I can tell you why I switched to the 360. My less technically minded friends all have them. So when a new game comes out that we want to play...Gears 3 for example....we group up....drop in the disk...and play.
No driver updates. No hours spent tweaking. No weird command line additions. No upgrade treadmill.
Yeah, the graphics don't stand up to a 'modern' computer..and I can't install mods..but frankly...I don't care. They are good enough for the games we play. And as a bonus I don't have to spend any time trying to figure out why game X looks like crap on my newest wondercomputer...
After locating a solution to a obscure tech problem at work the new tech asked me how I found it. So I showed him the Google query I used...with the comment that in this business you are only as good as your last Google query....
Not to mention that planes are tough. The shoe bomber and underwear bomber could have blown a hole in the plane but it's unlikely they would have had enough explosives to actually have brought the plane down.
If they can't be bothered to improve the experience then I can't be bothered to visit them. We went to Super 8 this weekend and this was our experience.
Arrived 5 minutes before the movie was scheduled to start.
Theater smells like old popcorn and butter...floor is sticky.
Sat through 10 minutes of slide show ad's with the most irritating music playing the whole time. Seriously...strangling cat bad.
Sat through another 10 minutes of previews which I don't mind...but each preview was followed by an ad that of course had the volume noticeably louder than preview.
Finally got to the movie. We were lucky this time...the theater was mostly empty so no ringing phones or idiot texters...
I think they deserved it. They went out and pissed off the most technically minded part of their customer base. Then they went after GeoHotz after that horse had left the barn and the barn had burned down...
I'm saying they deserved it and I have a Playstation 3. Luckily they didn't get my CC information.
Sorry, not going to happen. The days of passengers sitting quietly while someone takes over the plane to use it as a flying bomb are over. The TSA groping and scanning are just security theater..
I'll bet the dealership does....and I'm sure they will sell you one for a tidy markup. That also includes those wonderful 'special' tools needed for removing one lousy bolt that you can't reach with a normal socket wrench....
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Sometimes doing the bad things pays better. And depending on how bad it is sometimes you can get the government to bail you out afterwards....
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I can tell you why I switched to the 360. My less technically minded friends all have them. So when a new game comes out that we want to play...Gears 3 for example....we group up....drop in the disk...and play.
No driver updates. No hours spent tweaking. No weird command line additions. No upgrade treadmill.
Yeah, the graphics don't stand up to a 'modern' computer..and I can't install mods..but frankly...I don't care. They are good enough for the games we play. And as a bonus I don't have to spend any time trying to figure out why game X looks like crap on my newest wondercomputer...
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After locating a solution to a obscure tech problem at work the new tech asked me how I found it. So I showed him the Google query I used...with the comment that in this business you are only as good as your last Google query....
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Not to mention that planes are tough. The shoe bomber and underwear bomber could have blown a hole in the plane but it's unlikely they would have had enough explosives to actually have brought the plane down.
Theater Experience....
If they can't be bothered to improve the experience then I can't be bothered to visit them. We went to Super 8 this weekend and this was our experience.
Arrived 5 minutes before the movie was scheduled to start.
Theater smells like old popcorn and butter...floor is sticky.
Sat through 10 minutes of slide show ad's with the most irritating music playing the whole time. Seriously...strangling cat bad.
Sat through another 10 minutes of previews which I don't mind...but each preview was followed by an ad that of course had the volume noticeably louder than preview.
Finally got to the movie. We were lucky this time...the theater was mostly empty so no ringing phones or idiot texters...
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I think they deserved it. They went out and pissed off the most technically minded part of their customer base. Then they went after GeoHotz after that horse had left the barn and the barn had burned down...
I'm saying they deserved it and I have a Playstation 3. Luckily they didn't get my CC information.
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Jeeze, how many movies can you make about vampires and werewolves playing with their food? That's what it's about right?
Another 9/11?
Sorry, not going to happen. The days of passengers sitting quietly while someone takes over the plane to use it as a flying bomb are over. The TSA groping and scanning are just security theater..
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I'll bet the dealership does....and I'm sure they will sell you one for a tidy markup. That also includes those wonderful 'special' tools needed for removing one lousy bolt that you can't reach with a normal socket wrench....
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Wait....number 3 isn't the correct choice?