I haven't used the basic search much, but I've been much happier with the maps tool. I used to use google maps, but bing has been much more accurate and up-to-date with maps for some locations. I'm tired of searching for an address I know exists, but get no results because it was built in the last 2 years. So bing increases their market share not just with search, but with their other services as well.

Random sample here. I would like a casual game for 360. Something like Wii fit. Maybe a yoga training game. Buying something on my existing 360 sure beats buying a whole Wii and wii fit package.

"one bloated FX crap-test" - That statement is pretty strongly worded. This type of language may trigger a defensive response to someone who thinks it was a good movie. If someone stated that my dog was an ugly son of a bitch then I would take offense and respond with a verbal attack of equal or greater magnitude. However, if someone said "I would prefer a larger dog such as a lab over a toy dog like a pug", then the response would be different.

Only if it is modded +5 Insightful.

Sure, I'll yell Heil Hitler next time I walk into a German Bar.

Then, I'll yell America is a sub-par country the next time I walk into a US bar.

i'll get back to you with the results.

Oh man when I saw that picture it sure brought a spike of memory back. My brother and I used to love playing that game. The 9 LEDs on the home plate would blink representing the type of pitch. You'd have to press swing at the right time. The game would then use an announcer type voice to dictate what happened and various LED's would light up. I think there was some sort of cartridge that you placed in the "outfield bleachers" area. Anyway, good times, good times...

I have XP and had a similar issue. I tried installing updates, but they never installed correctly. One day "poof" everything began working again. Oh well, at least it works now.

Recently I've been trying Ubuntu. After spending days attempting and failing with Kubuntu and trying to get my video card set up correctly, I switched to an Ubuntu install. With a little less headache I got the install working fine with my graphics card. The OS said I had updates available. I went ahead and installed the updates. It updated to a version that no longer boots. I have to choose the previous version from the boot menu every time I start up (haven't figured out yet how to roll back the update or find out which specific update caused the error).

As sad as both these scenarios are, a failure to update that fixes itself is a bit more convenient than an update that kills the OS.

There's still hope. Maybe Travis Hafner will develope a technologically superior workout regimen or install some bionic implants to improve his baseball performance. Then, another pronk article will be worthy of the Slashdot front page and the now available tag.