I had my PS3s blue ray player die on me after being unused for six or seven months (after being used only a few times, period), and two friends have had their PS3s simply refuse to power on one day, however both these consoles saw heavy use. I've not heard of the Wii having issues, but both the 360 and PS3 have or atleast had major longevity issues. The 360 I red ringed had seen about fourty hours of use over several years, at best.
What about those of us who decide not to use Windows AV for their recreation boxes and accept getting cornholed every five to ten years as a learning experience? (Last time for me was Sasser unless rage has blocked out a more recent experience)
Has SLI really been so troublesome? My last system warranted a full replacement by the time I was thinking about going SLI, and ended up going with an AMD system and Crossfire instead. I've yet to have an issue gaming with dual monitors outside of a couple games force minimizing everything on the second monitor when activated in full screen mode, but this was fixed by alt tabbing out and back into the client. It may be worth noting however that I've not tried XP in years.
I have to agree. I love the idea of DLC, especially in the case of franchises that I enjoy a lot, such as Bioware's RPGs, Half-Life2, and so on. The problem is that there are very very few examples of a company getting it right. the HL2 episodes have both been excellent, but spread out to the point its long been a joke. Bioware has started to find a better medium with its later packs, Lair of the Shadow Broker was simply excellent and Arrival was interesting if pretty light on character development. On the other hand most of the DLC for Dragon Age Origins wasn't really anything I'd worry about missing even as a self described superfan:P
Also worth noting were the DLC packs for Borderlands, which seemed pretty well received by the community as well.
Tell me about it, in northern Canada where our only real option for broadband and cable is Bell they've been happily milking us dry for years. At the moment I pay $125 a month for a supposed(HA!) 25mbps up, 1 down, and 75 gigs a month with additional bandwidth billed at $10/gig. Given I live with two gamers it's extremely rare for us to pay less than $100 in overage each month, and that assumes none of us watch streaming tv shows or movies.
For the record this is the same company that has had a class action lawsuit brought against them for charging cellular costumers for a 911 service that doesn't work in the north. You call it and are told by a recording to call a local emergency center, last I'd heard they were still fighting that lawsuit, heaven forbid they lose $0.75 a costumer, or spend the money properly routing the calls, why worry about another's ambulance arriving in time...
Oh GTFO. SCEA was pretty obvious to anyone who has a clue, and for the rest of you there's Yahoo News. What we don't need is you angry little pissants raging because you're forced you to open another tab in your browser.
I run a private server for a couple friends and I. It's a great deal of fun to have group builds and long term projects without any set goal. It's not for everyone however. I knew a lot of kids who didn't like Lego, either.
This isn't uncommon in many poor regions of the world. As a child growing up in Newfoundland, Canada I was aware of a couple of townspeople who did the same thing, alongside collecting bottles and so forth.
This is the internet my friend. My personal plan involves wandering off to find a pack of wolves, I will fight and defeat their leader and earn my place in the pack.
Might want to put your dick back in your pants, we get it. You seem to be missing the point however, what you are doing is a legitimate form of advertising which is manageable and from what you say easy to opt out of. If anything shouldn't you be just as pissed off at the present situation? I cannot imagine these criminals are positively impacting your business and assume that spam filters are a detriment to your bottom line.
For what it's worth I do get advertising that I've subscribed to, and absolutely believe that responsible and or clever advertising both online and off is a good thing, the problem lies with those "evil" or antisocial segments.
Happen to remember any specifics? I'm running near the end of my last shift this rotation so my brains a little frazzled and my google-fu has proven weak.
Compare that to my "throwaway" email through Hotmail which has somewhere in the neighborhood of 20,000 unread spam messages which have evaded filtering. Obviously even a minimal amount of effort on my part could eliminate a great deal of the spam, but the point remains that there is a huge amount of it being sent around. Whether we delete it ourselves or have it filtered out for us it is an unnecessary and obnoxious burden that the network bears.
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I had my PS3s blue ray player die on me after being unused for six or seven months (after being used only a few times, period), and two friends have had their PS3s simply refuse to power on one day, however both these consoles saw heavy use. I've not heard of the Wii having issues, but both the 360 and PS3 have or atleast had major longevity issues. The 360 I red ringed had seen about fourty hours of use over several years, at best.
