I'm pretty sure that $150 in the hole, with no way of making it back [...], will hurt them much, much more.
Are you saying that a person who has not bought an Xbox is going to buy all those accessories or games?
Oh, wait, let me guess. You're one of the guys who bought the MS line about how they're making a PROFIT on game systems, right?
I am not saying Microsoft is making profit, that is your own strawman. What I am saying that it will hurt Microsoft more if you don't buy a console.
Myself, I've been contemplating buying an XBox and smashing it into smithereens
Hey, it's your money, do whatever you want with it. Alternatively you could send the money to me, and pretend you bought an Xbox and smashed it.
Microsoft gets money from royalties. Why would a developer want to make games for Xbox? Because they have sold so many units. Do you really think that they have a database somewhere that tells them how many Xboxes they have sold to people who have never bought a single game or accessory? The closest they have is a bunch of statistics that tell them x games and y accessories have been sold compared to the number of consoles.
And think about this: Can you really, and I mean really, resist buying any games for the Xbox. I mean, you already have a console, and MS supposedly has lost $100 when you bought it. It's not like Microsoft is profiting if you buy just one game, they don't even cost that much.
Yes, but they are losing (buttload-the price of an Xbox) if you buy one. Microsoft will make more consoles whether you buy one to hurt them, or not. All you are doing is increase the sales numbers to make developing for Xbox seem more profitable, thus driving more developers to paying royalties to Microsoft.
Oh yes, and "someone else" will not buy another Xbox?
Do you think that someone at Microsoft will one day just decide that "I know the sales are going well, but I think we have sold enough Xboxes, let's stop making more"
What you do by buying an Xbox is 1. Give some of the money that MS loses on making an Xbox back to them. 2. Increase Xbox sales, so that MS can tell to developers buying devkits (verry profitable), that they have a potential market of (x+y) users, where x is the number of people that have bought an Xbox to play official games on it, and y is the people who have bought it to "Deny profits" from Microsoft.
So: if you want to hurt Microsoft, do not buy an Xbox.
See, that's because it has an Intel processor and an Nvidia graphics chipset. Not to mention that it's made by Microsoft (Micro$oft to you slashbots out there). That means it has to be a PC.
Oh my god how we need an xboxmythsguy on Slashdot, kind of like losenotlooseguy
None, but even if I did, I wouldn't have a constant amount of food in the fridge. Especially when you have kids, you must not eat the same thing every day. So I would still have to make the decision of what to buy myself. I would still have to know what is inside my fridge (hint: keep your eyes open when opening the door), and I would still have to make sure the food hasn't gone bad. Just because a product's "best before" date has passed doesn't mean it's not eatable, and just because it hasn't, doesn't meant it still is.
Or you could buy an electronic cookbook for your computer that does the same thing.
In addition to that you wouldn't be surprised by your credit card bill after the fridge has ordered three dozen south Bolivian swamp snails for your ethno-stew.
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My fridge doesn't have to tell me what I need to buy. I am capable of figuring that out myself.
Tell me, do you always have, say, three cartons of milk, or six carrots, or one dozen of eggs in your fridge?
At least I don't stockpile on everything, I pretty much buy whatever I feel like eating that day, of for a couple of days. And you know what, when you look inside your fridge, you see if you are running out of something.
Equally, there was code that skirted around the obvious immplementation so much that it had me laughing at myself for days.
Like the time that I had a buffer that had space for x samples. My samplerate was y seconds. How long would it take for the buffer to overflow?
When I figured it out, I was embarassed as hell. That is the most simple kind of problem you could ever have. Serves me right for coding while tired...
On eDonkey every part is hashed individually, so your client will notice that a part has been corrupted and will download it again. Of course it slows the process, but it's faster to re-download 10(?) megs than 650 megs...
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Wrong, please see http://slashdot.org/~wheany/journal/9124
Please explain.
I'm pretty sure that $150 in the hole, with no way of making it back [...], will hurt them much, much more.
Are you saying that a person who has not bought an Xbox is going to buy all those accessories or games?
Oh, wait, let me guess. You're one of the guys who bought the MS line about how they're making a PROFIT on game systems, right?
I am not saying Microsoft is making profit, that is your own strawman. What I am saying that it will hurt Microsoft more if you don't buy a console.
Myself, I've been contemplating buying an XBox and smashing it into smithereens
Hey, it's your money, do whatever you want with it. Alternatively you could send the money to me, and pretend you bought an Xbox and smashed it.
