The UK thing is that if you are unprepared enough not to have played your joke before 12 noon, then you are yourself the fool.
Its all part of the tradition here in the UK, and why breakfast jokes are some of the most common, ie switching the salt and sugar and watching some poor b*stard spit their salty coffee. Mwahahahah!
Look it up on WikiPedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_fool
And why do you think he's suggesting it? Look at the state of the US last time there was a kick start to the space programme.
Perhaps I'm overly cynical but the space programme has always been a ratings puller. The thought of "our boys" putting themselves on the line for the "betterment of mankind" is something the public will always get behind.
It's similar to starting a war as soon as you're inaugurated - in times past, that was the way to get the public behind you. With the advent of mass media and world-wide news the public are far more discerning about where they get their information. Simple propaganda just doesn't work.
That, or I'm just a cynical old coot
Yes, there are difficulties to developing for the PS2. There is much more to consider at a low-level than if you're coding games for a PC platform using an established API.
The reason I do it, however, is not thanks to the installed base but because it's a challenge. When coded well, the results are phenomenal. If you code it badly, you're going to get worse results than an average home PC.
Using TSO is like kicking a dead whale down the beach. -- S.C. Johnson
