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Xbox 360 - Up Close & Personal with Live, the Console and the Wireless Controllerby Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/20/2005 12:57 AM EST
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milomnderbnder21 - Sunday, May 22, 2005 - linkhttp://xbox360.ign.com/articles/617/617951p1.html
There's a link, as proof I guess... Reply
milomnderbnder21 - Sunday, May 22, 2005 - linkThat critique/comparison is actually straight from Microsoft, some department or something. It was posted recently on IGN360, they said it was emailed to them or something from Microsoft.
Obviously, that makes it biased, but there's no denying that it brings up a couple of interesting points. I would expect the PS3 to be more powerful though. The article underestimates the Cell. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Sunday, May 22, 2005 - linkgolemite
It was real, not running at full speed, but the only working 360 shown to the public at E3.
Take care,
Anand Reply
golemite - Saturday, May 21, 2005 - linkso was the 360 at the ATI booth an actual prototype or not? from what i was told, it was one of the first working test units. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Saturday, May 21, 2005 - linkflatblastard
I don't get the impression that Nintendo will be able to compete, specification-wise, with Microsoft and Sony. That doesn't mean that their console won't be competitive because, after all, it is the games that matter. But without strongly competitive specs, it wouldn't make sense for Nintendo to reveal anything at E3 from a PR standpoint.
I'm not one to critique other peoples' work, but there are a number of factual errors presented in that link.
Remember that the Xbox 360's 256GB/s of bandwidth is a figure for on-die bandwidth between the 192 FPUs and the embedded DRAM on the daughter die. Including that figure in a system bandwidth comparison is like me telling you how much bandwidth exists between the Pentium 4's Trace Cache and its Decoder and then comparing that to the Athlon 64's main memory bandwidth. It's not a valid comparison.
Comparing the number of general purpose cores between the two CPUs (cell and xbox 360) and using that as a benchmark is also a highly invalid comparison. If I published an article where I said that the dual core Pentium D 840 offered twice the general purpose performance as a single core Athlon 64 4000+...well, you guys wouldn't buy that would you :) So why would that sort of a comparison work for the PS3 vs. Xbox 360?
I wouldn't put much faith in those types of claims, if you go back and read any of our articles about CPU architecture (including the Cell article) you will realize that a number of these types of claims are quite easily debunked.
As I mentioned before, I'm not one to criticize other peoples' work, but if you have any specific questions about whether or not a particular claim is true (or makes sense) ask it and I'll do my best to answer it.
Take care,
Anand Reply
Staples - Saturday, May 21, 2005 - linkVery neat. Seems like the PS3 is almost a faster PS2 and that is about all. MS certainly has the upperhand as far as interface goes. Reply
barnett25 - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkAnand: I'd like to see what you have to say about the PS3, Xbox comparison at http://www.majornelson.com. Reply
flatblastard - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkAnand #19
I do appreciate your effort in at least making an attempt to get into the press conference. How did it go...."Fink? We've never heard of you." I guess the old saying that, It's Not What You Know, It's Who You Know, is still true. The big N has a history of doing this, so I'm not really surprised. I guess I was just expecting more from our great reviewer but if there was nothing to report, then there's nothing to report. duh Reply
tfranzese - Friday, May 20, 2005 - link#24, sorry if you don't like me actually looking forward to the big N's next console. I actually enjoy my Gamecube along side my Xbox, so I will probably be buying two consoles again.
As long as Nintendo makes their 1st party titles, that's enough reason for me to buy their system. I don't buy it so I can play EA's 20th rendition of Madden, Live, NFS, or any other 3rd party title. I'll have an Xbox for that junk. I've been more than satisfied with the quality and quantity of titles Nintendo has put on the Gamecube, and I have more to look forward to. Reply
shaw - Friday, May 20, 2005 - link#20 Look at how much nostalgia helps Sega. :p
People used to think the world was flat once, get over it, move on. Reply
shaw - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkThe first Killzone was a generic FPS. So I guess the sequal will be generic FPS part 2. I have about as much faith in Guerella as I do in Digital Extremes for making a good FPS. Reply
Generic Guy - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkSo, the initial tone of the article is "disappointed." Why on earth should you be disappointed about lack of information about two vapor consoles whose hardware hasn't even been finalized yet, and isn't due out until the end of year at earliestl And machines whose makers are both engaged in ridiculous schlong-swinging hype ("our machine is 4873 times better than last years model..."). Who expected more than empty display shells, a la "Phantom". Who really expected anything other than hype and spin doctoring from either Microsoft or Sony? I mean, C'mon! What did you really expect?