What about those of us who decide not to use Windows AV for their recreation boxes and accept getting cornholed every five to ten years as a learning experience? (Last time for me was Sasser unless rage has blocked out a more recent experience)
Has SLI really been so troublesome? My last system warranted a full replacement by the time I was thinking about going SLI, and ended up going with an AMD system and Crossfire instead. I've yet to have an issue gaming with dual monitors outside of a couple games force minimizing everything on the second monitor when activated in full screen mode, but this was fixed by alt tabbing out and back into the client. It may be worth noting however that I've not tried XP in years.
Worrying about correct spelling, pronunciation or grammar while posting on the internet is much like wearing a suit and tie to a crack den.
Also worth noting were the DLC packs for Borderlands, which seemed pretty well received by the community as well.
And this boys and girls is why you preview posts before submitting, meant to insert a paragraph break, not bold :P
Tell me about it, in northern Canada where our only real option for broadband and cable is Bell they've been happily milking us dry for years. At the moment I pay $125 a month for a supposed(HA!) 25mbps up, 1 down, and 75 gigs a month with additional bandwidth billed at $10/gig. Given I live with two gamers it's extremely rare for us to pay less than $100 in overage each month, and that assumes none of us watch streaming tv shows or movies. For the record this is the same company that has had a class action lawsuit brought against them for charging cellular costumers for a 911 service that doesn't work in the north. You call it and are told by a recording to call a local emergency center, last I'd heard they were still fighting that lawsuit, heaven forbid they lose $0.75 a costumer, or spend the money properly routing the calls, why worry about another's ambulance arriving in time...
Oh GTFO. SCEA was pretty obvious to anyone who has a clue, and for the rest of you there's Yahoo News. What we don't need is you angry little pissants raging because you're forced you to open another tab in your browser.
I believe that's a 100% Natural assumption.
For $30? Heh.
I assume you're both talking about The Orange Box set, and not the episode itself.
I propose we just leave the naysayers on the moon. It would be cheaper than returning the foolish little people.
Ours is on the fritz at the moment, minus twenty in mid April? I think I need to have a talk with whoever is managing the place.
I run a private server for a couple friends and I. It's a great deal of fun to have group builds and long term projects without any set goal. It's not for everyone however. I knew a lot of kids who didn't like Lego, either.
Unable to spend my moderation points due to the witchcraft present in the current layout, but please accept my respect instead.
I just wish they would have stopped working on it when it worked, not so long ago.
This isn't uncommon in many poor regions of the world. As a child growing up in Newfoundland, Canada I was aware of a couple of townspeople who did the same thing, alongside collecting bottles and so forth.
The lady selling me my last processor insisted on using " Ka-Shay" Which I've heard elsewhere, but still makes my hair stand on end ;(
Then stop wasting your time on Slashdot and put on your cape, hero.
Isn't it amazing how food tastes the exact same when it's not served on a hardwood table? ;)
Wut?
This is the internet my friend. My personal plan involves wandering off to find a pack of wolves, I will fight and defeat their leader and earn my place in the pack.
Might want to put your dick back in your pants, we get it. You seem to be missing the point however, what you are doing is a legitimate form of advertising which is manageable and from what you say easy to opt out of. If anything shouldn't you be just as pissed off at the present situation? I cannot imagine these criminals are positively impacting your business and assume that spam filters are a detriment to your bottom line.
For what it's worth I do get advertising that I've subscribed to, and absolutely believe that responsible and or clever advertising both online and off is a good thing, the problem lies with those "evil" or antisocial segments.
Happen to remember any specifics? I'm running near the end of my last shift this rotation so my brains a little frazzled and my google-fu has proven weak.
Compare that to my "throwaway" email through Hotmail which has somewhere in the neighborhood of 20,000 unread spam messages which have evaded filtering. Obviously even a minimal amount of effort on my part could eliminate a great deal of the spam, but the point remains that there is a huge amount of it being sent around. Whether we delete it ourselves or have it filtered out for us it is an unnecessary and obnoxious burden that the network bears.