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How far will companies go to hype their products nowadays? Just recently I heard another mention of the story last year that Sadam Hussein had bought hundreds of PS2s because they were so powerful that they could be used to target a nuclear weapon...
Which is all very true, but what Sony failed to mention is that, during the 1950's, America's nuclear missiles were targetted using 8-bit processors... the power of a Game Boy!!!!
Clearly the rumour was started by (or at least embellished upon and hypes up by) Sony. How far do you think that Sony would actually go?
Well, following on from that story, Sony claimed that the console was so powerful that it was against American law to export the console, as it could be used in all sorts of military nasties...
Again, Sony failed to mention that:
1) PS2s would not be exported from America anyway!
2) America exports millions of PCs that are just as able to be used for malicious intent as a PS2.
And people believed all the stories!
Next on Sony's list is to get a monkey-like fool (who doesn't know where any of the major countries in the world are) into the White House...
errrr... Hold on...
Sonic
To be this good takes AGES
Which is all very true, but what Sony failed to mention is that, during the 1950's, America's nuclear missiles were targetted using 8-bit processors... the power of a Game Boy!!!!
Clearly the rumour was started by (or at least embellished upon and hypes up by) Sony. How far do you think that Sony would actually go?
Well, following on from that story, Sony claimed that the console was so powerful that it was against American law to export the console, as it could be used in all sorts of military nasties...
Again, Sony failed to mention that:
1) PS2s would not be exported from America anyway!
2) America exports millions of PCs that are just as able to be used for malicious intent as a PS2.
And people believed all the stories!
Next on Sony's list is to get a monkey-like fool (who doesn't know where any of the major countries in the world are) into the White House...
errrr... Hold on...
Sonic
To be this good takes AGES
See the trouble next gen gaming causes...
Tyla wrote:
Actually it's not down to it's
> ability, it's a bizzarre law on export from America... not only does it include
> Iraq, various middle east countries and china but also includes Cuba and the
> like!! I had to licence Quicktime for world wide distribution on a CD and it
> covers the same "not allowed terrotories"... Some how I couldn't see
> Quicktime being a threat to national security and world dommination, but there
> you go!!
There are some good reasons for this:
Quicktime contains software that could be used to encrypt data for terrorists... and encryption software is classed as a weapon, therefore meaing it cannot be sent overseas.
As for Cuba... until the last decade, America was at war with the coutry, with Russia using the place as a possible nuclear missle site (further info, look up on the Cuba Missile Crisis). In fact, at the Bay of Pigs, America, basically, tried toinvade the whole country!
Oh, and Resi... It's Osama... not Oslama!!!
Sonic
Actually it's not down to it's
> ability, it's a bizzarre law on export from America... not only does it include
> Iraq, various middle east countries and china but also includes Cuba and the
> like!! I had to licence Quicktime for world wide distribution on a CD and it
> covers the same "not allowed terrotories"... Some how I couldn't see
> Quicktime being a threat to national security and world dommination, but there
> you go!!
There are some good reasons for this:
Quicktime contains software that could be used to encrypt data for terrorists... and encryption software is classed as a weapon, therefore meaing it cannot be sent overseas.
As for Cuba... until the last decade, America was at war with the coutry, with Russia using the place as a possible nuclear missle site (further info, look up on the Cuba Missile Crisis). In fact, at the Bay of Pigs, America, basically, tried toinvade the whole country!
Oh, and Resi... It's Osama... not Oslama!!!
Sonic
Resevilfan wrote:
> Thats actually true, I read an article about it and it said "don't think
> consoles, think chips"
Don't be surprised if Oslama's playing Saddam at
> SSX :-D
Actually it's not down to it's ability, it's a bizzarre law on export from America... not only does it include Iraq, various middle east countries and china but also includes Cuba and the like!! I had to licence Quicktime for world wide distribution on a CD and it covers the same "not allowed terrotories"... Some how I couldn't see Quicktime being a threat to national security and world dommination, but there you go!!
> Thats actually true, I read an article about it and it said "don't think
> consoles, think chips"
Don't be surprised if Oslama's playing Saddam at
> SSX :-D
Actually it's not down to it's ability, it's a bizzarre law on export from America... not only does it include Iraq, various middle east countries and china but also includes Cuba and the like!! I had to licence Quicktime for world wide distribution on a CD and it covers the same "not allowed terrotories"... Some how I couldn't see Quicktime being a threat to national security and world dommination, but there you go!!
Thats actually true, I read an article about it and it said "don't think consoles, think chips"
Don't be surprised if Oslama's playing Saddam at SSX :-D
Don't be surprised if Oslama's playing Saddam at SSX :-D
How far will companies go to hype their products nowadays? Just recently I heard another mention of the story last year that Sadam Hussein had bought hundreds of PS2s because they were so powerful that they could be used to target a nuclear weapon...
Which is all very true, but what Sony failed to mention is that, during the 1950's, America's nuclear missiles were targetted using 8-bit processors... the power of a Game Boy!!!!
Clearly the rumour was started by (or at least embellished upon and hypes up by) Sony. How far do you think that Sony would actually go?
Well, following on from that story, Sony claimed that the console was so powerful that it was against American law to export the console, as it could be used in all sorts of military nasties...
Again, Sony failed to mention that:
1) PS2s would not be exported from America anyway!
2) America exports millions of PCs that are just as able to be used for malicious intent as a PS2.
And people believed all the stories!
Next on Sony's list is to get a monkey-like fool (who doesn't know where any of the major countries in the world are) into the White House...
errrr... Hold on...
Sonic
To be this good takes AGES
Which is all very true, but what Sony failed to mention is that, during the 1950's, America's nuclear missiles were targetted using 8-bit processors... the power of a Game Boy!!!!
Clearly the rumour was started by (or at least embellished upon and hypes up by) Sony. How far do you think that Sony would actually go?
Well, following on from that story, Sony claimed that the console was so powerful that it was against American law to export the console, as it could be used in all sorts of military nasties...
Again, Sony failed to mention that:
1) PS2s would not be exported from America anyway!
2) America exports millions of PCs that are just as able to be used for malicious intent as a PS2.
And people believed all the stories!
Next on Sony's list is to get a monkey-like fool (who doesn't know where any of the major countries in the world are) into the White House...
errrr... Hold on...
Sonic
To be this good takes AGES