David Hingtgen

The only way it could be better, is if it was deep pink.

I'll probably wait for the cooler-running one, though I *really* would have liked to have a quieter one for Mass Effect, since I'll be putting a lot of hours into it. Of course, maybe ME will be an inherently quieter game---some seem to run the DVD full speed all the time, some can go almost silent for a while. All depends. I would gladly give MS like 50 bucks to take my 360 and just give it the latest BenQ drive they're using now. PS---I think I found the LCD technology I'm going to wait for: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=788306 Now, they just need to bring it down to 26/32in, and I'm sold. I'm guessing that won't be a Samsung-exclusive technology for long---the first company to give me that in a "bedroom-sized" screen gets my money.

The cable's kind of pointless for a lot of people, who'd like to trade in their old one, to get a new one. Not many people will buy the new one, transfer, THEN see what kind of money they can get for the old one. Darn, not the new cooler core. (That's actually the least of my concerns--I mainly want a quieter drive, and a new controller---maybe they've finally tweaked the molds a bit so the D-pad doesn't suck so much) (I can't do the controller mod if I plan to trade it in)

Well, since Russia seems to think just adding enough canards and vectoring to 20-year-old designs is enough to qualify as a new generation...

The Bioware forums are all abuzz over whether this is legit/viral marketing for MassEffect, or a very well-done fan trailer: I'd be *very* surprised if this is fan made.

The green "on" light (also used to indicate # of controllers hooked up), will turn to red in certain patterns to indicate specific errors. The most common failures will cause most or a total "ring" of red lights.

Fighter mode.

Internal missile bays are not new at all----using them because of stealth, is new. And bombers have had internal bays since the beginning. Makes me wonder--what was the first bomber with EXTERNAL bombs? See the F-102 for a much older example of an internal missile bay. http://members.aol.com/cba1974/myhomepage/...walkaround.html

I agree it's the overall best on a games/price/technical level, and will likely be my primary system for this gen. It's just noisy, hot, finicky, tempermental, and I'm already on my second one, and will soon be trading it in for a third.

Will be very interesting to see if there's been any changes---pretty big gap between first and second release.

360 issues seem 100x more common than any other system ever though.

That sounds like perfect GM-speak to me. Looking through a service manual is just as hard. There's no "trunk carpeting"--there's "rear compartment lower interior covering".

IE6 showed bookmarks, but not very many.

AFAIK that was identified long ago. I believe it came about from the US cars having slightly wider tires than the Australian ones. Pontiac/GM didn't check the clearance well enough--it SEEMED to fit, but I think using the the wheel/tire sizes it was designed for would have been a better option. GM rant: There's never anything wrong with GM cars, much like how the kind I have isn't prone to catching on fire due to injector O-ring problems, despite me personally witnessing it happen to another. (as have many other people). You see, they're not *fires*. That could cause a recall. They are merely: "UNCONTROLLED THERMAL EVENTS OF HIGH MAGNITUDE". According to GM. So, GTO's probably never have *tire failures*, heavens no. Probably just "unexpected rapid shearing of rubber compound". More about the GTO issue from the LS1 forum: "The 2004-2005 Pontiac GTO is an imported version of the Australia Holden Monaro. The Holden Manaro comes from the factory with 235/45R17 tires, tires that are generally 235mm (9.25") wide. However, when Pontiac spec'd the GTO for the US, they finally decided on a 10mm wider tire, a 245/45R17 BF Goodrich G-Force KDWS tire" That, combined with: "One thing that is loosely related to this is the fact that many of these cars are out of alignment on the showroom floor, and simply getting them aligned may or may not be enough because about half (by one trustworthy dealer's estimate) have the rear cradle (subframes) misaligned to the body. What is less clear is exactly how many cars have the front cradle misaligned to the body, because GM NA doesn't recognize the tool or procedure (against Holden's spec---you know, the people who designed the car). An Australian aftermarket company obtained one of the last tools for this job and used it as a template to create more to sell to their dealers in the US. Thank goodness, since Pontiac decided to ignore the problem. One car had the front cradle 1/4 in. out--might as well be a mile in terms of an alignment." In summary: GM thinks it can change things, or not follow the Australian designer's requirements, and not have any problems.

::edit:: Displays weird in any editing program I try, can't mess with it.

I've heard of something like that, but not that it was implemented. And it was more along the lines of lights mounted everywhere on the underside facing the ground---since a plane is almost always spotted as a "dark spot against the bright sky"---if you could make it as bright as the sky when viewed from below, it'd be invisible.

It was red yesterday, now it's grey. I liked the red much better, it stood out in my giant list of bookmarks. Also, there's still an uneven border of white around it---I keep my PC with an entirely grey/blue scheme, which reveals a lot of graphical "flaws" that people who use white won't notice.

Hmmn, reading about the 360 Elite, it seems that its new quiet DVD drive has been in regular 360's produced since December. I *will* have one of those new drives, I'm just trying to decide how. Basically two options: 1. Trade in/sell current 360, buy new one. 2. Trade in/sell current 360, buy new Elite version. What's the going trade-in rate for a 360 Premium at EB? Or maybe I should try selling it here. It doesn't have that many hours on it, I only own 2 games...

HP--beware of any OS reinstalls, or changing the hard drive, motherboard, or CPU. If you do, it will know, and it won't like it. (Has to do with OEM license of Windows, and HP's recovery system) Same for Compaq. There's work-arounds, but it's a lot easier to not have to deal with it in the first place. (One of many reasons I'm building my own PC next time, and will be buying a "full" version of Windows for its OS, not an update/upgrade package from a previous version) From what I've read, Dells don't have that issue.

Warmaker---arcade style, not a sim. Dozens of missiles, and stall speed is a single absolute number, regardless of alpha/bank/G's.

Found best pics so far at: http://www.acecombat.jp/ace6/feature.html And we finally have F-15E's, that actually have bomb racks! http://www.acecombat.jp/ace6/feature/images/ace6_image23.jpg (most of the pics show Type 1 CFT's with AMRAAM-C's, this is the only pic I could find that clearly showed a Type 4 CFT) Wonder if they'll finally get the F-14 back to accurate AC2-style control surfaces...

I've got everything ready to try, but I can't until I get the replacement plug.

You see a lot more Super Hornet shockwave photos, but the F-14 just has far more impressive ones:

I'll just give you the link to it: http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/3858/saucexq2.gif

Back to the actual movie, I'm surprised I've only seen like 3 avatars/sigs so far on the net. Here's a great sig I just saw today: ::edit:: Ok, I'll upload it as soon as MW lets me attach .gifs....