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Es un hecho bien conocido por todos los que aman de los videojuegos y tienen nociones de hardware (por más básicas que sean) que el Hardware de unacomputadora no se aprovecha tanto como el de una consola, por una razón, cuando un juego es lanzado para PC hay una plétora de combinaciones de SO, RAM, CPU, GPU, MB y Soundcard, además de la versión de los drivers y demás elementos que hacen imposible prever cada situación a presentarse no así en las consolas que comparadas con una PC tienen un hardware más bien mediocre (y precios mucho más bajos, jugar en PC no es barato, y veo que se desgarran las vestiduras con los precios de las consolas actuales) pero es una arquitectura única (a menos que le metas mano como era posible hacer con la X-BOX, lo que no es muy bien visto) y con el paso del tiempo los programadores aprenden a sacarle más y más jugo, a “hacer más con lo mismo” vamos, lo que es imposible en las PCs, porque hace tres meses no tenías la misma tarjeta de sonido y asi hasta el infinito, mientras que la consola criticada en sus primeros días por verse igual que la de la “generación anterior” poco a poco adquiere nuevos trucos.
Ok, si todo esto ya es sabido ¿Para que carambas hablas de ello? Pues porque todavía no llega la otra consola de esta generación y ya hay juegos que desprecian a estos aparatos (no voy a negar que se me hace prematuro y tal vez tengan que tragarse sus palabras) pero me da gusto cada que pienso en los amantes de consolas que ignoran todo eso y sin embargo las defienden a ultranza (estan como los amantes de las mac que ignoran de hardware, pero vaya que si abren el hocico para repetir estupideces que les han dichos otros fanas igual o más ignorantes)
Leed y llorad:
August 28, 2006 - Wondering why Crysis won't be on any of those so-called next-generation consoles? Here's the poop from TeamXbox:Next-Gen Consoles Too Gimp for CrysisSpeaking at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Bernd Diemer, senior game designer of Crytek, explained that next-generation consoles don't offer enough computational power to run Crysis, German publication Heise reported.Although Crysis will support both current and the next version of DirectX, the developer claims that only DirectX 10 allows the game to run as it was intended by the developers because the next-generation DirectX API, which will ship along Windows Vista, allows more effects and more objects to be drawn on the screen with a smaller computational cost for the hardware.
Diemer explained that "next generation consoles like the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 do not offer the sufficient power" to assure the quality of gameplay Crytek demand for Crysis.
Trying to compete with Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) and Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST) in the global ODD market, Sony NEC Optiarc will develop its business strategy as integrating three key elements: Sony's R&D resources (optical pick-up heads), NEC's design capabilities (chipsets) and Lite-On IT's strength in volume production, the sources pointed out.
Sony claims battery recalls will cost them $200m
Posted Aug 25th 2006 2:07AM by Ryan Block
Filed under: LaptopsIn a brief but pointed statement by Sony, hygienically entitled "Statement Regarding Sony's Support of Apple's Recall of Lithium Ion Battery Packs Used in Apple Notebook Computers," the mass manufacturer of defective batteries announced that the recalls we've been hearing so much about in the past few days are due to "microscopic metal particles in the recalled battery cells [that] may come into contact with other parts of the battery cell, leading to a short circuit within the cell. Typically, a battery pack will simply power off when a cell short circuit occurs. However, under certain rare conditions, an internal short circuit may lead to cell overheating and potentially flames." Ok, got it, we're with 'em, especially on the bit where they announced they're taking additional measures to ensure the safety of future batteries manufactured. So, howsabout putting a pricetag on all this carnage, eh? Well, between Apple's and Dell's six or so million units that are about to be recalled, it's going to set Sony back between ¥20 and ¥30 billion, or in dollar terms, between $134.2 and $201.3 million (or in per-unit terms, that's roughly $22 and $33 per battery). Now that, dear friends, is a spicy damned meatball.
P.S. -Ok, so howsabout that markup on those batteries? Even after shipping, support costs, and costs per unit, your $100-$150 battery is still only going to cost Sony as much as $33 per. As if we weren't already angry enough.
Sony gets theirs: flaming Vaio brings the firefighters
Posted Aug 23rd 2006 9:35PM by Paul Miller
Exploding Dell laptops get all the press, but that doesn't mean other honest, hardworking laptops can't get their 15-minutes of fame if they play their pyrotechnics right. And who better than Sony to produce an exploding Vaio featuring one of their very own infamous power cells? Today's story comes from Shawnee, Kansas where firefighters were called after the Vaio burst into flames twice. The first incident, which happened while the computer was idly charging, was quickly snuffed by its owner's fire extinguisher, but after the laptop burst into flames a second time a few minutes later, the fire department was called in. By the time the firefighters arrived they found the persistent Vaio on the driveway out front, fully contained by the fire extinguisher and its soul already ascending up to laptop heaven. So what's it going to be Dell, are you going to sit back and let Sony beat you at your own game, or do you have a triple explosion planned to take back the crown?
