You didn't read what he said because he DID say he was a "proud owner of one". Look at it again, there's no misquote.
Oh yeah..I don't know of any electronic equipment that doesn't have failures. That's the way it is young man, face the facts. But there's hardly "well documented" evidence of Xbox failures and you know that. You just want to sound like an idiot.
Where are your facts backing up "Generally, hardware doesn't fail within the FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP"? I'd like to see an analysis of that one. See the paragraph above - hardware fails. Ask Playstation 1 owners about it.
I suppose you threw away the $25.00 warranty every Xbox owner received when the regular warranty expired. No wait...you probably didn't bother to fill out the registration card because then they would know who you are! GASP!!!!
Also, where's the proof of this "well documented" problem? I don't see any. Mine works very well after being used heavily since November 15.
Now, why don't you quit lying Mr. "proud owner of one"?
Sounds like someone let their little boy on the computer without monitoring him....
Antimated icons? What are they? Oh, probably something KDE will have in it next release. Always playing catchup...tsk tsk.
What is a moran? Someone using Lynx is my guess.
we wiil sue the crap out of your two bit good for nothing company for violatiing the GPL - ooooooohh..the big bad GPL...too bad I can't remember any high profile cases of GPL abuse..probably because no one cares about it! BTW - Netscape had lots more money than the "open source" community and look how far suing Microsoft got them.
Go play with your Spades, Hearts or Minesweeper - right. And you go play what...clones of the exact same games? Right! Because open source is always playing catchup years after the fact.
What is really amusing is the absolute fact that the post was sent using IE and Windows, just like most posts here are. LOOOOVE the hypocrites...just LOVE EM!!!
Games cost the same on both systems when new - $50
Why bother playing ancient jagged looking games when you can play modern jagged looking games?
No one I know has a PS2..besides, I wouldn't let anyone borrow a game long enough to finish it because I paid the cash for it, not them
Yes that's it - PIRATE those "inexpensive-compared-to-Xbox" games....ask Dreamcast owners about that one. Rampant piracy of games was a reason why the Dreamcast died.
Microsoft is already losing around $100 per Xbox now....most consoles are sold at a loss you idiot. You didn't know that because your head is so far up your ass.
Whatcha gonna do when the Xbox continues to sell and you can't do a thing about it? Go cry to the government like Netscape did? WAAAA WAAAA...go suck on your bottle crybaby.
Honestly, how many people here really truly believe that the PS2 has enough horsepower to run Everquest decently? From what I've read, the latest add-on for the game recommends 510 megs of RAM..last time I looked, the PS2 has 32.
Another thing worth looking at is the graphical power of the PS2. I watched someone playing Final Fantasy X over the weekend at a Gamestop for about 5 minutes, and saw everything stutter several times in that 5 minutes. How the PS2 is going to keep up with Everquest is beyond me....
Yep, Combat Mission IS truly one of the very best squad based wargames out there. No tank rushes will ever win this one for you. Combat Mission 2 is due out sometime, focusing on the Eastern Front of WW2. Mindless gamers need not apply...and yes, you do have to actually buy it, plus it kicks the shit out of stupid little games where you capture flags just because it runs on Linux.
Yes, it's true. Just look at the rabid destruction of society caused by paperclips, ball point pens, erasers.......Just wait till it's discovered that Dick owns stock in Microsoft, Unisys, IBM, etc. His socialist mantra won't hold a drop of water then:)
Yes you are correct sir! However, Sony doesn't even have a network adapter for their system yet!! The Linux kit one doesn't count because they're talking about the gaming system.
Finally, the "grab a tie" argument has little legitimacy either.
BZZZT!! Obviously you do not work for anyone who has common sense. Companies are not willing to let their little, pasty Linux geek in the back room look all over the Internet for days for an answer. They want to pick up the phone and get it right away. This is how things work in the real world son.
Big Money?? Is that like Big Tobacco??? All these imaginary boogie men that haunt the liberals amuse the shit out of me. You know what's next don't you - Big Fat. Yessir, the junk food is NEXT!!
Activities such as farting perhaps?? They spend how much studying the effects of cow gas and not human beings?? Good God man, I bet I cause at least a fraction of the warming trend if that's the case!
