I just built a new computer specs will be posted below. I plan on building another in 2 years so I suppose by the time I do there will be a reason to own a quad core cpu but still...why do they have to make people who just got a new box feel like total ass by saying stuff like this...? Why not wait till a couple months before release to start their propaganda wars thus allowing people like me to be happy with my purchase? Sure I should be used to it by now but damnit im not!
AMD 4800+ Dual Core
Dual (SLI) nVidia 7800 GTX's (512mb)
2 GIGS Corsair XMS PRO DDR
1 TB Raid Array
Liquid Cooled and Overclocked
Now it all feels useless and im just gonna throw it in the garbage!
Thats a load of horse ****, I've left a fresh XP box plugged into my cable connection without SP2, I came back after a good 7 hours of sleep to find...nothing, no virus's, no malware, NOTHING. Hell it wasnt even behind a hardware firewall it was plugged directly into the modem.
I remember back in the days when AOL was cool and we all...well most of us used punters and all that crap CJB.net was a godsend. It was the difference between
www.angelfire.com/moonbeam/wtf/12672/usa/east/omfg /some/one/shorten/this/url/index.htm and
whatever.cjb.net (redirect)
I guess when times got tough they went down the wrong road instead of finding ways to add value to their service. Its too bad because this is an excellent example of a do good company that went the wrong way, hopefully Google never has to do the same...if they havent already.
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Blu-ray's difficulties, Knox explained, begin with the technology itself, and the idea that its 50GB dual-layer capacity is superior to HD DVD's 30GB. Through the use of better codec technology, such space is not actually needed for high-definition movies. In fact, Blu-ray admitted to BetaNews that most discs won't go beyond the 25GB mark.
Because gamefly says so it must be true! I do beleive some 360's are scatching disks...but so did many launch PS2's. How do we know the true circumstances? How do we know the consoles really werent moved, how do we know the 360 was level? I fail to see how something that isnt currently proven can be stated as much and posted on/. just because Gamefly has issued this note. More investigation is required.
"They're trying to extend their monopoly into the living room, and if you don't think they are with all of their WebTV, Xbox 360, and Media Center projects, you're just naive. One way to gather a huge amount of leverage is to control how the media is distributed. This is not only a defensive move to counter the PS3's launch, but to try to control media in the home."
1st of Microsoft is far from having a Monopoly in anyones living room and chances are they never will because that space isnt the same as PC's. There will always be another Nintendo or Sony to challenge them in that regard so your worrying is needless and silly.
Next, how do you figure its the movie studios pushing Sony for DRM when its Sony themselves who introduced the worst consumer DRM (in audio cd's) thusfar? Aside from that Sony is a movie studio too! Wake up to the world and let your hatred of Microsoft go for a moment, you might learn something.
Im not saying either choice here is great for us consumers, but if I gotta pick between Sony who I clearly know is against the consumer, or Microsoft who seems to be slowly changing bit by bit, then I think I'll go with Microsoft...did I mention MS didnt invent nor do they own any rights to HD-DVD?
1st off how is it illegal for Microsoft to promote a piece of hardware they DO NOT EVEN OWN? How does it further their "monopoly"? Next, 2 months ago everyone was crying about Blu-Ray's extreme DRM, and while HD-DVD has DRM as well its not as bad as what Sony is trying to shove down our throats. The difference is today MS is doing something to help the better standard so you all bitch because it must be bad.
Have we all forgoten about rootkits? Whats worse, MS giving out a freaking coupon or Sony using their DRM to cripple our Blu-Ray players because we tried to watch something they didnt like, or because we took a screw out of the case, or because we lent a friend the latest movie we bought, or because they just damn well feel like it.
We dont want the EULA argument to really matter when it comes to this. If its found the a EULA is a binding contract then companies can start putting random crap in them, cause they know 99% of people dont read them, and then they can sue you when you violate it. We have always argued that we shouldnt have to follow a EULA on software as a binding contract because often they are unfair and make no sense. However if we force this issue the door has to swing both ways which means it could come back to bite us in the ass!
How about instead of attacking Microsoft every 5 seconds you reply on the strengths of Linux to let people decide. The Microsoft bashing is starting to wear thin, yes we know Linux is more stable and secure, just tell us that and move on there is no need to compare it to Windows anymore.
The 360 power supply is big...we all know why its big and there isnt much that can be done, there is alot of hardware in that box and it needs juice to run.
The problem here is there is no vents on the PSU to let air in or out of it so of course its gonna get hot, its thick plastic so its not like it will disapate heat very well.
