ok? I'm glad this post was at least modded as flamebait.
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"What's up with all the itsatrap tags today, anyway? Does someone think it's funny?"
Slashdot finds humor in repetition. For example: I, for one, welcome our $SUBJECT overlords. All your base are belong to us. Imagine a beowulf cluster of $SUBJECT. In Soviet Russia, $SUBJECT $VERB you! No carrier. BSOD. Etc.
I wouldn't mind, but the same group that always shouts "Hollywood keeps rehashing crap!" just can't let these jokes die.
"Psst, hey buddy, the post in question is plagiarized and it's 4 years old."
I was the one who originally wrote that post. I lost over 16 million dolllars as a result of its widespread copying, but I won't go into detail as to how I arrived at that number.
"Get a sense of humor man. That WAS funny."
Ah, sorry. I couldn't distinguish between a 5 year old joke and blatant ignorance. Considering your previous comment about the strapped on pointer, I assumed the latter. I apologize.
"I don't play games for children! I play Mario, and Princess! WEEEEE! er.. WIIIIII!"
Heh. The 'credibility' here you've mentioned depends entirely on how informed the person is. For example, your comment here would appeal to somebody with hurt feelings over Sony's latest round of anti-PR. It wouldn't, however, appeal to somebody who knew that Twighlight Princess was the next Zelda game. So, yeah, you're right, I lent it some credibility to ignorant people.
"My guess is that he was using the laptop to download porn off the clock (possibly at home), but when word got out, the employer sacked him for misusing their laptop."
The critical question, though, is how did it get out? Did he mention it in passing, or did somebody walk by and see it? If they saw it, wouldn't that imply that he had it up at work? (the porn, I mean...)
"So, how does one differentiate between pedestrians and cars in a traffic jam?"
Outside of L.A. you could determine that by whether or not they're on a sidewalk.
"have fun playing hello kitty island adventure with wii gestures."
Yeah, maybe after I've played Twilight Princess, Mario Galaxy, Metroid 3, Trauma Center, etc.
"Yeah, Nintendo's handheld sales have always been a good predictor of their console sales!"
Um.. okay. Anyway, the DS is creaming the PSP despite being graphically inferior. It's cheaper, the games are better, and it has a stronger UI. PS3 vs. Wii? Same circumstances. Which would you rather play: Quake 3 but only with a Dual Shock controller, or Quake 1 with a KB and mouse?
"Five years from now console gamers are going to look back at the idiots trying to hype this silly gimmick Nintendo is trying to pull and laugh their asses off at the suckers dumb enough to waste 250 bucks on a GameCube turbo with a pointer bolted on."
Have fun playing Gears of War with your analog stick.
"I guess this is the worthless crap Zonk posts when his day of looking for anything remotely negative, real or imagined, against Sony and/or the PS3 comes up futile."
Right because Zonk would have to really dodge and swerve to avoid finding positive Sony related stories.
"Wow... good thing all you anti Sony boys dont have such crappy come back arguments."
Wow... good thing all you pro Sony boys don't have crappy lubricant.
"Stuff like this makes me want a PS3 even more now."
The idea of Fapping over Linux on the PS3 makes you want one even more?
"For some reason I thought Engadget or at least Gizmodo would be listed as examples of advertorial blogging."
Erm. I suppose one could say that. But wouldn't that be true of any news site that covers products that people would want to buy?
"I do, and I enjoy it."
You're enjoying being entertained by scatching critique of social behaviour.
"The PS3 will not only run but have a company support Linux on it."
*Fap* *Fap* *Fap*
"It will run a subset of OpenGL and thus offer better migration to OSX and Linux for games."
That ain't the problem to getting games to OSX and Linux. The problem is that in the case of Linux, for example, a Linux game was considered 'successful' if it sold 10k copies. The audience is that small. The most successful game, so far, sold a whopping 40,000 copies.
"It will offer an open solution to Internet."
Free, not open.
"But, if you want to support Microsoft then that is your option. I mean they have never done anything unethical."
Rootkits and Lik-sang.
"Then again you could just go to Nintento. They would never do anything unethical... just ask Atari and Sega...."
