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    Live, From Sony's Recovery Effort

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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/16/09

    In reply to Live, From Sony's Recovery Effort
    Dear Sony,
    Perhaps you would have 'started to turn around' before now if you weren't an overcontrolling, overbearing, lying, rootkit-installing, hardware-bricking, overpriced gang of fools. You were once a bastion of cutting-edge, reasonably priced electronics. Now, after countless failed proprietary format introductions, you finally 'get one', as much by poisoning your competitors as on actual merit, and you're surprised that people aren't falling all over themselves rebuying media and players that could be remotely bricked at any time, for incremental increases in picture quality paid for in a steep premium? Sorry, Sony, but while I'm finally pulling the trigger on HDTV and HTPC purchases this year, there will be no Sony components, and no Blu-Ray. There's nothing in your product catalog that can't be had elsewhere for a lower cost.
    Signed,
    A Former Sony Purchaser Now Purchasing Elsewhere. #sony
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/16/09

    In reply to Live, From Sony's Recovery Effort
    ....Spider-Man font? #sony
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    Image of Michai Michai
    11/16/09

    In reply to Live, From Sony's Recovery Effort
    Dont give up Sony, you just need to rethink your advertising campaign. I would suggest advertising the PS3 more like a complete media center rather than a console. #sony
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    Image of Andyr2120 Andyr2120
    11/16/09

    @Michai: That would be a better pitch to me. I already have consoles for games, but a sweet BD player with some options and a bit of future-proofing could be nice. #sony
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    11/16/09

    @Andyr2120: You are a perfect example of an entire market that Sony is missing out on. #sony
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    Image of AJMatesi AJMatesi
    11/16/09

    @Michai: you mean to tell me that advertising it as "It only does everything" isn't suggesting it as being a media center? #sony
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    Michai promoted this comment AJMatesi was starred AJMatesi was unstarred
    Image of yantelope yantelope
    11/16/09

    @Michai: It seems to me that people are buying the console only for the BD drive. I know I only got it for that and MGS4. There's no compelling reason otherwise and if all your friends are playing MW2 on the Xbox you're going to buy an xbox. #sony
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    Michai promoted this comment yantelope was starred yantelope was unstarred
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    11/16/09

    @AJMatesi: Unfortunately, many people are well... stupid. Sometimes it is necessary to literally spell out what the product is capable of. #sony
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    11/16/09

    @yantelope: The, one of many, problem with xbox is that within the next year or two games will become far too large to fit on the xBox dvd's. In fact some games on xBox already have found content missing due to its inability to hold all the data. So basically on future xBox games you will see multiple dvd games or games with content missing squeezed onto one Dvd. #sony
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    Image of im.thatoneguy2 im.thatoneguy2
    11/16/09

    @Michai: That's what multi-disc content is for.

    Executables aren't usually more than a few MBs. They can put the EXEs on both discs.

    I don't mind changing discs every 30 odd hours of gameplay. Or in the case of Fallout 3 every few hundred hours. #sony
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    11/16/09

    @im.thatoneguy2: Curious, why opt for multiples when one would suffice. #sony
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    Image of evan_is_MrE evan_is_MrE
    11/17/09

    @Michai: I'm going to go with "giggity" on this one. There's just certain scenarios when you really DON'T want efficiency. ;P If ya know what I mean. #sony
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    11/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs For Saving Apple From Disaster
    Gates has always been jealous of Jobs. Gates is a huge nerd and have always wished he were one of the popular kids like Jobs…. #billgates
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/16/09

    @Noobs-R-Us:
    Sarcasm? I hope it's sarcasm. #billgates
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs For Saving Apple From Disaster
    Billionaire says something nice about other Billionaire, doesn't lose sleep because soft pillowy money cushions Billionaire from the drudgery of the world we plebes live in. I wish to enjoy such a financially orgasmic nirvana.

    In all seriousness, gotta have respect for Gates. It's too bad he left Barney Rubble's Frankensteinian stand-in in charge.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 11/13/09 5:08 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of m.diffenderfer m.diffenderfer
    11/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs For Saving Apple From Disaster
    Dear new graphics intern, or whoever is making these quote graphics,
    Will you please start using a hanging quote? You're killing me.
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    ripfire promoted this comment m.diffenderfer was starred m.diffenderfer was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/13/09

    @m.diffenderfer: Great. Something I didn't notice before will now bother me the rest of the time I see this. Thanks. #billgates
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    Image of skylr616 skylr616
    11/13/09

    @m.diffenderfer: Crap... got me too. #billgates
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    11/13/09

    @skylr616: It hurts to look at! Even more than a papyrus cut. #billgates
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    11/13/09

    @32ndnote: Woo... they fixed it! Nice response time!

    Disaster averted. #billgates
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButtâ„¢
    11/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs For Saving Apple From Disaster
    The "war" between Apple and Microsoft is like some sort of esoteric sporting event and league for geeks.

    The products they make are their athletes. We spend our time pouring over the stats. Arguing intangebles. Buying things that show our afiliation. We call the other side "fools" and talk trash.

