Nintendo. It is the third iteration of the Nintendo DS, and its primary
market rival is Sony's PlayStation Portable. Development of the DSi
began in late 2006, and the handheld was first unveiled during a 2008
Nintendo conference in Tokyo. While the DSi's design is similar to that
of the DS Lite, it features two digital cameras and also connects to an
online store called the Nintendo DSi Shop. The DSi is approximately 12%
shorter than the DS Lite when closed, but it is slightly wider and
lighter. The DSi also has a larger RAM and faster CPU. All DS games are
compatible with the DSi, except those that require the Game Boy Advance
slot. Because of its absence, the DSi is not backward compatible with
GBA Game Paks or with accessories that require the GBA slot, such as the
DS Rumble Pak and the Guitar Hero: On Tour series guitar grip. The
Nintendo DSi received generally positive reviews. Critics praised many
of the console's changes to the DS Lite's aesthetics and functionality,
but complained that it launched with insufficient exclusive software. A
larger version of the DSi, the Nintendo DSi XL, was released in 2009.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DSi>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1566:
A covenant of nobles in the Habsburg Netherlands presented
Governor Margaret of Parma a petition to suspend the Spanish Inquisition
in the Netherlands.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_Nobles>
1722:
Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen became the first European to
land on Easter Island.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island>
1862:
American Civil War: Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army
of the Potomac engaged Confederate forces led by Maj. Gen. John B.
Magruder at the Battle of Yorktown in Yorktown, Virginia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown_(1862)>
1958:
In one of the first live Canadian national television
broadcasts, Ripple Rock, an underwater mountain in Discovery Passage,
British Columbia, was destroyed in a planned explosion.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_Rock>
1998:
Japan's Akashi Kaikyō Bridge (pictured), linking Awaji Island
and Kobe, opened to traffic, becoming the longest suspension bridge in
the world to date with a main span length of 1,991 metres (6,532 ft).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashi_Kaiky%C5%8D_Bridge>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
reptilianness:
The quality of the embodiment of reptile characteristics.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reptilianness>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
 Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may
acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more
learned; Yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as
themselves: For they see their own wit at hand, and other men's at a
distance.
--Thomas Hobbes
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes>
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