Mine works fine, played 7 launch titles on it, watched some dvd's, streamed movie and music from my pc, played on Xbox Live, downloaded the Kameo demo, left it on for about 20 hours straight with no issue. So yes it sucks for those guys but guess what SHIT HAPPENS. Every console launch has some defects. I worked at EB during the PS2 launch and our stores defect rate was 37% which is just unheard of! These problems seem small and will be corrected im sure.
I know about those articles, ive read them...but when i say give the money to the artist's i mean it.
I agree the cd itself isnt dead, i said it wrong, but selling audio cd's in stores to me at least is(dead). If i need a audio cd ill just burn it. I havent purchased a cd at retail for probably 10 years and I will never buy one in the future, to me its pointless.
So like most people I use to use Napster to download my music and then I switched to Kazaa, I was in highschool and really couldnt afford to buy cd's, even more so since there was never a full cd I would ever buy cause 80% of the songs suck. So now i buy songs from iTunes like a good little boy, the only time I download something is when iTunes doesnt sell it.
So Sony's way of adding value and getting me to start buying cd's again was to add DRM to them? Then on top of that they decided it would be even better if they add'd DRM that undermines the user, spies on them, and damages their system?
CD's are dead, they have lived far too long as it is and I really dont see them becoming more popular if companies are making them less and less usefull. Why not just put a small tax, maybe $5 per every $100 on every single cd player, mp3 player (but not on computers) and have that money go to ARTISTS, then let everyone download whatever they want without fear? People will still buy their music, its not like you have to say "OK GO DOWNLOAD!!!" At the same time you will win people like me over, ill download a little and buy alot, and since I paid my little tax you should be very very happy. The next step would be content, how about you start promoting artists with real talent and you stop trying to make flavor of the months who suck? You wonder why sales are down, its simple really...the product sucks and we know it!
Hello everyone, I'd like to inform you all that scientists are stupid and you should NEVER listen to them, there is no such thing as evolution. After my stint with Cocaine I found Jesus, and he taught me all about Intelligent Design..
Fast Forward a couple months
Ok everyone the Scientists say that new bird flu thingy is bad, so listen to them and panic, fear for your lives because we are all going to die a horrid flu like vomity death...thank you and goodnight.
Didnt the Vatican just come out and say Evolution fits in with Intelligent Design and that the current theory of Intelligent Design the Bush Admistitration is touting is complete and utter bullshit? Why yes I beleive they did...
I remember during the beta google said the news feature would show more news that you wanted and if you told it not to show you certain stories by clicking and removing them it would stop showing those types of stories. Well in the beta i would remove sports stories left and right but the majority of the news i kept getting was sports. Did google fix this problem or is the feature still junk?
The demand for the 360 is already there, we know that. Microsoft has stated there will be a supply problem and we can see why. They havent been making these things for long and they can only make so many per day and they are doing a WORLDWIDE launch so there can only be so many. What Microsoft is doing is saying to these stores..."Look, we will send you these systems but we cant send you 200 of them, if you bundle them with 2 games we can promise to replenish faster" This makes perfect sense, the better markets get more systems.
Hell look at the PS2 launch, I worked at EB back then, in order to get a PS2 you had to buy the following...
PS2 $300
Mem Card $30
2 games $100
Warrenty $50
Controller $30
There was a huge supply problem with PS2 for the first 6 months and these bundles continued even past that, if the market will support it you cant really blame a company for doing something like this, it makes economic sense.
90% of people who buy a new console buy it with at least 2 games anyways so whats the big friggen deal, and so what if MS wants to create a little buzz with sold out signs, the damn things will really be sold out, how many do you think they can make!
How did this bull get a +2?
They arent saying they want kids to buy and play violent games. They are standing up for our rights as gamers. Its not illegal for a 12 year old to see an R rated movie, why should it be illegal for an M rated game? What happens when stores no longer sell M rated games because they are afraid of fines? If that happens it means developers wont be making any M rated games which means I wont be playing Gears of War or Halo 3...in which case ill be pissed off at morons like you who support the removal of our rights as not only Citizens of a "free" country but our rights as people TO MAKE CHOICES.
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why hasnt this been modded down yet? 4-7 gigs per disk on a HD-DVD? Hell regular DVD's can hold more then that, what has this guy been smoking?
The solution to that would be to NOT pick the green colored laptop...
So put summarize what you just said in that long winded spiel...your a Nintendo fanboy. Tanks Dominate, the Revolution doesnt.
