I like the controller personally. We have an Xbox, Ps1, Dreamcast, and N64 at our house, and for controllers I prefer Xbox, Dreamcast, N64, PS1 in that order.
The Games are really the indicator of a good system, and if you like racing games or action games, then XBOX is great for that. There are none now, and few planned for RPG's for teh system, which makes me sad, because it would be so pretty on it.
They are however, going to have a cel shaded Robotech game later this year that makes me feel all funny down there when I see the video's..
Bizarre.. The Toys R Us by me had them flying off the shelves, and could never keep them in stock they were selling so fast..
On the other hand, you could see a big pile of PS2's just sitting there in stock and not selling.
We looked for weeks to find one, and they were always sold out of every store we went to. We finally got lucky at store that had JUST gotten them in, and they sold out before we got halfway out the door with ours.
>> Why can't one single week go by without a big annoying MSFT bug / virus being exposed?
The media loves that crap. They descend on it like a shark smelling blood. Any other product could have worse bugs, and they would be all Ho Hum, but a MS bug/virus? whooo boy, feeding frenzy!!
Also, because the people who write the Virii target MS (it might just be easier too.) because of the LARGE install base of it. You can write a Linux virus, and it nails like 100 people, but you could write the same bug targeting MS products, and you can nail 100,000! You do the math.:) which is more tempting a target.
No system is 100% secure. Period, end of story.
MS products in general, are like swiss fricking cheese though. My big complaint is the "Turn It on By default" attitude of MS Products. I had the Messenger on my system, and after adding a couple of co-workers, never used it. I got nailed by the bug today, and was quite annoyed by it. Fortunatly, the payload is non destructive, or I would have been PISSED. Leave it off by default, and IF i want it, I'll turn it on.
I agree. Personally I don't use linux, and probably never will. (But I won't say never)
But I respect it as a platform, and am encouraged by it's growth, and maturation process. What really irks me though is the almost religious ferver (and the associated blindness to differing points of view) that some of the linux community have.
A couple of years ago MS dismissed Linux out of hand, and now they are naming it as their prime OS competitor. This in turn seems to be driving the Windows people to push for more stabilty, and security. Sounds good to me.
Will Linux take over the desktop? No. Not until my grandma can use it. But will it drive competition and innovation? I think that answer is quite clear.
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Jesus Christ, why not just paint over the windows with black spray paint, and go driving around in the mall. You won't be using the windows to see, between a computer, a dvd player, and a cell phone, why bother with such lame things as WATCHING WHERE YOU'RE DRIVING.
But I think the chances of something like this ever making it past the Auto makers, and "big oil" is very slight, even if they come up with a working model.
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I like the controller personally. We have an Xbox, Ps1, Dreamcast, and N64 at our house, and for controllers I prefer Xbox, Dreamcast, N64, PS1 in that order.
The Games are really the indicator of a good system, and if you like racing games or action games, then XBOX is great for that. There are none now, and few planned for RPG's for teh system, which makes me sad, because it would be so pretty on it.
They are however, going to have a cel shaded Robotech game later this year that makes me feel all funny down there when I see the video's..
Aww yeah..
Bizarre.. The Toys R Us by me had them flying off the shelves, and could never keep them in stock they were selling so fast..
On the other hand, you could see a big pile of PS2's just sitting there in stock and not selling.
We looked for weeks to find one, and they were always sold out of every store we went to. We finally got lucky at store that had JUST gotten them in, and they sold out before we got halfway out the door with ours.
>> Why can't one single week go by without a big annoying MSFT bug / virus being exposed?
:) which is more tempting a target.
The media loves that crap. They descend on it like a shark smelling blood. Any other product could have worse bugs, and they would be all Ho Hum, but a MS bug/virus? whooo boy, feeding frenzy!!
Also, because the people who write the Virii target MS (it might just be easier too.) because of the LARGE install base of it. You can write a Linux virus, and it nails like 100 people, but you could write the same bug targeting MS products, and you can nail 100,000! You do the math.
No system is 100% secure. Period, end of story.
MS products in general, are like swiss fricking cheese though. My big complaint is the "Turn It on By default" attitude of MS Products. I had the Messenger on my system, and after adding a couple of co-workers, never used it. I got nailed by the bug today, and was quite annoyed by it. Fortunatly, the payload is non destructive, or I would have been PISSED. Leave it off by default, and IF i want it, I'll turn it on.
badger
You're talking Heresy here..
:)
I agree. Personally I don't use linux, and probably never will. (But I won't say never)
But I respect it as a platform, and am encouraged by it's growth, and maturation process. What really irks me though is the almost religious ferver (and the associated blindness to differing points of view) that some of the linux community have.
A couple of years ago MS dismissed Linux out of hand, and now they are naming it as their prime OS competitor. This in turn seems to be driving the Windows people to push for more stabilty, and security. Sounds good to me.
Will Linux take over the desktop? No. Not until my grandma can use it. But will it drive competition and innovation? I think that answer is quite clear.
Badger
Unless you work in the windows group, you probably wouldn't have.
The summary asked whether this was a hoax or not.
it is not.
I've seen the internal emails about it.
badger
Jesus Christ, why not just paint over the windows with black spray paint, and go driving around in the mall. You won't be using the windows to see, between a computer, a dvd player, and a cell phone, why bother with such lame things as WATCHING WHERE YOU'RE DRIVING.
badger
I tried to load the link... "http://help.broadband.att.com/"
Can't contact Servlet Runner at localhost:6802
uh oh..
I can't get DSL here at this apartment, no one services this line. I tried about 7 different places before ending up with Cable.
Some of us slashdot readers are going to be caught in that too you know.
It's not all "trolls and Nimda spreaders" who happen to be on @home, and could be screwed.
blah.
Why? because someone other your lame ass might find it interesting.
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like me. I thought it was cool, and bookmarked it for later, when it wasn't so
I think its called the Xbox.
But I think the chances of something like this ever making it past the Auto makers, and "big oil" is very slight, even if they come up with a working model.