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Darren New wrote:
> I mean, if you buy a PS3, you can avoid buying a bluray disk player,
> which costs about half what a PS3 costs in the USA at least. And I
> understand the PS3 player is a very nice implementation.
Interestingly, my mother now owns a Sony BluRay player, and the menu
system on it looks suspicously similar to my sister's PS3...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Warp <war### [at] tag povrayorg> wrote:
> nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > It's still on the market and dirt cheap! :)
>
> Can you connect it to a CRT? If not, it won't be cheap.
we're talking about PS2, right? It is standard definition system, best viewed
on CRT's indeed.
> > The last FFs worth of the name were FFVII
>
> I have never understood the hype about that one. The graphics are just
> horrible (compare to other similar games for the PS1, such as Chrono Cross
> or FF IX) and the story is not all that compelling.
It was completely mindblowing back in early 1997. Both in audio-visual wizardry
and in the creepy, cyberpunk setting. There was simply nothing like it in game
consoles before. I personally enjoyed FFVI more, but it was still terrific.
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Sabrina Kilian wrote:
> > and the audience for the game.
>
> I saw a great flowchart about which console to buy:
>
> Do you have friends?
> No: Buy a PS3
> Yes: Real friends, or internet friends?
> Real friends: Buy a Wii
> Internet friends: Buy an XBox.
I've seen that before. Here's a more realistic one:
Do you enjoy videogames?
Yes: Buy a PS3 or XBox 360
don't care: Buy a Wii for those fun moments with your kids or with friends
after a barbecue and some beer...
Really, I've bought a Wii because I thought my daughter would enjoy, but she's
one of those flash-games-for-lil-girls kinda gamer that doesn't enjoy game
consoles games that much, besides some sessions of Wii Sports. And indeed, Wii
Sports is teh fun in barbecues, but that's about it. Mario Galaxy 2 and all the
Metroid games are worth it, but come on! can't live on Nintendo games alone...
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On Sun, 30 May 2010 13:31:33 -0400, Warp wrote:
> Doesn't sound like an economically sound solution to me.
Businesses often do things that are good for short term profit at the
expense of long term profit. Doesn't make sense, no, but there it is...
Jim
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On Sun, 30 May 2010 11:52:51 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> And I understand
> the PS3 player is a very nice implementation.
It is, I can confirm that. :-)
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> Doesn't make sense, no, but there it is...
It makes sense if your company isn't already profitable. A dollar today at
the expense of two dollars next month is a good deal if you only have a
week's worth of money left before you go broke.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Ada - the programming language trying to avoid
you literally shooting yourself in the foot.
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On Sun, 30 May 2010 15:16:32 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Doesn't make sense, no, but there it is...
>
> It makes sense if your company isn't already profitable. A dollar today
> at the expense of two dollars next month is a good deal if you only have
> a week's worth of money left before you go broke.
True, but I've also seen it several times in profitable businesses as
well, usually where middle management positions are short-lived, so
saving money is a way to move ahead. Profits tend to be longer term, so
the way for middle managers to look good is to cut expenses regardless of
the consequences to long-term profits; the logic often is that they won't
be there to see the long-term results, so it doesn't matter, but the
short term savings does (to their personal careers).
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> be there to see the long-term results, so it doesn't matter, but the
> short term savings does (to their personal careers).
Yep. It also happens ever since mutual funds became common, so there's some
small few investors that own huge amounts of stock and they don't really
care for the long-term life of the company either, because they make money
trading, not holding. But they push for short-term profits to bump up the
price.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Ada - the programming language trying to avoid
you literally shooting yourself in the foot.
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> In 2005 Remedy Entertainment announced that they were developing a new
> revolutionary game named Alan Wake.
>
> 5 years have I been waiting for this game to be finished.
Oh, I remember reading about the cloth simulation in this game ... yes here
it is:
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4383/the_secrets_of_cloth_simulation_in_.php?print=1
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>> And I understand
>> the PS3 player is a very nice implementation.
>
> It is, I can confirm that. :-)
And bluetooth remote controls rock!
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