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 Kembali ke masa-masa akhir tahun di Amerika selalu ada ketidaksetujuan ungkapan. Jika kita cermat melihat tayangan iklan di berbagai Media terutama Televisi dan di tempat-tempat umum, sebagian besar ‘ogah’ menyebut Merry Christmas, sebagai gantinya mereka lebih cenderung mengucapkan Happy Holiday, Mengapa hal ini terjadi ? Siapapun rasanya sudah akrab dengan kedua istilah tersebut. Ungkapan Merry Christmas sudah identik dengan perayaan Natal dan Tutup Tahun. Ungkapan Merry Christmas menjadi ajang perdebatan dengan alasan Politically Correct atau Politically Correctness. Istilah Politically Correct itu sendiri adalah suatu istilah yang dipergunakan pada Suatu Negara yang Bahasa Utamanya adalah Bahasa Inggris untuk menjelaskan batasan-batasan bahasa dan ungkapan yang dipakai saat berdiskusi umum yang biasanya mempengaruhi Ideologi Politik atau kebudayaan umum. Menyebutkan Selamat Natal bagi yang tidak merayakan bisa menyinggung perasaan. Namun di Negara Etnis multi kultural dan bebas seperti Amerika ini untuk urusan Ideologi dan Agama masih cukup peka. Kalau di Indonesia istilah Selamat hari Natal sepertinya tidak terlalu diperdebatkan, setidaknya sampai saat ini. Belum ada yang mengusulkan ide mengganti ungkapan Selamat Hari Natal menjadi selamat Hari Libur, Ini mungkin karena rasa toleransi umat beragama Indonesia lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan Amerika. Entahlah, Rakyat Amerika sudah terbiasa hidup secara kritis. Pokoknya kalau menurut mereka sesuatu yang tidak layak ya harus diperjuangkan agar yang tak layak tidak ada lagi. Bagaimana sebaliknya dengan pihak-pihak yang merayakannya ? mereka tentu saja akan ‘sakit hati’ sebab peristiwa Natal sungguh bermakna. Umat kristiani pasti tahu secara jelas mengenai peristiwa Natal tersebut. Dengan alasan Politically Correct, pihak yang tidak ikutan Prosesi Natal keberatan dengan ungkapan Merry Christmas, mereka lebih senang kalau disapa Happy Holiday. Sebaliknya umat Kristiani Amerika jika pada Hari Natal disapa Happy Holiday juga cemberut. Pasalnya mereka menganggap kesakralan hari Natal tersebut ‘dibunuh ‘ begitu saja. Sebagai petugas kasir pada saat-saat mereka memilih diam dan tidak menyebutkan apa-apa selain Thank You, Have a nice day dan lain-lain yang bersifat universal, untuk jaga amanlah kira-kira jawabannya kalau ditanya. Entah apa yang terjadi jika Pemerintah Amerika membredel istilah Christmas yang dianggap bisa mempengaruhi Ideologi/Agama. Yang pasti dari pihak pendukung akan tidak tinggal diam, Mereka akan berusaha mempertahankannya. Sekarang ini saja lagu We wish you a merry christmas sudah banyak yang mengganti liriknya menjadi We wish you a happy holiday. Coba bayangkan apakah nanti akan ada istilah ‘Merry Holiday’ atau para penjaja Pohon Natal memajang ‘Holiday Trees’ ?. Kalau di Indonesia menjadi ‘Pohon Libur’ khan terdengar aneh. Kita bisa busungkan dada bangga di Negeri kita tidak ada masalah dengan slogan atau ucapan natal di media-media, dan tidak ada /jangan ada yang melakukan aksi politik untuk memprotes istilah ucapan natal. Namun kekayaan Bahasa Indonesia bisa menyempurnakannya dengan menambahkan kalimat ‘bagi yang merayakannya’ dan agar lebih aman . Ho Ho Ho.
*BUMI/Berita Untuk Masyarakat Indonesia di Philadelphia*

PlayStation 3 San Francisco Launch We go mingle with the crowd at the massive launch event in downtown San Francisco. By Adam Pavlacka 17 Nov 2006
ADVERTISEMENT After months of anticipation, hype, and rumors, the PlayStation 3 is finally here. If you happened to have a spare $9,000 burning a hole in your pocket you could have grabbed one off eBay, but the majority of gamers who scored a system last night did it the old fashioned way... waiting in line. More than 700 hardcore fans braved the cold and the rain to camp out for two days outside Sony's flagship PlayStation store in San Francisco. Some were no doubt hoping for a big score on eBay, but many just wanted to get their hands on a coveted system any way they could.
