Chris Kohler has created this Venn diagram to try to better explain which of the four Playstation 3 models have which features. If it seems confusing, it's because it is.
I know it's just the context tickling me, but why hasn't anyone made a game based around Venn diagrams? It seems like there could be a game in there. Perhaps a really boring game.
Diagram: Comparing The PlayStation 3 Models [Game|Life]
"Why would you need to add zero?..."
"Wal-Mart is every bit as bad as K-Mart...."
"My cachet, let me show it to you, err......"
"Ever since the PowerBooks disappeared and were repla..."
"It's not as bad as Kmart..."
"Oh, and @Not A Doktor: That low class is perceived ..."
"I've seen iPods at Costco and I think Sam's Club (Wa..."
"People* always look down on walmart as being low cla..."
"The iPods retain their packaging and are in their ow..."
"They have the iPods in a special display case, as I ..."
"I have one of those copper octopus-looking head mass..."
"Oh, come on Rob. Don't tell me the upcoming promise ..."
"Thanks for the link-love, John! One reason this do..."
"The funny thing about the EULA is that it's the same..."
"Love ya too, iJoel :D FWIW, 64% of my latest commen..."
"WalMart sells iPods already, does it not? Are they ..."
"At first I was filled with fear and went to go hug m..."
"The NeoCube is composed of 216 individual high-energ..."
"I just tried to install Spore on it and got nothing...."
"iPhone jumps the shark...."
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It's confusing because it's backwards. It's the circles that should represent attributes and individual entities should live in the segments, not the other way around.
There is a sub game for one of the shows on pbskids.com that I saw my daughter playing this weekend. It makes you sort animals by their attributes, pink animals in the left pen, 2 footed animals in the right, and pink 2 footed animals in the intersection of the pens. And animals that dont fit go outside the 3 pens.
"Mommy why is daddy freaking out about the Venn diagrams in my zoo game?"
Ill try and track it down tonight.
Its a sad statement when I go "Damn, why didn't someone do this diagram earlier, and is there an X-box version?"
What is the deal with Americans and Venn diagrams? Why don't I see people getting excited about scatter graphs or pie charts? What is so special about Venn diagrams? Did your teachers make you use up your favourite crayon colours or something?
This really brings it home how screwed up the PS3 lineup is regarding the backwards compatibility situation.
"Limited backwards compatibility" and no compatibility at all are pretty much the same in my book. Especially since you don't have any guarantee that the PS2 games you own will ever work.
I agree with tubman. This is a ridiculous way to visualize this data.
What is the deal with jackasses who have to comment on Americans' interest in something anytime anyone posts anything anywhere on the internets? Why don't I see you commenting on the proclivities of the Burmese or Finnish on websites? What is so special about American desires? Did your mother not let you talk about Americans or something?
Also, tubman is correct.
Tubman is NOT correct people. This doesn't change the fact that this Venn diagram is sloppy. :P
The point to understand is that the "individual entity/attribute" distinction is not an absolute rule.
Venn diagrams are entirely arbitrary. You can define any given set however you please, the overlapping portions being where the sets intersect - that is the only real rule.
Joflow: I was honestly curious. Trying to be funny sounding like trolling again. Sorry Internets.
@#8: You misunderstand me. I'm not saying this is a bad Venn diagram, I'm saying it's a bad diagram, and it would be better (in the sense that it would convey information instead of confusion) if it were arranged differently.
Despite your assertion, a fundamental rule of Venn diagrams is that they contain 2^n zones, where n is the number of sets. This diagram does not respect that (and you can't make a 4 set Venn diagram using only circles anyway), ergo it's not a Venn diagram.
It's actually a Euler diagram.
"I Spy Challenger" for the Game Boy Advance contained a Venn Euler Diagram-based minigame. In the game, a series of rings containing assorted small toys would scroll by while you decided where to drop a new toy. Got a red truck? Let's see... That ring contains red items, and that other ring contains rolling toys, so I need to drop the red truck at the intersection of the rings. Repeat, repeat, repeat.