On 9/11, there were something like 5 terrorists on each plane, right?
And with boxcutters they took down the entire staff of stewardesses and subdued the entire plane, rushed the cockpit and took over the cockpits with no one stopping them.
So DNA evidence means nothing. I watched the trial. The murder weapon was at his house. Bloody clothes were at his house. The victims blood was on his clothes, in his house, in his car, in his drain, etc. His blood was at the scene. He had no alibi.
You base your case on the assumption that one person who is a world class athlete isn't fast enough to kill two people.
I care because an obviously guilty man walked free. I care because his kids have to life with a murderer. I care because the story was shoved in my face every day for two years.
Except the prosecutors in the civil case where he was found to be guilty.
In the criminal case, they interviewed jurors coming out who said they discounted the DNA evidence because they didn't understand the scientist talking about 50 million to one odds that a certain piece of DNA was him and such.
He lied. He ran from the cops. He had the victims blood in his car, in his house, his blood was at the scene, the murder weapon was found on his property, etc.
Oh, and he was found guilty by a court of law in the civil case.
Yep, there is no way to prove he was guilty. Clearly that is the case.
That's why most publishers don't like to announce to show titles unless they are confident in them.
I weep over a bunch of unreleased titles that I would love to have seen and never got my hands on. In the PC RPG-genre alone, I regularly weep over:
The original Ultima IX, Bob White's Ultima IX, Torn, Jefferson (Baldur's Gate 3: The Black Hound), Van Buren (Fallout 3), Ultima X Odyssey, Worlds of Ultima: Arthurian Legends, Ultima VIII: The Lost Vale, Ultima Underworld 3 (which years later became Arx Fatalis), etc. All of those I've talked with developers about. I've seen screenshots and videos of. I'm fairly familiar with them. I know they were serious labors of love.
Take a guy like Avellone or Sawyer, who worked on 3 major canceled titles in a row, each project a major love for them that they spent years on.
http://www.benheck.com/ - Ben Heck's XBox 360 Laptop. Only one in existance and it probably sold for several thousand considering it cost $1,200 in parts alone to make.
XPort's brilliantly ported XBoyAdvance players GB, GBC and GBA games quite well on my XBox.
Though I have emulators for my PS2 and Dreamcast as well, the XBox is my system of choice for emulation at the moment. I imagine I will eventually shift to the PS3 for all my emulation needs.
Go through a list of Good named roms, and you'll find there are plenty of unlicensed, pirated carts out there. On the Atari 2600, licensing didn't exist because no one made games for other people's hardware before. There was no such thing as third party initially. But when games like Space Invaders, Pac Man and the like became huge hits, other companies released knock-offs that were really the exact same game. Atari sued and lost, and thusly we have third party development today.
There is a game I've seen screenshots of, Origin confirmed, but I can't find any info on. It is rarer than rare. Origin was making SNES and NES ports of many of their PC RPGs. Some are decent and some are horrible (Ultima VII on the SNES for instance). They were dumbed down versions more often than not.
However, the original Words of Ultima: Savage Empire was built using the Ultima VI engine. Origin worked on redoing the game using the Ultima VII engine with all new graphics. The only screenshots and info I've found was for a Japanese Super Famicom version, but it was never officially released.
That would be a rare cart.
Within the Ultima series you've also got the Lost Vale addon for Ultima VIII that was finished, but never released. Even the staff who made the game say they have no idea what happened to the files, but they might be floating around. For years collectors have looked for anything related to it, and just last year the single existing copy of the box prototype popped up on EBay, was confirmed as legit by Origin staffers, and sold for thousands of dollars.
When an empty box sells for thousands, the software itself would be holy grail worthy.
There is also the original 2D isometric Ultima IX that got scrapped, but that was also unreleased.
For a rare released title, there was an FM Towns version of Ultima VI with full speech. Try finding that.
I'm just curious what their take on DRM will actually be with the final shipped product.
For all the Sony hate on/., Sony is the only one going region free, Sony said they'd support Linux officially again, and they even mentioned allow homebrew development.
One could easily argue that the PS3 then would have by far the most lax DRM restrictions of the consoles.
There are plenty of old consoles that are next to impossible to find these days.