Filed under: Laptops
To the teller down at the bank
You're just another checking account
To the plumber that came today
You're just another house
At the airport ticket counter
You're just another fare
At the beauty shop at the mall
Well you're just another head of hair
Well that's alright, that's okay
If you don't feel important, honey
All I've got to say is
To the world you may be just another girl
But to me, baby, you are the world
To the waiter at the restaurant
You're just another tip
To the guy at the ice cream shop
You're just another dip
When you can't get reservations
'Cause you don't have the clout
Or you didn't get an invitation
'Cause somebody left you out
That's alright, that's okay
When you don't feel important honey
All I've got to say is
To the world you may be just another girl
But to me, baby, you are the world
You think you're one of millions
But you're one in a million to me
When you wonder if you matter, baby look into my eyes
And tell me, can't you see you're everything to me
That's alright, that's okay
When you don't feel important honey
All I've gotta say is
To the world you may be just another girl
But to me, baby, you are the world
It was bound to happen. Seems those red-hot reptiles from Snakes on a Plane got a little caught up in the Hollywood lifestyle last night, drank a little champagne, did a little blow, and picked up a hooker. Alas, as these things are wont to happen, it all ended in disaster with a python belly-up, frothing at the mouth on the sidewalk outside the Viper Room.
– Steven Corfe
![]() Roads were jammed as some Lebanese risked returning home |
During a stormy session, he defended his conduct of the war saying Hezbollah had been crippled. However the group's leader denied this and claimed victory.
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said the ceasefire, which came into force early on Monday, seemed to be holding.
Thousands of people are returning to southern Lebanon following the truce.
Fighting ended at 0500 GMT, although Israel said it had killed at least four Hezbollah fighters in later clashes.
Israeli officials told the AFP news agency that in each case soldiers had opened fire "when armed men tried to approach" and had not broken the terms of the UN ceasefire.
We will continue pursuing [Hezbollah leaders]... and we do not intend to ask anyone's permission
Up to 10 rockets were also fired southwards on Monday night and early Tuesday morning but did not cross the Israeli border, the Israeli army said.
No-one was injured and Israel planned no response, military sources added.
Heckled
In his speech to parliament, Mr Olmert said Hezbollah's "state within a state" and "terror organisation" in southern Lebanon had been destroyed.
However he added that the group's leaders would "not be left alone".
"We will continue pursuing them anywhere, all the time and we do not intend to apologise or ask anyone's permission," he added.
Mr Olmert - who was heckled by some MPs - admitted Israel had made mistakes but took full responsibility for the war.
He advised patience for his critics, who believe the war did not achieve Israel's original goal of dismantling Hezbollah.
Patience
The prime minister also said his government would work "with all the means at our disposal" to secure the release of the two soldiers whose capture by Hezbollah sparked the conflict on 12 July.
Lebanese and Israeli military commanders are discussing their fate, an Israeli political source told the BBC.
About 1,000 - mostly civilians
No precise data on Hezbollah dead
Israeli deaths:
Soldiers: 114 (IDF)
Civilians: 43 (IDF)
Lebanon displaced:
700,000 - 900,000 (UNHCR; Lebanese govt)
Israeli displaced:
500,000 (Human Rights Watch)
Lebanon damage:
$2.5bn (Lebanese govt)
Israel damage:
$1.1bn (Israeli govt)
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, for his part, said his side had achieved a "strategic, historic victory" against Israel.
He also promised during a videotaped speech on Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV that the group would help Lebanese victims rebuild their homes.
Later on Monday, US President George W Bush blamed Hezbollah and its "state sponsors, Iran and Syria" for the bloodshed in Lebanon.
He said the war had been "part of a broader struggle between freedom and terror".
Mr Bush also vowed to continue to promote democracy in the Middle East. "The freedom agenda will defeat terror," he said.
Shattered
Mr Annan said the truce appeared to be holding and urged both sides to "continue to consolidate the cessation".
Israel has said its troops will remain in Lebanon until an international peacekeeping force can take control, and that its forces would return fire if attacked.
Roads leading from Beirut and Sidon were jammed with the cars of people returning to inspect their properties and homes. If Hezbollah is disarmed, it will be victory for Israel, for the Lebanese people, for the UN, for democracy, for peace
The BBC's Jim Muir in the town of Bint Jbeil, the site of some of the fiercest fighting, described a scene of devastation with few signs of life.
The body of a woman wrapped in plastic had been left in a shattered building for two weeks, our correspondent added.
The only local residents he found were one man and his disabled wife who had been sheltering in the hospital.
Sweden is to host an international aid conference to raise funds for Lebanon. About 60 governments have been invited to attend the 31 August meeting in Stockholm.
Some 1,000 Lebanese, mostly civilians, and 157 Israelis, 114 of them soldiers, have died in the 34-day conflict.