lusid1 - Slashdot User

Comment Why didn't this happen sooner? (Score 1) 600

by lusid1 on Sunday March 08, 2009 @07:31PM (#27115645) Attached to: The Last Will and Testament of Circuit City

I've never understood how they stayed in business this long.

Their loss leaders were over retail, they lost their shirt on DivX, and their service and selection have always been miserable.

I had always assumed the whole thing was a tax shelter or some large scale money laundering scheme.

Comment Bad idea (Score 1) 725

by lusid1 on Thursday December 18, 2008 @02:16PM (#26162643) Attached to: British Royal Navy Submarines Now Run Windows

Didn't they try this on the Yorktown in 1997 and have to tow the ship back to port?

Smoke and Mirrors from Sony and Microsoft 581

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 26, 2005 @03:14PM from the thinking-about-the-games dept.

An anonymous reader writes "History tells us: Don't believe what you're hearing about the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.There was a lot of hype last week about the next generation of game machines. Microsoft said the Xbox 360 will ultimately reach 1 billion consumers worldwide, while Sony gave a laundry list of features for the PlayStation 3, showing some jaw dropping footage along the way. (Nintendo promised a Revolution, but didn't go much further than that.) I hate to be a wet blanket, but it's time to come back to reality."

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