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Has Sony done anything right since the Walkman? - and now this......

With the exception of very good TV's (I love my 27" Sony Wega) and pretty good stereo equipment, Sony doesn't seem to do anything very well anymore. Their largest flaw is that they are bound and determined to make things that don't work and play well with others. Examples: Betamax - enough said MiniDisk - a great format and media but not available on any hardware other than Sony and as a result adoption was limited at best. Viao Computers - Some great equipment, but a royal pain to work on or to get it to work with non-Sony peripherals Clie - A Palm Pilot with a proprietary memory card format and a higher price. Wonder why they didn't do well. Playstation 3 - the world is waiting and XBox360 is kicking your ass PSP (Playstation Portable) - A very slick piece of hardware, but Target and Wal-mart have already stopped carrying movies for this platforms proprietary format BlueRay - or as I like to call it "Betamax: The Sequal" And now they're ki...
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The Hallmark Scam

Like most folks out there, the wife and I have our "circle of friends". That core group that you do things with by default. This also means 11-12 default birthday celebrations a year. We typically go out to dinner and several years ago gave up on exchanging gifts, in favor putting that money towards a nicer restaurant for the celebration dinner. Birthday Cards are still exchanged. Here lies my issue. Birthday Cards (as well as other Greeting Cards) are for sending to people in the mail, not for handing directly to them at the function. Aunt Caroline who lives in Portland, your fraternity brother who took the job in Silicon Valley, or your nephew who is away at college --- these are all fine targets for a greeting card. When you are actually going to be in the same room as the person, I contend that a Greeting Card is inappropriate and a waste money. Some of these cards cost upwards of $5. Do people spend this money because they are incapable of saying the things that...
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Once a Generation

It seems that looney politicians from Georgia exist once a generation. Our parents had to deal with Jimmy Carter, who presently is only getting crazier, but hopefully it is being balanced by an ever deminishing level of infuence. We continue to be embarassed on a national level by Cynthia McKinney. I only hope that the American people will never let her become President.
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