I just built a new computer specs will be posted below. I plan on building another in 2 years so I suppose by the time I do there will be a reason to own a quad core cpu but still...why do they have to make people who just got a new box feel like total ass by saying stuff like this...? Why not wait till a couple months before release to start their propaganda wars thus allowing people like me to be happy with my purchase? Sure I should be used to it by now but damnit im not! AMD 4800+ Dual Core Dual (SLI) nVidia 7800 GTX's (512mb) 2 GIGS Corsair XMS PRO DDR 1 TB Raid Array Liquid Cooled and Overclocked Now it all feels useless and im just gonna throw it in the garbage!
I could have sworn I read this same article last year and possibly the year before....in fact I know I have.
Thats a load of horse ****, I've left a fresh XP box plugged into my cable connection without SP2, I came back after a good 7 hours of sleep to find...nothing, no virus's, no malware, NOTHING. Hell it wasnt even behind a hardware firewall it was plugged directly into the modem.
I remember back in the days when AOL was cool and we all...well most of us used punters and all that crap CJB.net was a godsend. It was the difference between
g /some/one/shorten/this/url/index.htm
www.angelfire.com/moonbeam/wtf/12672/usa/east/omf
and
whatever.cjb.net (redirect)
I guess when times got tough they went down the wrong road instead of finding ways to add value to their service. Its too bad because this is an excellent example of a do good company that went the wrong way, hopefully Google never has to do the same...if they havent already.
ahem Blu-ray's difficulties, Knox explained, begin with the technology itself, and the idea that its 50GB dual-layer capacity is superior to HD DVD's 30GB. Through the use of better codec technology, such space is not actually needed for high-definition movies. In fact, Blu-ray admitted to BetaNews that most discs won't go beyond the 25GB mark.
So that pretty much seals which one I'll buy..how about you?
Because gamefly says so it must be true! I do beleive some 360's are scatching disks...but so did many launch PS2's. How do we know the true circumstances? How do we know the consoles really werent moved, how do we know the 360 was level? I fail to see how something that isnt currently proven can be stated as much and posted on /. just because Gamefly has issued this note. More investigation is required.
"They're trying to extend their monopoly into the living room, and if you don't think they are with all of their WebTV, Xbox 360, and Media Center projects, you're just naive. One way to gather a huge amount of leverage is to control how the media is distributed. This is not only a defensive move to counter the PS3's launch, but to try to control media in the home."
1st of Microsoft is far from having a Monopoly in anyones living room and chances are they never will because that space isnt the same as PC's. There will always be another Nintendo or Sony to challenge them in that regard so your worrying is needless and silly.
Next, how do you figure its the movie studios pushing Sony for DRM when its Sony themselves who introduced the worst consumer DRM (in audio cd's) thusfar? Aside from that Sony is a movie studio too! Wake up to the world and let your hatred of Microsoft go for a moment, you might learn something.
Im not saying either choice here is great for us consumers, but if I gotta pick between Sony who I clearly know is against the consumer, or Microsoft who seems to be slowly changing bit by bit, then I think I'll go with Microsoft...did I mention MS didnt invent nor do they own any rights to HD-DVD?
1st off how is it illegal for Microsoft to promote a piece of hardware they DO NOT EVEN OWN? How does it further their "monopoly"? Next, 2 months ago everyone was crying about Blu-Ray's extreme DRM, and while HD-DVD has DRM as well its not as bad as what Sony is trying to shove down our throats. The difference is today MS is doing something to help the better standard so you all bitch because it must be bad.
Have we all forgoten about rootkits? Whats worse, MS giving out a freaking coupon or Sony using their DRM to cripple our Blu-Ray players because we tried to watch something they didnt like, or because we took a screw out of the case, or because we lent a friend the latest movie we bought, or because they just damn well feel like it.
Topic answer is Sony.
We dont want the EULA argument to really matter when it comes to this. If its found the a EULA is a binding contract then companies can start putting random crap in them, cause they know 99% of people dont read them, and then they can sue you when you violate it. We have always argued that we shouldnt have to follow a EULA on software as a binding contract because often they are unfair and make no sense. However if we force this issue the door has to swing both ways which means it could come back to bite us in the ass!
You can...
a) Shut off the automatic connection to Xbox Live
b) Block a connection to XBL from your router
c) Unplug the ethernet cord
Not too hard
intersting
Alright we get it, Linux is great yadda yadda...
