Why do we bother sending people to space when there are so many problems on earth?... Terrorist attacks against America, terrorist attacks against Israel, unemployment, economy problems, homelessness, bad education, health care problems, etc...
Maybe to remind the world that there is a lot more to our existance than out (mostly) petty quarrels. Maybe to inspire a new generation to strive for a better education. Mabey to conduct zero-g research that will indirectly lead to inexpensive soulutions to many health issues. There have been countless spinoffs from the space program and there will be many more. I think it is a great way to spend that small fraction of our budget.
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" not saying all the money will leave the country, but the "Buy America, Buy Xbox" does not pass the litmus test. About 90% of that money will leave the country "
True, alot of money will leave the country, I doubt %90. Considering the alternatives, Sony and Nintendo, I think more money will stay in the states.
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For the next year or two that cash will go to Asia and Mexico.
Just because MS is operating at a loss dosent mean the money isnt going to them. Also there are other U.S. companies involved, nVidia and Intel.
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Companies dont create a product to lose money. In time Xbox will likely bring MS a lot of revenue.
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And on your other argument"
"And to add another argument, is it really patriotic to buy poorly made products in your own country so you can reward people who can't do the job as well as people in other countries? The argument didn't wash with cars in the 80's."
Products are not manufactured outside the U.S. because Americans can't do the job as well, they're manufactured there because costs are less. Also, money saved from manufacturing costs can be used on better components.
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Regardless of where the parts are manufactured, the companies are still U.S. owned. The revenue still goes to the states. As for "poorly made product" that is yet to be seen. So far it has the superior hardware to any console. Crashing demos units were mostly like due to software error in the demo program or consoles that were rejected for retail.
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Since many/. readers are likely from the U.S. and with so much Xbox/Microsoft bashing I would like to remind them Xbox is the only American made console on the market. The CPU is from intel, the GPU from nVidia, and the console from Microsoft. Support the U.S.!
Another popular lossless compression codec is called shorten. It's used heavily by the online "jamband" trading community. It achives about %50 compression and is available for free at http://etree.org/index.html .
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Why do we bother sending people to space when there are so many problems on earth?... Terrorist attacks against America, terrorist attacks against Israel, unemployment, economy problems, homelessness, bad education, health care problems, etc...
Maybe to remind the world that there is a lot more to our existance than out (mostly) petty quarrels. Maybe to inspire a new generation to strive for a better education. Mabey to conduct zero-g research that will indirectly lead to inexpensive soulutions to many health issues. There have been countless spinoffs from the space program and there will be many more. I think it is a great way to spend that small fraction of our budget.
" not saying all the money will leave the country, but the "Buy America, Buy Xbox" does not pass the litmus test. About 90% of that money will leave the country "
True, alot of money will leave the country, I doubt %90. Considering the alternatives, Sony and Nintendo, I think more money will stay in the states.
For the next year or two that cash will go to Asia and Mexico. Just because MS is operating at a loss dosent mean the money isnt going to them. Also there are other U.S. companies involved, nVidia and Intel.
Companies dont create a product to lose money. In time Xbox will likely bring MS a lot of revenue.
And on your other argument" "And to add another argument, is it really patriotic to buy poorly made products in your own country so you can reward people who can't do the job as well as people in other countries? The argument didn't wash with cars in the 80's." Products are not manufactured outside the U.S. because Americans can't do the job as well, they're manufactured there because costs are less. Also, money saved from manufacturing costs can be used on better components.
Regardless of where the parts are manufactured, the companies are still U.S. owned. The revenue still goes to the states. As for "poorly made product" that is yet to be seen. So far it has the superior hardware to any console. Crashing demos units were mostly like due to software error in the demo program or consoles that were rejected for retail.
Since many /. readers are likely from the U.S. and with so much Xbox/Microsoft bashing I would like to remind them Xbox is the only American made console on the market. The CPU is from intel, the GPU from nVidia, and the console from Microsoft. Support the U.S.!
Another popular lossless compression codec is called shorten. It's used heavily by the online "jamband" trading community. It achives about %50 compression and is available for free at http://etree.org/index.html .
What? Did you "accidently" read a full paragraph on the main page? DONT READ IT! Besides, nothing important was given away.