Gohan\'s Response
1)Sony should drop the price of the console to combat the GCN\'s price and delay some AAA games until around the GCN/XBox launch
2)Vector units can be zoomed in on extremely far without becoming distorted and breaking up.
(Not too sure if this is right; but I do know about vector based graphics for the web and I assume they are pretty much the same )
3)OK, I am going to assume that you want 4 cups together and not 4 separate cups.
You first fill the 5-cup container to the max. Pour water from the 5-cup into the 3-cup until the 3-cup is full. Empty the 3-cup and pour the remaining water from the 5-cup into the 3-cup. Refill the 5-cup to the max and pour water from the 5-cup into the 3-cup until it is full. You should then have 4-cups in the 5-cup container.
I hope that made sense.
EmperorRob\'s response[/u]
To be successfull against Nintendo and Microsoft now, Sony needs to do what they\'ve always done: Provide a large and diverse selection of games that appeal to a wide range of gamers.
The vector unit inside the Playstation2 is used in the generation of graphics from the Emotion Engine; particularly in the form of T&L, Transformation and Lighting, or TCL, Transformation, Clipping, and Lighting. In any case, a new company called Sprice Constructors has just developed some new software tools, ProDG for PlayStation 2 Version 1.2, that should allows PS2 developers to take better advantage of the PS2\'s vector unit.
Fill the 5-cup containter. Pour the water from the 5-cup containter into the 3-cup container until it\'s full. What you have left in the 5-cup container is now 2 cups of water (5-3=2). Pour this remaining 2 cups into a bowl. Repeat once more and you have 4 cups of water in a bowl/pitcher.
Faithdies\'s Response
1)What would Sony\'s smartest move be to counter the X-Box/Gamecube release?
The best thing Sony could do to, to counter both the Xbox and the GameCube would be to do a price drop, and launching thier online network.Also, they could release some really good games.
2)What purpose do the vector units serve?
I believe the vector Units allow you to do multiple effects without destroying the VRAM. For example, you could put textures into one and particle effects into the other.
(die hard fans will feel right at home)
3)A recipe calls for 4 cups of water. You have only a 3-cup and a 5-cup container. How can you measure out four cups of water?
Watch Die Hard 3 much? Fill the 5 cup. Pour the five cups into the three cup giving you 3 in the 3 and 2 in the 5. Pour out the three, and the put the 2 from the 5 into the three. Then refill the 5 and fill the three to the top giving you 3 in the 3 and 4 in the 5.
kopking\'s response
1) make the games cheaperr, lower the cost of the ps2, sell it with a free memory card, release more games, get games released quicker when changed from ntsc to pal, more better games, excellent advertising, making ther products better
2) i think it makes the graphics smoother, but ill get back to you on tis one
3) get the 5 cups full and pour it into the 3 cups full, when the 3 cups full is completely filled there will be 2 cups full left in the cup/jugetc. simpley do this twice
5 pour into 3 leaving 2 cups left, x2= 4 cups full
politiepet\'s response[/u]
1. games games games, it\'s all about games, they gotta release games like ff10, mgs2 etc etc etc at launch and at the same time lower the price of the ps2 to take in the people that don\'t know what to choose
2. the vector units are of course to be able to make good games, but the answer you were probably really looking for is they are there to make the console more flexible, by letting them work together and dividing the tasks between vector units (vu0 and vu1) and the cpu you can get optimal performance.
3. fill up 3, put the 3 in 5, fill up 3 again and put it in 5 till 5 is full, now you have 1 in 3 and 5 in 5, throw away the 5 in 5 and put the 1 that\'s in 3 in the 5, now fill up the 3 again and put them in 5, tadaa!!! 3+1=4, I hope that\'s clear
FatalXception\'s response[/u]
1. The smartest thing Sony can do would be two-fold. They need to lower the cost of the PS2 by 100 bucks (US) about a 2-4 weeks before the box launches. At the same time, promote the high recognition games, FFX, MGS2, and GT3. If possible, take the best selling games, and lower their prices (platinum status), like onimusha, DOA2, ZOE, etc...
2. THIS IS LONG, YOU CAN EDIT MINE DOWN IF YOU WANT (I did a lot of research, the bold part is my "condenced answer"):
The VU can be divided into two independent, 128-bit SIMD/VLIW vector processing units, VU0 and VU1. These units, though they\'re microarchitecturally identical, are each intended to fill a specific role.
Though the roles of the components were fixed by the PS2\'s designers, the overall design is still quite flexible. You divvy up an application\'s work amongst the teams however you like. The VUO and FPU has a 128 bit bus directly to the CPU so it doesn\'t have to go through the slower main bus. The VU1 has a simmilar dedicated path to the GIF. For instance, the CPU/FPU/VU0 group can generate display lists and do geometry processing in parallel with VU1, so both groups can send display lists to the GIF at the same time.
This flexibility allows developers to customize the process of generating/rendering the 3D environment to suit the needs of the application you\'re working with.
3. Here are the steps to get 4 units:
Fill 5JUG, pour into 3JUG. (5-3=2)
Dump 3JUG.
Pour the 2 in 5JUG into 3JUG.
Fill 5JUG.
Pour 5JUG into 3JUG till full (5-1=4).
Now you will have 4 in the 5JUG
*)PhoeniX(*\'s response[/u]
1. To make the 40 gig hdd really cheap.
2.uhm am i gonna be voted for not knowing this?
3.writing the answer is too long. but i do know.........honest
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Here are two solutions to the riddle:
I.
Fill the 3-cup container and pour it into the 5-cup container.
Fill the 3-cup container again and from it fill the 5-cup container, leaving 1 cup of water in the 3-cup container.
Empty the 5-cup container and pour the remaining cup from the 3-cup container into it.
Now fill the 3-cup container and add it to the 1 cup that is already in the 5-cup container.
The result is the desired 4 cups.
II.
Fill the 5-cup container.
Fill up the 3-cup container using the water in the 5-cup container, leaving 2 cups in the 5-cup container.
Empty the 3-cup container.
Pour the remaining 2 cups from the 5-cup container into the 3-cup container.
Fill the 5-cup container again.
Pour water from the 5-cup container into the 3-cup container (that already has 2 cups of water in it) until the 3-cup container is full.
Now, 4 cups of water remain in the 5-cup container
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