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microsoft has inked a deal with taco bell to promote the launch of its xbox video game system. the deal involves taco bell promoting the xbox to its 35 million weekly customers at 6,800 restaurants in the united states and canada.
the deal with taco bell is one of many for microsoft as the company prepares to spend $500 million over 18 months to market xbox worldwide.
read more at siliconvalley.com.
joel's opinion
if you're wondering how big a $500 million campaign is, according to the article microsoft previously spent approximately $200 million to roll out its windows 95 operating system, ford motor is spending $40 million to re-launch the explorer, and chrysler spent about $50 million to launch its pt cruiser. that said, $500 million is insane!
to give you an example of how effective chrysler's $50 million of marketing was, i can bet that everyone reading this item knows what the pt cruiser is. plus, the $200 million microsoft spent to roll out its windows 95 operating system put windows 95 on even non-computer user's minds.
if the effectiveness of the marketing campaigns and the amount spent on them are any indication, there isn't a person in the world who will be able to escape microsoft's xbox ad campaign. we'll be eating, sleeping, and living xbox by the time the product hits the market.
user comments 98 comment(s)
|i can't wait! (8:45am est mon apr 23 2001)
x-box is going to rule the industry by the end of 2001… – by jeremy
|i can't wait (8:57am est mon apr 23 2001)
to get a coupon for a free taco with my xbox. – by taco lover
|mmmm tacos (9:17am est mon apr 23 2001)
mmmm tacos. – by arikh
|who is chrysler? (9:24am est mon apr 23 2001)
oh, wait, they make cars, right?
|xbox runs linux!!!!! (9:38am est mon apr 23 2001)
okok….i'm just trying to start a rummor. – by abbynormal
|taco warrior (10:07am est mon apr 23 2001)
taco bell will be selling a special x-box game for $9.95 (limited time only) with a combo meal that features the taco bell chihuahua as taco warrior..
the game description says he's a tough little taco eatin' guy in a sombrero with bandoliers across his chest on a quest for chalupas, tacos, and the product they are bringing back especially for the x-box release (but with a slightly different spelling) x-treme nachos…
(they first marketed these when they started doing the stay up late thing back in 1991, but discontinued them). – by phracked up
|weak minded fools!!!! (10:25am est mon apr 23 2001)
weak!!! 500 million dollars worth of advertising and you all buckle. if the product was really as good as they say it will be, the wouldn't need that much advertising. the reason why they need 500 million is cause it's a inferior product by a company with a weakening reputation.
xbox is not going to rule anything.
– by some random geek
|how are you earth!!! (10:32am est mon apr 23 2001)
gates: all your console market are belong to us
gates: you have no chance to survive make your time ha ha ha ha
|taco powered xbox's (10:36am est mon apr 23 2001)
i like! – by dell
|not so much in the game industry (10:36am est mon apr 23 2001)
nintendo is going to spend just over 400 million between now and the end of fiscal year '02 (granted, that is on both the gamecube and the gba). strangly, sony will have spent about half that in a period of year follow the launch of the ps2. don't see too many ps2 ads, do ya? also remember, $500 million is a global budget, and microsoft is going to be going more aggresivly after the japanese market than both the na and euro markets, so when you try to blanket a planet with ads, $500 million doesn't seem like much. – by papamarx
|taco bell & xbox?! (11:02am est mon apr 23 2001)
sounds pretty gay to me…hey lets team up with a company that has nothing to do with what we're selling and see if it works! yeah!
pathetic losers – by long time gamer
|xbox (11:02am est mon apr 23 2001)
pcs still rule!!! my dual pentium 3 geforce2 ultra would kick xbox's ass!!! – by pcman(pt)
|umm, actually no (11:08am est mon apr 23 2001)
your piddly little geforce 2 ultra will not kick an x-box's ass, you'll need to drop a few hundred bucks for a geforce 3… – by gropo
|advertising… (11:34am est mon apr 23 2001)
their marketing machine is amazing. my parents even knew about windows95 and they don't own (or even know how to use! seriously) a computer.
i wonder if my parents will start asking about the x-box? they don't eat at taco bell so i don't know how much exposure they'll get, but i'm sure we'll see more 'partnerships' by fall time… i'm guessing k-mart (special blue-light edition… the box glows blue instead of green), etc…
btw, did you all know that billy g isn't the richest dude in the world?! it's the owner of wal-mart now (by about 5-10 billion i think). larry e is 3rd and paul allen 5th or so…
– by god�
|where's the box (11:44am est mon apr 23 2001)
no one has bought one yet and it is already 1/2 a billion in the hole. it will be years before this is a money maker for microsoft. if they don't get a good start they could fold in two years leaving many people with a game unit and no support.
