I mean, it's about time they did something about these horrible video games! I mean, they've already fixed all the other problems in the world like... the war in Iraq, FEMA handling the New Orleans relief, stopping Iran from producing nukes, world-hunger, huge corporate scandals, huge governmental scandals (that Rove guy was totally innocent, he was framed by the evil liberal media... even though the huge conservative corporations own almost all the media outlets). THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
Yes, because filing a false police report is the way to get people to buy your product. No, it's not Nintendo's doing. Why would you delay your own product being launched by saying "they were stolen" to make them sell better when... get this... DS LITES ARE ALREADY SELLING WELL! Yes, several retail outlets were out of stock when I checked (NewEgg was out of stock too).
Also, your logic that "any thief stupid enough to steal ALL the black DS units would never be able to sell them without getting caught" is flawed because... get this... there are more black DS lites than the ones destined for Europe. Yes, Nintendo has already released the black DS Lite throughout Asia. Selling them there would be easy as... say... stealing thousands of black DS Lites (oh wait, they already did that).
Actually, if you get two reliable drives (vs. cheap pieces of crap) RAID0 is awesome. Especially if you get high rpm (10,000 or 15,000) drives. While there is no redundancy in RAID0, it greatly increases any loading from hard drives -- this doesn't matter to the average user, but to someone who's loading large files all the time (CAD work, gaming, etc.) it makes the world of difference.
Isn't that what the church wants though? I mean, surely they value the truth more than the vast amounts of money made from weekly contributions from their millions of followers. Oh, did I mention that huge income they get is tax free? But yes, they love money... I mean... the truth.
some people might get excited and kick their computer and break it. or spew their soda-pop on their keyboard. this is a computer's way of defending itself.
A "Planetside"-esque World of Starcraft would be pretty damn awesome. Did you ever play Planetside? Remembering it -- it was pretty damn awesome... except for the lag... and the huge memory usage... and the monthly fee. Would I play it again? You bet (especially now that I have a better connection and 2 gigs of RAM).
Obviously not myspace photos. Those are about 50% angle. Also, if a computer did read them it would have to kill a bunch of scene-agers (scenester + teenager) for being idiots.
Didn't they have that on the Simpsons? I just remembered! -- it's when Snake is robbing Mr. Burns. Snake gets a call from his girlfriend on his cellular-gun-o-phone.
I want it NOWWWWW. Oh man... would I be a Zerg Hydralisk?... or Maybe a Terran Medic?... ohhhh a Protoss Zealot! Yes, stabby psionic blades for me, please!
Screw that, if this is what the future holds -- I'm going to enroll in whatever program they're in and design a cellphone that is also a baseball bat. That way, when future-people are talking on their annoying cellphone anal-beads or whatever, I can take out my cellphone and have the satisfaction of bludgeoning them to death.
What are your PC specs and your Mac specs? Proc, RAM, HD speed, OS, browser, anti-virus, anti-malware. All those things make a big difference in computer performance.
Actually it's probably just because there are so many more male gamers than females. Let's say there were an equal number of each... say 200 gamers. That means out of those 200, 100 are female and 100 are male. 29% of those women (totalling 29 women) and 8% of those men (totalling 8 men) suppossedly date. Now, say there are 500 total online gamers and the %'s are a little more realistic (say 1 in 5 gamers is a woman)... so 400 guys times that 8% is 32 and 29% of that 800 is 29 -- now the numbers match up:). Math is fun!
The few ps2 games I know of that use multiple DVD's only use 2 discs and the main reason they use 2 is because they're chock-full of cutscenes (they're Japanese import RPG's that my friend plays). I don't know of any mainstream games that use multiple DVD's (except those ones that come bundled with, say, a bonus DVD of the "Making of" but that doesn't count because it's just a packaging bonus, not a functional one).
Now if only in-game avatars matched their users. I'm sick of going on dates with 40 year old men when I thought I was going to meet a 20-something "long cool woman in a black dress" (to quote the Hollies).
I doubt those manufacturers will offer you much more bang for your buck (especially not 400 of your bucks). Sony is eating a lot of the cost of making the PS3 -- it costs more than 600 to make (factoring in R&D and such). Why are they selling it at a loss?... to get you to buy the games for it. They make a decent chunk of change for each game sold -- if you buy enough games, they make their money back and then some. Movie player manufacturers only get profit from selling you their player -- they don't own the licensing to Blu-Ray (or if they do, it's a shared license) so they can't say "Hey, you have to give us 25% of each game sold". Still... damn those cost of lot of money (both PS3 and BR players).
