everyone has a cause, and there will always be opponents of that cause. It seems that it is human nature to push one's own will onto others, and everyone knows whats best for everyone else. The old saying "You can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time. But you can never please all of the people all of the time," sort of is applicable here. So, there are people fighting testing on animals and there are people fighting testing on humans. Obviously, new drugs and procedures need to be tested and they need to be tested in the real world because there are always factors that can't be accounted for in a closed environment.
so, until we find those aliens on mars, those in power are going to have to choose between testing on humans or testing on animals.
I have Drinking Jenga and Strip Jenga...and Drinking Jenga that time to time turns in to Strip Jenga....I wonder how Travel Drinking Jenga or Travel Strip Jenga would turn out...hmmm....
also, these news headings are very misleading because it is not the chipping that is putting these people in jail, it is the sale of stolen video games, basically (as many other people have pointed out).
"Next Gen" can have several meanings. If you were to have a child, that child would be the next generation. The child in not entirely different from you, but it is a compeltely different offspring, making it "v2.0". While they might use market hype to convince you their "next gen" system blows current consoles away (which is the point of marketing, no one wants to buy a console that is 'kind of better, and sort of faster'), it does not mean that the system truly is next generation. At the same time, it seems the lines between what a generation is, in terms of consoles, has begun to blur. It was easy to see when graphics went from 8-bit to 16-bit to 32-bit to 64-bit, and when the graphics went from 2d to 3d. What do you use now to draw that line? HD resolution? DVD drive? HD-DVD drive? Multi Core Processor? I think there is no clear answer.
While I'm at it, I'm pretty fed up with people singing to the tune of "no one wants to use the media center capabilities, i just want a sweet ass gaming rig." Well, believe it or not, Microsoft actually learned something from the original XBOX. Maybe some of you have been in a cave or actively turn your heads away from all things XBOX, but two of the main reasons to mod an original XBOX is for the use of Linux and for XBOX Media Center (not counting the added bonus of playing 4-player RC Pro Am Torunaments). While Microsoft will never condone the use of Linux on a Microsoft product (save the future release of Microsoft 'Nix 2006), the new incarnation of XBOX takes away the need to modigy the product to use it as a media center. The other side of opposition is people using Tunnelling software to play games over the internet for free instead of paying for Xbox-Live. Microsoft also addressed that by making some form of Xbox-Live free for all users of Xbox 360. So congrats to Micosoft on taking suggestions.
Having said all that, I see no reason for me to shell out money on the Xbox 360. I have all of those features on my current xbox. The only benefit to me would be if the game quality was leaps and bounds above the current Xbox, which it doesn't look like to me. Sure the games look good, but so do my current Xbox games when hooked up to my plasma screen with component cables and my surround sound with an optical cord.
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so, until we find those aliens on mars, those in power are going to have to choose between testing on humans or testing on animals.
I have Drinking Jenga and Strip Jenga...and Drinking Jenga that time to time turns in to Strip Jenga....I wonder how Travel Drinking Jenga or Travel Strip Jenga would turn out...hmmm....
also, these news headings are very misleading because it is not the chipping that is putting these people in jail, it is the sale of stolen video games, basically (as many other people have pointed out).
"Next Gen" can have several meanings. If you were to have a child, that child would be the next generation. The child in not entirely different from you, but it is a compeltely different offspring, making it "v2.0". While they might use market hype to convince you their "next gen" system blows current consoles away (which is the point of marketing, no one wants to buy a console that is 'kind of better, and sort of faster'), it does not mean that the system truly is next generation. At the same time, it seems the lines between what a generation is, in terms of consoles, has begun to blur. It was easy to see when graphics went from 8-bit to 16-bit to 32-bit to 64-bit, and when the graphics went from 2d to 3d. What do you use now to draw that line? HD resolution? DVD drive? HD-DVD drive? Multi Core Processor? I think there is no clear answer.
While I'm at it, I'm pretty fed up with people singing to the tune of "no one wants to use the media center capabilities, i just want a sweet ass gaming rig." Well, believe it or not, Microsoft actually learned something from the original XBOX. Maybe some of you have been in a cave or actively turn your heads away from all things XBOX, but two of the main reasons to mod an original XBOX is for the use of Linux and for XBOX Media Center (not counting the added bonus of playing 4-player RC Pro Am Torunaments). While Microsoft will never condone the use of Linux on a Microsoft product (save the future release of Microsoft 'Nix 2006), the new incarnation of XBOX takes away the need to modigy the product to use it as a media center. The other side of opposition is people using Tunnelling software to play games over the internet for free instead of paying for Xbox-Live. Microsoft also addressed that by making some form of Xbox-Live free for all users of Xbox 360. So congrats to Micosoft on taking suggestions.
Having said all that, I see no reason for me to shell out money on the Xbox 360. I have all of those features on my current xbox. The only benefit to me would be if the game quality was leaps and bounds above the current Xbox, which it doesn't look like to me. Sure the games look good, but so do my current Xbox games when hooked up to my plasma screen with component cables and my surround sound with an optical cord.
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