The really amazing thing I thought was the reserved, sober, and relatively honest pronouncements coming from the former king of hype: Nintendo. Reply
ascian5 - Friday, May 20, 2005 - link"If you have any Windows XP machines on the same network that the 360 is connected to, the machine will automatically search for any and all shared music, pictures and videos and make them accessible from the media panel of the Xbox 360 dashboard."
What happens with your porn? You don't want your buddies or your girl coming over and having the Xbox automatically find that stuff. Not to mention if you have kids! Hahaha Reply
tfranzese - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkI'm more interested in the Revolution than the other two consoles. I love my Xbox, but my Gamecube is my baby too and I look forward to what Nintendo will do with their next console. I have too much nostalgia for Nintendo to not just care. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkflatblastard
Trust me, I tried getting reliable technical info on Revolution - it's simply not out there.
I tried getting into the press conference; what was I told? "No new technical information will be presented."
Revolution will be interesting, I'm sure, but the information is simply not out there right now.
Take care,
Anand Reply
dripgoss - Friday, May 20, 2005 - link#16 Screw the Revolution. There I said it. From what little info I've seen about it, I could care less. They had better release something spectacular in order to grab my money this go around. Nintendo is dying a slow painful death and I hope they hang on just long enough to keep the spirit of competition alive during this next gen. Even then, they have proven themselves as a non-competitor in the current gen console market (note I said console - not handheld) by consistently selling the GC at $50 to $100 less than the other consoles just to stay alive. They just don't understand the changing US market enough to be competitive unlike Sony and MS... Reply
barnett25 - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkNo one has found out anything substantial about the Revolution. Nintendo isn't going to let us know the important stuff until MS and Sony's hardware is finalized, they've come right out and said so. Reply
flatblastard - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkThat's right Anand, just keep pretending that Nintendo doesn't exist anymore.....it really shows how much you care about consoles. How is it others have found a plethora of info about Rev, but Anand finds nothing? Either didn't look hard enough or plain just don't care. Reply
muffin - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkAnyone else thinking the backgrounds on the first 2 'Marketplace' pictures look like tits from a distance? Or is that just me... Reply
barnett25 - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkXbox Live is the one thing that is hanging me up about the Xbox360. I am a PC gamer, I'm used to playing online for free. The thought of having to pay for that is foreign to me. Then add the marketplace, which may have some reasonable items for sale. But I can easily see MS charging for things that you get for free on a PC (like game demos, freeware type games, etc). I guess I'll have to wait and see what kind of online setup the PS3 has. Reply
fishbits - Friday, May 20, 2005 - link"Honestly we aren't nearly excited as Microsoft is about the new Live Marketplace, simply because the name implies that we'll be paying for quite a bit that finds its way in there."
I don't get where this is coming from. I'm able to buy from brick and mortar stores or online, and this is a good thing. I'm able to shop and buy 360 stuff on Live (or choose not to buy) and that's a bad thing? Looks like an actual workable micro-payment system to me, something that's been much in desire.
Really, I'd much rather have devs/content providers busting their humps to provide games and goodies that are worth cash, especially in the pennies to few dollars range. If the item sucks, people won't buy it. If it's good, the creator gets rewarded, encouraging the creation of more quality low-priced goodies for us to enjoy.
Of course software companies could try and sell gimped games in retail, where you need to buy additional stuff off of Live to really enjoy it. I think that would be a recipe for their demise though. Reply
slashbinslashbash - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkAnand,
Thank you for this coverage. It's amazing to me that there are numerous "gaming" websites out there, none of which tell me what I want to know (things like: how the hard drive is removed; what the sides of the unit look like; multiple views of the controller so I can see how the top buttons are placed). Gaming websites basically provide me with press releases. You, on the other hand, cut straight to what I consider to be the important stuff.
It's funny. If you'd have asked me two years ago (you might have even done so in a forum poll or something) whether Anandtech should go into covering video game console hardware, I would have replied to the negative -- that that was taken care of, there are too many gaming sites already, etc. I would have thought that it would be outside your core competency. It was the same way with digital cameras. I thought that Steve's Digicams was good enough. Boy, was I ever wrong!
You are doing a great service to the world by providing the truth and having unbiased, straightforward reviews. Thank you. Reply
Tefl0n - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkLooking more and more like Sega had some influence on that controller(think Dreamcast). which isnt a bad thing. Reply
TheSnowman - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkYeah the Killzone demo is all real time just like the geforce3 can render Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within in real time and just like The Getway looked every bit as good as the footage from the PS2 unvailing. Seriously, if you want to enough you can belive anything; but it doesn't make it anything more than BS hype. Reply
Reflex - Friday, May 20, 2005 - link#8 - If those formats are supported currently, then yes. I don't think they are however...
