Looking around at a few forums with polls up, it seems that the defect rate is around the 15% mark.
Yes, because these polls are a perfect cross-section of the 360 buying community.
I have several friends with 360's and none of them have mentioned a problem. Therefore, everybody with one is lying because my data says that 100% of 360's are perfectly functional.
*Doesn't something like this happen every year these days?*
If by "every year" you mean "Every other year," and by "every other year" you mean "2003" then yes, it happens every year. Note, please, that every other year (give or take) Mars gets closer to us, then further, then closer, so there are times where it will be closer than others. This one (and the one in 2003) are just extra-close.
*So it came unusually close in 2003... and now again in 2005... and they're expecting it again in 2018?*
They're not "expecting" it so much as "knowing" it, but yes, Mars gets closest to us every couple years, and sometimes it's closer than others, so it will be in 2018 as well (I assume, I haven't actually researched 2018 in particular). It won't be as close as it is this year, or in 2003, which made these two so special.
*And so it's happening 3 times in 15 years... but we're going to blow that up to say "3 times in 60,000 years!!!"*
We're not blowing up anything. 60,000 years ago (or so) Mars was as close to the Earth as it will be this week. Between 60,000 years ago and now, it's only happened once, in 2003, and it will happen again in a couple days.
*Honestly... the New Orleans Saints win playoff games more rarely than this occurs.*
To put this in terms you'll understand, think of it this way. The NOS win a game, after losing, say, 5 in a row. The announcer says "This is their first win in 6 games." Are you going to complain and say "No it's not, it's their first win in ONE GAME!"?
*Other than it's significance to NASA's mars mission and palmists, all this means to john-everyman is that the red dot in the sky is a little brighter.*
Which is why we're having this discussion on a geek website. It's NEWS.
With the help of one on "Alfven waves" of based plasma propulsion the thrust of a rocket can be drastically reduced increased, at the same time the fuel consumption, so the idea.
Great! Now I can choose between pay $10 off the price of a new game for a scratched CD, ripped or missing manual, and no box from EBGames, OR paying $10 off the price of a new game for a scratched CD, ripped or missing manual, and no box from Best Buy!
"I mean, really," said a publisher who refused to give his name, through teeth barred in a smile around a cigar, "We cut out packaging, artwork, manuals, distribution, and tack on $5 as a convenience charge. Heh. Heh heh. Convenience charge. I thought that one up myself. Oh, I love this business."
I don't care about recording, saving, or anything. Nothing broadcast on the radio is worth keeping.
All I want is to timeshift the am broadcasts of baseball games by about 3 seconds so they mathc up with the (satellite) television broadcast I'm watching. Any simple way to do that one?
No, not like DVD. You can go to Wal-Mart and buy any of a dozen different DVD players from various manufacturers. You can buy DVD players (and burners) for your computer. And they started life that way.
Can you buy a U(niversal!)MD burner for your PC? Can you buy a UMD player for your TV? No? Then they're not in the same league as a DVD.
I'm sure we have thousands of artists out there that puts record company deals before their fans abilities to use iPods. I wouldn't even be surprised if it's more the rule than the exception.
I would argue that those people are not artists so much as businesspeople. Not saying that's bad, we need businesspeople to keep the economy running.
Wireless controllers are more about convenience and clutter than they are about distance. With 4 people huddled around a television, that's 4 little tripwires every time you have to go to the bathroom. With wireless, the problem vanishes.
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What I don't get is, if Podcasting is "Casting to your pod" then what is Broadcasting?
I /knew/ I was against these regulations for a reason!
Looking around at a few forums with polls up, it seems that the defect rate is around the 15% mark.
Yes, because these polls are a perfect cross-section of the 360 buying community.
I have several friends with 360's and none of them have mentioned a problem. Therefore, everybody with one is lying because my data says that 100% of 360's are perfectly functional.
Seriously, who cares? Is a car art? Is the ocean art? Is this post art? Just make me a fun game and I'll play it.
*Doesn't something like this happen every year these days?*
If by "every year" you mean "Every other year," and by "every other year" you mean "2003" then yes, it happens every year. Note, please, that every other year (give or take) Mars gets closer to us, then further, then closer, so there are times where it will be closer than others. This one (and the one in 2003) are just extra-close.
