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That is unbelievable, but what they say about hardware in the military applies to consumer devices as well: it takes a brilliant team of minds and millions of dollars to develop something, but it only takes one ignorant kid to run it into the ground... Another thing I find unbelievable is some of the criticism that has been aimed at some of the launch titles. For example, it's been said that Project Gotham 3 and Need for Speed are just more polished versions of the former systems that now benefit from the 360's new hardware. Well DUH, those are racing games. You get in a car and drive it to the point of victory. What did they expect? What were they hoping to see? Other than highly improved graphics there's nothing more to see. The same would apply to Call of Duty, Perfect Joanna, or whatever it's called, and any other game. Racing games have racing, shooting games have shooting, sports games have.....sporting; other than improved graphics there isn't much more that you can do with genre specific games...

That's gorgeous. Can I get one in orange?

-The things that kids will wear today...

Well, he was stabbed but he still continued his "brash, cocky and arrogant ways." I believe he told Riker in the end of Tapestries, that his heart stabbing experience wasn't the last time that he fought with the Norsicans. I'm a little foggy on Trek trivia, but I'm sure there are a few more examples of Picard being far more animated than his stuffed shirt model of perfection, as seen on TNG. I would agree that maybe Picard was getting old...REALLY old....

That's actually an excellent point there, especially when you look at Picard. I've always enjoyed his perfection and blind sense of duty and obligation, but his character never really made sense to me when they tried to portray his youth as being "brash, arrogant and cocky," and always at the center of trouble; how would you go from that to being a model of perfection?

Did you see it? I'll watch it if you will, although I'm not too enthusiastic about a movie that has a spot in the Rotten Tomatoes site...

Well, ever since the Turbo Duo, Sega CD and the like came out 5,000,000 years ago, there have always been warnings about not moving the consoles while they are activated. Now if you'll excuse me, Street Fighter the movie is on...

I thought that the '22 was being rendered "obsolete" or otherwise put on hold?

Stuck in the '70s-80's... Bah... Granted, everyone's entitled to their opinion, but that entire page stems from the lack of acceptance towards the new vision and reinterpretation of the original series, instead of them dragging up Dirk Benedict from B-star retirement, breaking out that robotic puppy and trying to find enough disco-oriented clothing and music to set the tone. From my point of view, it's also amusing because many of the listed reasons "why" to hate the new BSG are reasons to rejoice in the new series. Also, if I actually had such an empty life that I could take the time to create a list with 55 reasons to hate the new BSG, I'm sure that I could easily come up with 110 reasons why to deride the original one...

Oh yeah, don't get me wrong-NOTHING on this planet will ever take the place of my '69 Charger, so it's not as if I'm against old cars or being retro, but c'mon...Older cars are just that-older cars. The new Charger, the new GTO and the new........well, I was going to mention an Asian brand car with a resurrected name but I can't think of one....will always run rings around their 40 year old predecessors...

I like the new GTO, including its appearance. Those who passionately protest its looks and claim that this dishonors the original are retro-freaks that want steel bodies, hoodscopes, judge emblems, carburetors, drum brakes and probably 15 inch wheels mounted with non-radial tires on them. The purists need to accept that this isn't '64, and that the GTO/Monaro's current shape is also due to aerodynamics; something that the original and even my beloved '69 Charger had nothing of... As for gas and insurance, hey, you gotta' love what you drive so I say it's worth it if you can spring for it; you can't go wrong with a 350 to 400 horsepower car...

I liked Picard because he was nothing more than a stuffed shirt who was dry, with little to no sense of humor and was so devoted to his ship and duty he couldn't see anything else. I admire people like that because I lack the self-discipline to take out the garbage on a regular basis, or tend to any other responsibility...

As far as I know the HD cables are fine; I was unaware that the component cable has a switch that allows you to choose either HD or regular TV output. I've never seen an AV cable that was dual-mode capable!

