Nintendo set the standard in 1990 with the SNES. Microsoft broke it in 2001 with the Xbox.
I’m an electrical engineer living in Los Angeles, CA.
Nintendo set the standard in 1990 with the SNES. Microsoft broke it in 2001 with the Xbox.
I’ve read and enjoyed a lot of Stross’s work. Some of my favorites are Palimpsest, Colder War, Singularity Sky, Nightmare Stacks, and Accelerando.
Again, thanks for making the connection. I wanted to show the story to a friend, but the details I could remember weren’t much use for a web search.
That’s it! Thank you so much!!
I found this podcast which matches the title and author. However, it’s about monkeys, not a spaceship. Thank you for trying?
Do not cite the deep magic to me, OP, I was there when it was released.
Good advice, but is this a meme?
Incentives like this are tricky. You can reduce the numbers by fixing the problem, or by sweeping it all under the rug. Guess which is easier to do on a quarterly basis?
There’s a song about this. (Different ancient creature, but the principle is the same.)
ELI5: How is this a science meme?
Technically correct, i.e., the best kind of correct.
NES only has two buttons, but it did establish the “A on the right” norm. The SNES established the four-button diamond labeled A, B, X, and Y.