I kept all my old consoles for ages and my demanded that I get rid of most of them because I never hooked them up or turned them on. I resisted, but many of the old consoles don't work incredibly well, and my emulators do. I had an Atari 7800, NES, Sega Master System, SNES, Turbo Grafix, Genesis, and N64 I got rid of. And honestly I don't have serious regrets. I could point to them and say "I own them!" but what does that accomplish over than waving an e-penis around? The only systems still hooked to a TV in my house are the PS1, DC, PS2, XBox and GC. The second I can run homebrew code on a PS3 or 360, the PS1, PS2 and XBox will probably be permanently retired. If I get a Wii, the same with the GC.
I know I owned them, and I am quite happy with my carefully organized and catloged rom collections for every system out there, happily residing on my hacked XBox.
"Heh. Sony originally promised *TWO* HDMI ports and said there would only be 1 SKU."
Partially true. Sony did promise two HDMI ports and then said there was no actual customer interest in this, which is true. Hardly anyone owns two TVs with HDMI ports. Everyone mocked this feature and said it was unnecessary. Sony never said there would only be one SKU. They said that they didn't intend to follow Microsoft's model, specifically citing that the "cheap" XBox 360 was worthless since it didn't have a HDD. You'll note that the "cheap" PS3 includes a HDD, BluRay, HDMI, etc. They didn't follow Microsoft's model.
"They also mocked the wii controller, 8 months or so before ripping it off."
Show me one actual quote where they mocked the controller. It doesn't exist. I read xbox-scene, Slashdot, ps3-scene, IGN, and all the usual sites EVERY SINGLE DAY.
"They also said PS3 would be a vast distributed computer network where I could what borrow spare cpu cycles from people worldwide not using their PS3. That was a while ago."
And guess what, they are using the PS3 as a distributing computing network. At launch, you'll be able to download Folding@Home for free, a version specifically made for the PS3.
"Now, Nintendo otoh never gave a price apart from $250, and never promised anything they haven't delivered on. There was supposed to be a DVD-addon. Mention of this has been dropped, but they never said it would play DVD movies out of the box."
You have zero clue what you are talking about. Nintendo and Microsoft both said outright at E3 that you could buy both the premium 360 and the Wii for under $600. These are direct quotes from Nintendo we're talking about. And on Nintendo's own webpage and press release they promised the Wii out of the box would play DVD movies, read DVD discs, and Wii games.
Your post has one fact, albeit twisted, and a whole bunch of trolling.
That's why you get modded as a troll./. doesn't need guys like you.
My point is that for the past 18 months I have heard people bitch non-stop about how Nintendo is this great company and how evil Sony is, and how Sony lied about their specs, and about how the PS3 won't have all the features Sony promised.
Sony is now going ABOVE their initial promise by adding HDMI to the low-end system, and lowering prices 20% on their low-end system.
Nintendo cut DVD support and raised the price 25%.
The fan-bois need to wake up and look at facts. All three are major corporations. All are in the business of making money. I'm sick of hearing how one company is good while the other one is evil.
That is up to developers. However, it seems like there are plenty of developers working on next-gen games. And there are enough MAJOR titles from all parties to push people to eventually jump.
I hear from gamers quite often that once you've played Oblivion, Morrowind is unplayable in how the graphics pale. For better or worse, most of us are suckers for great graphics. One could argue that we got more bang-for-our-buck in the 16-bit era. The 8 bit era consisted of awfully short (though challenging) games and poor arcade ports. But the 16-bit era often meant the best of the 2D generation. How many truly wonderful platformers did we have, with tons and tons of levels?
It takes so long for 3d modeling, texturing, voice overs, cinematics and the like, than many newer games are way too short. One could argue games in this generation aren't as great overall as generations past, but we'll throw down major dollars regardless because we want better looking games.
Obviously, this is a major generalization. There are older titles that were poor, and newer titles with plenty of gameplay, but I was just making a very broad generalization.
Very true. I am curious what they have up their sleeve.
I'm also a little disappointed that they didn't just invent a new kind of rumble. Very few people talk about that, but it was one of the smartest moves Microsoft made. This company patented the method Microsoft and Sony used for rumble. They intended to sue both companies. Microsoft just bought them out, so not only did they avoid the suit, but if Sony wants to use that rumble, they have to pay Microsoft royalties.
Getting around a patent means deviating enough to be unique. I'm sure Sony could have if they tried.
Sony is still saying (though I doubt it) that they will push 6 million worldwide by March. On launch day, Japan won't have many units.