Severely underestimating what a western pilot can do with a non-obsolete F-16. And F-16 pilot may not always get a choice in which battles they could avoid if the other side presses the issue.Though better matchup would be between the F-16s and the Mirage2000-5 which India brought a tone of. 349184[/snapback] What's the deal with the F-16? Is it that far behind in capability? And, I always thought questions like this one were decided by the pilot, not the plane...

Yeah, but who wants to go through all of the trouble of having to court a real girl anyway-they're more trouble than their worth. Now, if they could get that thing to look like one of the Cylon girls from the new BSG then I'd sign up....

Well that is good stuff. Let's just hope that 'Battlestar doesn't go the way of Voyager or Enterprise...

Hey, that's nice 'Exo....Blond hair, freckles on a stuck up chick, it's hard to go wrong with that...

You're the only Mac II fan on the planet... 345536[/snapback] Haha! 345925[/snapback] I'm a Sylvie Geena fan....

Actually, a small fraction of those wrecks are by other cars. Majority of them are the owners' fault, whether they were drunk or just too excited to try out their new toys. 348762[/snapback] Right. Like the one guy who picked up a new Murcielago, then drove it off of the dealership and then crashed it immediately. Picture states that he went right back into the dealership and ordered another one...

People are so desperate to rectify their 360 issues that they're willing to try anything, including plugging a valuable electronic device directly into a wall. Anyone familiar with electronic devices and that cares about them probably know the safety benefits of using a surge protector/power strip, but since these people's 360's are already malfunctioning, what do they have to lose? It's probably futile anyway; you can't tell me that the electrical difference between a power strip and a direct wall outlet bears that much of a variance...

The user's manual implies that you should plug the unit directly into a wall outlet. I can understand that, it's similair to a high end graphics card in a PC needing to be hooked up directly to the power supply to ensure a good flow of current, as they say in the install manuals. Meanwhile, I've got my unit connected to a power strip that's shared with my PS2, Xbox1, Dreamcast and..........a lava lamp. No problems here, and I've left my unit activated since I brought it home, basically.

That's exactly what it was. I'll say again that the t.v. ending and "End of.." had the exact same themes, which involved Shinji realizing that his own happiness, sadness, direction in life-his fate, was entirely up to him, to the individual. I still think that Shinji should've finished Asuka off though...

Well, how about "the story just ended?"

No job? What, 'ja get fired like me? Well, there'll be a point in life when you'll be thankful for any socks or underwear that you get. It's funny, but most of the time I really, really want something and I don't receive it in the near future I usually end up forgetting about it.

Oooohh Woooowww....The colors....I take back anything I said earlier about these graphics not being next generation-and this is just the beginning! 360 tech support insisted that my lack of high definition output was because of my incorrect settings on the console itself. The local 'EB I spoke with said the console was probably defective. I wouldn't have had to ask all of these people for help, but the night I bought these cables one of my guinea pigs got loose and ate the instructions that probably included the information about that little switch. David, I can't thank you enough! If I were my avatar I'd kiss you! 348177[/snapback] Do people just ignore my REPLIES/POSTS nowadays? SHEESH 348384[/snapback] Not at all, it's actually my fault. As soon as you posted I looked at my 360's cable and didn't see the switch on the top of the plug, or its sides; what I should've checked was the bottom of it! Dave's succeeding post prompted me to practically rip the plug out while screaming "WHERE WHERE WHERE?!" at the top of my lungs, which is when I actually found it. This situation is even more ridiculous when 360 tech support never even mentioned it, and the self proclaimed experts at the 'EB told me that my console was probably defective. This brings me back to a point that I brought up earlier: the cd tray that takes discs on the outer side when the 360 is vertical, and this HD cable that has it's switch UNDERNEATH the plug, out of sight, makes me think that they didn't really think about the applications of some of their designs. I'm sure it's just a matter of necessity though, as they probably weren't able to construct it any other way...