good luck to you all :) – by rax
|wait, wait your missing it. (11:48am est mon apr 23 2001)
by spending 500 million on a product roll out someone is going to keep or get a new job. plus gates gets a nice tax write off. think people.. before you open your mouths. the world is bigger that your own back yard. – by time
|did you know? (11:58am est mon apr 23 2001)
just give each person their $.10, ($.10 x 5 billion people=$500 million) and quit while your behind.
did you know that on average $50(few years ago) is spent on postage for junk mail to each person in the us, and that doesn't include the printing of the materials?
did you know that the united states sends $38,000 per person average to the government of isreal?
– by z1
|you can buy… (12:01pm est mon apr 23 2001)
alot of taco's with $500 million. let's see thats .69 for a taco and $500 mil…carry the one…that's 724,637,681 taco's before tax. mega mexi supreme taco. i think i like bill. bill is cool, he likes taco's. – by taco maniac
|isn't it amazing… (12:07pm est mon apr 23 2001)
how everyone looks for the 1st opportunity to badmouht microsoft, but as soon as the x-box is mentioned, everyone's all ga-ga over ms's latest creation?
and to the best of my knowledge (and i'm no game geek m'self, so i could be wrong), no one's actually seen or played with one of the bad boys yet (other than the press releases, and pics that accompany them), so how is everyone so certain that this is going to be the end all of gaming machines???
on a side note… has anyone ever came across a way in which one could wire the nintendo 64's joysticks for use as a pc joystick? it would seem a natural that someone would come out with schematics for this, or at least a commercially avilable adapter, but i've never seen such a beast. – by mr. cancelled
|500 million (12:13pm est mon apr 23 2001)
to everyone who thinks 500 million is not a lot: can i borrow some money? – by jonafi
|huh! (12:20pm est mon apr 23 2001)
ok so what is a pt cruiser? let me guess only in america. hey joel remember this internet thing is global. – by not from there…
|xbox needs more titles (12:23pm est mon apr 23 2001)
i think they really need to filter out booty games. they really need to have quality games out when it hits the stores. i hate having to wait 6 months for games with any playablity in them. – by law1620
|rax… (12:23pm est mon apr 23 2001)
"they could fold in two years leaving many people with a game unit and no support."
in two years, the x-box 2 will come out… )
besides… most console companies lose money on their hardware. it's the games/licensing where they make their money, and ms is buying quite a few of the colsole gaming outfits… i'm sure the x-box cartoon isn't far behind… – by god�
|what is a (12:33pm est mon apr 23 2001)
pt cruiser really, not joking what is it? i can tell that its a car of somekind but thats about it…(or i can just look on the net) – by i really need to get
|how about 1 billion? (12:34pm est mon apr 23 2001)
hmmm…i read an article a few months back that microsoft was spending 500 million on advertising in japan alone. so, would that mean a hefty 1 billion total in advertising bucks. i remember hearing that if bill gates drops 10 thousand bucks, he will lose money going back to pick it up. with that being said, i guess 1 billion isn't so much for him. i just wonder if he'll really get it all back. – by namakemono
|as for me… (12:50pm est mon apr 23 2001)
i like the mexican pizza much better than the taco. do you all like the hot or mild sauce? – by weaz
|great.. (12:51pm est mon apr 23 2001)
next think you know, some moron will try stuffing a taco into his x-box and wondering why it doesn't work. mmm, x-box with sour-creamy filling! yowza!
bahah. it's like disney pairing with mcraunch. just another evil empire. uh, not that ms wasn't already..but… – by keith
|need for mcse (12:58pm est mon apr 23 2001)
microsofts new need''s for x-mcse's (nt4).
removing taco's from xbox… – by x-mcse
|xbox/pt cruiser (12:58pm est mon apr 23 2001)
$200 million to launch windows 95 — a slick gui on a pretty weak os.
