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James · Posts: 1735

This thing costs £410 at launch.

By the time I graduate (18 months) hardware value will have improved, deals will be available, and whatnot.

It has a beautiful arcade stick.

It runs linux.

Like, with no DRM.

It runs emulators and applications and pretty much anything linux does.

For £410, plus a ton of expensive extra shit I don't have to pay for.

It's still going to tank, but I want a PS3 bad. This is the best goddamn news for home emulation/entertainment computing. And I'll get to make a loss for Sony to boot!

108 · Posts: 2600

you can also rip CDs to 320 kbps VBR mp3

and support for external HDD

James · Posts: 1735

Yeah!

By the time I'm in a lifesyle place where I can justify the spending, my XP box will be nearing seven years service - the PS3 is an ideal interim solution in that case. Hopefully the emulation scene will really pick up on it.

108 · Posts: 2600

It's a pretty good idea to have a nice TV as well.

Also, the heaped-up selection of legal ROMz is probably not going to be too bad in a few years' time, either. Just a hunch.

108 · Posts: 2600

shit, i just deleted endlesschris's post by accident!

edit: in said post he accused me of being a hack and asked me how much i was getting paid to mention that the PS3 supports external HDD via USB 2.0 and rips songs to MP3s which can then be transported to external HDDs and/or portable media devices and/or other computers

all things which are actually facts

and actually facts i didn't know anything about until i waited in line to buy a playstation 3 and then got it home and discovered in my own living room

Sawtooth · Posts: 2350

Ashura · Posts: 735

So, people have put Linux on it already? Can someone link to an article or something explaining the wacky shiz you can do with your PS3?

DeusJester · Posts: 1388

Along these lines: How easy is it to swap out the hard drive? And what's Sony's stance on it?

EndlessChris · Posts: 431

108 wrote:

i waited in line to buy a playstation 3 and then got it home and discovered in my own living room

/me is sad there is no accompanying lik-sang video

108 · Posts: 2600

EndlessChris wrote:

108 wrote:

i waited in line to buy a playstation 3 and then got it home and discovered in my own living room

/me is sad there is no accompanying lik-sang video

there will be accompanying insertcredit videos

when, uh, i bother to put them up

i just figured it wasn't "newsworthy" when all was said and done -- we didn't get any video of th emad and crazy psychotic chinese people going nuts and punching one another because i didn't want to stand near them (and lose my place in line)

if SOMEONE would have gotten me a PS3 BEFORE THE LAUNCH in other words if they were sending them to PEOPLE WHO HAD POLITELY PAID FOR THEM instead of fucking videogame journalists / bloggers, i wouldn't have had to wait in line! i could have filmed those neck-punching chinese fuckers all morning long

also, here is a preview of the IC launch coverage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKrY59OsaeM

. . . maybe we'll just wait and put it and the wii launch coverage up at the same time

ReroRero · Posts: 2148

108 wrote:

shit, i just deleted endlesschris's post by accident!

Sure Tim, it's always by mistake, never on purpose.

rendaw · Posts: 1

Ashura wrote:

So, people have put Linux on it already? Can someone link to an article or something explaining the wacky shiz you can do with your PS3?

It comes with Linux on it, or at least it was going to. Wikipedia says otherwise, but that there's a software download for it. Something about networking, if I remember correctly, was its purpose.

One of the problems I have encountered using Linux has been trying to, say, download from the internet onboard-lan drivers so that I can connect to my network. Using a installation designed for a specific set of hardware would be somewhat enjoyable.

Waffen · Posts: 1638

why was there more excitement when the PSP was launched then there was this entire weekend?

maybe I haven't been reading enough "blogs" and/or everyone is busy playing their new systems or something but still.. I feel something is lacking.

Rud13 · Posts: 3277

108 wrote:

you can also rip CDs to 320 kbps VBR mp3

and support for external HDD

Yeah those features made me want one more.

tacotaskforce · Posts: 571

Youtube clears up the Linux situation

gktime · Posts: 116

You could build a decent linux box cheaper than that and with it being i386 you wouldn't have any issues with obtaining software, which you might with the ps3 and all this cell nonsense?

My want for a ps3 is far more base.. Virtua Fighter 5!