*So it came unusually close in 2003... and now again in 2005... and they're expecting it again in 2018?*
They're not "expecting" it so much as "knowing" it, but yes, Mars gets closest to us every couple years, and sometimes it's closer than others, so it will be in 2018 as well (I assume, I haven't actually researched 2018 in particular). It won't be as close as it is this year, or in 2003, which made these two so special.
*And so it's happening 3 times in 15 years... but we're going to blow that up to say "3 times in 60,000 years!!!"*
We're not blowing up anything. 60,000 years ago (or so) Mars was as close to the Earth as it will be this week. Between 60,000 years ago and now, it's only happened once, in 2003, and it will happen again in a couple days.
*Honestly... the New Orleans Saints win playoff games more rarely than this occurs.*
To put this in terms you'll understand, think of it this way. The NOS win a game, after losing, say, 5 in a row. The announcer says "This is their first win in 6 games." Are you going to complain and say "No it's not, it's their first win in ONE GAME!"?
*Other than it's significance to NASA's mars mission and palmists, all this means to john-everyman is that the red dot in the sky is a little brighter.*
Which is why we're having this discussion on a geek website. It's NEWS.
Does this mean slashdotters can tell their bank to read TFA?
We also had a (roughly) 40-year head start on the Japanese in car-building, so don't get all high-and-mighty just yet.
Oh, come on, who WOULDN'T say:
With the help of one on "Alfven waves" of based plasma propulsion the thrust of a rocket can be drastically reduced increased, at the same time the fuel consumption, so the idea.
I'm running Ubuntu on a 266mhz p1 laptop, so your 1ghz p3 should do just fine.
Great! Now I can choose between pay $10 off the price of a new game for a scratched CD, ripped or missing manual, and no box from EBGames, OR paying $10 off the price of a new game for a scratched CD, ripped or missing manual, and no box from Best Buy!
Many bloggers today can't even write a line of HTML.
Hell, many bloggers today can't even write a line of English!
"I mean, really," said a publisher who refused to give his name, through teeth barred in a smile around a cigar, "We cut out packaging, artwork, manuals, distribution, and tack on $5 as a convenience charge. Heh. Heh heh. Convenience charge. I thought that one up myself. Oh, I love this business."
...speak in code, inserting special characters such as underscoring into typing.
And this will be known to the world as 'r33t 5p33k'
That would fall squarely in the category of "acceptable losses"
Slashdot requires you to wait longer between hitting 'reply' and submitting a comment.
It's been 19 seconds since you hit 'reply'.
On the one hand, this realization flies in the face of contemporary linguistic thought. On the other hand, OMFG U GOT SO PWNX0RZD!!@!~!~!
I want a filter that removes posts about Armageddon in any thread that mentions the word "asteroid"
The question is not weather globel warming exists but weather it is linked to the increase in hurricanes.
/thinks it exists. //and is caused by humans. ///and thinks we'll fix it with tech.
Which is a totally invalid question if it doesn't exist.
I don't care about recording, saving, or anything. Nothing broadcast on the radio is worth keeping.
All I want is to timeshift the am broadcasts of baseball games by about 3 seconds so they mathc up with the (satellite) television broadcast I'm watching. Any simple way to do that one?
No, not like DVD. You can go to Wal-Mart and buy any of a dozen different DVD players from various manufacturers. You can buy DVD players (and burners) for your computer. And they started life that way.
Can you buy a U(niversal!)MD burner for your PC? Can you buy a UMD player for your TV? No? Then they're not in the same league as a DVD.
I need some good earbuds, maybe I'll buy some from you.
Depending on the contract, they may not be able to legally sign with another company, even if Sony doesn't want them any more.
I'm sure we have thousands of artists out there that puts record company deals before their fans abilities to use iPods. I wouldn't even be surprised if it's more the rule than the exception.
I would argue that those people are not artists so much as businesspeople. Not saying that's bad, we need businesspeople to keep the economy running.
On, oh come! Title liking I!
Wireless controllers are more about convenience and clutter than they are about distance.
With 4 people huddled around a television, that's 4 little tripwires every time you have to go to the bathroom. With wireless, the problem vanishes.
You missed a couple things. You need to put some kind of cliche in there, like the 1, 2, 3)Profit joke or perhaps a Soviet Russia reference.
Other than that, you pretty much hit every single karma whore point. Color me impressed.