Nintendo must have an ace in its hand

Neither PS3, nor XBOX360 will manage to pick up steam (in terms of both units sold and games released) before the next economy contraction occurs. So, it's going to be almost all game console marketplace to Nintendo (PS2 games would perform rather well, for those companies that would still make them). Just a thought... people out of work tend to lift entertainment industry, but the price should be right. The price of admission ticket to movies for family of 2-4 people is the right price. (And no, $400 for the device to entertain you is NOT!)

How did Nintendo manage? Was it a conscious calculation or did they just get lucky?

INTC, DELL, AMD

WHY?! WHY?! WHY DID I NOT SHORT INTEL?! Sucker...

The purpose of life

What was revealed in The Matrix has already happenned. This is what computers use us for: constantly, to read incoming emails and IMs, for daily cleanup of spam emails, for weekly installation of latest updates... Then there are weather and traffic news they make us read. Then there's this virtual "stock market" where they reward us for being "in the game" and "in the know".

And all that is made so that we feel that the next thing we're about to make will gratify us somehow. That updating Windows will suddenly make our aging (immediately as it left the factory floor) computer noticeably faster. That being tuned into everything that happens around will gibe us wealth and allow to retire early. That someone with a soul will read our blogs.

:)