I don't admire Napoleon. The difference between him and WAl-Mart is Wal-Mart never negotiated at the end of a gun. They used the free market.
I realize the slashherd rationalizes being a big and powerful corporation as forcing people to do this and that (and sometimes they do through the government), Wal-Mart does not - at least through it's acquasition/sales.
It seems to me that MonarchComputer has that title. Good experience with those guys, no markup on parts, just a small assembly fee ~ 150 which is way worth it given the time it takes me to do my own assembly and risk blowing it.
It even goes so far as that the format and packaging of the game is tightly controlled - if you want to do anything fancy, Walmart won't carry it - thus it won't exist.
Yeah - that's exactly what ails the PC game industry - a lack of fancy packaging.
Am I the only one who read the brief and sensed some admiration for Wal-Mart's achievement? (Though I don't think I've ever bought a PC game ther e- maybe some console games).
Wal-Mart isn't strong because of it's buying power - it is strong because of it's selling power.
Anyway, please feel free to resume your Wal-Mart hating now and label me flamebait/troll/whatever.
Your criticism of the device not working as well because it does not have an 'attachement' is totally bogus. That is my point. I drive around NYC and DC with sitting on the seat next to me or tucked into the console of the car straight up or in the hands of the person in the back seat of the car or whatever. It has never had a problem. I have an 02 Concord LXi.
So for advice to ALL READERS of this site, the device works fine and others who have it will totally back me up on this:
I'm not saying the phone is perfect - it has a lot of room for improvement. But it's GPS is about the strongest and best working feature in the device.
I know you were being sarcastic, but if you RTFA, you would see that it says only one-third of the titles would be Nintendo games, with the rest being third party
You mean Mario 'Third' Party? I think I have that on the list.
You have no clue how well this thing works. You really out to shut your mouth when you don't know what you are talking about.
The GPS receiver does not need the sky. It can sit inside my pocket. It can sit inside my car at whatever angle I want it to be at. It has no issues. I currently have it burried in from of the gear box in an area where I can see it well.
I snaked this list off a power point presentation given at a recent conference to investors of the Big N. For just a few seconds we got a look at the long list but they flipped to the next slide to discuss all of the different colors the Revolution would be released in and spent about thirty minutes discussing that. Really odd, I thought.
Anyway, after the presentation I went up to the machine hosting the presentation and move it onto my USB jump drive. Here is the list of the 20 awesome release games for the REvolution that will surely make it the greatest launch EVER:
Mario Kart: Revolution!
Mario Baseball: Revolution!
Mario Tennis: Revolution!
Mario Soccer: Revolution!
Mario Golf: Revolution!
Super Mario Strikers: Revolution!
Mario Golf: Revolution!
Mario Party 7: Revolution!
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix 2: Revolution!
Mario Beach Volleyball: Revolution!
Mario Versus Capcom Versus SNK: Revolution!
Paper Mario: Revolution!
Sunshine Mario: Revolution!
Paper Sunshine Mario: Revolution!
Mario Classic Arcade: Revolution!
Wario Wrestling: Revolution!
Mario En Espana: Revolutiones!
Mario Bowling: Revolution!
Mario World: Revolution!
I cannot wait for revolution to come out. With a launch lineup like this they are going to annihilate the competition!
If you can, I'd suggest returning your current device and buying an Ipaq 6515. It has the GPS unit built right in - no attachments. It comes with TomTom and one free map of a city. You can purchase some of the other maps online. It has worked great for me for the east coast. A little flaky at times, but overall very reliable.
I'd add that the device is not perfect, but it does work exceptionally well. A WM5 version came out recently and while it has a little less memory, you can send it away for a memory upgrade. Cingular is packaging it's 6515 for only 500 with a 2 yr contract, but I believe their version is running WM2003.
I really just bit torrent them and watch them on my puter. But I can extend the viewing to the Xbox. Could do that with original, too.
I'm not saying there are other ways to do what the Xbox 360 can do, I am just saying it's nice to have it all packaged together and that distribution of both free and non-free media through the system would be tits - especially if they did early release DVDs/movies, etc.
