But it looks like PS3PCFTW is right about the Microsoft connection:
They and Intel are both members of the CSR site...specifically, members of the CSR Asia Strategic Partner Programme.
http://csr-asia.com/upload/... (Watch the logo's scroll by)
Unless I missed it, Sony's not a member, and this could't be a convenient 'mistake'
Any person with even the slightest gaming, manu...
They "sued" on PURPOSE for the very marketing reasons you state!
The basis for the lawsuit:
'15 U.S.C. §§1125(x)' is an absolute joke, so is tying a cartoon; known, protected free-speech to the Lanham Act.
The key to this being nothing but UbiSoft marketing stunt is the fact they are a French-based company, hiring a California lawfirm to file against a Montana website, and not even in the websites county, or anywhere near the jurisdicti...
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Thanks for the laugh...best comment I've seen so far!
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more or less -- And I am unanimous in that.
Smoothie,
Uhh, if you actually read my post, I'm not a fanboy...whatever that is supposed to be, and as far as I can tell neither is Thereapersson.
Please READ before posting. You'll save alot of pointlessness like thinking I'm a Blu-ray fan, when I hate the whole format war.
Books like See Spot Run may help.
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Don't label me something I'm not and I won't call you a morox geuzing twixelated fuklen-felghering ignotomous...
I support their right to create and publish it.
The 'legal' letter is completely baseless and without any legal precedent.
I'd strongly support anyone who's being bullied by a large company trying to infringe upon, and inhibit legally protected speech in any forum, or format supported by law.
Many other sites and comments have been made concerning the appeal of Jade Raymond, though not as explicitly as this, which is a comedic commentary and no worse than ...
While I won't comment on the quality, or apparent lack of it regarding the tasteless (or tasteful if that's a better pun) comic, there's absolutely no basis for the absurd Ubisoft lawsuit.
Anything drawn like this is considered protected speech. That's something decided decades ago with far more explicit cases than this.
Letters like this are often sent by lawyers in the hopes the people receiving them are uninformed and scared into removing something someone els...
I retract this post because after a PM with Thereapersson I found I had misunderstood the intent of their posted message.
This doesn't apply to the previous message but for reference, here is my original reply . . .
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If you think your a puppet, please take a moment to change the way you think!
I don't think I answer my own question, because I think it's more a question each person can only answer for themselves.
You and every consume...
The image quality...and on BOTH FORMATS it's essentially the same!
VIDEO?
Both use the same MP4/VC1 or similar quality compression.
Both are 1080 - p or i doesn't make a damn bit of difference since all plasma/LCD panels convert either to 1080p.
(Comparisons of projectors had 1/2 the people claiming 1080i was 1080p and the reverse, I.E. makes no difference at all!)
The difference between 720 vs 1080 or upconverted DVD vs Hi-Def on anything short of a...
It's because, this format war doesn't benefit consumers, doesn't show the slightest concern for consumers, and doesn't help the hi-def industry as a whole...
It's all about $$$, with Micro$soft, To$hiba, and $ony in the middle of it...just trying to secure their future licensing rights to whatever format they can shovel on the consumers -- YOU AND I -- without regard for the short term costs to us, the industry, or the damage to hi-def adoption as a whole.
It's a...
As I posted in a similar, who's better in hi-def land article:
We're all being jerked around by ALL the companies...with ferocious fans fighting over pretty much the same MP4, VC1 or similar quality video...Pitted against each other by the very companies selling the glossy 1080 high-definition future.
New 1.1/2.0 profile...renders 1-year 'old' $300-1000 machines obsolete. (maybe?) New 51 gig format renders 1-year 'old' $300-1000 machines obsolete. (maybe not?)
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1 extra gigabyte, 1.1 profile, all may or may not be compatible with current players, or if not...a "who cares they'll all upgrade" attitude?
