By delaying the PS3 launch, Sony is giving Microsoft time to develop more and more software for the Xbox 360. It is the games that make the console. This is why Xbox only just recently caught up to the popularity of the PS2, because there are finally enough software titles out there to make it more than a very expensive dust-collecting paperweight. Sony seems to be turning into the next Nintendo. Nintendo was number one, got cocky and lazy, and plummeted in status when another company came along and offered more that just 3D re-hashes of the same old games.
I predict that many who are waiting for the PS3 will get fed up with these vaporware tactics and just get the Xbox 360. Sony is going down.
I don't get it when people claim that CDs average $18. Do you ONLY shop at FYE? There are plenty of places where they range from $13-15, like my local independent record store. There's also used CD places, which average between $7 and $8. Heck even Best Buy sells most of theirs at around $15. If you can't avoid paying $18-$20 for a cd then you're a moron who needs to leave the mall once in a while.
Google makes these services and software available for free to the average user. They need to support this with advertisment. Google did some great things with relevant text ads. In order to provide relevant ads, the more information they have about you, the better. If you don't like it, then don't use Google. It's not like Microsoft PCs where most people don't have a choice (or don't know about the other choices).
I have to just question the usefulness of this feature to begin with. How many average users have more than one computer in the home without a network? A few do, but how many of THOSE people don't know which computers they store things on? Most of the time it's new computer bought to upgrade and old computer given to kids.
To quote Maddox:
"I want to shoot people in the face, bang prostitutes, traffic drugs, steal cars, and terrorize police officers without this filthy smut in my game. Frankly, I'm appalled that Rockstar would allow such wholesale corruption of our youth."
I agree with whoever said that it's the parent's job to review the game before allowing their kid to play it. The child who sparked the controversy was waaaay to young to play according to the original rating. Why is it that the conservative elements in this country hate sex as much as they love violence?
The price base I believe is completely planned and orchestrated by apple. Think about it.
For $69, you can get a 512 MB shuffle, but the 1 GB nano is only $30. That's twice as much storage for only 45% more. The 4 GB nano is $249, but the 30GB Video is $299. You more than sextuple the storage space, plus add video capability for only 20% more. The pricing scheme makes it easy to "upsell" (which is nothing more than a new term for "Bait and switch" IMHO).
Well i'll concede that my use of the term "revolutionary" was a bit of a stretch. MS did come up with QBASIC, and it was good. It was the one of the few things they came up with on their own.
Google stock is extremely over-inflated as it stands now. $400+ a share is ridiculous no matter what the company. Microsoft sold at an incredibly insane price right before the.com bust as well. This stock drop for Google I think is a preview of what is to come. The backlash against Google is going to be huge and unprecedented, like nothing we've ever seen before.
I'd be careful about singing Google's praises at this point. People tend to think that Google is a super-hero of sorts in the computing world. Sure they came up with some great stuff, but so did Microsoft (Ok, Microsoft came up with ONE thing, but it still revolutionized the industry) in the beginning. Remember, all the "Do no evil" chanting in the world doesn't change the fact that thay're a multi-billion dollar corporation, with an extremely over-inflated stock price I might add. Their job is to make more money first, period. That's why they're bowing down to China faster than a Vietnamese hooker (so much for "do no evil").
With an OS in their hands, they have the potential to do a LOT more big-brother type spying on EVERYONE, including Americans. Sure, competition is good, but when more than one monolith corporation exists in the same market, there tends to be a feeling of Mutually-Assured-Destruction. The two could form an alliance, and we'd be screwed for sure. Just look at the oil companies and their "competition."
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I question the validity of any chart where one of the rows is labeled "Other doodads."
By delaying the PS3 launch, Sony is giving Microsoft time to develop more and more software for the Xbox 360. It is the games that make the console. This is why Xbox only just recently caught up to the popularity of the PS2, because there are finally enough software titles out there to make it more than a very expensive dust-collecting paperweight. Sony seems to be turning into the next Nintendo. Nintendo was number one, got cocky and lazy, and plummeted in status when another company came along and offered more that just 3D re-hashes of the same old games. I predict that many who are waiting for the PS3 will get fed up with these vaporware tactics and just get the Xbox 360. Sony is going down.
I wonder if the person that wrote the program just finished watching The Transporter 2
I don't get it when people claim that CDs average $18. Do you ONLY shop at FYE? There are plenty of places where they range from $13-15, like my local independent record store. There's also used CD places, which average between $7 and $8. Heck even Best Buy sells most of theirs at around $15. If you can't avoid paying $18-$20 for a cd then you're a moron who needs to leave the mall once in a while.
Publisher is extremely useful for desktop publishing applications. A lot of people use Word instead and it's a pain in the a$$ compared to the former.
Google makes these services and software available for free to the average user. They need to support this with advertisment. Google did some great things with relevant text ads. In order to provide relevant ads, the more information they have about you, the better. If you don't like it, then don't use Google. It's not like Microsoft PCs where most people don't have a choice (or don't know about the other choices).
I have to just question the usefulness of this feature to begin with. How many average users have more than one computer in the home without a network? A few do, but how many of THOSE people don't know which computers they store things on? Most of the time it's new computer bought to upgrade and old computer given to kids.
To quote Maddox: "I want to shoot people in the face, bang prostitutes, traffic drugs, steal cars, and terrorize police officers without this filthy smut in my game. Frankly, I'm appalled that Rockstar would allow such wholesale corruption of our youth." I agree with whoever said that it's the parent's job to review the game before allowing their kid to play it. The child who sparked the controversy was waaaay to young to play according to the original rating. Why is it that the conservative elements in this country hate sex as much as they love violence?
The price base I believe is completely planned and orchestrated by apple. Think about it. For $69, you can get a 512 MB shuffle, but the 1 GB nano is only $30. That's twice as much storage for only 45% more. The 4 GB nano is $249, but the 30GB Video is $299. You more than sextuple the storage space, plus add video capability for only 20% more. The pricing scheme makes it easy to "upsell" (which is nothing more than a new term for "Bait and switch" IMHO).
Well i'll concede that my use of the term "revolutionary" was a bit of a stretch. MS did come up with QBASIC, and it was good. It was the one of the few things they came up with on their own.
Google stock is extremely over-inflated as it stands now. $400+ a share is ridiculous no matter what the company. Microsoft sold at an incredibly insane price right before the .com bust as well. This stock drop for Google I think is a preview of what is to come. The backlash against Google is going to be huge and unprecedented, like nothing we've ever seen before.
But he brought the basic language to the home desktop computer. Before that, the Altair was nothing more than a toy.
Actually, you're both wrong. I was referring to BASIC.
I'd be careful about singing Google's praises at this point. People tend to think that Google is a super-hero of sorts in the computing world. Sure they came up with some great stuff, but so did Microsoft (Ok, Microsoft came up with ONE thing, but it still revolutionized the industry) in the beginning. Remember, all the "Do no evil" chanting in the world doesn't change the fact that thay're a multi-billion dollar corporation, with an extremely over-inflated stock price I might add. Their job is to make more money first, period. That's why they're bowing down to China faster than a Vietnamese hooker (so much for "do no evil"). With an OS in their hands, they have the potential to do a LOT more big-brother type spying on EVERYONE, including Americans. Sure, competition is good, but when more than one monolith corporation exists in the same market, there tends to be a feeling of Mutually-Assured-Destruction. The two could form an alliance, and we'd be screwed for sure. Just look at the oil companies and their "competition."