Damn right I'm going to drive my car, burn coal in the stove to keep warm (the neighbors love the exhaust), have ozone parties, and whatever else I have every right to do. As for this North Pole slushie business...I don't see too many people packing their bags to move there, so that must be a "scientific oversight" on your part.
Oh yeah, basic science consists of EMPIRICAL evidence, not "conclusions based on theory", so there goes that one into the crapper.
These environment loving freaks really need to take the first shuttle off of the earth and live elsewhere, since mankind is the root of all evil when it comes to "mother earth" in their eyes (except for them of course). I hate to break it to you, but Mount Pinatubo farted out more gas in one shot than us humans did in 100 years. Where was the public outcry against that?? How DARE that volcano put all those "greenhouse" gases into the air??? Why that will destroy the ozone and melt the polar caps!!
Definition of an ozone party: on earth day each year, go outside with a bunch of friends and a few cases of "deadly" aerosol cans and spray away! Great fun for the whole family!!
All this talk about legislating software bugs and comparing software to airplanes. Just look at how pathetic you all are!! For God's sake, the damn government legislates enough as it is,(poorly I might add - those WTC murderer pilots just got visas) and now you want to add more to the pile. The oh-so-convienent talk about "open source wouldn't apply to this" is outright stupid and ignorant.
Why should open source be excluded from something like this? Because anyone can see the source you say. BZZZZZT! Wrong answer...again. A bug is a bug, no matter how you look at the source code. Now let's see here who would be liable for the numerous, unreported in this forum, bugs in Linux......hmm...Linus Torvalds! Why? Because he makes the decisions. Someone has to lay their ass on the line and we all know the "open source community" won't do it.
The comparison between airplanes and software is bogus too, and all those who posted that know it. I can't recall any instance where software was responsible for the death of a human being. That one is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard in my life.
Most folks on this forum would like to see Microsoft die in any way possible, including government intervention. As a matter of fact, that's the only way it could happen. And you know what? That's a BAD thing. Just wait until the government says YOU can't do something because someone else doesn't like it, then they come down on you will full force.
Just imagine if Linux was as dominant as Microsoft products are, we'd see an article a day about Linux and the coders being hounded to death about everything imaginable. You know that to be true.
You cannot legislate everything, unless you're living in a dictatorship or a communist regime. Think before you speak, it'll keep you from looking like an ass.
Try using a background in a table...not in a TD, but the table itself. Sit and watch as NS 4.x happily tries to render the entire background in each and every individual table cell. Standards eh?
Uh, NS 4.x won't even display correct table code...such as table backgrounds. I really don't believe that backgrounds are an IE specific attribute. And the last time I checked, Mozilla does it just fine. Also, I don't know where these IE specific webpages exist...don't think I've ever seen one.
He thinks that because old hippies always think they're going to be arrested for something or other. What a thing to say.."I'm not going to the US because I'm afraid of a copyright law". Read that over and over again and see how much sense it makes to you.
Heh, why worry about that legalities? Sony has enough money to outlast any challenge. Add to this the fact that they won't sell enough of the kits to cover costs. They're just trying to one-up the Xbox anyway.
Ok, let's talk about governments trampling rights. Let's talk about the Clinton administration raising my taxes. I don't WANT to give them more. Where's my right to tell them to jam it up their ass? Let's talk about the potential loss of the rights of candidates, in the form of not being able to run commercials saying anything worthwile close to an election. Let's talk about the repeated attempts at taking away MY right to own a.45 semi-automatic pistol.
Let's talk on through the night about things that are important...the Microsoft settlement isn't one of them. Just go sit behind your monochrome monitors, compile your kernels and shut up. Why would you care about Microsoft if you don't use their products anyway?
Ahem, it's not MicroSoft....it's Microsoft. Please learn to type this correctly, along with all you other assholes who type Micro$oft and windoze and winblows. Please, your college age witty spellings impress no one and show you for the person you really are.
Please ignore any bloated, stuffed-shirt answers from the almighty linux asses out there. You are entirely correct in your statements. It's just that the liberal types LOVE to see a large successful company get slammed the the wonderful government. Don't forget who started this: the Clinton administration. Clinton=Liberal Democrat. Liberal=Companies are BAD. Plus, don't forget that being a monopoly isn't illegal.