It's hard to compare Nintendo's legal entanglements with root kits and OS monopolies.
"How do I get to look really stupid on Slashdot? By using a metal fork! Well done."
I dare him to do that with a PS3!
"Though I'm pretty sure by now that format is cursed, in a mystical and supernatural way, and people will refuse to use no matter what holes it fills."
It's cursed with files generally being quite a bit larger than JPEGs.
"I don't know about the rest of you, but when I play a video game, I don't want a "scathing critique of high school social politics," or anything else for that matter. I want something that entertains and engages me. Whatever happened to fun for fun's sake?!?"
Do you watch South Park?
"This also leads me to ask: "Does resolution really matter?" For some games, I'm sure it makes a difference, but I'd be willing to bet that high resolution won't make any difference to a large majority of gamers in a large number of titles."
I'm personally a little disappointed that they're using this generation to push HD. I have a ton of DVDs with visual FX in them that far exceed what's possible on a console/PC even at standard definition. Now they have 6x the pixels to fill... and we're still not coming close to the potential of the screen. Polygons with cleaner edges. Fun.
"Microsoft Partners With Zend"
itsatrap! BUahahahahaha!!!
"Windows CE 6 Arrives Complete with Kernel Source"
itsatrap!! Hahahaha!!! *slapping knee*
"Vista Gets Official Release Dates"
itastrap! Ooo good one!! Hahahahaha!
"Microsoft Considers Pulling Out of China"
itsatrap! Pulling out!! Hahahahahah!
"IE7 Released As High-Priority Update"
itsatrap! Hahahahaha!
So.. what.. are people subscribing to Slashdot so they can be the first to put 'itsatrap' on every Microsoft story?
""missteps"? Who cares? I'm not a stockholder. I'm not an employee. I'm just a guy who likes to play video games."
You don't care about the $599 price tag, rootkits, or the unfair shutting down of Lik-Sang?
Ok... That's fine. You, however, don't represent the world.
"It uses more power. Big deal. I'd wager that there is not a single person on the planet that will not buy a PS3 because of power consumption. Not one."
That's up to the individuals to decide. I personally don't like the idea of spending $600 on a machine that poses a serious risk of overheating. But that's just me. I'd rather wait until it's been out a few months to make sure the wattage isn't an issue.
"This isn't news. This is some wacko gamer (Zonk?) who has some bizarre grudge against the PS3: a non-existent game console."
Oh please. Zonk doesn't write the stories. Frankly, there aren't that many Sony Fanboy compatible stories out there. That has nothing to do with Zonk. And, btw, the PS3 exists and its arrival is imminent. That's an important little detail.
"I hadn't gone to find actual evidence because I was just calling the guy for pulling a load of crap out of his ass."
Thing is, though, he was asking a question (admittedly his biases were showing), not making a statement.
"A BluRay Rewritable drive uses at most 30 watts. That's peak, and probably only used for a few seconds when spinning a CD-ROM up to 52x."
Very good. So why not just say that initially instead of pulling the karma-whore card? I wouldn't mind, but all this hostility surrounding Sony stories is fucking obnoxious.
"Care to provide any background evidence to suggest that as a possibility?"
Care to provide any background evidence to suggest that it wouldn't be a possibility?
"The articles (like the constant "PS3 suxors" stuff that this article is) are worse than 50% of the personal blogs out there right now."
The "PS3 SUXORS" articles are about all the press Sony's getting lately. It's not Slashdot's fault that Sony tripped over their own two feet, fell down a flight of stairs, slipped on a banana peel, and didn't run far enough after lighting a stick of dynamite.
You don't understand how Slashdot can be so biased against Sony, I don't understand how anybody (even the biggest Sony zealot) can overlook their missteps this year.
"What a shame the bomb wasn't bigger."
Erm... Considering this and the "LOL" tag for this story, I have to say it's a shame that Slashdotters don't have a better sense of proportion. Paypal may not be everybody's favorite entity, but bombing them's ok? I'm glad this post was at least modded as flamebait.
I think I read somewhere that Wile E. Coyote uses Paypal to shop at ACME.