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    I got perscribed some Vics today from my dentist because I have a root canal that is killing me. He left the refills blank, so I put 3 in. The pharmacy called the dentist to confirm the refills and they found out there weren't any. So the dentist told them not to give the Vics to me.

     

    I've done that before and it worked. I guess not in NY.

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    This is more of a shot at the PS3.

     

    Sony's PlayStation 3 has been in the news a lot in the past year. First there were issues with its Blu-ray support and then there were the reports on the console’s delay and finally the fallout from the $499/$599 pricing structure. Well, it appears that that high price of entry is not only turning away potential buyers, but also developers.

     

    Sony has received overwhelming support in the past two generations for its PlayStation consoles from 3rd-party developers, but that support may now be in question. From GameDaily BIZ:

     

    In the PS3's native Japan, the reaction has been less than pleasant, with more than 90 percent of developers in a recent survey stating that the price of the console is just too high. And indeed it seems that this high price is affecting whether or not certain developers decide to develop for the PS3. Sony's PlayStation business has always been backed by incredibly strong third-party support, but now for the first time that could be in jeopardy.

     

    Sony's loss comes to the benefit of its two chief rivals. BusinessWeek reports that developers are taking their business to the Wii and even Xbox 360 (which hasn't been an overwhelming success in Japan in its current or previous form). Gaming giant Electronic Arts has also been showing favoritism to the less expensive Wii when showcasing upcoming games. BusinessWeek goes on to say:

     

    EA announced six Nintendo Wii launch titles and showed long working demos for two of those. But it offered only a short clip of a car-racing game for PS3. EA says it's still testing the potential of the PS3. "Many developers think the console's initial high price will lead to slow sales and are holding off on creating games for Sony," Hamamura says.

     

    Sony has a lot of work to do this generation to keep its #1 crown. It may have been easy to bowl over the competition with the PlayStation and PlayStation 2, but it looks like the tides are changing. When you have a $200 higher price of entry than your next closest competitor that turns away customers, high licensing costs to offset the cost of development and Blu-ray drive technology that drives up the cost of the console without a 100% guarantee of wide-spread adoption, you know that you’re in for a bumpy ride.

     

    DailyTech previously reported that according to IBM, yields on the Cell processors were extremely poor, and that most Cell processors would ship without all eight cores working. According to IBM, some PlayStation 3 units will have 7-core Cell processors and some with 8-core Cell processors.

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    1 1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV $35,049,000 -43.8% 4,133 - $8,480 $321,733,000 $225 3

    2 N Monster House Sony $23,000,000 - 3,553 +2,851 $6,473 $23,000,000 $75 1

    3 N Lady in the Water WB $18,210,000 - 3,235 - $5,629 $18,210,000 $55 1

    4 3 You, Me and Dupree Uni. $12,787,000 -40.6% 3,134 +3 $4,080 $45,318,000 $54 2

    5 2 Little Man SonR $11,000,000 -49.1% 2,537 +4 $4,335 $40,611,000 $64 2

    6 N Clerks II MGM $9,625,000 - 2,150 - $4,476 $9,625,000 $5 1

    7 N My Super Ex-Girlfriend Fox $8,700,000 - 2,702 - $3,219 $8,700,000 - 1

    8 4 Superman Returns WB $7,460,000 -39.3% 2,826 -939 $2,639 $178,427,000 $260 4

    9 5 The Devil Wears Prada Fox $7,425,000 -28.5% 2,248 -562 $3,302 $97,571,000 $35 4

    10 6 Cars BV $4,910,000 -37.4% 2,410 -593 $2,037 $229,449,000 $120 7

    11 7 Click SonR $4,000,000 -44.9% 2,312 -984 $1,730 $128,189,000 $82.50 5

    12 12 An Inconvenient Truth ParC $1,002,000 -14.0% 440 -130 $2,277 $18,792,000 - 9

     

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    Not all the time.

     

    If you get a upconverting DVD player that uses HDMI, the PQ isn't TRUE HD. It looks really damn good and ten times better than on a standard TV, but it isn't true HD.

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    I am just having trouble when I'm off to the right or left. I can't seem to aim it correctly. Other than that, I love this game. I was doing a dynasty with Notre Dame, but that was too easy. So I am doing one now with UConn, which is more of a challenge.

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    Our buyers in the Wal*Mart Electronics I work at are really going after players/home theatres with HDMI. I realise it's not true HD, but aren't ifs and buts candy and nuts?

    HDMI is just for HD connections. High Definition Multimedia Interface, so it is true HD.

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