$50 million to launch the pt cruiser — just about the single ugliest thing on the road today.
anyone know how much was spent hyping "new coke"?
history shows that marketing budget is inversely proportional to product quality. let's hope the x-box lives up to the hype.
|i think ms will come out on top (1:13pm est mon apr 23 2001)
unlike sony/nintendo, ms has interests outside of hardware. ms has a strong line of games (although i think they are dull as shit, but i'm an unreal tourney type of guy). ms also has a lot invested in their pc platform. as soon as ms gets an xbox emulator, they have a new killer app for the purchase of high-end pc's, with their newest os. their ms-produced games will sell well. even their peripherals will sell on all those new pc's (ms mice and keyboards are really popular). the xbox won't be a pc sales catalyst like the internet, but it should at least contribute to as many pc sales as cd-rom's and mp3's did. how many people in this forum bought a better cpu/soundcard/speaker-setup when you were first introduced to mp3's? mp3's were the only reason i upgraded my old cyrix 200 a few years ago. – by steven
| i chi-wowa (1:15pm est mon apr 23 2001)
taco bell can't even handle their own marketing (take the chihaua dog advertisment, for example, that they pulled due to public pressure from the hispanic community).
i am happy about the xbox though…..yo quiero m$ xbox!!!!!!!!! – by harsh_realm
|more (1:17pm est mon apr 23 2001)
i think intel/via/amd/nvidia are drooling with anticipation over this xbox. how many people do you think will upgrade their entire systems to play xbox games and xbox ports? if ms makes xbox games playable on pc's and consoles, they will start a revolution in gaming. i think it will be great for the industry. i always thought that game consoles were designed ass-backwards. this could be the first step of getting that market to the sophistication of the pc market. – by steven
|the total (1:28pm est mon apr 23 2001)
i think in the end they will end up spending about 2 billion for total marketing of the product. plus the 2 billion they have already paid out to game developer to make games for the x-box. i just don't see them selling enough units over a 2 year period to recover, break even, or make a profit in this market. unless their plan is to clear out all the suckers. – by rax
|??? (1:39pm est mon apr 23 2001)
doesn't anyone besides me find it very funny that everyone keeps using words like taco, taco warrior, and box in the same sentence? one dude even called this all gay! hehehe.
ok, so i'm a child. sue me!
|how can we discuss taco's (2:00pm est mon apr 23 2001)
and not bring up daisy's luncheon selection for the day?
well that's right,we can't,so here it is
liver & onions with cream sauceon – by chen
|steven (2:18pm est mon apr 23 2001)
"unlike sony/nintendo, ms has interests outside of hardware."
are you kidding me dude? sure, sony but nintendo? nintendo has been making great games for many years. zelda, metroid, and mario just to name a few. nintendo also has some of the best software and game creators in the gaming industry (shigeru miyamoto anyone?). any hardcore gamer knows this. sure, i agree with you that microsoft is doing good things but to say that nintendo is geared more towards hardware is ludicrous.
|why not just subsidise xbox ? (2:20pm est mon apr 23 2001)
make the retail price $20 and let micrososft pick rest of the tab. they will sell more that way.
more people will buy, more people will tinker/hack with it creating a buzz which would lead to more sales.
– by tacoluver
|where do you get $2billion? (2:36pm est mon apr 23 2001)
the article stated that they will be spending $500 million globally. that's 1/4 of your predictions, rax. from where are you pulling $2 billion?
the x-box is certainly going to be the most advanced and powerful console on the market when it is released. i read somewhere that i could crunch about twice as many polygons per fps than even the gamecube. if you've seen the screen shots, you'll know just how smooth those games are looking.
it's no surprise they're teaming up with taco bell, either. someone here commented on them advertising in a totally unrelated market. but didn't star wars, godzilla, and tons of other movies do the same thing? just where do tacos fit in with a 100 foot tall lizard? taco bell has proven effective for marketing just about anything, so i'd say it was a smart move to get in with them before the next holywood blockbuster does. – by jacob
|the point is… (3:24pm est mon apr 23 2001)
they are great at advertising. they are advertising geeks. i love to see a professional at work. microsoft is one company that always gains some success from whatever article came out on them (good or bad). look at how many times their products/systems have been hacked/cracked, look at the bugs and holes, look at all the bad comments. and they still keep going!! any advertisement is good advertisement for them.
they can not be stopped. there name is on everyone's (common man/woman) mind when it comes to computers. they have become associated with home computing and the internet. now they will take over the gaming market. i'm a java programmer (not a ms product) but i have to recognize their success. and it is marketing, not putting out the 'perfect' computer geek approved product. it wont happen with this company.
the x-box will have some 'bell-n-whistles', it will impress a lot of people. people that don't have a tv will have heard of the x-box. people will complain about dissapointing features at sites like this. but we have to realise that it is not about the technology–its marketing. – by tom
|x-box — gotta be worth it (3:42pm est mon apr 23 2001)
come on – the best they can currently do is the playstation 2 – which is about the equivilent of a pc with a 300mhz chip and 32meg graphics card, i see they can even now run cut down versions of quake 3 and unreal, about the equivilant of the 4 year old pc my 3 year old uses.
non pc gamers need something with some grunt, lets hope the x-box delivers.