#3 - The Killzone 2 demo was not in game, that has been confirmed with the developers who stated that it was made 'to the PS3 spec' in the sense that thats what people can expect them to be shooting for. It could not have been done on the PS3, they started working on that in November, but PS3 test kits only came out two months ago and still do not have everything needed to make a demo like that.
#1 - The controllers recharge when plugged into the USB ports. So you don't have to worry about battery expenses. Reply
her34 - Friday, May 20, 2005 - link"If you have a Media Center Edition PC, the Xbox 360 will also act as a Media Center Extender, streaming any SD or HD content from your MCE machine."
the video file on the pc can be any format? it can be xvid or h264?
how exactly does that work? does it get re-encoded on the fly? or does it just stream the file and the codec gets installed on the xbox360? Reply
Jeff7181 - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkAwesome... AA batteries... I was afraid that was an "assembled by Microsoft" battery pack that costs $69.95 and won't hold a charge after a year. Reply
dripgoss - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkI'm stoked for one. The live integration and media possibilities looks cool. Progressive and HD native along with small wireless controller is a definite plus. I'll be buying one... Reply
GhandiInstinct - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkWhy is E3 sucking so bad this year? Nothing new, and the worst is that games that are supposed to be presented aren't even there, i.e: Stalker.
What happened? BOO! Reply
Cygni - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkThe controllers are rechargeable... you wont be swapping out batteries like its a wavebird or anything.
They are also RF and not IR. Im not going to complain. A solid RF controller (like the Wavebird) is hard to beat, especially if its still light, like was mentioned. I wonder if the rumble actuator was taken out of the controllers? Hard to imagine a wireless controller being lighter than an S. Reply
Shinei - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkI think it's pretty well confirmed by now that KillZone 2 is not pre-rendered; it's a demo recorded from actual gameplay and played back at the E3 Sony conference. It's been shown that IGN isn't the most reliable source of "inside" information, so please don't counter with an IGN links.
And from what I've heard from KillZone 1 players, the KZ2 demo looks to have fixed most of the problems from KZ1. Of course, these same people also play KillZone for the shooting, and not the sweeping storyline, so mileage may, of course, vary. Reply
knitecrow - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkkillzone 2??
did you play the original?
Ok, I can understand DMC4, tekken and even MGS4 BUT killzone?
Would people be attracted to a system if they showed pre-rendered footage from Driv3r, cat woman or some other bad game?
Shinei - Friday, May 20, 2005 - linkOh man, I hope they offer wired controllers--I'm not in the mood to pay for the unit, the games, the controllers, XBox Live, AND batteries for the damn controllers. F that right in its overused A.
Other than that, good condensation of all known data for XBox 2. I'm still on the fence about buying one, but that's only because the game lineup is so weak right now (and KillZone 2 is SO promising)...
ps, first post with constructive content, OWNED nubcakes. Reply


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Which ones are they?
The ones with the least government regulation.
Ill be glad to play another game!
"Since people are concerned that 'X' will not be provided, 'X' will naturally be provided by those who are concerned by its absence.""The sweetest of minds can harbor the harshest of men."
I know; I'd just like to know which countries regulate the least.
I got you.
Of course their actual rankings are debateable and there is some inaccuracy inherent in the way that they rank the countries.
Curious how Singapore has such high economic freedom, and yet it's illegal to not flush a toilet after using it over there.
Economic and social freedom usually mean different things to those in normal political circles.
In my personal experience parts of Switzerland surely rank very high in the economical and individual freedom sector. The so called Waldstadt ("Forest Cantons", once just Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden, now all "rural" areas) are on the average much better than the rest and if it weren't for their stubborn resistance to the "idiots in Berne" the whole country would probably be part of the UESSR by now.
It may surprise you but Sweden is also a nice place to run a business: taxes are high but actually lower than in France, Italy etc and there are all sorts of breaks if you invest in R&D, retooling etc. Granted, I get along much better with the Swiss way of thinking (we are all mountain peoples after all) but at least the Swedes did try to address some of the economical and social horrors of the '80s which were dragging the country to oblivion.
Slovakia has made some good strides lately, though it still caters more to big investors than to the regular entrepreneur. However it remains to be seen if they are really building a strong economy or are just being used as a "China inside the EU", to be dumped by big investors once it's not needed anymore.
Turkey seemed to be "opening up" to foreign business a while ago but it turned out to be premature. Note to potential investors: when you see Honda or another keiretsu liquidating their investments in a country and leaving, follow suit as fast as you can. The country may not be run by the military anymore but this doesn't mean it's become any more free. It's a pity since the country as a whole (like Iran) has a huge potential but it's held down by other factors.
