Just a few hours ago I said that you couldn’t fix the error 801050F on your own. Looks like I was wrong. Some guy claims that you only have to open your PS3, disconnect the battery for a few minutes, stick it back in and you’re fine. Sounds very nice if you’re adventurous and don’t care about opening your PS3 system. I don’t know for certain but I’m pretty sure you’ll lose your warranty so it is safer to wait for Sony’s fix to arrive. If you absolutely can’t wait, that seems to be the way to go!
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The PS3 error code 8001050F is wreaking havoc on the Playstation Network. Apparently, this problem is caused by a bug in the clock functionality and affects models other than the new slim PS3 (120/250 GB models). According to some reports in a number of forums some “fat” PS3s have worked ok.
If you are affected, date and time settings have been re-set to January 1st, 2000. This prevents you from signing in to PSN with the error message “An error has occurred. You have been signed out of PlayStation Network (8001050F)”. Your trophies will also not display correctly or fail to sync.
You can’t fix it. Sony probably stores some form of date in UTC format, then modifying it according to your timezone to get whatever you see on your on-screen clock. If it won’t fix itself, we’ll need a firmware update which we will probably have to install manually from USB stick (I don’t really think so but always expect the worst). Changing the system date manually won’t change anything at all.
What did Sony have to say about the issue? Not much but they do advise us to “not use the PS3 system, as doing so may result in errors in some functionality, such as recording obtained trophies, and not being able to restore certain data”.
Over the last few days I’ve tried a new Firefox extension called After the Deadline. This extension is a grammar, style, and spell checker which does a better job than the built-in proofreading mechanism in Firefox. Actually, I’ve always considered OSpell for Opera far superior and I desperately wanted the same features in Firefox. Until recently no extension or user script could offer the same functionality.
With the introduction of After the Deadline things changed. It’s unobtrusive and it doesn’t slow down Firefox (Yes, I’ve already decreased the value of extensions.spellcheck.inline.max-misspellings to 50 or so). Anyway, AtD provides a small icon in the lower right corner of text areas which you click to check the text it contains. It also has a nice options dialog and the latest version (1.11) fixes a few bugs. Check it out!
Most of us will already know that a Karate Kid remake – The Karate Kid – is in the works and slated for a June 11 release. Jaden Smith plays the 12-year-old kid Dre Parker whose mother’s latest career move has landed him in China. Of course, he’s not even remotely as popular there as he was in good old Detroit. Some kid beats him up but he is rescued by maintenance man Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) who will teach Dre the kung fu. Wait, did you read that correctly? Kung fu? Why the hell is this remake about kung fu and not karate even though the title says otherwise?
Well, Dre of course knows a little karate which is way too little to stand up against the class bully. The latest international trailer also shows that Dre is called “the karate kid” by the bully. Apparently, that’s it. Dre will no doubt master kung fu and will defeat his enemy in the tournament, obviously. I don’t especially like the plot but I think I’m going to watch it anyway.