Kappuru · Posts: 492

wey hey, i've been doing this for years with the original xbox.

and before you pull out the hdtv thing, emulators kind of look like shit on hi def displays, AND most emus run in 720p anyway!

winkerwanker · Posts: 2414

108 wrote:

shit, i just deleted endlesschris's post by accident!

edit: in said post he accused me of being a hack and asked me how much i was getting paid to mention that the PS3 supports external HDD via USB 2.0 and rips songs to MP3s which can then be transported to external HDDs and/or portable media devices and/or other computers

all things which are actually facts

and actually facts i didn't know anything about until i waited in line to buy a playstation 3 and then got it home and discovered in my own living room

how much are you getting paid tim?

guys i am sure i will get a ps3 at some point down the line fyi

Koji · Posts: 571

James wrote:

And I'll get to make a loss for Sony to boot!

Wait what?

Legal Step · Posts: 1030

They had a giant PS3 truck outside best buy this weekend, PS3 taunts me and teases me and then pushes me aside. I'm gonna have to wait, but my want is still there.

Tim if this is true, this is a most awesome development.

Rain · Posts: 130

108 wrote:

you can also rip CDs to 320 kbps VBR mp3

and support for external HDD

There's no such thing as 320kbps VBR, you mean CBR. VBR does not stay at a constant 320kbps!

Rucio · Posts: 169

Rain wrote:

108 wrote:

you can also rip CDs to 320 kbps VBR mp3

and support for external HDD

There's no such thing as 320kbps VBR, you mean CBR. VBR does not stay at a constant 320kbps!

Dude...

Wait, what?

Rain · Posts: 130

Rucio wrote:

Rain wrote:

108 wrote:

you can also rip CDs to 320 kbps VBR mp3

and support for external HDD

There's no such thing as 320kbps VBR, you mean CBR. VBR does not stay at a constant 320kbps!

Dude...

Wait, what?

You're LAME

Rucio · Posts: 169

Rain wrote:

Rucio wrote:

Rain wrote:

108 wrote:

you can also rip CDs to 320 kbps VBR mp3

and support for external HDD

There's no such thing as 320kbps VBR, you mean CBR. VBR does not stay at a constant 320kbps!

Dude...

Wait, what?

You're LAME

Um. Ok.

108 · Posts: 2600

Rain wrote:

108 wrote:

you can also rip CDs to 320 kbps VBR mp3

and support for external HDD

There's no such thing as 320kbps VBR, you mean CBR. VBR does not stay at a constant 320kbps!

It does if you're ripping the right music!

And I mean. "VBR with a maximum bitrate of 320 kbps" as opposed to a maximum of 256.

Really figured I wouldn't have to spell that out, yeah!

klikbeep · Posts: 485

If I burn this divx rip of Rising Sun to a CD, will it play on your PS3?

Rud13 · Posts: 3277

signs point to yes.

luvcraft · Posts: 693

Is "The Want" anything like the new "The Suffering"? Because I know a guy who developed that for the PS3 and maybe you're on the same team.

Thanks, I'll be here all week, tip your waitresses, try the veal, yadda yadda yadda.

Faithless · Posts: 370

I just developed a want for the ~~PS3~~ 108.
I think this new avatar appeals to the old, lesbian me, as well as the new straighter version.

I won't want a PS3 till I can afford an HDTV. And that'll happen ... never.

luvcraft · Posts: 693

Faithless wrote:

I think this new avatar appeals to the old, lesbian me, as well as the new straighter version.

Did your sexuality get retconned when a more respected writer like Joss Whedon or Grant Morrison took over scripting your life to help boost flagging sales?

I kept meaning to post that I've never thought the Japanese girls in Tim's avatars were attractive, and that this one is the worst of all, but I thought that would've just been mean.

Faithless · Posts: 370

luvcraft wrote:

Faithless wrote:

I think this new avatar appeals to the old, lesbian me, as well as the new straighter version.

Did your sexuality get retconned when a more respected writer like Joss Whedon or Grant Morrison took over scripting your life to help boost flagging sales?

Since when is Joss Whedon a respected writer?

Legal Step · Posts: 1030

Serenity dude, it was like a Steampunk Star Trek but with a waif chick, and no Gungans!

Faithless · Posts: 370

Legal Step wrote:

Serenity dude, it was like a Steampunk Star Trek but with a waif chick, and no Gungans!

Oh, he's a television writer.

Baines · Posts: 906

Legal Step wrote:

Serenity dude, it was like a Steampunk Star Trek but with a waif chick, and no Gungans!

Lasting only a season, Serenity didn't have the time to be ran into the ground.