– by hope springs eternal
|ms and ford should team up (4:35pm est mon apr 23 2001)
and market the explorer. they could have a special ford internet explorer model. to prevent the goverment from taking legal action they could require all engine software to be written by ms. just stop and reboot every fifty miles. the ford blue oval and the ms bsod. what a combo. instead of "ford crashes gate", you'd have "gates crashes ford". – by oldsmobile forever
|why taco bell? (4:38pm est mon apr 23 2001)
why taco bell? why not mcdonalds!!!
i would like a big mac, fries, and an x-box to go please. – by mcdonalds lover
|lol (6:18pm est mon apr 23 2001)
i'll have to admit that ms/ford post was pretty humourous. :)
but why not taco bell? they have proven to be great at marketing time and again, like i previously stated, with promotions for all sorts of movies and such. if they can do with the x-box what they did with godzilla, there won't be much stopping them. not tomention mcdonalds is nasty. :p – by jacob
|x box… (6:42pm est mon apr 23 2001)
doesn't x box also support progressive scan video output and in-game dolby digital encoding? – by jabba the hut
|jacob, ignore rax's numbers (8:02pm est mon apr 23 2001)
rax & i trade flames nearly daily. it is fun to watch him post articles about ms. he sees a number and quadruples it, not out of reason, but out of sheer hatred for ms. rax and i are hardline os zealots, pretty much ignore the comments we fire back and forth at each other. it is just more of that same old sh*t.
you're a unix guy, rax, relax…you'll live longer. why does it bother so much that ms makes money? it is not like they are going to put your unix vendors out of business anytime soon. are you fuming because sun didn't think of it first?
ms has the strongest momentum going on this project that i think i have ever seen from them. so far, they have made all the right moves. i really think that this will be their most glorious business move this decade.
if they succeed, who cares? how has ps2 or n64 ever affected the computer world? its not like the xbox means anything to the open source movement. maybe you'll even get a cheap mini supercomputer to hack and turn into a linux monster.
if they fail, it will be egg on their face and you'll have the last laugh and a credible reason to say "i told you so!" isn't that what you want? your posts today seem more about getting attention than informing the readers. – by steven
|hacking xbox (11:13pm est mon apr 23 2001)
what about hacking xbox and installing linux instead of that… that… thing (is it really an os? i thought it was a virus, but then i realized that every new version of a virus is faster and mor efficient, so it could not be a virus)
yo quiero tacos!!!
|x-box is the enemy!! (12:34am est tue apr 24 2001)
here is what i heard….playstaion 2 has a 128-bit processor as we all know right??…dubbed the "emotion engine". know the playstation two is a way for sony to get revenue to mass produce this chip for pc's.. this chip is what intel and microsoft are deathly afarid of manily microsoft…and here why..say you have a 32 bit processor and then and a company comes along with a 128-bit processor doing more stuff for less money and you get twice the bang for you buck would'nt you be scared..but wait there more…what if the processor fell in the hands a rival computer os or company say macintosh or linux keep that linux help mac make the os x…and we all know how good os x is and how linux never crashes and how you can pick what programs you want to run when you start linux…so that they run fully optimized…and then throw in that 128 bit processor…well if sony starts making that for pc and linux has a great os…intel and windows are going to piss in there pants…now for the big picture…
playstaion 2 + 128 bit processor = money to mass produce chips for the pc
microsoft + intel = x-box to take a chunk out of playstation 2 sales to stop that revenue so that the 128-bit processor never sees the inside of a pc…can you smell what bill gates is cooking…and it stinks…. – by ra'boo
|ra'boo you have issues (8:56am est tue apr 24 2001)
your hit it nail on the head damn you microsoft keeping 128 bit chips out of the pc market….you were joking right – by noname
|dongle (11:38am est tue apr 24 2001)
ps2 has a chip called the emotion engine, which is a 128bit graphics chip. to be honest, it's pretty poor in comparison to the 256bit geforce… – by charmaka
| hey mister (3:51pm est tue apr 24 2001)
im refering to the prick that calls himself god. where the hell do you get your figures cos last i checked the guieness book of world records has bill gates at 90 billion $$$$ a lot more thane wally worlds 15.7 bill (btw i work at wally world)
plus i like to add fuck all you damn sony queers open your eyes and realize that those japanese bastards have brain washed your ass cos the us has all the latest technology (and no im not racest i just hate sony cos they are lying and bull sdhiting our money right out of our pockets and it is peeps like them that drain our great nation'seconomy)
ps putting the emotion engine in a pc would not be agood thing cos 1 it sucks 2 it codes difrent than a 86x chip (thats what every thing in apc today is based off of) so no current pc soft ware would work with it and 3 we dont need another apple. – by f-u
|hello? anyone home? (4:21pm est tue apr 24 2001)
firstly, the emotion engine is a graphics chip. i believe i mentioned this last time, no matter. putting the emotion engine in a pc would not be a good thing because it would be totally obsolete (someone's gonna correct me).