Microsoft gets money from royalties. Why would a developer want to make games for Xbox? Because they have sold so many units. Do you really think that they have a database somewhere that tells them how many Xboxes they have sold to people who have never bought a single game or accessory? The closest they have is a bunch of statistics that tell them x games and y accessories have been sold compared to the number of consoles.
And think about this: Can you really, and I mean really, resist buying any games for the Xbox. I mean, you already have a console, and MS supposedly has lost $100 when you bought it. It's not like Microsoft is profiting if you buy just one game, they don't even cost that much.
I get it, Disc Tattoo.
I'm pretty sure Microsoft will still lose more money on unsold hardware than what they gain from paying a little less taxes.
Yes, but they are losing (buttload-the price of an Xbox) if you buy one. Microsoft will make more consoles whether you buy one to hurt them, or not. All you are doing is increase the sales numbers to make developing for Xbox seem more profitable, thus driving more developers to paying royalties to Microsoft.
Oh yes, and "someone else" will not buy another Xbox?
Do you think that someone at Microsoft will one day just decide that "I know the sales are going well, but I think we have sold enough Xboxes, let's stop making more"
What you do by buying an Xbox is
1. Give some of the money that MS loses on making an Xbox back to them.
2. Increase Xbox sales, so that MS can tell to developers buying devkits (verry profitable), that they have a potential market of (x+y) users, where x is the number of people that have bought an Xbox to play official games on it, and y is the people who have bought it to "Deny profits" from Microsoft.
So: if you want to hurt Microsoft, do not buy an Xbox.
See, that's because it has an Intel processor and an Nvidia graphics chipset. Not to mention that it's made by Microsoft (Micro$oft to you slashbots out there). That means it has to be a PC.
Oh my god how we need an xboxmythsguy on Slashdot, kind of like losenotlooseguy
Forcing Microsoft to lose even more money by not buying the Xboxes they have already made: free.
Please see this post.
Please see this comment.
Why the fuck won't this myth die!?
Microsoft loses money on each console made. They get some of that money back with every console sold.
So if you want to screw Microsoft, do not buy an Xbox. It's a lot cheaper too.
What do you mean?
Please don't say "Microsoft loses money on every console sold."
Yes, but the computer doesn't know how much food you have. :)
Tell me, do you make food based on what is in your fridge right now, and then buy random food items at the store?
I know I think, "I could eat meatloaf today, let's see what ingredients do I already have?", before going to the store.
And another thing: Even your fridge doesn't know everything you have. At least I don't keep flour or other "dry" food in the fridge.
And you have how many children????
None, but even if I did, I wouldn't have a constant amount of food in the fridge. Especially when you have kids, you must not eat the same thing every day. So I would still have to make the decision of what to buy myself. I would still have to know what is inside my fridge (hint: keep your eyes open when opening the door), and I would still have to make sure the food hasn't gone bad. Just because a product's "best before" date has passed doesn't mean it's not eatable, and just because it hasn't, doesn't meant it still is.
Or you could buy an electronic cookbook for your computer that does the same thing.
In addition to that you wouldn't be surprised by your credit card bill after the fridge has ordered three dozen south Bolivian swamp snails for your ethno-stew.
My fridge doesn't have to tell me what I need to buy. I am capable of figuring that out myself.
Tell me, do you always have, say, three cartons of milk, or six carrots, or one dozen of eggs in your fridge?
At least I don't stockpile on everything, I pretty much buy whatever I feel like eating that day, of for a couple of days. And you know what, when you look inside your fridge, you see if you are running out of something.
I have a computer, and a Tv, why the hell would I want a fridge that does a poor job at what the separate machines do well.
And I'm sure I haven't paid as much for them either...
Wow, I didn't know that...
How would you be able to tell the robots these rules?
Or how would you be able to make them understand them?
Equally, there was code that skirted around the obvious immplementation so much that it had me laughing at myself for days.
Like the time that I had a buffer that had space for x samples. My samplerate was y seconds. How long would it take for the buffer to overflow?
When I figured it out, I was embarassed as hell. That is the most simple kind of problem you could ever have. Serves me right for coding while tired...
On eDonkey every part is hashed individually, so your client will notice that a part has been corrupted and will download it again. Of course it slows the process, but it's faster to re-download 10(?) megs than 650 megs...
people will start calling and the density of mobile phones in the area will get bigger
Only if the people had their phones off, and turned them on to make a call.
My hacked what?
Warning, the parent post is made by a fake. No mention of "9/11" or "post-Columbine" anywhere.