Would you mind explaining how your going to erase 3 billion dollars in profit? I find that hard to believe. Also would the same be true of every other company that has release earnings figures this year?
Otherwise I'm going to have to call BS on this one.
A man is flying a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts, "Excuse me. Can you help me?
"I promised a friend I would meet him half an hour ago, but I do not know where I am."
The man below says, "Yes, you are in a hot air balloon, hovering approximately 30 feet above this field. You are between 40 and 42 degrees north latitude and between 58 and 60 degrees west longitude."
"You must be an engineer," calls down the balloonist.
"Yes, I am," replies the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost."
The man below says, "you must be a manager."
"Yes, I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know ?"
"Well," comes the answer, "you did not know where you are, nor where you are going. You have made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem.
"The fact is, you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, BUT NOW IT IS SOMEHOW MY FAULT."
If your getting bombarded with screens asking you to update you TT subscription you can make it stop.
If your on QB 2001 or 2002, go to Employees at the top of the screen then to Set up payrol service. In the first step it'll ask you if you want to sign up for Basic or Deluxe payroll. Near the bottom their should be an option for more information or tax table information. Inside that page you should see an option to "Manualy calculate tax tables" after you click that QB will no longer ask you to update your Tax tables. Of course when you go to pay your employees, none of the taxes will come up but you can enter it in manually.
Why does everyone think the XBOX has a lot of pc ports? How many do they have? 2. Max Payne, and Morrowind out of over 100 titles!! There are some other games like Tony Hawk that have gone to the PC too but it wasnt a PC port. Heck most games coming out are going multi platform (not PC) and Xbox has quite a few good exclusives coming out too. Just check out www.gamespot.com for more info on those games.
As for XBOX losing money, I think they're in it for the long haul. According to a lot of article they have a pretty high tie-in ratio and they could still make money off the console before the end of its life cycle. I think from reading it was around 8 games per ever xbox sold by the end of the xbox life. I think they're averaging 5 now. Looks pretty bright and with an awesome online plan coming out soon it looks like everything is going to get a little better.
Bravo
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Overall, this is a fairly negative article. The xbox doesn't need to be "saved", by xbox live.
Nintendo doesn't have an online strategy. It will have separate adapters for sale and one game, PSO from Sega. That's it. Sony isn't charging for online for their own games, but third parties like Square, EA, etc could very well charge monthly fees. You have to buy the broadband adaptor as a bare minumum, and potentially a hard drive as well, and we all know how well add-ons do in the market place. You have the potential nightmare of registering with and dealing with multiple servers and multiple billings, not to mention dealing with questionable setup and performance issues with companies not properly equipped nor committed to online.
The xbox is set up out of the box for online gaming using a broadband connection. One setup, one fee, ease of use, from a company with considerable internet experience and a serious financial committment to provide a state-of-the-art online gaming experience.
Gee, I wonder which one of the three is really capable of doing online gaming right.
I dont know about you but my cablemodem contract that I signed explicitly said they could cancel my service at any time for any reason. The contract is there to protect the service provider from lawsuits and liabalities not to protect you. You really cant do to much about that.
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Would you mind explaining how your going to erase 3 billion dollars in profit? I find that hard to believe. Also would the same be true of every other company that has release earnings figures this year?
Otherwise I'm going to have to call BS on this one.
A man is flying a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts, "Excuse me. Can you help me?
"I promised a friend I would meet him half an hour ago, but I do not know where I am."
The man below says, "Yes, you are in a hot air balloon, hovering approximately 30 feet above this field. You are between 40 and 42 degrees north latitude and between 58 and 60 degrees west longitude."
"You must be an engineer," calls down the balloonist.
"Yes, I am," replies the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost."
The man below says, "you must be a manager."
"Yes, I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know ?"
"Well," comes the answer, "you did not know where you are, nor where you are going. You have made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem.
"The fact is, you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, BUT NOW IT IS SOMEHOW MY FAULT."
Gamespot and IGN both have had previews out for the US version of FFX-2 for weeks.
If your getting bombarded with screens asking you to update you TT subscription you can make it stop.
If your on QB 2001 or 2002, go to Employees at the top of the screen then to Set up payrol service. In the first step it'll ask you if you want to sign up for Basic or Deluxe payroll. Near the bottom their should be an option for more information or tax table information. Inside that page you should see an option to "Manualy calculate tax tables" after you click that QB will no longer ask you to update your Tax tables. Of course when you go to pay your employees, none of the taxes will come up but you can enter it in manually.
Just Fyi
Bravo
Why does everyone think the XBOX has a lot of pc ports? How many do they have? 2. Max Payne, and Morrowind out of over 100 titles!! There are some other games like Tony Hawk that have gone to the PC too but it wasnt a PC port. Heck most games coming out are going multi platform (not PC) and Xbox has quite a few good exclusives coming out too. Just check out www.gamespot.com for more info on those games.
As for XBOX losing money, I think they're in it for the long haul. According to a lot of article they have a pretty high tie-in ratio and they could still make money off the console before the end of its life cycle. I think from reading it was around 8 games per ever xbox sold by the end of the xbox life. I think they're averaging 5 now. Looks pretty bright and with an awesome online plan coming out soon it looks like everything is going to get a little better.
Bravo
Overall, this is a fairly negative article. The xbox doesn't need to be "saved", by xbox live.
Nintendo doesn't have an online strategy. It will have separate adapters for sale and one game, PSO from Sega. That's it. Sony isn't charging for online for their own games, but third parties like Square, EA, etc could very well charge monthly fees. You have to buy the broadband adaptor as a bare minumum, and potentially a hard drive as well, and we all know how well add-ons do in the market place. You have the potential nightmare of registering with and dealing with multiple servers and multiple billings, not to mention dealing with questionable setup and performance issues with companies not properly equipped nor committed to online.
The xbox is set up out of the box for online gaming using a broadband connection. One setup, one fee, ease of use, from a company with considerable internet experience and a serious financial committment to provide a state-of-the-art online gaming experience.
Gee, I wonder which one of the three is really capable of doing online gaming right.
Bravo
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I dont know about you but my cablemodem contract that I signed explicitly said they could cancel my service at any time for any reason. The contract is there to protect the service provider from lawsuits and liabalities not to protect you. You really cant do to much about that.
Bravo