secondly, the figures come from official figures published by the sunday times. if you don't believe me click here >
and stop whining – by charmaka
|hmm (5:35pm est tue apr 24 2001)
so this is 2.5 times more important than windows 95? obviously i must buy an x-box… – by yeah�
|where did the intelligent people go? (5:54pm est tue apr 24 2001)
it seems that there is an extreme amount of idiotic people responding to this article with absurd ideas and worthless comments laden with gramatical and typographical errors. doesn't anyone here know the first thing about computers or consoles? everyone here needs to calm down and take a look at the facts that are reported and posted on sites across the web before coming to retarded conclusions.
-ra'boo? you smokin'? wtf?
-f-u ? you in 1st grade?
-rax? making up figures? can only lead to trouble.
i'm amazed. my advice, if you're gonna make a comment, make a serious or funny one. (or you can make a comment on how a lot of the other comments suck :).) take your time to use proper grammar and spelling, it makes your ideas 100 times more convincing, clear, and concise. don't make a retarded comment!!
thanks :)! – by yeah�
|c'mon!!! (6:51pm est wed apr 25 2001)
hey man…
us is not the only country where the brains work. there are other counrtries where the technology is being developed. i'm not telling that the us scientists are a bunch of losers, but it is clear that they are not alone.
i know sony has had a great influence in the world. i know that because i haven't lived in the us for over a year. another thing: wintel just sucks. i like my lap with amd and linux. it runs faster and smoother than a windows-based lap with the same specs. and… it's a vaio
– by ka
|xbox is just a pc anyway (5:24am est thu apr 26 2001)
why buy an xbox when its based on pcs and you can't upgrade it as easily? i'd rather get a ps2 or gamecube anyway. if i want to use microshiit i've always got win98 to crash, i mean use – by luke
|oh "yeah" right (2:45pm est thu apr 26 2001)
it seems what we have here is a serious case of d**k ridding….by yeah…frist of all america is a free country and ra'boo has the right to say what ever the hell he want's to…just cause you mind is way to small to look at all the possibilities of something doesn't mean that others won't…i guess that your motto is if you can say something worth merit try to discredit the person who did….that's d**k riding…beside just cause you can spell check don't mean squat…at least not to ra'boo…
the light that scares…aka ra'boo – by ra'boo
|yeah (11:20am est sat apr 28 2001)
no im not in the 1st grade i have a shitty typing hand thank you (ohh im sorry that every one on the internet is not as godly as you are at typing (also first graders dont put thier own comps together )
and now a question for every one has any one wondered why x-box went intel and not amd? i think is it for the name reconigton cos every one knows that the athlon is far better than any p4 or p3 at runnig agames – by f-u
|mmm, tacos. (7:59pm est wed may 02 2001)
hooha. i think i'll just buy the x-box, eat the taco, and sell the console on ebay! – by rachel
|you guys suck!!! (10:01pm est wed jul 11 2001)
bill gates has enough money to do whatever he wants whenever he wants to. and if he wants to spend 500 million thats his business! email me at email@example.com or call at +639176164048. – by wize-@$$
|ahem !! (12:18pm est thu jul 26 2001)
you guys suck yes u suck if i got a working ps 2 emu i can get a xbox emu and when i do ill play and have fun!! suck my dick hahaha!! – by majin-vegeta
|why the hell do you think ms will make an emulator (10:19pm est wed aug 22 2001)
there is no way ms make an emulator steven, why would they sell something that is cheaper when the only other way would be. just get one for free any way – by seriv
|micro-box (5:54am est sun aug 26 2001)
its doomed the xibox that is microsoft makeing a nonporting close console ???
i dont belive it i want to play munchess odessy but i can wait for an emulater!!
peice to majin-vegitta and all other mircaddicts long live piracy – by dolphin420
|micro-box (5:54am est sun aug 26 2001)
its doomed the xibox that is microsoft makeing a nonporting close console ???