Something to note about the media that you do pay for after you buy it on XBL. You can re-download it without paying for it so if space becomes an issue, you might be able to just store your stuff in a 'locker' on the XBL network. OR they might find some way to put it on your PC using DRM. They already DRM music - so why not a DVD rental that expires or one that doesn't expire at all.
Imagine piping some NEtflix style deal through the 360 - unlimited access to a library of 'classics' and up to five new rentals a month - and never a concern about them being out of a particular film and having to wait for it.
Eh. I don't really have the desire to collect episodes of The Office. I just want to pay a dollar or so and watch them when I want on my HD tv. I don't even care to actually _own_ it.
You would be happy to own a $400+ box that would give you the same thing you can get with on demand/PPV/MTV/VH1? Oh, and with the ability to play the equivalent of free online flash games for $5 a pop.
You have some misunderstandings.
1 - I don't have On Demand or PPV. And On Demand is only available in certain areas. This thing is available wherever you have broadband and has an easy built-in billing and distribution system.
2 - MTV/VH1? It seems to have more than that.
3 - Actually, the 'free online flash games' are also free on the XB360. And just like the free online flash games, you can pay a fee to 'unlock' the full version. Though I've noticed the free on XBL is lower than the fee for the flash games. And for some reason, these games work and look a lot better on my HDTV than they do on my 'puter.
I'm not saying it's totally unique, but just that it has everything in a really nice package and works well for games. And the box costs a LOT less than just a good video card to run the games in their PC version.
It will only happen if they are willing to cede control of the system to the users that are actually going to use it.
Wha.... I just want to download a video, like from Itunes, and then watch it on the DVD I have the Xbox 360 hooked up to. Just who are you that speaks for us all?
Kids just want games, adults just want movies, and neither is all that interested in sharing with the other (I don't know about Japan, but most US homes have more than one television for just this reason).
No, many adults want both. And adults are the ones buying the system. And it does a really good job with DVDs whears the PS2 was so bad at DVDs that Sony didn't sell the decoder hardware in any other DVD player is was selling at the time.
I totally agree. MS made OS's ten years ago that could handle this. Why can't 360? I let them know about this on their own forums very loudly. Didn't mention it here, but I do agree with you.
(first, let me surpress the urge to say that the new plan for the Japan Xbox is videogame characters with 'very small penis'. ref: Southpark).
I was pretty skeptical about the potential for this thing - in Japan, the US, elsewhere - because it had a really sucky launch lineup.
But since I got mine on April 2, despite buying three games (COD2, Oblivion, GRAW), I have spent most of my time downloading and playing the demos that are FREE. I'm also a Natasha Beddingfield fan and appreciated the video download of her singing two songs.
If MS can start distributing Movies and TV shows through this thing, that will be HUGE. And it seems like it's just a matter of them negotiating it.
Yes, that it was not a perfect system is true. And we can speculate how much better the phone system would have been had the state not gotten involved with it.
Part of the deal that the phone companies had to make with the state was that they would get a monopoly IF they agreed to provide services to rural areas that would otherwise not have been profitable to setup service to.
Again, with the advent of wireless everything, this is becoming less of an issue.
Here's a thought - if you like free internet so much - why not start a non-profit foundation, do a few fundraisers a year soliciting money from businesses who otherwise would be paying a high rate for access - and just setup your own free internet cloud.
If the telcos/cable companies tried to use government to shut you down then, they would be in the wrong.
None of your facts are valid. I don't pay health insurance because the employees would rather have the money in their pocket. Their kids or really young people who either choose to take the risk or are already covered by their parents. If you are working in a coffee shop and actually NEED healthcare insurance, you messed up somewhere and need to take responsibility for that. Free to choose - that is key.
The telephone company was not supported or built by tax payers, nor were the cable systems. For the most part, there was not enough of an economy of scale to have multple phone systems or cable systems.
But this is a temporary technology problem addressed by wireless. How many different companies can you get phone service from today - using a mobile phone?
And I am contemplating signing up for Verizon's mobile broadband for my laptop. No wires.