"The pre-orders were gone and I told myself that if I ever had a second chance at this thing I was going to go full force at it," said Thomas Wright, a 27-year-old fan from Pittsburgh, CA. "When you do that, you get results."
Although some fans had been milling about on Wednesday night, the "official" line didn't get its start until 8:00 AM yesterday which is when 21-year-old Chris Toribio of San Francisco claimed the number one spot in queue.
"I don't think any of us slept," said Toribio. "We brought junk food and tons of soda. This is my first campout and the experience over the last two days has been great."
Early on there was some issue with line management, but Toribio and friends helped keep things sorted thanks to a handy notebook.
"Our line almost got angry at another mob trying to sneak in, so we created a list," said Toribio. "Everyone followed it, everyone cooperated. It made everyone calm down and made them realize, 'There's no reason to get angry, you're going to get a PS3, so chill.'"
Waiting in line for two days might sound like a boring prospect to some, but Sony did its part to ensure that fans weren't figuratively left out in the cold -- even if the weather was a bit more literal. The company provided complimentary meals to line sitters as well as live entertainment. More than two months of planning went into this one night according to Patrick Seybold, senior PR manager of hardware at SCEA.
"We felt tonight was finally a night to not only get the fans their hands on it, but really reward them for their patience," said Seybold. "There's nothing really like a retail midnight sale like this."
Despite rumors to the contrary, Seybold confirmed that Sony not only shipped its promised 400,000 units across country for tonight's sale, but the company was committed to delivering on its promise of a million units by the end of the year. That's good news for those that are cringing at current eBay prices.
"We're still seeing a 400,000 unit launch tonight," said Seybold. "We're also air shipping in 100,000 units every week between now and the end of the year to make that million by December 31st."
One of the highlights of the night was a live musical performance by "Angels and Airwaves." Sony shut down a section of 4th Street, smack in the center of downtown San Francisco, and rolled out a concert stage so the band could perform for the crowd. Large monitors (and equally large speakers) ensured that everyone had a good seat no matter what their place in line. As it turns out, the band members were just as dedicated to the PlayStation as the fans in the crowd.
"The easiest thing for me to play is PSP, so I play a lot of ATV Fury and Hotshots," said David Kennedy, guitarist for Angels and Airwaves. "A few of us have one so we can sit around and link them all up and just geek out for hours."
In terms of distance traveled, the band members probably came the furthest -- they flew in from New Jersey and flew out to Rhode Island -- but they weren't about to leave empty handed. The band wouldn't agree to perform at the event until Sony guaranteed them a system."
"This sounds goofy, but I said, 'I'll do it, but they have to include a PlayStation 3,'" said Kennedy. "I will kick my ass to get here if I can get a hold of that system. We were very motivated to get here and play."
The hardcore spirit extended all the way through the line to the very end where Nathan Chiu, a student at UC Davis was the last person to be guaranteed a system.
PLAYSTATION 3, disingkat PS3) adalah konsol Sony generasi ketujuh. PlayStation 3 adalah penerus dari PlayStation dan PlayStation 2 dan akan bersaing dengan Xbox 360 dari Microsoft dan Wii dari Nintendo.
PlayStation 3 dirilis di Jepang pada tanggal 11 November 2006 tepat pukul tujuh, dan akan dirilis pada tanggal 17 November 2006 di Amerika Utara (Amerika Serikat dan Kanada), Hong Kong dan Taiwan, dan 1 atau 7 Maret 2007 di Eropa dan Australasia, dan wilayah PAL lainnya. PlayStation 3 akan dirilis dengan 2 konfigurasi (versi 60GB dan 20GB). PlayStation 3 secara respi diperkenalkan kepada dunia pada tanggal 16 Mei 2005 di E3. Konfigurasi final pertama dipertunjukkan di Tokyo Game Show 2006.
Teknologi terbaru yang digunakan adalah cell processornya, tipe prosesor yang benar-benar dioptimalkan untuk melakukan operasi floating point. Berbeda dengan prosesor desktop pada umumnya, kemampuan cell processor PS3 untuk melakukan operasi floating point sangat baik. Kemampuan cell processor untuk melakukan operasi floating point sangat baik karena cell processor merupakan arsitektur vektor processor. Selain itu GPU dibuat sendiri bekerjasama dengan NVidia untuk jelasnya informasi di : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3
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