The system is _fighting wars of format_

So SONY just released details on a $600 Blu-ray player. All I can ask is, why buy that when you can just go get a PS3 for the same price which is not only a Blu-ray player but a gaming console along with other things I'd imagine.

But really which is better hd-dvd or blu-ray? Lets break it down.

Format | HD-dvd | Blu-ray
Size (most common) | 15/(30) GB | (25)/50 GB
Video Codecs | at least 13 | at least 3
Audio Codecs | at least 9 | at least 6
Regions | 0 (zero) | 3
Cost (Player) | >$200 (Xbox addon) | >$600 (PS3)

So, from the stuff I found on wikipedia HD looks alot better, but the real winner as Stephen Colbert would say, is the American People.

The system is _copyrighted_

NFL to church: show the Super Bowl and we sue.

"The idea is to honor the NFL's contract with networks that provide free broadcasts of the game and to protect the Super Bowl trademark."

A free broadcast that could be watched else where, but the people wanted a big gathering but no...

The Super Bowl trademark...how is a Super Bowl party going to affect the trademark?! If anything it'd make it stronger.

In the world of infinitely re-copyable media, the masses get the shaft.

The system is _tired_

Eight hours of sleep to much? Well my current average of like four means I'm gonna be an old man, well if I didn't drink all that Mt. Dew and Cheez-its.

But yea, anyone else having trouble getting to sleep predawn-ish? It's horrible to have my hours of "activity" ie sitting on my butt not tired being the time frame that most are sleep. I guess it wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have the other 16 hours filled up with school and work.

The system is _snappy_

I got a new camera a few hours ago and I've been messing around with it and image ready to make animations, this is my outcome so far. I was gonna put the pic up here, but then I thought that it'd get really annoying really fast, so link.

Anyways, if anyone can help me find a way to apply a filter to a bunch of layers at the same time
I'd appreciate it, having to click on each of the 66 (for that gif) and possibly more doesn't appeal to me.

The system is _full of wii_

In a radio contest a couple of days ago a woman died via drinking to much water. The cuprit was water intoxication, or the unbalancing of electrolytes (the stuff Gatorade/Powerade is "famous" for). This leads to rather nasty brain injury, all for a $250 console. Eww...

The system is _made of funny words_

Funny word of the day: reheapification.

Learned it in CS318 Algorithm Analysis today. It deals with what you have to do to a priority heap after a deletion. Nothing profound here, just a humorous word.

The system is _frozen_

Ok, so this doesn't really have anything to do with tech and whatnot, but why is it so cold?!

So, not only is it sub-freezing out their, but we just got a electricity bill (floorboard heaters) that was like twice as much as last month.

So it's colder and I don't want to have to pay as much...

Yay for coffee though!