The XBox 360 has only sold 2.2 million in 9 months. If Sony can manage to sell 3 million, they'll take the lead right away. Out of those six million, I wouldn't be shocked if they sell 2 million in Japan by Spring.
Sony's own website lists 30 launch titles, including FFXIII, FFXIII Vs. and MGS4. Will they hit the exact launch window? They don't have to. If they're six months late, they'll still probably sell all six million units by March like they're saying.
Both Nintendo and Microsoft promised at E3 that you could buy a $400 Premium XBox and a Wii for less than the cost of the $600 PS3. I'll let you do the math.
"Furthermore, according to the NPD Group's TRST data, the Xbox 360 is actually off to a slower start than the original Xbox. Looking at retail sales for the respective consoles' first nine months shows the Xbox at 2.55 million units and the Xbox 360 at 2.21 million units."
Microsoft has been advertising like mad, and really pushing the 360. The original XBox had the anti-Microsoft sentiment, and despite having tons more launch titles, a free (gimped) Live service, and being the first to launch in the next gen, the 360's launch hasn't even surpassed the XBox's launch.
Sony was second to launch with the PS1 (after the N64) and dominated. They came after the Dreamcast with the PS2 and dominated. In both cases the PS1 was more expensive than the N64 and the PS2 was more expensive than the Dreamcast.
Sony won't dominate early with a $500 console. But by the '07 Christmas season, Sony will pull in front.
The PS2 is still outselling the XBox 360. The PS2 still held an extremely dominating lead over Microsoft and Nintendo combined, even though both had arguably superior hardware. Nintendo was cheaper and Microsoft had Live. Still Sony dominated.
Sony is promising a Live-like service, but allowing to play multiplayer online for free. They will have the best hardware. They will have a huge launch in Japan. They have tons and tons of third-party support. They still have plenty of huge exclusive franchises.
The Slashdot crowd speaks daily of Sony's evils. Yet it is Nintendo, not Sony who cut back on the features of their console launch. Wii is $50 more expensive than promised, and still doesn't have DVD support. One of it's biggest features is the ability to purchase again titles we've already purchased multiple times before. Nintendo promised region-free, and then canned that.
Sony in comparison, is going region-free and said they will support Linux and homebrew development. $500 for a PS3 with BluRay, a HDD, HDMI, more processing power, native 1080p and free online pay vs. a $400 XBox with no high-def movie player, no HDMI, weaker processing power, upscaling, and paying for online play? Suddenly, the price does seem considerably more reasonable. Over the course of the console's life, you'll pay the extra $100 in XBox Live fees.
I think Microsoft and Nintendo will offer heavy competition, but especially now that Sony is offering HDMI on the low-end system, and is talking about dropping their price, I have little doubt that they will once again dominate this generation.
Mind you, I buy each console, and I'm no fanboi. But the facts are that Sony has been EXTREMELY dominant, and despite the elite geek crowd turning their nose up at Sony, the masses still seem to love them. Conversely, you hear alot on the Net about Nintendo love, but other than handhelds, their home console division has steadily declined ever since the days of the NES. The opinions you read about online do not necessarily represent the actual masses.
Brooks has said for years he wanted to do a Spaceballs sequel, and incorporate the prequels. Studios have been pushing for a TV show so they could spoof other fandoms and pull in more people. Specifically they kept demanding a LotR spoof, which I'm not sure how well that fits in the Spaceballs universe. But LotR makes huge money, and Lords of the G-Strings is a very weak parody (and porn for that matter). So someone has to do it.
Given budget limitations and Brook's age, a cartoon seems like the best way to cut back on the costs of all the new locations, space sequences, etc.
If you change your flags, and you're rebuilding for a different architecture, then you really want to do an emerge -uDn world at the VERY least. I throw in a v and p for good measure to see what I'm doing.
Supervisors would demand to know all of their employees passwords, people write their passwords at their desk, and the first thing anyone would tell me when they had a problem, was all their passwords.
The IT Manager (a real twit) had all her passwords written at her desk, and she had full access to everything.
Slashdot Mirror
What does race have to do with DNA evidence in a murder trial?
I feel sorry for people who still can't see past the color of skin.
On 9/11, there were something like 5 terrorists on each plane, right?
And with boxcutters they took down the entire staff of stewardesses and subdued the entire plane, rushed the cockpit and took over the cockpits with no one stopping them.
