From googling: less than 1% for the PS3 and Wii. The older 360 models had a failure rate of 30% and the newer ones 16%. I assume the figures are after one year, it wasn't generally stated.
Even after I explained to him how it works he was still thinking about it. Why? Cause he considers himself smarter than the guy doing the scheme.
Absolutely right. That's a key element in many scams; they're set up so that the 'mark' feels that they're the one doing the conning.
For example, if you've seen any 491 scam emails you'll notice that they're all spelled badly and try to come across as being reliant upon the recipient. It's an effort to come across as being helpless and desperate, an easy target as well as easy money. How many of the people who fell for those scams really intended to give the majority of the money back to their Nigerian princes?
I thought the same, but I thought I'd look up the figures anyway. The 360 leads in total sales, but surprisingly, they seem to be doing almost identically in terms of sales rate. As far as I can tell the 360 only leads because it was released earlier.
The figures:
PS3: 21 million units sold in 30 months = 700,000 per month.
360: 29 million units sold in 42 months = 690,000 per month.
Still, they're both loss leaders so I wouldn't call either one a resounding success. That accolade goes to the Wii, which is sold for a profit and has sales amounting to the PS3 and 360 combined.
...And then I remembered I was reading Slashdot, so they really don't. Surrender Frenchies, welcome all 640k of your new hot grit overlords. That should be enough for anybody.
At someone point, some other guys slid laws through on the same deal. Look at the absurd things the US does - the Patriot Act, Obama's "bailout" plans, that nobody ever reads, but people vote on.
You call out this stupid bullshit, but then defend it with an ad hominem, saying the opposition is just being 'sour'. I'm not seeing a coherent point here. Are you actually saying that cheating the democratic process is okay because other people do it too? What are you trying to say?
This whole proposition seems like flawed logic to me. It's like saying "air is odorless, so let's wrap a fart in a small bubble of air, so it won't stink up the room".
I think we need to wrap your analogy in a bubble of air...
They're already spread everywhere, it's not like 4chan is isolated. They just don't act as retarded outside of it, since it's not part of the 'culture' elsewhere. It's more like a retardation outlet than a source.
Well maybe you shouldn't have taken it as truth without a second thought. The point of the day is made: learn from your gullibility and employ some skepticism next time.
I mean, come on... Slashdot is unreliable to begin with and you should know this by now. Firefox plugins and renderer in IE didn't raise any doubts?
On my Hotmail account, I get a couple of spams per month. Typically they're from friends of mine who sign up for crap like Myspace, automatically spamming me with invites.
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From googling: less than 1% for the PS3 and Wii. The older 360 models had a failure rate of 30% and the newer ones 16%. I assume the figures are after one year, it wasn't generally stated.
Even after I explained to him how it works he was still thinking about it. Why? Cause he considers himself smarter than the guy doing the scheme.
Absolutely right. That's a key element in many scams; they're set up so that the 'mark' feels that they're the one doing the conning.
For example, if you've seen any 491 scam emails you'll notice that they're all spelled badly and try to come across as being reliant upon the recipient. It's an effort to come across as being helpless and desperate, an easy target as well as easy money. How many of the people who fell for those scams really intended to give the majority of the money back to their Nigerian princes?
Scammers often sell drives which report twice the space they actually have. Maybe you got a dud?
Someone posted above that their feet are self-cleaning. He cited Wikipedia which cites this.
If true, it could be a very useful material.
Now my mind is filled images of swarming sticky-footed Big Dog robots.
daylight saving time updates till 2014?
Doesn't it just ask an NTP server for the time? I don't think that'll be an issue.
I thought the same, but I thought I'd look up the figures anyway. The 360 leads in total sales, but surprisingly, they seem to be doing almost identically in terms of sales rate. As far as I can tell the 360 only leads because it was released earlier.
The figures:
PS3: 21 million units sold in 30 months = 700,000 per month.
360: 29 million units sold in 42 months = 690,000 per month.
Still, they're both loss leaders so I wouldn't call either one a resounding success. That accolade goes to the Wii, which is sold for a profit and has sales amounting to the PS3 and 360 combined.
Boy, those jokes never get old!
...And then I remembered I was reading Slashdot, so they really don't. Surrender Frenchies, welcome all 640k of your new hot grit overlords. That should be enough for anybody.
At someone point, some other guys slid laws through on the same deal. Look at the absurd things the US does - the Patriot Act, Obama's "bailout" plans, that nobody ever reads, but people vote on.
You call out this stupid bullshit, but then defend it with an ad hominem, saying the opposition is just being 'sour'. I'm not seeing a coherent point here. Are you actually saying that cheating the democratic process is okay because other people do it too? What are you trying to say?
This whole proposition seems like flawed logic to me. It's like saying "air is odorless, so let's wrap a fart in a small bubble of air, so it won't stink up the room".
I think we need to wrap your analogy in a bubble of air...
Scientists figure out how honeybees fly
Although you do need to sew up all the holes the damn thing pokes in your socks.
It'll be easy. Nobody reads legislation, right? So nobody will untick the box that installs her as overlord. :D
Dear lord. Nice user page there Taco...
They're already spread everywhere, it's not like 4chan is isolated. They just don't act as retarded outside of it, since it's not part of the 'culture' elsewhere. It's more like a retardation outlet than a source.
That's my take on it, at least.
Because the name would be even worse than 'Colbert'? Sup guys, just heading over to the Coke module...
You think it's any more reliable any other day? Barely...
Speaking of reality TV, there was a British show called Space Cadets that reminds me of this.
Pro tip: the media isn't much more reliable any other day of the year.
Watch out, he's trying to catch you off guard!
by the way, isn't it already April 1 in Ireland?
[liar paradox] Yes. [/liar paradox]
Well maybe you shouldn't have taken it as truth without a second thought. The point of the day is made: learn from your gullibility and employ some skepticism next time.
I mean, come on... Slashdot is unreliable to begin with and you should know this by now. Firefox plugins and renderer in IE didn't raise any doubts?
I get absolutely none on my Gmail account.
On my Hotmail account, I get a couple of spams per month. Typically they're from friends of mine who sign up for crap like Myspace, automatically spamming me with invites.
That about sums it up, really. It's unbelievable, is this a day early?
On the other hand, this sort of playground childishness isn't exactly unusual in politics.
No, seriously, at least give it a chance to be useful.
How do you imagine the option to turn it off will in any way interfere with this?