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Rejected Xbox 360 Prototype Designs
Matt writes "Next-Gen.biz has published the second set of prototype designs that were considered, but ultimately rejected, for the Xbox 360. Note the distinct similarities to the final design actually chosen." I wonder if I'm alone in just wishing that consoles looked like stereo components and fit in my rack without scary balancing acts and lopsided aesthetics. A Gamecube, PS2, and X-Box can not be stacked nicely.
Oh yeah baby. Everytenminutes.com. Last night I got a box from a Young America, MN. What the heck is this? 5 hats, 5 shirts, 10 postcards, and a notification postcard. I had never found the notification location on everytenminutes.com to find out that I won. The hats are one-size fits all (elastic back, very cool), and the T-shirts have the Mountain Dew logo on the front, with "Go ahead, push my buttons. I won at everytenminutes.com" on the back, with a picture of the 360 controller. The postcards are an invitation to an xbox360 party. Since the 360 is released 11/22, I should be receiving mine via overnight next Saturday, along with my requested game - Madden 2006. This r0k5.
Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.
Never forget: 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.
It's " Xbox ".
WHY, despite Microsoft's best marketing efforts, does virtually everyone get this wrong?
It's "Xbox". It's not "X-Box", "X-box", "X Box" or anything else.
Similar mistakes people make that drive me batty:
1) "Apple" is a company. "Mac" is a product-- specifically, a computer architecture. "Mac OS X" is an operating system. It is not called "Macintosh OS", "Apple OS X", "Apple Mac OS", "OS-X", "OSX", "Macintosh OS-X", "OS Ten", "Apple Max OS", "Max Unix OS", or any of the other mangled renderings I've seen online.
Nobody works for "Mac". It's not a company. Saying "my cousin works for Mac" or "I've considered investing in Mac" or "Mac should introduce a new product" is like saying "my cousin works for Explorer" or "I've considered investing in Explorer" or "Explorer should introduce a new product" (where you mean "Ford", maker of the Explorer).
Nobody's computer runs "Mac". It's not an operating system.
2) Say "Windows" when you mean "Windows". Don't say "This game is available for the PC" if it will not run on my Debian-running "PCs".
3) Likewise, nobody ports games "to the Mac". They port the games "to Mac OS X". (In the olden days, they ported the games "to Mac OS", and before then, they ported games "to the Macintosh System".)
4) It's "Windows XP", not "XP OS", "WindowsXP", "Microsoft XP", "Windows-XP", or any other such rubbish.
5) "Microsoft" is a company, not an office suite or an operating system. "This computer runs Microsoft" is a nonsensical statement.
I'm sure I'll get modded down for this. I'm willing to. This is Slashdot; we're supposed to be geeks. We're supposed to know the meanings and correct uses of computer terms, including proper nouns. Writing properly isn't just something you're supposed to do in school.
I could excuse this sort of stuff from Taiwanese manufacturers of bargain-basement computer parts. (And even they should have the basic self-respect to hire a native English speaker to edit their goddamned manuals.) However, I cannot excuse this from any geeky, high-IQ, native-born American, British, Canadian (excluding the Quebecois), Australian (excluding the Aborigines), or New Zealander (excluding the Maori). (Exceptions granted to the dyslexic, the blind, etc. The rest of you should fucking know better.)
With spending like this, exactly what are "conservatives" conserving?