Movies and gaming have a deserved mutual understanding -- as time goes on, they both need more space. This is why console makers keep going into the markets of the next gen video media. Take DVD's for example -- Sony and Microsoft didn't choose DVD's over CD's because they wanted to be able to market to consumers that wanted to watch movies -- they needed more space (I know of a few PS2 games that take up multiple DVD's, I don't even want to think about how many CD's that would take). True, they COULD develop their own proprietary format, losing countless amounts of dollars in R&D and ending up with something that is pretty much a DVD anyway (except not). Your competitors would just eat the licensing fees and go with DVD -- they would be able to market to the consumer "hey, we play those DVD movies in addition to having games that fit on one disk (usually)". Blu-ray promises the ability to cope with the ever-increasing capacity requirements of modern games (although I think it'll be a while before a game actually needs that much space). Take Nintendo for example -- they went with their own proprietary mini-disc format... and look where it got them: the bottom of the console market. I think the PS3 would be much more attractive if they went with a DVD drive, like the Xbox 360... but I'm sure eventually the BR capacity will be used (pr0n?).
Thanks a lot, now I want/need a DS Lite even more... jerk! I'm so tempted, but I'd like to wait for a few more colors first ("oh oh oh, I want a black one please").
I think I'll have to buy one of these... once they come out with more colors (*crosses fingers for black*). They're relatively cheap ($130 on NewEgg), there are some cool games for it (Zelda, Resident Evil, and of course... Tetris), it's a decent amount smaller and lighter than the regular DS, and the brightness is adjustable. Overall, it looks like a very svelte little machine -- it looks like it's a lot easier to stick in a pocket than a regular DS. I WANT, I WANT!
Actually, the WD-40 company's product line is sizeable (and growing). http://www.wd40.com/ [they make lava soap... I love that stuff] I understand your point though -- to succeed you must adapt...but sometimes there's nothing to adapt to because everything is still the same, you just want to be different (iPod? *barf*).
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Trojan asteroids? I hope the computers on the International Space Station have up-to-date virus definitions!
I mean, it's about time they did something about these horrible video games! I mean, they've already fixed all the other problems in the world like... the war in Iraq, FEMA handling the New Orleans relief, stopping Iran from producing nukes, world-hunger, huge corporate scandals, huge governmental scandals (that Rove guy was totally innocent, he was framed by the evil liberal media... even though the huge conservative corporations own almost all the media outlets). THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
...What?... I was THIRSTY, okay?
Yes, because filing a false police report is the way to get people to buy your product. No, it's not Nintendo's doing. Why would you delay your own product being launched by saying "they were stolen" to make them sell better when... get this... DS LITES ARE ALREADY SELLING WELL! Yes, several retail outlets were out of stock when I checked (NewEgg was out of stock too). Also, your logic that "any thief stupid enough to steal ALL the black DS units would never be able to sell them without getting caught" is flawed because... get this... there are more black DS lites than the ones destined for Europe. Yes, Nintendo has already released the black DS Lite throughout Asia. Selling them there would be easy as... say... stealing thousands of black DS Lites (oh wait, they already did that).
Actually, if you get two reliable drives (vs. cheap pieces of crap) RAID0 is awesome. Especially if you get high rpm (10,000 or 15,000) drives. While there is no redundancy in RAID0, it greatly increases any loading from hard drives -- this doesn't matter to the average user, but to someone who's loading large files all the time (CAD work, gaming, etc.) it makes the world of difference.
Isn't that what the church wants though? I mean, surely they value the truth more than the vast amounts of money made from weekly contributions from their millions of followers. Oh, did I mention that huge income they get is tax free? But yes, they love money... I mean... the truth.
some people might get excited and kick their computer and break it. or spew their soda-pop on their keyboard. this is a computer's way of defending itself.
THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!
A "Planetside"-esque World of Starcraft would be pretty damn awesome. Did you ever play Planetside? Remembering it -- it was pretty damn awesome... except for the lag... and the huge memory usage... and the monthly fee. Would I play it again? You bet (especially now that I have a better connection and 2 gigs of RAM).
Obviously not myspace photos. Those are about 50% angle. Also, if a computer did read them it would have to kill a bunch of scene-agers (scenester + teenager) for being idiots.
Another wholesome product from a good company. Oh yeah, and it's free. Hey Microsoft, take IE and shove it :D
Didn't they have that on the Simpsons? I just remembered! -- it's when Snake is robbing Mr. Burns. Snake gets a call from his girlfriend on his cellular-gun-o-phone.