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You didn't read what he said because he DID say he was a "proud owner of one". Look at it again, there's no misquote.
Oh yeah..I don't know of any electronic equipment that doesn't have failures. That's the way it is young man, face the facts. But there's hardly "well documented" evidence of Xbox failures and you know that. You just want to sound like an idiot.
Where are your facts backing up "Generally, hardware doesn't fail within the FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP"? I'd like to see an analysis of that one. See the paragraph above - hardware fails. Ask Playstation 1 owners about it.
I suppose you threw away the $25.00 warranty every Xbox owner received when the regular warranty expired. No wait...you probably didn't bother to fill out the registration card because then they would know who you are! GASP!!!!
Also, where's the proof of this "well documented" problem? I don't see any. Mine works very well after being used heavily since November 15.
Now, why don't you quit lying Mr. "proud owner of one"?
Sounds like someone let their little boy on the computer without monitoring him....
Antimated icons? What are they? Oh, probably something KDE will have in it next release. Always playing catchup...tsk tsk.
What is a moran? Someone using Lynx is my guess.
we wiil sue the crap out of your two bit good for nothing company for violatiing the GPL - ooooooohh..the big bad GPL...too bad I can't remember any high profile cases of GPL abuse..probably because no one cares about it! BTW - Netscape had lots more money than the "open source" community and look how far suing Microsoft got them.
Go play with your Spades, Hearts or Minesweeper - right. And you go play what...clones of the exact same games? Right! Because open source is always playing catchup years after the fact.
What is really amusing is the absolute fact that the post was sent using IE and Windows, just like most posts here are. LOOOOVE the hypocrites...just LOVE EM!!!
I suppose this is why Linux is a real contender on the desktop.
Whatcha gonna do when the Xbox continues to sell and you can't do a thing about it? Go cry to the government like Netscape did? WAAAA WAAAA...go suck on your bottle crybaby.
Honestly, how many people here really truly believe that the PS2 has enough horsepower to run Everquest decently? From what I've read, the latest add-on for the game recommends 510 megs of RAM..last time I looked, the PS2 has 32.
Another thing worth looking at is the graphical power of the PS2. I watched someone playing Final Fantasy X over the weekend at a Gamestop for about 5 minutes, and saw everything stutter several times in that 5 minutes. How the PS2 is going to keep up with Everquest is beyond me....
Yep, Combat Mission IS truly one of the very best squad based wargames out there. No tank rushes will ever win this one for you. Combat Mission 2 is due out sometime, focusing on the Eastern Front of WW2. Mindless gamers need not apply...and yes, you do have to actually buy it, plus it kicks the shit out of stupid little games where you capture flags just because it runs on Linux.
Yes, it's true. Just look at the rabid destruction of society caused by paperclips, ball point pens, erasers.......Just wait till it's discovered that Dick owns stock in Microsoft, Unisys, IBM, etc. His socialist mantra won't hold a drop of water then :)
Yes you are correct sir! However, Sony doesn't even have a network adapter for their system yet!! The Linux kit one doesn't count because they're talking about the gaming system.
Finally, the "grab a tie" argument has little legitimacy either.
BZZZT!! Obviously you do not work for anyone who has common sense. Companies are not willing to let their little, pasty Linux geek in the back room look all over the Internet for days for an answer. They want to pick up the phone and get it right away. This is how things work in the real world son.
Although it is funny how NASA was losing their funding when the global warming hot air starting eminating from NASA headquarters....
Big Money?? Is that like Big Tobacco??? All these imaginary boogie men that haunt the liberals amuse the shit out of me. You know what's next don't you - Big Fat. Yessir, the junk food is NEXT!!
"..most likely due to human activities,"
Activities such as farting perhaps?? They spend how much studying the effects of cow gas and not human beings?? Good God man, I bet I cause at least a fraction of the warming trend if that's the case!
Damn right I'm going to drive my car, burn coal in the stove to keep warm (the neighbors love the exhaust), have ozone parties, and whatever else I have every right to do. As for this North Pole slushie business...I don't see too many people packing their bags to move there, so that must be a "scientific oversight" on your part.
Oh yeah, basic science consists of EMPIRICAL evidence, not "conclusions based on theory", so there goes that one into the crapper.
