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Maybe it's just me, but it seems to be going slower....

WTF?! Who changed the anchor tag on the White House page to "miserable failure," and how the heck did they get into it to do that?

::drool:: The PS3 looks damn purty. Funny how gamer geeks get all excited about new hardware. lol

Wow, you just helped me out too. Two birds with one stone.

Yeah, I'm a freak for pizza, but I do love pasta. I'd have to say that my overall favorite cultural foods are Mexican and Italian. Mmmmm..... Ya know, Italians have a certain way of pronouncing their food that makes us sound wierd. Like mozzerella. We say "mottzerella," they say it like, "moozerell." Kinda funny.

When I'm alone, riding my bike, on the bus, or when I need to be quiet, I use headphones. Otherwise I like to blast it on the speakers and sing along with it. Nothing like hearing it from all sides on a quadraphonic or surround set-up.

I'm a major follower of Sony and Nintendo, I own several of their systems, and when a new generation comes out, I usually get all three consoles, but in the case of the X-Box, I have yet to actually get one. I do want one, I'm just broke.

There is some truth in what the website says, but that has more to do with what experts call "phishing," which is luring oblivious email users into a trap where they give vital secure information. The most common one I've gotten so far is the Paypal one, and I NEVER read those, I just delete them and go straight to the actual site. The fake Paypal mails are usually easy to spot, but you never know.

Hello and welcome to our community. Hope you feel at home here and enjoy your stay.

iTunes offers tracks for 99 cents, but that still doesn't change the fact that many people get their songs off KaZaA for free. Though it IS slowing down nowadays, mainly because the RIAA has figured out a way to start spreading fake files.

I like the artsy effects, but the flashing part is kind of annoying.

Nice. You've got potential. Keep it up.

Flying cars would present a new problem, though: Traffic in the air. And that still doesn't really solve the problem of gas prices, either.

Awesome sites. Thanks for sharing.

The iPod has good sound overall, and not just because of the headphones, but because of its audio hardware acceleration.

Well how does anyone know who's in the third one? It's still in development.

Yes, and no. The iPod IS an mp3 player, but I believe this topic could be (and should be) referring to iPod VS all OTHER mp3 players.

The Dell DJ is rather flimsy, but surprisingly, it can withstand being dropped quite a few times. As for it freezing, the worst offender of trouble like that is the RCA Lyra Jukebox. That piece of crap freezes so easily, and I always had to let the battery go dead before I could charge it and use it again. I went through that same process for two weeks until I found the rather well-hidden reset button. I always needed to have a paperclip handy just in case it froze, which was quite often. Now if the iPod had a reset button, then it would be even better. It freezes sometimes too, and there's no way to fix it except to let it die on its own. Good thing that doesn't happen often.

That's the best argument for iPods I've heard so far. I have to agree on a lot of those points, especially the part about the battery life. If they lasted 30 hours like the Sony Net-MD did, that would be awesome. I love the interface, and the nifty little features they've added as well. The 8-hour battery life is rather short, though. Despite its few drawbacks, I still think it's one of the better ones out there. Compared to others like the RCA-Thomson Lyra (which is horrible beyond all horror) the Rio, and the Virgin players, the iPod is the better choice. The only ones I think that compare to it are the Creative Nomad and the Sony Net-MD, but their pros and cons make them about equal to the iPod, in my opinion.

True, but you'd have to keep in mind that though we don't hear much about the other brands, there still is the Nomad, the Lyra, the Zen, the Net-MD, and more. Those are mp3 players as well, but you don't really hear about them much. Apple just has more access to media advertising, and smart advertising at that. Another thing to remember is that Apple's system, though lacking compatibility with PCs, has almost no imitation, unlike the ever-popular IBM-compatible PC system (there were Mac clones here and there, but they've all lost out to Apple in the end, Apple being the non-PC giant it is, much like how distributors like Dell, Gateway, Compaq, and Alienware have dominated the PC market). You can't plug in a PC-formatted hard disk or CD into a Mac and expect it to work all the time.

It's SUPPOSED to be six chapters, now, anyway. But keep in mind that Monolith and Namco have taken liberties with the story since they have taken the project over and out of Square's influence. Monolith originally had meant to follow the whole thing through, but they had lost funds to FFVII during development of Xenogears, and barely finished Episode V. They weren't given the opportunity to continue with the other games until they left Square and Namco took them in. Since Square owned the rights to Episode V, game design, music, artwork, EVERYTHING, Namco had to change things around, so there's hardly any chance you'll see much reference to Episode V other than the small bit they've casually mentioned so far (the Zohar, the Anima, the Zeboim, etc).

Actually, this forum was about Nintendo's next handheld console. not the current one. We were just comparing the DS with the PSP.

Well, I've seen a lot of mp3 players with 1GB or less for $250, so paying an extra 100 for at least 15 more GB is a good deal to me.

Ok... anyone know how to fix that? (see above)

Actually, Squaresoft published the fifth game in the series, Xenogears (I say it's the fifth because it says "Episode V - The End" after the ending video). Xenogears was developed by a team from Monolith Soft. Square STILL has the rights to Xenogears, however. They never sold them. Monolith reportedly left Square because they lost a chunk of their budget to FF7 during development of Xenogears, causing the 2nd disk to be mostly cutscenes with a HUGE chunk of story overload, rather than as an interactive part. Monolith later joined up with Namco and decided to continue the series; Namco encouraged them to, but they decided to start from the beginning, with a different view to the story. Here's a breakdown of the story of Xenogears: WARNING: Spoilers Ahead! The above was gathered from various sources and edited, to the best of my memory, to better explain the games' relationship. NOTES: One may notice all the references to familiar myths of the Christian Bible, including Cain and Abel, the Nephlym, the Exodus, Genesis, the Adam and the Eve, etc, etc. It seems the Japanese have a thing with religion and and mankind's loss of humanity. Perhaps an homage to the phrase "deus ex machina," the god from the machine? Anyway, here's how Xenosaga links to Xenogears: In the first episode, the Eldridge crashes; this is shown in Xenogears. There are also many references to the Zohar. In the second episode, I hear Cain, Abel, Elhaym and Miang (Mei Lang) make an appearance. There's also supposedly references to the Anima Relics as well, and Nephilim also reportedly resembles Elhaym. The third is supposed to be when they're in the age of Zeboim civilization (with Kim and Elly, when Emerelda is born/created). In the 4th, Lacan, Krellian, Elly, Roni, and others supposedly make an appearance. The 5th is the one I just explained about, and the 6th occurs after Fei returns from defeating Urobulus. This is all just speculation, though, and since Square owns the rights to these characters, there's no sure way of knowing whether they will/have appear(ed) in these games or not.