i dont belive it i want to play munchess odessy but i can wait for an emulater!!
peace to majin-vegitta and all other mircaddicts long live piracy – by dolphin420
|w amd (11:02am est tue aug 28 2001)
…intel & microsoft shit! – by sin
|xbox (2:14pm est tue aug 28 2001)
the xbox is going to be good but it will never rule the playstation 2 ,because sony wont give up with out a {powerful} fight. – by roy aka gamer
|two words… (8:47pm est fri sep 14 2001)
rogue leader. – by redfive
|xbox and ps games? (11:37pm est sat sep 15 2001)
with all the power of xbox and its internal hardrive, anyone thinks its possible to put a playstation, dreamcast, nintendo emulator on it and use a boot disc to choose the system!!!
just a thought. what do you think? is it possible. anyone know who to do it. please tell me firstname.lastname@example.com – by pentiumoo2
|xbox (12:59am est tue sep 25 2001)
xbox is not good no good games coming out microsoft makes no good games – by javs
|ps2 (10:25am est mon nov 12 2001)
it think that all the companies sony and microsoft will not make 2 much of a profit becouse of all the emulaters and warez – by the dude
|the shit box (8:50pm est thu nov 22 2001)
the x box's new name is the shit box.microsoft probably bribed taco bell to give them away!nitendo's game cuge is much better!and i do not trust microsoft for the x box(but some times i call it the shit box)is their first console! – by no name
|the shit box (5:48pm est fri nov 23 2001)
i fixed the spelling error on this on.the x box's new name is the shit box!microsoft probably bribed taco bell to give them away!nitendo's game cube is much better!and i do trust microsoft for the x box(but some times i call it the shit box)is their first console! – by no name
|gameboy emulater (clear blue) (12:20pm est sat nov 24 2001)
u shit my home town and i want a gba emulater now or pay the 5 star sacrifics
splash! on u ppl! – by rvd
|gameboy emulater (clear blue) (12:20pm est sat nov 24 2001)
u shit my home town and i want a gba emulater now or pay the 5 star sacrifics
splash! on u ppl! – by rvdmin8or
|gameboy emulater (clear blue) (12:20pm est sat nov 24 2001)
u shit my home town and i want a gba emulater now or pay the 5 star sacrifics
splash! on u ppl! – by email@example.com
|what the hell (1:26pm est sat nov 24 2001)
hey email@example.com what the hell do you me by u shit my home town and i what a gba emulater now or pay the 5 star sacrifics splash!on u pp!what the hell does that mean? – by no name
|real life emulator (9:12pm est thu nov 29 2001)
hi, i would like to know if anyone has
a real life emulator, cos i would love to play with real life but all i can play with is fantasty real life. fantasy sucks a big fat elephants knob.
so if anyone knows a way to port to real life that would be awesome dude!! – by asshole
|os on xbox (1:32am est mon dec 10 2001)
anybody got any kind of os running on there xbox? i'd like to buy a xbox just so i could run linux on it -)
if so email me at email@example.com – by 12
|xbox (8:02am est mon dec 10 2001)
what is wrong with the xbox. everone seems to diss thing just because its microsoft or because of some other reason that most of them know nothing about. im no xbox fan but most of you should think for yourself for a change. wankers
– by nathan
|psx2#1 (11:29am est tue dec 11 2001)
wow all the advertising for xbox, and ps2 is still kicking its ass. tells you somthing doesnt it. – by tempo
|ps2 sucks ass!!! (4:53pm est wed dec 12 2001)
the ps2 sucks ass!the game cube rules!! – by no name
|shut up all you haterz !!! (3:49am est wed dec 19 2001)
i bet 100% that if xbox was not coming from microsoft, but say, from some other new gaming company, none of this hating would be going on.
you would all be "ohh, i think it will be good/ or/ i hope it is good/ oh, i cant wait for it to come out".
but no, since it comes from billy, you gotta say "oh fuck microsfot, xbox will suck".
that is just being ignorant …
some you people, just keep bitching because you "hate windows" thus, making you automatically hate x-box.
|amd (9:48pm est tue dec 25 2001)
did anyone else hear that amd are helping sony with the production of the ps 3? – by shazbot
|x box???? (8:11pm est tue jan 22 2002)
syupid name really. not left much room for follow-on consoles have they! y-box, z-box damn-it.
should have started with "a box". oh, i forgot the x-box coes in "a box".
personally, i think it will be renaed the xxxx-box in a years time, when the next best thing comes out!!!