I want it NOWWWWW. Oh man... would I be a Zerg Hydralisk?... or Maybe a Terran Medic?... ohhhh a Protoss Zealot! Yes, stabby psionic blades for me, please!
Screw that, if this is what the future holds -- I'm going to enroll in whatever program they're in and design a cellphone that is also a baseball bat. That way, when future-people are talking on their annoying cellphone anal-beads or whatever, I can take out my cellphone and have the satisfaction of bludgeoning them to death.
hmmm... you're right, I'll have to forward that to the Department of Redunancy Department.
Nope, I was referring to Phantom Hourglass. I saw the trailer and it made me go "ohhhhh, I want".
What are your PC specs and your Mac specs? Proc, RAM, HD speed, OS, browser, anti-virus, anti-malware. All those things make a big difference in computer performance.
Actually it's probably just because there are so many more male gamers than females. Let's say there were an equal number of each... say 200 gamers. That means out of those 200, 100 are female and 100 are male. 29% of those women (totalling 29 women) and 8% of those men (totalling 8 men) suppossedly date. Now, say there are 500 total online gamers and the %'s are a little more realistic (say 1 in 5 gamers is a woman)... so 400 guys times that 8% is 32 and 29% of that 800 is 29 -- now the numbers match up :). Math is fun!
The few ps2 games I know of that use multiple DVD's only use 2 discs and the main reason they use 2 is because they're chock-full of cutscenes (they're Japanese import RPG's that my friend plays). I don't know of any mainstream games that use multiple DVD's (except those ones that come bundled with, say, a bonus DVD of the "Making of" but that doesn't count because it's just a packaging bonus, not a functional one).
Now if only in-game avatars matched their users. I'm sick of going on dates with 40 year old men when I thought I was going to meet a 20-something "long cool woman in a black dress" (to quote the Hollies).
I doubt those manufacturers will offer you much more bang for your buck (especially not 400 of your bucks). Sony is eating a lot of the cost of making the PS3 -- it costs more than 600 to make (factoring in R&D and such). Why are they selling it at a loss?... to get you to buy the games for it. They make a decent chunk of change for each game sold -- if you buy enough games, they make their money back and then some. Movie player manufacturers only get profit from selling you their player -- they don't own the licensing to Blu-Ray (or if they do, it's a shared license) so they can't say "Hey, you have to give us 25% of each game sold". Still... damn those cost of lot of money (both PS3 and BR players).
Movies and gaming have a deserved mutual understanding -- as time goes on, they both need more space. This is why console makers keep going into the markets of the next gen video media. Take DVD's for example -- Sony and Microsoft didn't choose DVD's over CD's because they wanted to be able to market to consumers that wanted to watch movies -- they needed more space (I know of a few PS2 games that take up multiple DVD's, I don't even want to think about how many CD's that would take). True, they COULD develop their own proprietary format, losing countless amounts of dollars in R&D and ending up with something that is pretty much a DVD anyway (except not). Your competitors would just eat the licensing fees and go with DVD -- they would be able to market to the consumer "hey, we play those DVD movies in addition to having games that fit on one disk (usually)". Blu-ray promises the ability to cope with the ever-increasing capacity requirements of modern games (although I think it'll be a while before a game actually needs that much space).
Take Nintendo for example -- they went with their own proprietary mini-disc format... and look where it got them: the bottom of the console market. I think the PS3 would be much more attractive if they went with a DVD drive, like the Xbox 360... but I'm sure eventually the BR capacity will be used (pr0n?).
Thanks a lot, now I want/need a DS Lite even more... jerk! I'm so tempted, but I'd like to wait for a few more colors first ("oh oh oh, I want a black one please").
I think I'll have to buy one of these... once they come out with more colors (*crosses fingers for black*). They're relatively cheap ($130 on NewEgg), there are some cool games for it (Zelda, Resident Evil, and of course... Tetris), it's a decent amount smaller and lighter than the regular DS, and the brightness is adjustable. Overall, it looks like a very svelte little machine -- it looks like it's a lot easier to stick in a pocket than a regular DS. I WANT, I WANT!
Actually, the WD-40 company's product line is sizeable (and growing). http://www.wd40.com/ [they make lava soap... I love that stuff] I understand your point though -- to succeed you must adapt ...but sometimes there's nothing to adapt to because everything is still the same, you just want to be different (iPod? *barf*).