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Designer Builds Coffin For Xbox's Suffering RROD
angry tapir writes "The Xbox 360 RROD coffin was created by Aussie designer Alexis Vanamois, and it does exactly what it says on the tin. It's the ultimate final resting place for 'bricked' Xbox 360 consoles that have suffered the Red Ring of Death; it even has a cavity for your controller!"
Buying a coffin makes sense for burial, but what about cremation? Ridiculous. Watch this clip of "Bullshit" by Penn & Teller, especially the last two minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i4JdUNimEA
If there's no way to get a Xbox360 new (i.e. we're already on the next generation Xbox 3), then I certainly wouldn't bury it. I'd sell my broken unit on Ebay. Lots of people like to buy things for either parts or the challenge of repair. EXAMPLE: When my Compaq DVD died, I bought a broken laptop for 10 bucks and ripped out the DVD player. Now my laptop is working again. Maybe someone would want a RROD 360 for the same reason.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
A search turns up numbers ranging from 15% (TGdaily) to 30% (retailers' reports) to 54% (user surveys). I suspect the Retailer stat is the most accurate. If 1/3rd of Xbox 360's are failing that is FAR, far worse than the failure rate that existed with the original PS2 (and that was pretty bad). LINK - http://www.bing.com/search?q=xbox+360+failure+rate
The lowest is the Nintendo Wii console at only 3%.
FOX NEWS.com should be BANNED from television and internet. Have the Congress take it over and give us Truespeak.
Nothing is wrong with Toyota automobiles. It's the people driving them. Otherwise, they should ban all automobiles from roads for safety reasons. For the other problem, I wouldn't point only at Toyota. If they do it, most likely, all manufactures have hidden known problems. My old Nissan 300SX Turbo was a great example of a fine car onto which they stuck a turbo which essentially screwed-up the entire exhaust system. Today, there are practically no more cars with turbos (except for a few exceptions). I paid to fix the problems, not Nissan.
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