Microsoft is making a valid point why people should not buy any XBOX units until Scorpio because that upcoming model is going to be much better than the XBOX of today. This is the same philosophy that appeals to people who want to wait many years to get the next best thing... not a major portion of the buying public this Holiday season.

Sony is saying that what they have today is better than what they had last year and they think it's great.

Despite the marketing, when you're playing the games, you're not counting pixels, you're looking at image quality. For example, even though these consoles use modelling shortcuts instead of real-time ray-tracing, the image quality is sufficient. And people that want a console now don't feel the need to wait for many potential image quality improvements.

So which message will appear most compelling to someone shopping for a console this year?
To me, it seems that Microsoft is shooting it's Holiday sales in the foot.

I think it's because doctors don't approve laws for doctors, but politicians approve laws for politicians.

You clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

Even Bob Metcalfe said something like your knowledge is only nlogn above mine.

Nonetheless, enjoy a little https://xkcd.com/949/

" -- a mission that is currently on track to chart one billion stars in the Milky Way."

On track? It sounds like it passed that goal.

It's about time.

The other day Tim Sweeney of Epic games said we need about 40 TFLOPS to get realistic (non-human) visuals, Current generation is 5 to 10 TFLOPS.
After that, we probably need it to run off of a AA battery.

There's still some room to advance from where we are today.

I get it. So they just changed everyone to be half a plan above where they chose to be. If these people wanted more data, then they'd have chosen those more expensive plans with more data, but they didn't, so Verizon chose for them. It's like ordering a medium size and they say "oh, we give you more than medium, so you pay us more, no? Don't break contract or you pay us more then too. Have a nice day."

I won't use Verizon mobile because of poor policies like this. I have a non-verizon plan that has unlimited data... but only the first 3GB is fast. After that, it's slower. I asked Verizon how I could make sure I don't pay more than my budget for data and they said I could have them turn off all data at 3GB or pay their relatively expensive overage charges. So they won't have my business.

This comes accross as a monty python bit akin to "I spit in your general direction".

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Pets are conditioning my kids to be rude.
For example, my kids often walk up to my dog and pet it.
My dog needs to teach them that you can't just walk up to any person and pet them over an over.
I need a dog that bites when someone tries to pet it so that my kids can become less annoying.

I'm missing the context to see it as Hilarious. Maybe it requires sitting through other nonsensical movies written by humans.

I think the actors made it Intense. If they had said the same things in a different tone, then perhaps it could have come off differently, such as sarcastic or seduceful.

Actually, I liked where this was going. Let me try my ending:

Imagine it's Valentine's day, and you go to the store to get your bonnie lass a box of chocolates. You have them gift-wrap it, and you go to the fancy restaurant where you have dinner reservations. The evening goes beautifully. You take her home, and she gives you a very exciting come-hither look. You offer her a chocolate, and she says she's not wanting that, but that doesn't dissuade you. You push it toward her mouth, pressing it against her teeth as she ever-increasingly tries to push your hand away. You switch hands and finally get it down her throat.

As for the rest of the chocolates? You drop them in her mouth while she's sleeping, like windows updates.

Of course they've learned from history.
The profit they make will far exceed any fine imposed.

"The projected growth maturation and installation of commercially available encryption -- what they had forecasted for seven years ahead, three years ago, was accelerated to now, because of the revelation of the leaks."

That reads like the revelations only pushed it ahead by 4 years.

Commander, they continue to fire these at us. I think they're attacking.
                                                  -- aliens probably