Wednesday, October 26, 2005

The PSP's analog input is not a traditional stick, but a sliding flat panel; its odd placement originally led to speculation it was a speaker. Concerns existed regarding the practicality of the input (its position requires a slightly asymmetrical grip on the unit to adequately use, with the left hand being lower than the right.) While it is used in the same way as the analog thumbstick of a modern console, the resistance springs are calibrated differently: they are softer, making quick, coarse adjustments a bit easier, but fine-grained ones a bit more difficult.

Sony had delayed the European launch (originally set for March) to meet demand from other regions. The PSP will be launched in South Korea on May 2, 2005; followed by a joint launch in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan on May 12, 2005.

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Officially, the parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly (; Choego Inmin Hoeui), is the highest

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Besides her acting and humanitarian endeavors, Jolie also worked as a professional model in London, New York and Los Angeles and appeared in numerous music videos including those of Meat Loaf, Lenny Kravitz, and the Rolling Stones.

As the system firmware is upgradable, Sony has not ruled out support for other audio and video codecs in the future; these would have to be decoded in software rather than hardware (just as AVC, MP3, and ATRAC decoding are). It is also technically feasible for a third party to release a disk of decoders (on UMD format) to play back unsupported video files (from Memory Stick).

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The 2003 version of Astro Boy, despite being a Tezuka creation, was also very well animated as Sony claims to have spent three times as much per episode compared to other series.

The iPod can be put into Firewire Disk Mode, in which it behaves like a Firewire hard drive without any of the additional iPod functionality. On a 3G or earlier iPod, reset it then hold the Previous and Next buttons until the display reads Disk Mode. On a click-wheel iPod, hold Select and Play/Pause. Reset the unit again to return it to normal functionality.

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A handful of titles, including three U.S. launch games and an as-of-yet untitled MMORPG, have been announced which use this wireless network functionality. Packet tunneling systems are in development by third-parties which allow any Wi-fi game to operate across the Internet (see external links, below).

Pressure: Espresso is made with pressurised hot water and is the basis for many coffee drinks, or can be served alone (often after an evening meal). It is one of the strongest forms of coffee regularly drunk and has a distinctive flavour and crema.

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The first incarnation of iPod functioned solely as a music player. Later firmware upgrades added some PDA functions: the unit can store a copy of information from the Address Book and iCal applications on the user's Mac, and can also display notes, though users cannot edit any of this information on the iPod.

Oxenhope is a town in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, near Keighley. It is the terminus for the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

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Pressure: Espresso is made with pressurised hot water and is the basis for many coffee drinks, or can be served alone (often after an evening meal). It is one of the strongest forms of coffee regularly drunk and has a distinctive flavour and crema.

Other merchandise includes clothing for men and a cologne line for men due for release in winter 2004/05.

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The iPodLinux project has expended some effort into getting Linux to run on iPods, with some success. A SourceForge project exists for the effort, and guides exist online.

North Korea's government is dominated by the communist Korean Workers' Party (KWP), to which all government officials belong. Minor political parties exist, but not in opposition to KWP-rule. In practice the exact power structure of the country is somewhat unclear.

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Metal Gear Solid, commonly abbreviated as MGS, is a stealth-based game developed by Konami and first published for the PlayStation game console in 1998. It is the third (canonical) game in the Metal Gear series and was produced and directed by Hideo Kojima, with artwork by Yoji Shinkawa.

The 1990s and 2000s saw the increased acceptance of anime in overseas markets. Cowboy Bebop was widely popular in Japan and attracted attention in the West. Spirited Away shared the first prize at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2003, and Innocence: Ghost in the Shell was featured at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

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Biggs and Wedge: minor characters in the game. Their names are a reference to minor characters in the original Star Wars movie who assist Luke Skywalker in the final assault on the Death Star. They appear in Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, and Final Fantasy X. They also make a guest appearance in Square's Chrono Trigger, looking as they did in Final Fantasy VI.

North Korea's government is dominated by the communist Korean Workers' Party (KWP), to which all government officials belong. Minor political parties exist, but not in opposition to KWP-rule. In practice the exact power structure of the country is somewhat unclear.

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Sanctum is a two-player computer collectible card game, played exclusively online against human opponents. It runs only on the Windows operating system.

Anime is often an explicitly commercial art form; producers and marketers aim for very specific audiences, with focused categories for shonen (boys) and shojo (girls) genres, as well as for teenagers and adults.

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