Just like to say, that I now live in HK... and it doesn't seem particularly "economically free".
I mean, I work for HSBC, and the regulatory code is massive. Maybe nothing compared to what the UK and US impose, but it's far from "free".
Transportation is entirely controlled by the state. If you want your own "private" transportation... tax rates are arounf the 100% mark. Lots of socialistic signs all around the subway system "don't drop litter, keep our stations clean"... around election time "it's our country, register to vote", etc..
Lots of planning controls on construction, etc.
I mean, if you want to set up a market stool, or a small shop, it seems fairly easy (so long as you can afford the property prices)... but anything above that, and it seems to be like any European country. Reminds me a bit of 1984... the "proles" have their freedom, but anybody of any wealth or importance is subject to the rule of the party (I believe most of the political parties here are just shadow parties of the mainland's Government... the independence parties seem to be of the same ilk as Peurto Rico's... independence so that they can go ahead with populist agendas).
So, I just move to Singapore when I grow up! (I don't have a problem with the toilet rule).
There are other rules, you know. I once heard a quote that Singapore is "Disney World with the death penalty."
Don't live in Singapore. It is not a fun place for a libertarian... Or for anyone who enjoys any sort of freedom.
Exactly. Hong Kong is better, although it is possessed by the PRC, so...
Any thoughts about New Zealand?
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Hi to everyone,
Had a busy time since mid December and not been around and available to post. Have been checking on periodically and am sad to 'see' so many new faces, sad that patients and families have had to join but knowing deep down that this is such a supportive board and hopefully they will get the support and guidance they need.
I see we are nearly up to 1000 members, WOW!!!! What a testimony to word of mouth and the power of the internet to inform and empower people.
My Mum has been over in England for a month over the Christmas period and went back to Florida last week, can you believe she had a frozen pipe that burst whilst she was away!! Temps down to freezing at night, in Florida!!
In England we have had a lot of snow which paralysed the country for a few days, we are just not geared up to bad weather....
It is 7 months now since my beloved Dad died , where has the time gone....?
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Samardzija lives up to expectations in debut
Newcomer holds Jays to one run over 7 to complete sweep
OAKLAND -- Typically, if a pitcher is scheduled to start a 1 p.m. game, he will arrive at the ballpark around 11 a.m. But new A's acquisition Jeff Samardzija couldn't wait that long. He got to the Coliseum around 8:15 a.m., Sunday.
Expectations were mighty high for Samardzija when he toed the rubber for the first time in an A's uniform, one day after being traded to Oakland from the Cubs along with Jason Hammel. He lived up to those expectations, putting his adrenaline to good use as he stifled the Blue Jays in a 4-2 A's victory.
"He almost beat me here this morning," said A's manager Bob Melvin. "He has a lot of fun in the clubhouse and is serious when he's on the field. He fits in very well, and great to get him off to a good start."
The right-handed fireballer held Toronto to one run on four hits over seven innings, striking out five as Oakland earned a four-game sweep of the Blue Jays.
His stuff was as good as advertised -- he touched 97 mph with his fastball, mixed in a wicked splitter, and struck out the side in the seventh, leaving to a standing ovation after a 108-pitch afternoon.
Samardzija shook off only one pitch: his last, a splitter on the outside corner that buckled Juan Francisco's knees.
"[Derek] Norris wanted to throw a heater by him," Samardzija said. "I shook and threw a split, and we got the strikeout."
"He was pretty unbelievable today," said Norris, who pinch-hit for John Jaso in the sixth. "It was even better than I anticipated. Definitely had some adrenaline going through his veins, and you could tell the passion and the excitement in his body language."
Oakland improved to a season-best 22 games above .500, sweeping the Jays in four games for the second time in team history and the first since May 1981. Toronto managed just four runs all weekend.
The A's also took the season series, 4-3, in comeback fashion, overcoming a three-game sweep by Toronto in May.
Samardzija entered Sunday receiving the least run support in the Majors -- 2.28 per game -- and while the A's didn't give him a huge cushion, they once again scraped together enough offense to win.
Oakland manufactured its first run off right-hander Drew Hutchinson in the second, as Jed Lowrie led off with a double, Nate Freiman advanced him to third with a groundout, and Craig Gentry added an infield hit to bring Lowrie home.
Lowrie and Stephen Vogt started another rally with back-to-back singles to open the fourth, and Freiman and Jaso drove them in.
For the first time since Aug. 13, 2013, Samardzija's team scored three runs for him before he allowed any.