These kinds of advancements require a free, private economy that is not put out of business by the government.
New Orleans is serving a pretty good brew - not the best, but for free, hell. It certainly discourages me from making the investment to re-open my coffeeshop in the French Quarter.
And I'm not criticizing all aspects of the NO situation, just the general criticism of private proviteders for trying to keep the government from driving them out of business using money that was extorted from them.
If that were only available via the free market people would literally die.
Food is available via the free market. Do people starve?
Yes, there is some assistances - though a lot of it is also 'free market' charity. And any government program lowering the price of food is dwarfed by government actions that increase the price of food, such as sugar tarrifs.
The free market has killed far, far fewer people than govenments that are impervious to market forces.
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So please ensure you never ever buy anything of significance at BB (esp a laptop - WTF were you thinking?) or to buy the extended/expanded warrenty.
Don't they get a bonus for selling rediculous support agreements on pretty much everything?
Yeah, they like to point out that one game with no hard fee - whatever it's called - but please, just ignore him. He is a CLASSIC troll.
He's right up there with the guy who posts on a 360 thread to say he isn't buying a 360 because he dislikes MS.
I realize the slashherd rationalizes being a big and powerful corporation as forcing people to do this and that (and sometimes they do through the government), Wal-Mart does not - at least through it's acquasition/sales.
It seems to me that MonarchComputer has that title. Good experience with those guys, no markup on parts, just a small assembly fee ~ 150 which is way worth it given the time it takes me to do my own assembly and risk blowing it.
Yeah - that's exactly what ails the PC game industry - a lack of fancy packaging.
Wal-Mart isn't strong because of it's buying power - it is strong because of it's selling power.
Anyway, please feel free to resume your Wal-Mart hating now and label me flamebait/troll/whatever.
So for advice to ALL READERS of this site, the device works fine and others who have it will totally back me up on this:
http://mobilitytoday.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f= 83
I'm not saying the phone is perfect - it has a lot of room for improvement. But it's GPS is about the strongest and best working feature in the device.
You mean Mario 'Third' Party? I think I have that on the list.
The GPS receiver does not need the sky. It can sit inside my pocket. It can sit inside my car at whatever angle I want it to be at. It has no issues. I currently have it burried in from of the gear box in an area where I can see it well.
I snaked this list off a power point presentation given at a recent conference to investors of the Big N. For just a few seconds we got a look at the long list but they flipped to the next slide to discuss all of the different colors the Revolution would be released in and spent about thirty minutes discussing that. Really odd, I thought.
Anyway, after the presentation I went up to the machine hosting the presentation and move it onto my USB jump drive. Here is the list of the 20 awesome release games for the REvolution that will surely make it the greatest launch EVER:
Mario Kart: Revolution!
Mario Baseball: Revolution!
Mario Tennis: Revolution!
Mario Soccer: Revolution!
Mario Golf: Revolution!
Super Mario Strikers: Revolution!
Mario Golf: Revolution!
Mario Party 7: Revolution!
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix 2: Revolution!
Mario Beach Volleyball: Revolution!
Mario Versus Capcom Versus SNK: Revolution!
Paper Mario: Revolution!
Sunshine Mario: Revolution!
Paper Sunshine Mario: Revolution!
Mario Classic Arcade: Revolution!
Wario Wrestling: Revolution!
Mario En Espana: Revolutiones!
Mario Bowling: Revolution!
Mario World: Revolution!
I cannot wait for revolution to come out. With a launch lineup like this they are going to annihilate the competition!
If you can, I'd suggest returning your current device and buying an Ipaq 6515. It has the GPS unit built right in - no attachments. It comes with TomTom and one free map of a city. You can purchase some of the other maps online. It has worked great for me for the east coast. A little flaky at times, but overall very reliable.
I'd add that the device is not perfect, but it does work exceptionally well. A WM5 version came out recently and while it has a little less memory, you can send it away for a memory upgrade. Cingular is packaging it's 6515 for only 500 with a 2 yr contract, but I believe their version is running WM2003.