    And it's all for two teams that don't clash so decisively in reality. 90% of it is in our minds. #billgates
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    Image of BeyondtheTech BeyondtheTech
    11/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs For Saving Apple From Disaster
    Unfortunately, Microsoft swiftly responded with a copy and paste from days before: "Unfortunately, this came from a Microsoft employee who was not involved in any aspect of designing Windows 7. I hate to say this about one of our own, but his comments were inaccurate and uninformed." #billgates
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    11/13/09

    @BeyondtheTech: I'm waiting for the copy and paste reply from Apple, though I hear that'll take a few months. #billgates
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    Image of medopal medopal
    11/13/09

    @psychiccheese: or you can grab Win7 copy from their store, but i hear that'll take few years #billgates
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    BeyondtheTech promoted this comment medopal was starred medopal was unstarred
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    11/13/09

    @medopal: The torrent seems to move fast enough... Oops, did I just say that publicly?! #billgates
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    Image of ossuary ossuary
    11/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs For Saving Apple From Disaster
    Their relationship is an odd one. Some pics of it here from the All Things Digital Conference:
    [d.smugmug.com] #billgates
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    Image of Hank Scorpio Hank Scorpio
    11/13/09

    @ossuary: Thanks. Those are some great photos. #billgates
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/13/09

    @ossuary: It's weird seeing them being so civil with each other given how obnoxious fanboys can be. I love how Gates is laughing in like half those pictures though. I don't think I've ever seen Jobs laugh. #billgates
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    Image of Identity (Metric) Identity (Metric)
    11/14/09

    @ossuary: I imagine this conversation taking place:

    1st picture
    Bill: "I'm gonna back-hand this b*tch if she don't make me a sammich!"

    Steve: "Hey Bill, it's kinda blurry. I'm gonna take off my glasses." "Much better."

    2nd picture
    Steve: "There's a box... and it's about thiiiis big. It has my entire porn collection in it. I seem to have lost it."

    Bill: "Oh, this big, you say? Nope, haven't seen it."

    Steve: "Bill, why is your other hand under the table?"

    3rd picture
    Bill: "D'oh, I guess you caught me. We can still laugh about it, right?"

    Steve: "Yeah... NO."

    Bill: "Well, this is embarrassing."

    Steve: "Hey, look everybody, I'm going to karate chop the table. With my hand." #billgates
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    11/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs For Saving Apple From Disaster
    In other words, calm down, end the jackassery, and just use the damn computer that you like without harassing others about what they like. #billgates
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    Image of cpreyde cpreyde
    11/13/09

    @lostarchitect: Finally! I can admit that I'm a Wang Computer user! It feels like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. #billgates
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment cpreyde was starred cpreyde was unstarred
    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    11/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs For Saving Apple From Disaster
    "But he, of all the leaders in the industry that I've worked with, he showed more inspiration and he saved the company."

    ....Proving that only the fanboys make wars, and that the wars are only "marketing." #billgates
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    Image of HelloYouAll HelloYouAll
    11/13/09

    @(Starman) Starman: So so true #billgates
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment HelloYouAll was starred HelloYouAll was unstarred
    Image of otko otko
    11/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs For Saving Apple From Disaster
    How about Bill Gates patting himself on the back for investing money in Apple to save it and gaining non-voting stock? Remember that keynote where Gates big noggin was up on the big screen and people started to boo? I remember it like it was yesterday. Macworld 97 was it? Some want to verify #billgates
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    lostarchitect promoted this comment otko was starred otko was unstarred
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    11/13/09

    @otko: You remember it, but you remember the propagandized version of it. You should look it up yourself. #billgates
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    Image of otko otko
    11/13/09

    @lostarchitect: Well I remember watching the keynote maybe a year ago, so maybe I'm a bit off. But I'll check and edit if need be.

    edit-Well Bill Gates may not have been patting himself on the back during the keynote, but you know he was eating it up inside. Apple needed help (Steve says "For Apple to move forward and be healthy and prosperous again")...Jobs claimed that destructive relationships don't help anyone and that a joint venture with Microsoft would be beneficial for both companies (however the deal was more so for Apple being that they needed the help at the time). Microsoft purchases $150 million worth of non-voting stock and agreed not to sell for at least 3 years. And indeed when Gates was on screen there were boos that gradually became cheers and clapping. Where's the propaganda I used? No offense but I think I nailed it pretty well for not seeing it for a year.
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    Image of suland suland
    11/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs For Saving Apple From Disaster
    If only Steve Jobs could say the same about Bill. I remember the press conference (video), when Jobs was on hees knees before Microsoft for biggest help compepitor might provide... Let's see what is next! #billgates
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    11/13/09

    @suland: hees??? WTF! his!! :) #billgates
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    Image of rcast1986 rcast1986
    11/13/09

    @suland: You're the hees knees! #billgates
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/13/09

    @rcast1986: @Interstella5555: Hive got a feeling that your honeyed words are meant to sting... :) #billgates
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    Image of Hank Scorpio Hank Scorpio
    11/13/09

    @met2art: Ah, buzz off! #billgates
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    Image of rcast1986 rcast1986
    11/13/09

    @met2art: *facepalm* #billgates
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    Image of thetickler thetickler
    11/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs For Saving Apple From Disaster
    Jobs is an amazing businessman but Gates is an amazing humanitarian. We need them both. That's all I have to say to that. #billgates
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    11/13/09

    @thetickler: I could be reaching a bit here but I'm thinking that building a $40 billion dollar fortune required that Billy be a fairly decent businessman too. #billgates
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment NorwoodIsMyHero was starred NorwoodIsMyHero was unstarred
    Image of thetickler thetickler
    11/13/09

    @NorwoodIsMyHero: I was thinking the same after I wrote it. Damn you for calling me out! ha. I guess with Gates, I admire his philanthropic side more than his business savvy. #billgates
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    Image of darway darway
    11/13/09

    In reply to Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs For Saving Apple From Disaster
    Not surprising. Remember from when they shared a stage together at All Things D, they don't exactly hate each other. (Their product users do.)

    In fact, it was kind of a Love Fest between the two - especially with Steve Jobs waxing poetic over he and Bill's relationship with that quote by The Beatles and all :) #billgates
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment darway was starred darway was unstarred
    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/13/09

    @darway: Did they get naked and have sex on stage?

    Sorry for that mental image, just the waxing on love, well, you know... #billgates
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