"It was beautiful, man. That was awesome," Samardzija said with a chuckle. "Just getting one early run as a pitcher is like the best thing ever. You can go out and pound the zone and understand if a guy gets on base, so be it."
Samardzija pitched out of trouble in the first inning by inducing a double play, and he got out of another jam in the sixth after the Blue Jays put runners on second and third with one out. Toronto scored just once in the frame on an RBI groundout by Melky Cabrera.
The A's tacked on a run in the eighth on Norris' RBI double, which sent Gentry soaring home from first.
Eric O'Flaherty made his second appearance of the season and pitched a spotless eighth, and Sean Doolittle earned his 13th save despite giving up a leadoff homer to Steve Tolleson.
Spirits were high as ever after the victory, especially given Sunday's official announcement that six A's players will be representing the American League in the All-Star Game.
Throw in Samardzija -- who will wear a National League uniform -- and the A's boast seven All-Stars, their most since 1975.
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THE parents of courageous York schoolboy Jamie Inglis have announced that a public celebration of his life will be held at York Minster.
Seven-year-old Jamie – who died a week ago after suffering an infection while undergoing treatment for the childhood cancer neuroblastoma – was flown back from Germany to the UK on Saturday.
A celebration of Jamie's life is planned for the Minster in early February, when Jamie will be carried by horse-drawn carriage from his school, Lord Deramore's Primary in Heslington, to the Minster.
Speaking from Martin House children's hospice in Boston Spa, where Jamie's body is resting, his mum Vicky said: "Jamie will always be seven. He will never have neuroblastoma. He will always be that smiley seven-year-old cheeky boy."
Jamie passed away with his parents by his side after he became critically ill and his lungs were irretrievably damaged when he suffered an infection due to his low immune system, which resulted from the treatment. He had been officially clear of cancer.
Jamie's parents John and Vicky have appealed to people to continue fundraising in his memory and have spoken movingly of how their son's legacy will benefit other children battling the disease.
They hope continued fundraising will benefit others including Jamie's friends Ryan Edwards and Robyn Higgins.
John said: "Those children are all putting up their own tenacious fights as Jamie did. They have all got their own troubles and complications and risks, the same as Jamie did, but they've got a chance now."
John and Vicky, who live in Kelfield and have a three-year-old daughter, Poppy, said they are overwhemed by the efforts of fundraisers to pay for Jamie's treatment and by the hundreds of messages of condolence they have received.
John said: "It almost feels like the thousands of people out there are having the same highs and lows we are. They are living the experience with us.
"For Jamie to do so well and to get to that pinnacle and then suddenly to fall from that pedestal is such a bitter disappointment. We have realised how many other people wanted him to do so well. That does give us comfort.
"Please don't give up on this cause. There are still Jamies out there, there are dozens of little Jamies out there, and their families need the same support we did."
Vicky said: "Jamie's legacy is too big just to say that it's over. Part of what has happened is over but the only way that we can cope is by seeing it as is the beginning of something new.
"Neuroblastoma is not a death certificate because some children do get through it. That's why you can't give up on it."
The celebrations at the Minster will include some of Jamie's favourite songs as well as hymns and readings from his godparents and relatives and will feature photographs of Jamie and some of his artwork.
At the end of the ceremony it is hoped some of Jamie's friends will help to release doves outside the Minster.
Vicky said they felt it was especially important to make it a memorable and happy occasion in honour of Jamie's memory and for any children at the ceremony and Jamie's sister Poppy.
They have invited the public to attend the service. Further details will be included in The Press.
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Lucite Skull Bead Bracelet
Hee! I know I shouldn't find this cute. But there is something about the little skulls with crystal eyes that is so insane and so over the top that I find it endearing (seriously? crystal eyes? bling much). And it comes in other colors (perhaps the tipping point for me). I'm only sad Cinco de Mayo has passed as this would make an excellent party favor.


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Capt Phillip Francis Appell CSN
Captain Phillip Francis Appell was an officer in the Confederate State Navy. He was born in Prussia in 1831. The Register of Confederate States Naval Officers says Appell was appointed Master's mate July 11, 1861, and acting sailing master October 14, 1861. He served on the C.S.R.S. St. Phillip at New Orleans Station in 1861. In September of 1861 he was detached from the C.S.R.S. St. Phillip and ordered to Galveston, Texas. That's where he commanded the C.S.S. Bayou City from 1861-1862. The C.S.S. Bayou City was a 165-foot side-wheel steamer that was built for commercial use. It was originally a mail boat that ran between Galveston and Houston. Bayou City was charted in September of 1861 by Commander W.W. Hunter and was taken over by the war department in October 1862. Phillip Francis Appell died, June 25, 1898, aged 67 years.