So DNA evidence means nothing. I watched the trial. The murder weapon was at his house. Bloody clothes were at his house. The victims blood was on his clothes, in his house, in his car, in his drain, etc. His blood was at the scene. He had no alibi.
You base your case on the assumption that one person who is a world class athlete isn't fast enough to kill two people.
I pray you never end up on a jury.
I care because an obviously guilty man walked free. I care because his kids have to life with a murderer. I care because the story was shoved in my face every day for two years.
Except the prosecutors in the civil case where he was found to be guilty.
In the criminal case, they interviewed jurors coming out who said they discounted the DNA evidence because they didn't understand the scientist talking about 50 million to one odds that a certain piece of DNA was him and such.
He lied. He ran from the cops. He had the victims blood in his car, in his house, his blood was at the scene, the murder weapon was found on his property, etc.
Oh, and he was found guilty by a court of law in the civil case.
Yep, there is no way to prove he was guilty. Clearly that is the case.
That's why most publishers don't like to announce to show titles unless they are confident in them.
I weep over a bunch of unreleased titles that I would love to have seen and never got my hands on. In the PC RPG-genre alone, I regularly weep over:
The original Ultima IX, Bob White's Ultima IX, Torn, Jefferson (Baldur's Gate 3: The Black Hound), Van Buren (Fallout 3), Ultima X Odyssey, Worlds of Ultima: Arthurian Legends, Ultima VIII: The Lost Vale, Ultima Underworld 3 (which years later became Arx Fatalis), etc. All of those I've talked with developers about. I've seen screenshots and videos of. I'm fairly familiar with them. I know they were serious labors of love.
Take a guy like Avellone or Sawyer, who worked on 3 major canceled titles in a row, each project a major love for them that they spent years on.
http://www.benheck.com/ - Ben Heck's XBox 360 Laptop. Only one in existance and it probably sold for several thousand considering it cost $1,200 in parts alone to make.
XPort's brilliantly ported XBoyAdvance players GB, GBC and GBA games quite well on my XBox.
Though I have emulators for my PS2 and Dreamcast as well, the XBox is my system of choice for emulation at the moment. I imagine I will eventually shift to the PS3 for all my emulation needs.
Wife actually.
I hardly ever sleep with my mom anymore.
Go through a list of Good named roms, and you'll find there are plenty of unlicensed, pirated carts out there. On the Atari 2600, licensing didn't exist because no one made games for other people's hardware before. There was no such thing as third party initially. But when games like Space Invaders, Pac Man and the like became huge hits, other companies released knock-offs that were really the exact same game. Atari sued and lost, and thusly we have third party development today.
There is a game I've seen screenshots of, Origin confirmed, but I can't find any info on. It is rarer than rare. Origin was making SNES and NES ports of many of their PC RPGs. Some are decent and some are horrible (Ultima VII on the SNES for instance). They were dumbed down versions more often than not.
However, the original Words of Ultima: Savage Empire was built using the Ultima VI engine. Origin worked on redoing the game using the Ultima VII engine with all new graphics. The only screenshots and info I've found was for a Japanese Super Famicom version, but it was never officially released.
That would be a rare cart.
Within the Ultima series you've also got the Lost Vale addon for Ultima VIII that was finished, but never released. Even the staff who made the game say they have no idea what happened to the files, but they might be floating around. For years collectors have looked for anything related to it, and just last year the single existing copy of the box prototype popped up on EBay, was confirmed as legit by Origin staffers, and sold for thousands of dollars.
When an empty box sells for thousands, the software itself would be holy grail worthy.
There is also the original 2D isometric Ultima IX that got scrapped, but that was also unreleased.
For a rare released title, there was an FM Towns version of Ultima VI with full speech. Try finding that.
I'm just curious what their take on DRM will actually be with the final shipped product.
/., Sony is the only one going region free, Sony said they'd support Linux officially again, and they even mentioned allow homebrew development.
For all the Sony hate on
One could easily argue that the PS3 then would have by far the most lax DRM restrictions of the consoles.
Don't forget the Fairchild Channel F!
There are plenty of old consoles that are next to impossible to find these days.