Who cares...oh yeah exactly, who cares about the CONSUMERS that are currently being swung back and forth like a hi-def YO'YO'
If the PS3 didn't come standard with Blu-Ray I wouldn't have a Blu-Ray player, any more than if the 360 came with HD-DVD standard.
WHY?
Because, EVERYONE...We'...
I really think the kind of hatred shown by some is not just sad, it really is pitiable.
Here's the PM reply from PanZeRFaust14:
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Re: Is it really just about 'Who's better, Who's better, Who's BEST?'
WOW...your one pathetic little fukc. YOUR NOT SPECIAL FOR FOLDING F@GGOT.
Stop sucking sonys d!ck and buying the PR bullshit. Sonys not doing it for anyones health dumba$$.
Its too bad the cancer didnt kill your a$$, then you wouldnt be...
As a survivor of cancer, It's both amazing and saddening to see this thread.
People who CHOOSE to run Folding@home are taking a step to help understand a disease that is devastating to not just the people who have it, survive it, or die from it...but the families and friends of those people.
This is not about Publicity stunts, which console has a better fill-rate, who's got 60 fps at 1080P or a piece of electronics dying from a red ring of death.
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Willy...
I'm not sure Folding@Home is researching the field of solving the pesky problem of raving madness, but there have been some FANTASTIC breakthroughs in the field.
I'd suggest you try a morning dose of Prozac...
An afternoon tea spiced with Valium...
And a nice cozy Wellbutrin chaser after dinner...
Get back to me in 2 weeks...
Oh but wait, by then you'll be all ignored so I won't be taking your calls.
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DIMINISH carbon emissions by having 1 device on, that replaces 5 others.
Any PS3 or Xbox 360 provide multiple functions in 1 device, at a fraction of the electrical usage and carbon emissions of 5. (or more)
Spending another fraction of that saved energy to cure or understand diseases is more than fair.
I think everyone wants a clean healthy environment, but not just to make nicer looking graves.
I think the numbers your referring to are from the console launch 11/2006 to the end of Sony's fiscal year in March 2007. Sony numbers are also reported more accurately now, as in Consoles sold, vs. Consoles shipped.
The distinction is 500 XBox 360's or PS3's in a stockroom where counted as sold when no consumer had purchased them.
Sony has stated a large number of sales occurred between launch and the end of the holiday season, so 5.5 million by March 2007 may be a correct nu...
I work in an industry with related encoding & encryption technology and used some off-the-shelf & open-source tech to test this from a technical point of view:
The embedded cybercode is the only thing that matters.
I've already printed detectible codes where no cards exist...and on blank paper without so much as a picture on it.
Remember, all characters are already in the game...the card's Barcode or Cybercode as they call it just acts as a marker ...
What's the point of these kinds of arguments?
To start: 1280x1080 upscaled to 1920x1080 is NOT 50%, that would be a 1920x1620 screen. It's at the most a 25-33% 'sidescale' lol.
Technicaly, it depends on how the 'repeating pixels in anamorphic widescreen' is actually performed.
The pixels could be part of the psycho-visual model used by GT5 assembling the full 1920x1080 frame and not 'sidescaled' at all.
Perceptible upscaling depends on the s...
It's good for everyone, but not in improved performance or features, just costs.
The original 90nm, 65nm after March 2007 and 45nm being introduced 2008/09 all have the same computing power, they are just less and less and finally, less expensive to reproduce. Generally when Sony incorporates these costs savings, they reduce prices for everyone.
If I recall the spec sheet correctly, the 40 gig model is the first with all the primary chips at 65nm, Cell, RSX, etc...
Since when is it ok, or news to simply put a Question Mark at the end of some sensational headline and then it's alright to post stupid crap as :"Not confirmed" "We're not sure this is legitimate" or "If this is accurate..."
It's the JOB of the person reporting to make sure it's accurate...not ours.
To Dale North or whoever is responsible, actually WRITE an ARTICLE when you post an article.
Do the homework or don't pos...