And we've little idea whether the final movie or Whedon's post-release version would have been better. (After release, Whedon decided he'd wished he'd written parts differently.)

108 · Posts: 2600

Faithless wrote:

I just developed a want for the ~~PS3~~ 108.
I think this new avatar appeals to the old, lesbian me, as well as the new straighter version.

I'm pumping the gorgeous iron every morning over here!! Sooner or later, I'll defeat anyone. I have the lesbians and straight girls on my side; now all I need are the fairy boys. I need to be unisexually appealing if my plan is to succeed.

Also in need of some skincare product recommendations. I basically want to look like this avatar (an accidental occasion of perfect skin condition) at all times of the day.

Still thinking about lasering the beard.

Boo · Posts: 47

108 wrote:

I'm pumping (..) gorgeous iron (...) over here!! (...) later, I (...) defeat (...) the lesbians and straight girls (...) now (...) I need (...) fairy boys. (...) to (...) unisexually (...) plan (...) to succeed.

Also (...) skincare (...) recommendations. (...) basically (...) accidental (...) skin (...) of the day.

Still (...) lasering the beard.

108 · Posts: 2600

i don't know what precisely you're digging at, though i like to think that all word-related puzzles buried in my writing are as intentional as they are subliminal.

Boo · Posts: 47

For a second there, I thought it was art.

mechanori · Posts: 623

oh god

Boo · Posts: 47

Amen.

zebadayus · Posts: 672

If you can get ahold of Proactive over in Japan, Tim, it works like a charm.

I mean, you'll FEEL the difference as soon as you use it the first time, and you'll see a difference the very next day. A week of this stuff and your skin is freakin' beautiful.

James · Posts: 1735

Joss Wedon needs to write a 17 page essay on the socioeconomic history of Dragon Quest if I'm ever to take him seriously

another god · Posts: 1629

zebadayus wrote:

If you can get ahold of Proactive over in Japan, Tim, it works like a charm.

I mean, you'll FEEL the difference as soon as you use it the first time, and you'll see a difference the very next day. A week of this stuff and your skin is freakin' beautiful.

...

You know there are cheaper commercial products that do the exact same thing.

showka · Posts: 994

I think I'll look up this "proactive." We're experiencing slightly chilly weather here (at least relative to Texas) and my skin feels like flaky shit. Everything is just so cracked my head feels like a melon, or some other uncomfortable weight on my shoulders.

another god · Posts: 1629

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2V5EK0azgA

Napoli · Posts: 236

I have a problem where I get dry skin on my forehead. I've been doing bikram yoga a couple times a week and for some reason my skin has gotten all better. I guess all the sweating clears up the skin or something.

Rud13 · Posts: 3277

only on insert credit could a thread about someone wanting a new video game console become about recommended skin care products.

stotelheim · Posts: 414

zebadayus wrote:

If you can get ahold of Proactive over in Japan, Tim, it works like a charm.

I mean, you'll FEEL the difference as soon as you use it the first time, and you'll see a difference the very next day. A week of this stuff and your skin is freakin' beautiful.

I've heard of it before, is it really better than other similar products on the market?

Google · Posts: 220

stotelheim wrote:

zebadayus wrote:

If you can get ahold of Proactive over in Japan, Tim, it works like a charm.

I mean, you'll FEEL the difference as soon as you use it the first time, and you'll see a difference the very next day. A week of this stuff and your skin is freakin' beautiful.

I've heard of it before, is it really better than other similar products on the market?

No...

It totally depends on your skin...

If you have bad skin because you're a lazy fuck, and you dont go outside or eat enough fruit, then it might help...

But if you have some sort of Acne issue, it does fuck all!

luvcraft · Posts: 693

108 wrote:

Also in need of some skincare product recommendations. I basically want to look like this avatar (an accidental occasion of perfect skin condition) at all times of the day.

I'm a big fan of Acutane. It produced magical, permanent results where all other acne medications failed, and made me obscenely sexy just in time to finish high school (bad timing).

Fortunately, since the results were permanent, I'm still mostly obscenely sexy, just kind of also fat.

It's by prescription only, so you'll probably have to find an American doctor to prescribe it for you. I've heard that when you ask Japanese doctors for prescriptions they tend to just prescribe you mysterious green powders instead and refuse to tell you what they are.

Don't get preggers while you're on it though, Tim, because it makes flipper babies.