I kept all my old consoles for ages and my demanded that I get rid of most of them because I never hooked them up or turned them on. I resisted, but many of the old consoles don't work incredibly well, and my emulators do. I had an Atari 7800, NES, Sega Master System, SNES, Turbo Grafix, Genesis, and N64 I got rid of. And honestly I don't have serious regrets. I could point to them and say "I own them!" but what does that accomplish over than waving an e-penis around? The only systems still hooked to a TV in my house are the PS1, DC, PS2, XBox and GC. The second I can run homebrew code on a PS3 or 360, the PS1, PS2 and XBox will probably be permanently retired. If I get a Wii, the same with the GC.
I know I owned them, and I am quite happy with my carefully organized and catloged rom collections for every system out there, happily residing on my hacked XBox.
"Heh. Sony originally promised *TWO* HDMI ports and said there would only be 1 SKU."
/. doesn't need guys like you.
Partially true. Sony did promise two HDMI ports and then said there was no actual customer interest in this, which is true. Hardly anyone owns two TVs with HDMI ports. Everyone mocked this feature and said it was unnecessary. Sony never said there would only be one SKU. They said that they didn't intend to follow Microsoft's model, specifically citing that the "cheap" XBox 360 was worthless since it didn't have a HDD. You'll note that the "cheap" PS3 includes a HDD, BluRay, HDMI, etc. They didn't follow Microsoft's model.
"They also mocked the wii controller, 8 months or so before ripping it off."
Show me one actual quote where they mocked the controller. It doesn't exist. I read xbox-scene, Slashdot, ps3-scene, IGN, and all the usual sites EVERY SINGLE DAY.
"They also said PS3 would be a vast distributed computer network where I could what borrow spare cpu cycles from people worldwide not using their PS3. That was a while ago."
And guess what, they are using the PS3 as a distributing computing network. At launch, you'll be able to download Folding@Home for free, a version specifically made for the PS3.
"Now, Nintendo otoh never gave a price apart from $250, and never promised anything they haven't delivered on. There was supposed to be a DVD-addon. Mention of this has been dropped, but they never said it would play DVD movies out of the box."
You have zero clue what you are talking about. Nintendo and Microsoft both said outright at E3 that you could buy both the premium 360 and the Wii for under $600. These are direct quotes from Nintendo we're talking about. And on Nintendo's own webpage and press release they promised the Wii out of the box would play DVD movies, read DVD discs, and Wii games.
Your post has one fact, albeit twisted, and a whole bunch of trolling.
That's why you get modded as a troll.
My point is that for the past 18 months I have heard people bitch non-stop about how Nintendo is this great company and how evil Sony is, and how Sony lied about their specs, and about how the PS3 won't have all the features Sony promised.
Sony is now going ABOVE their initial promise by adding HDMI to the low-end system, and lowering prices 20% on their low-end system.
Nintendo cut DVD support and raised the price 25%.
The fan-bois need to wake up and look at facts. All three are major corporations. All are in the business of making money. I'm sick of hearing how one company is good while the other one is evil.
That is up to developers. However, it seems like there are plenty of developers working on next-gen games. And there are enough MAJOR titles from all parties to push people to eventually jump.
I hear from gamers quite often that once you've played Oblivion, Morrowind is unplayable in how the graphics pale. For better or worse, most of us are suckers for great graphics. One could argue that we got more bang-for-our-buck in the 16-bit era. The 8 bit era consisted of awfully short (though challenging) games and poor arcade ports. But the 16-bit era often meant the best of the 2D generation. How many truly wonderful platformers did we have, with tons and tons of levels?
It takes so long for 3d modeling, texturing, voice overs, cinematics and the like, than many newer games are way too short. One could argue games in this generation aren't as great overall as generations past, but we'll throw down major dollars regardless because we want better looking games.
Obviously, this is a major generalization. There are older titles that were poor, and newer titles with plenty of gameplay, but I was just making a very broad generalization.
Very true. I am curious what they have up their sleeve.
I'm also a little disappointed that they didn't just invent a new kind of rumble. Very few people talk about that, but it was one of the smartest moves Microsoft made. This company patented the method Microsoft and Sony used for rumble. They intended to sue both companies. Microsoft just bought them out, so not only did they avoid the suit, but if Sony wants to use that rumble, they have to pay Microsoft royalties.
Getting around a patent means deviating enough to be unique. I'm sure Sony could have if they tried.
Sony is still saying (though I doubt it) that they will push 6 million worldwide by March. On launch day, Japan won't have many units.
