"This is exactly the kind of post I expected to see in this story. It's Microsoft, therefore it's bad. They should bend over backwards to sell you hardware at a loss and then let you do anything you like with it. Hell, they should give you a free keyboard and video adapter and pay someone to put Linux to it. Not good enough, they should have shipped it with Linux! Right?"
I never mentioned Microsoft or Linux. If own something, I should be able to do whatever I want with it, as long as it is for personal use. Just because something's made by Microsoft, does not make it bad. Why would I own an Xbox if I thought that?
"Doesn't Counter Strike teach you anything? It wouldn't take long for cheats to appear and it fucked up CS for me and many others. Shops have these things called video cameras to stop those people with pockets using them the wrong way - but I bet you are against video cameras too."
Yes, stores have video cameras: they don't kick everyone with pockets out. I have no problem with video cameras. Damn, you presume a lot. Why not check the validity of the game rather than the validity of the Xbox?
"And you are going to waste god knows how many hours arguing like the little bitch you are that you have every right to use a mod chip just because you want to. The fact that Live has an agreement that explicitly bans any modified Xbox doesn't matter to you, because you figure once you've paid your $49 you rule the universe and MS have to do as you say. Try it, dickhead. Get your Xbox banned and then whine about it on slashdot. I wonder who's having more fun?"
I haven't even put a modchip in. There's no reason for me to. I think people should have the choice to, though. It may be in the agreement that you can't use a modified Xbox in Xbox Live, but that doesn't make it a good decision. Or is it that once something is in a EULA (which I haven't clicked through yet, by the way) it's right. Yes, it's LEGAL, but it's not right.
I won't get my Xbox banned and I won't whine about being locked out because: 1. My Xbox is not modified 2. I have no subscribed to Xbox Live
Given those two things, which you assumed I had done, by the way, I don't see how I could possibly get banned.
But is someone with a modchip installed disrupting service? That's like saying customers with pockets can't walk into stores, since they COULD steal. A modchip does not mean you are pirating, or that you are cheating. For all they know, you just like homebrew apps on your Xbox. A modchip itself is not illegal. They need to check the validity of the game, not the Xbox.
Shouldn't it be cheaper than renting a movie?
- You wait longer to DL than to go to store
- You only get it for 24 hours as opposed to 7*24
- It's of poorer quality, since the quality would be reduced for download
- Most users don't have TV-out... they'd be watching on their 15" CRT Monitors...
- It eats away at your bandwidth cap
That's reason enough for it to be cheaper, since you, the consumer get a shorter end of the stick.
There's more, though.
You save them money by cutting out the middle man. They don't have to pay someone to press it to DVD. They don't have to pay truckers to send that video to the store for you to pick up. They don't have to pay the store to store it or rent it to you.
Hmm...
Instead of vainly trying to get all webmasters to comply, why not change the reader software?
The easiest way would be: if there's no ALT tag, read the image name. This would have solved the whole issue with Southwest, look at the image names of the menu... things like email_updates_m01.gif... it could read that out. Of course, ALT tags are ideal, but if they're not being used, a backup plan never hurt.
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"This is exactly the kind of post I expected to see in this story. It's Microsoft, therefore it's bad. They should bend over backwards to sell you hardware at a loss and then let you do anything you like with it. Hell, they should give you a free keyboard and video adapter and pay someone to put Linux to it. Not good enough, they should have shipped it with Linux! Right?"
I never mentioned Microsoft or Linux. If own something, I should be able to do whatever I want with it, as long as it is for personal use. Just because something's made by Microsoft, does not make it bad. Why would I own an Xbox if I thought that?
"Doesn't Counter Strike teach you anything? It wouldn't take long for cheats to appear and it fucked up CS for me and many others. Shops have these things called video cameras to stop those people with pockets using them the wrong way - but I bet you are against video cameras too."
Yes, stores have video cameras: they don't kick everyone with pockets out. I have no problem with video cameras. Damn, you presume a lot. Why not check the validity of the game rather than the validity of the Xbox?
"And you are going to waste god knows how many hours arguing like the little bitch you are that you have every right to use a mod chip just because you want to. The fact that Live has an agreement that explicitly bans any modified Xbox doesn't matter to you, because you figure once you've paid your $49 you rule the universe and MS have to do as you say. Try it, dickhead. Get your Xbox banned and then whine about it on slashdot. I wonder who's having more fun?"
I haven't even put a modchip in. There's no reason for me to. I think people should have the choice to, though. It may be in the agreement that you can't use a modified Xbox in Xbox Live, but that doesn't make it a good decision. Or is it that once something is in a EULA (which I haven't clicked through yet, by the way) it's right. Yes, it's LEGAL, but it's not right.
I won't get my Xbox banned and I won't whine about being locked out because:
1. My Xbox is not modified
2. I have no subscribed to Xbox Live
Given those two things, which you assumed I had done, by the way, I don't see how I could possibly get banned.
But is someone with a modchip installed disrupting service? That's like saying customers with pockets can't walk into stores, since they COULD steal. A modchip does not mean you are pirating, or that you are cheating. For all they know, you just like homebrew apps on your Xbox. A modchip itself is not illegal. They need to check the validity of the game, not the Xbox.
Shouldn't it be cheaper than renting a movie? - You wait longer to DL than to go to store - You only get it for 24 hours as opposed to 7*24 - It's of poorer quality, since the quality would be reduced for download - Most users don't have TV-out... they'd be watching on their 15" CRT Monitors... - It eats away at your bandwidth cap That's reason enough for it to be cheaper, since you, the consumer get a shorter end of the stick. There's more, though. You save them money by cutting out the middle man. They don't have to pay someone to press it to DVD. They don't have to pay truckers to send that video to the store for you to pick up. They don't have to pay the store to store it or rent it to you. Hmm...
So, wait, let me get this straight. Now, women don't want to help out a game series that treats them as objects? I wonder why...
Instead of vainly trying to get all webmasters to comply, why not change the reader software? The easiest way would be: if there's no ALT tag, read the image name. This would have solved the whole issue with Southwest, look at the image names of the menu... things like email_updates_m01.gif... it could read that out. Of course, ALT tags are ideal, but if they're not being used, a backup plan never hurt.