I really just bit torrent them and watch them on my puter. But I can extend the viewing to the Xbox. Could do that with original, too.
I'm not saying there are other ways to do what the Xbox 360 can do, I am just saying it's nice to have it all packaged together and that distribution of both free and non-free media through the system would be tits - especially if they did early release DVDs/movies, etc.
Something to note about the media that you do pay for after you buy it on XBL. You can re-download it without paying for it so if space becomes an issue, you might be able to just store your stuff in a 'locker' on the XBL network. OR they might find some way to put it on your PC using DRM. They already DRM music - so why not a DVD rental that expires or one that doesn't expire at all.
Imagine piping some NEtflix style deal through the 360 - unlimited access to a library of 'classics' and up to five new rentals a month - and never a concern about them being out of a particular film and having to wait for it.
Eh. I don't really have the desire to collect episodes of The Office. I just want to pay a dollar or so and watch them when I want on my HD tv. I don't even care to actually _own_ it.
You have some misunderstandings.
1 - I don't have On Demand or PPV. And On Demand is only available in certain areas. This thing is available wherever you have broadband and has an easy built-in billing and distribution system.
2 - MTV/VH1? It seems to have more than that.
3 - Actually, the 'free online flash games' are also free on the XB360. And just like the free online flash games, you can pay a fee to 'unlock' the full version. Though I've noticed the free on XBL is lower than the fee for the flash games. And for some reason, these games work and look a lot better on my HDTV than they do on my 'puter.
I'm not saying it's totally unique, but just that it has everything in a really nice package and works well for games. And the box costs a LOT less than just a good video card to run the games in their PC version.
Wha.... I just want to download a video, like from Itunes, and then watch it on the DVD I have the Xbox 360 hooked up to. Just who are you that speaks for us all?
No, many adults want both. And adults are the ones buying the system. And it does a really good job with DVDs whears the PS2 was so bad at DVDs that Sony didn't sell the decoder hardware in any other DVD player is was selling at the time.
I totally agree. MS made OS's ten years ago that could handle this. Why can't 360? I let them know about this on their own forums very loudly. Didn't mention it here, but I do agree with you.
I was pretty skeptical about the potential for this thing - in Japan, the US, elsewhere - because it had a really sucky launch lineup.
But since I got mine on April 2, despite buying three games (COD2, Oblivion, GRAW), I have spent most of my time downloading and playing the demos that are FREE. I'm also a Natasha Beddingfield fan and appreciated the video download of her singing two songs.
If MS can start distributing Movies and TV shows through this thing, that will be HUGE. And it seems like it's just a matter of them negotiating it.
The corps cast ZERO votes.
The ultimate solution will probably not come from the government/telco kleptocracy. I suggest you check out Verizon Wireless Broadband.
Can you list, side by side, the specs for both machines?
Part of the deal that the phone companies had to make with the state was that they would get a monopoly IF they agreed to provide services to rural areas that would otherwise not have been profitable to setup service to.
Again, with the advent of wireless everything, this is becoming less of an issue.
Here's a thought - if you like free internet so much - why not start a non-profit foundation, do a few fundraisers a year soliciting money from businesses who otherwise would be paying a high rate for access - and just setup your own free internet cloud.
If the telcos/cable companies tried to use government to shut you down then, they would be in the wrong.
The telephone company was not supported or built by tax payers, nor were the cable systems. For the most part, there was not enough of an economy of scale to have multple phone systems or cable systems.
But this is a temporary technology problem addressed by wireless. How many different companies can you get phone service from today - using a mobile phone?
And I am contemplating signing up for Verizon's mobile broadband for my laptop. No wires.
These kinds of advancements require a free, private economy that is not put out of business by the government.
And I'm not criticizing all aspects of the NO situation, just the general criticism of private proviteders for trying to keep the government from driving them out of business using money that was extorted from them.
Food is available via the free market. Do people starve?
Yes, there is some assistances - though a lot of it is also 'free market' charity. And any government program lowering the price of food is dwarfed by government actions that increase the price of food, such as sugar tarrifs.
The free market has killed far, far fewer people than govenments that are impervious to market forces.