The XBox 360 has only sold 2.2 million in 9 months. If Sony can manage to sell 3 million, they'll take the lead right away. Out of those six million, I wouldn't be shocked if they sell 2 million in Japan by Spring.
Sony's own website lists 30 launch titles, including FFXIII, FFXIII Vs. and MGS4. Will they hit the exact launch window? They don't have to. If they're six months late, they'll still probably sell all six million units by March like they're saying.
Nintendo and Microsoft both promised you could buy a $400 XBox 360 and a Wii together for less than the $600 for the premium PS3 package.
Both Nintendo and Microsoft promised at E3 that you could buy a $400 Premium XBox and a Wii for less than the cost of the $600 PS3. I'll let you do the math.
"Furthermore, according to the NPD Group's TRST data, the Xbox 360 is actually off to a slower start than the original Xbox. Looking at retail sales for the respective consoles' first nine months shows the Xbox at 2.55 million units and the Xbox 360 at 2.21 million units."
Microsoft has been advertising like mad, and really pushing the 360. The original XBox had the anti-Microsoft sentiment, and despite having tons more launch titles, a free (gimped) Live service, and being the first to launch in the next gen, the 360's launch hasn't even surpassed the XBox's launch.
Sony was second to launch with the PS1 (after the N64) and dominated. They came after the Dreamcast with the PS2 and dominated. In both cases the PS1 was more expensive than the N64 and the PS2 was more expensive than the Dreamcast.
Sony won't dominate early with a $500 console. But by the '07 Christmas season, Sony will pull in front.
Are we asking the Slashdot crowd or the world?
The PS2 is still outselling the XBox 360. The PS2 still held an extremely dominating lead over Microsoft and Nintendo combined, even though both had arguably superior hardware. Nintendo was cheaper and Microsoft had Live. Still Sony dominated.
Sony is promising a Live-like service, but allowing to play multiplayer online for free. They will have the best hardware. They will have a huge launch in Japan. They have tons and tons of third-party support. They still have plenty of huge exclusive franchises.
The Slashdot crowd speaks daily of Sony's evils. Yet it is Nintendo, not Sony who cut back on the features of their console launch. Wii is $50 more expensive than promised, and still doesn't have DVD support. One of it's biggest features is the ability to purchase again titles we've already purchased multiple times before. Nintendo promised region-free, and then canned that.
Sony in comparison, is going region-free and said they will support Linux and homebrew development. $500 for a PS3 with BluRay, a HDD, HDMI, more processing power, native 1080p and free online pay vs. a $400 XBox with no high-def movie player, no HDMI, weaker processing power, upscaling, and paying for online play? Suddenly, the price does seem considerably more reasonable. Over the course of the console's life, you'll pay the extra $100 in XBox Live fees.
I think Microsoft and Nintendo will offer heavy competition, but especially now that Sony is offering HDMI on the low-end system, and is talking about dropping their price, I have little doubt that they will once again dominate this generation.
Mind you, I buy each console, and I'm no fanboi. But the facts are that Sony has been EXTREMELY dominant, and despite the elite geek crowd turning their nose up at Sony, the masses still seem to love them. Conversely, you hear alot on the Net about Nintendo love, but other than handhelds, their home console division has steadily declined ever since the days of the NES. The opinions you read about online do not necessarily represent the actual masses.
But our government insists that organized crime doesn't exist, while at the same time having a division to track organized crime! I'm so confused!
Brooks has said for years he wanted to do a Spaceballs sequel, and incorporate the prequels. Studios have been pushing for a TV show so they could spoof other fandoms and pull in more people. Specifically they kept demanding a LotR spoof, which I'm not sure how well that fits in the Spaceballs universe. But LotR makes huge money, and Lords of the G-Strings is a very weak parody (and porn for that matter). So someone has to do it.
Given budget limitations and Brook's age, a cartoon seems like the best way to cut back on the costs of all the new locations, space sequences, etc.
If you change your flags, and you're rebuilding for a different architecture, then you really want to do an emerge -uDn world at the VERY least. I throw in a v and p for good measure to see what I'm doing.
Yep, I couldn't agree more. And people who leave the default password likely aren't going to change their ways until they get robbed once.
Supervisors would demand to know all of their employees passwords, people write their passwords at their desk, and the first thing anyone would tell me when they had a problem, was all their passwords.
The IT Manager (a real twit) had all her passwords written at her desk, and she had full access to everything.