games are so real they are getting boring… mariokart, you know you luv it – by francis – uk
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|reason for treason. (9:32am est mon apr 22 2002)
the only reason that the ps2 is "kicking the xbox's ass" (as you yankees say) is because of the original playstation you gooners! the ps2 already had an established market, i mean, sony had a 6 year head start.
in 6 years time you'll look back on your feeble comments about the demise of the xbox and you'll wonder why you said such foolish things. even if microsoft were to fold (unlikely) or trash the idea of the xbox, someone will resurect it. look at atari for an example.
to hear more from me go to and join one of the x-box messageboards. – by ps2void
|x-box, shmecks-box… (7:56pm est mon mar 03 2003)
yeah, but will it get me laid? :) – by justin timberlake
|crazy taxi (7:49am est mon jun 16 2003)
i think crazy taxi is the best game in the world.bow down too me you geeks!! – by slurpee
|ow, i forgot (7:51am est mon jun 16 2003)
you lot stink of shit – by slurpee
|hyena (12:15pm est tue aug 19 2003)
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x-box sucks. – by john
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|ps3 (9:32am est sun jul 10 2005)
ra'boo told you a long time ago…and now cell is comming…ra'boo out… – by ra'boo
|i dont know (5:58pm est fri aug 19 2005)
this place suckes realy bad!!!!!!! – by ??????????????
|i dont know (6:00pm est fri aug 19 2005)
this place suckes realy bad!!!!!!!xbox is big pile of shit!!!!!!!!
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|this website/you guys (3:50pm est mon sep 19 2005)
you are all geeks andthis website sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – by ???????????????
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|gamecube (1:33pm est tue aug 29 2006)
its sweet – by lon
|xbox 360 (4:54pm est fri oct 06 2006)
kk i want a xbow360 but this crap came what is this and i dint read any off this kk wierd – by ??????


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The city of Puerto Vallarta, has decided to bar Uber and other private car services from operating within its metropolitan boundaries.
Ramón Guerrero, Movimiento Cuidadano party member and former mayor, cited a couple of reasons for the ban.
First and foremost, he said, it would jeopardize the livelihoods of 2,200 taxi drivers who ferry tourists and locals alike around town.
Second, Guerrero points out that while Jalisco has made a deal with Uber, it doesn't extend to the neighboring state of Nayarit, a reality that he says could lead to conflict around the border between the two states. In addition, Jalisco's accord with Uber only functions within Guadalajara's metropolitan area.


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Boxing Champ Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Mosaic Goes Up for Auction in United Kingdom
British artist Mark Kennedy specializes in mosaics.
With his father being "massive fan" of undefeated professional boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr., he created a piece of the 37-year-old Grand Rapids native.
The 5,000-tile, black-and-white mosaic is going up for auction next Saturday in Manchester, United Kingdom.


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This week's writer's post topic is on accidents. How fun is that! It brings back all sorts of wonderful memories about my childhood.
|Hey, Boo Boo!
When I was a little girl, my daddy called me his "Little Boo Boo." I'm not sure why, since we never stole any pic-a-nic baskets, and it's not like I messed up too much... okay, I confess, my bother called me, "Miss Breaker," but pul-lease. I'm not the only one in the family to have accidents. I didn't crash a bicycle built for two on the horse trail in French Lick, Indiana, nor did I back into the dishwasher to emerge with a big freakin' knife hanging out of my booty. That was someone else in the family.
I'm also not to blame when the old neighbor crashed his bike on the side of the road. I was maybe eight years old and carefully looping my wheels around the neighborhood when I happened to pass an old guy––probably younger than I am now, but old to me––wobbling back and forth on a tiny bike made for his kid. He obviously never learned how to ride a bike, since "they" say one never forgets.
Anyway, I spun past him, minding my own business and the dude crashes! I didn't push him. I didn't veer into him. In fact, I wasn't anywhere near him; however, his old biddy wife comes pounding the door screaming at how I caused her sweetheart's accident.
|How could anyone as cute as I was cause trouble?
Anyone who grew up with me knows I was just the type to grit my teeth and plunge into old guys on undersized bikes just for kicks. No, Mr., that was your kid! Remember, him? He used to dig holes in the park, cover them with leaves, and wait behind a tree, so he could laugh at seeing "someone" have an "accident." I'm surprised he didn't have an accident in his pants the day the scary sixth grade teacher picked him up hitch hiking. I know I would have. Accidents. Yeah, right!