How about instead of attacking Microsoft every 5 seconds you reply on the strengths of Linux to let people decide. The Microsoft bashing is starting to wear thin, yes we know Linux is more stable and secure, just tell us that and move on there is no need to compare it to Windows anymore.
The 360 power supply is big...we all know why its big and there isnt much that can be done, there is alot of hardware in that box and it needs juice to run.
The problem here is there is no vents on the PSU to let air in or out of it so of course its gonna get hot, its thick plastic so its not like it will disapate heat very well.
Mine works fine, played 7 launch titles on it, watched some dvd's, streamed movie and music from my pc, played on Xbox Live, downloaded the Kameo demo, left it on for about 20 hours straight with no issue. So yes it sucks for those guys but guess what SHIT HAPPENS. Every console launch has some defects. I worked at EB during the PS2 launch and our stores defect rate was 37% which is just unheard of! These problems seem small and will be corrected im sure.
I know about those articles, ive read them...but when i say give the money to the artist's i mean it.
I agree the cd itself isnt dead, i said it wrong, but selling audio cd's in stores to me at least is(dead). If i need a audio cd ill just burn it. I havent purchased a cd at retail for probably 10 years and I will never buy one in the future, to me its pointless.
So like most people I use to use Napster to download my music and then I switched to Kazaa, I was in highschool and really couldnt afford to buy cd's, even more so since there was never a full cd I would ever buy cause 80% of the songs suck. So now i buy songs from iTunes like a good little boy, the only time I download something is when iTunes doesnt sell it.
So Sony's way of adding value and getting me to start buying cd's again was to add DRM to them? Then on top of that they decided it would be even better if they add'd DRM that undermines the user, spies on them, and damages their system?
CD's are dead, they have lived far too long as it is and I really dont see them becoming more popular if companies are making them less and less usefull. Why not just put a small tax, maybe $5 per every $100 on every single cd player, mp3 player (but not on computers) and have that money go to ARTISTS, then let everyone download whatever they want without fear? People will still buy their music, its not like you have to say "OK GO DOWNLOAD!!!" At the same time you will win people like me over, ill download a little and buy alot, and since I paid my little tax you should be very very happy. The next step would be content, how about you start promoting artists with real talent and you stop trying to make flavor of the months who suck? You wonder why sales are down, its simple really...the product sucks and we know it!
Hello everyone, I'd like to inform you all that scientists are stupid and you should NEVER listen to them, there is no such thing as evolution. After my stint with Cocaine I found Jesus, and he taught me all about Intelligent Design..
Fast Forward a couple months
Ok everyone the Scientists say that new bird flu thingy is bad, so listen to them and panic, fear for your lives because we are all going to die a horrid flu like vomity death...thank you and goodnight.
Didnt the Vatican just come out and say Evolution fits in with Intelligent Design and that the current theory of Intelligent Design the Bush Admistitration is touting is complete and utter bullshit? Why yes I beleive they did...
I remember during the beta google said the news feature would show more news that you wanted and if you told it not to show you certain stories by clicking and removing them it would stop showing those types of stories. Well in the beta i would remove sports stories left and right but the majority of the news i kept getting was sports. Did google fix this problem or is the feature still junk?
The demand for the 360 is already there, we know that. Microsoft has stated there will be a supply problem and we can see why. They havent been making these things for long and they can only make so many per day and they are doing a WORLDWIDE launch so there can only be so many. What Microsoft is doing is saying to these stores..."Look, we will send you these systems but we cant send you 200 of them, if you bundle them with 2 games we can promise to replenish faster" This makes perfect sense, the better markets get more systems. Hell look at the PS2 launch, I worked at EB back then, in order to get a PS2 you had to buy the following... PS2 $300 Mem Card $30 2 games $100 Warrenty $50 Controller $30 There was a huge supply problem with PS2 for the first 6 months and these bundles continued even past that, if the market will support it you cant really blame a company for doing something like this, it makes economic sense. 90% of people who buy a new console buy it with at least 2 games anyways so whats the big friggen deal, and so what if MS wants to create a little buzz with sold out signs, the damn things will really be sold out, how many do you think they can make!
How did this bull get a +2? They arent saying they want kids to buy and play violent games. They are standing up for our rights as gamers. Its not illegal for a 12 year old to see an R rated movie, why should it be illegal for an M rated game? What happens when stores no longer sell M rated games because they are afraid of fines? If that happens it means developers wont be making any M rated games which means I wont be playing Gears of War or Halo 3...in which case ill be pissed off at morons like you who support the removal of our rights as not only Citizens of a "free" country but our rights as people TO MAKE CHOICES.