These environment loving freaks really need to take the first shuttle off of the earth and live elsewhere, since mankind is the root of all evil when it comes to "mother earth" in their eyes (except for them of course). I hate to break it to you, but Mount Pinatubo farted out more gas in one shot than us humans did in 100 years. Where was the public outcry against that?? How DARE that volcano put all those "greenhouse" gases into the air??? Why that will destroy the ozone and melt the polar caps!!
Definition of an ozone party: on earth day each year, go outside with a bunch of friends and a few cases of "deadly" aerosol cans and spray away! Great fun for the whole family!!
All this talk about legislating software bugs and comparing software to airplanes. Just look at how pathetic you all are!! For God's sake, the damn government legislates enough as it is,(poorly I might add - those WTC murderer pilots just got visas) and now you want to add more to the pile. The oh-so-convienent talk about "open source wouldn't apply to this" is outright stupid and ignorant.
Why should open source be excluded from something like this? Because anyone can see the source you say. BZZZZZT! Wrong answer...again. A bug is a bug, no matter how you look at the source code. Now let's see here who would be liable for the numerous, unreported in this forum, bugs in Linux......hmm...Linus Torvalds! Why? Because he makes the decisions. Someone has to lay their ass on the line and we all know the "open source community" won't do it.
The comparison between airplanes and software is bogus too, and all those who posted that know it. I can't recall any instance where software was responsible for the death of a human being. That one is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard in my life.
Most folks on this forum would like to see Microsoft die in any way possible, including government intervention. As a matter of fact, that's the only way it could happen. And you know what? That's a BAD thing. Just wait until the government says YOU can't do something because someone else doesn't like it, then they come down on you will full force.
Just imagine if Linux was as dominant as Microsoft products are, we'd see an article a day about Linux and the coders being hounded to death about everything imaginable. You know that to be true.
You cannot legislate everything, unless you're living in a dictatorship or a communist regime. Think before you speak, it'll keep you from looking like an ass.
Try using a background in a table...not in a TD, but the table itself. Sit and watch as NS 4.x happily tries to render the entire background in each and every individual table cell. Standards eh?
Uh, NS 4.x won't even display correct table code...such as table backgrounds. I really don't believe that backgrounds are an IE specific attribute. And the last time I checked, Mozilla does it just fine. Also, I don't know where these IE specific webpages exist...don't think I've ever seen one.
He thinks that because old hippies always think they're going to be arrested for something or other. What a thing to say.."I'm not going to the US because I'm afraid of a copyright law". Read that over and over again and see how much sense it makes to you.
You will upgrade when Sony decides you can. HAHAHAHAHA!! Boy that really takes the air out of the sails don't it??
Heh, why worry about that legalities? Sony has enough money to outlast any challenge. Add to this the fact that they won't sell enough of the kits to cover costs. They're just trying to one-up the Xbox anyway.
Keep dreaming...it isn't going to happen! You won't be able to read hardly anything off that CD drive, much less copy off of it.
What did you expect?? All those games on the market need to be re-coded to be able to use a hard drive. Any fool knows that...HAHAHAHAHA
Ok, let's talk about governments trampling rights. Let's talk about the Clinton administration raising my taxes. I don't WANT to give them more. Where's my right to tell them to jam it up their ass? Let's talk about the potential loss of the rights of candidates, in the form of not being able to run commercials saying anything worthwile close to an election. Let's talk about the repeated attempts at taking away MY right to own a .45 semi-automatic pistol.
Let's talk on through the night about things that are important...the Microsoft settlement isn't one of them. Just go sit behind your monochrome monitors, compile your kernels and shut up. Why would you care about Microsoft if you don't use their products anyway?
Get your heads out of your asses for once.
Ahem, it's not MicroSoft....it's Microsoft. Please learn to type this correctly, along with all you other assholes who type Micro$oft and windoze and winblows. Please, your college age witty spellings impress no one and show you for the person you really are.
Please ignore any bloated, stuffed-shirt answers from the almighty linux asses out there. You are entirely correct in your statements. It's just that the liberal types LOVE to see a large successful company get slammed the the wonderful government. Don't forget who started this: the Clinton administration. Clinton=Liberal Democrat. Liberal=Companies are BAD. Plus, don't forget that being a monopoly isn't illegal.