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The new memoir "Refocusing My Family" unmasks Amber Cantorna's true story of being raised in the epicenter of Christian family values and how coming out as gay tore that paradigm apart, shunned her from her family, and burdened her with a degree of devastation that nearly took her life. ...Read more 0


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text: How do you want to appear to other CMDRs? On the gameplay level I agree with most here and would say shooting on sight is absolutely viable. On the other hand the population of the game isn't big and there is the block function, so some light rp can help to actually arrive at the well filled friend-to-kill list, which makes PvP a lot easier. Pure murderhoboism will appeal to murderhobos ect., If your gameplay is centered around CGs, Deciat and Shinrarta, that's all you need. So the question is what kind of contacts do you want to have in-game?


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Download A People's History of the United States Study Guide
In A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn covers a time span of over 500 years. Historians who focus on the actions of a few great individuals (followers of the "great man" school of history) might devote considerable time to specific people, but Zinn's focus is different. Because he is trying to give voice to "the people" who are often left out of histories of the United States, Zinn directs his attention to three types of characters:
- Well-established historical figures
- Representatives of the people
- Classes or groups of Americans
Well-Established Historical Figures
Zinn discusses well-known individuals at various points throughout the book. His purpose in doing so is to add complexity to traditional and overly simplified descriptions. The following are some of the key historical figures reworked, and how they change under Zinn's eye:
Christopher Columbus is portrayed as an intrepid explorer, which is in line with traditional depictions, but he is also revealed to be politically ambitious and racially insensitive.
James Otis receives more attention than usual in accounts of the pre-Revolutionary era because his rhetoric captures what it was like to be a laborer during the period.
Of the Founding Fathers, Thomas Paine receives the most attention, primarily because of his rhetorical skills and because he eventually opposes inclusion of the lower classes in the United States.
Andrew Jackson receives extended description because of his pivotal role in the Indian Removal Act.
Among contemporary leaders, Jimmy Carter receives an extended analysis that debunks his liberal leanings and shows how closely his policies align with the Reagan administration that replaced him. Bill Clinton is discussed at disproportional length for similar reasons: to show how liberal he was not.
Representatives of the People
Zinn describes representative individuals to provide context for the reader, but when he can, he quotes at length to allow these individuals to speak for themselves.
Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion (1676), is presented as mixing period prejudice toward Native Americans with class anger.
Colonel Ethan Allan Hitchcock speaks for the common soldier in the Mexican-American War, articulating their resistance and moral concerns.
Despite his wealthy background, Thomas Dorr becomes a leader for the nineteenth-century suffrage movement, aiming to extend voting rights to the lower classes. He is shown as a kind of pragmatic, improvisational leader of a would-be class rebellion.
Countless voices from the early-twentieth-century labor movement are sketched or quoted, with Wobblies Jack White and Joe Hill the largest names among them. These populist leaders are defined by their honesty and their solidarity with other workers.
A similarly large number of figures are quickly sketched in the Vietnam antiwar movement and related sixties movements. Of these, Mary Moylan, a member of the Catonsville Nine, is quoted at the greatest length; her account reveals an organic...
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In a deliciously cerebral and insidious move, the undermining of Danes is occurring even in the homes of millions of unsuspecting buyers, via the naming of Ikea's product range. We're all familiar with Ikea's products (stop pretending), which are named rather than anonymously numbered, to suit their bright, cuddly and personable image. However, everything is political, even the friendliest of flatpack furniture. The Daily Mail reports on a study conducted at University of Copenhagen. which revealed that while other Nordic countries - Sweden, Norway and Finland – lend their words and place names to prestige products, for example the Stockholm sofa, or the Lillehammer bed, those named after Danish towns are less than glamorous.
Toilet seats, rugs, and doormats are providing the new semiotics of scorn; for example, you might rest your rear on an Oresund in the WC, which though lovely, is less than flattering to the beautiful Danish Oresund bridge; Niva in Denmark is not even worthy to give its name to an ornamental rug, being instead a roll of carpet underlay.
However, there's no real danger of re-enacting the Battle of Lund; according to both the Danes and the Swedes, this is all in the tradition of neighbourly japery, ongoing for millennia. And in fact the Oresund bridge is one that links a harmonious transnational region, so perhaps ascribing symbolism to the aforementioned toilet seat is a tad overexcited.
As the Independent quotes from Troels Mylenberg, Danish academic, 'There's always been conflict between the Nordic countries as to who's the brightest, the funniest, the sportiest. In the past we were killing each other; now it's brotherly teasing'. Good job, as we hear flatpack battleaxes don't grind down too well.
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