Turbo button would be nice, but what about a turbo dial?

So I guess an air pump doesn't count as a moving part?

Nope. The copyright aren't expiring, the original owners just get to take them back if they want to.

I have to say, the subject line made me snort my Coke. Thanks.

There are some new external video cards that don't require anything but drivers and a USB port, such as the EVGA UV Plus. AFAIK, all USB video cards use a DisplayLink chipset, and there are rudimentary drivers here. It's not a very elegant solution, but if you want to use any sort of GUI, this should work.

That may be true, but it still isn't the right tool for many jobs. It makes a great server, but I wouldn't put it on the family computer.

Ok, if the goal was to make them easier for blind people to use, why did they replace the drive through tellers? I can see them replacing worn out ones, but still, why replace the ones that are working well?

At the moment.

I highly doubt that there's not a backdoor key in the encryption, no matter how much they try to block people from copying/backing up/ripping. Mainly because if someone buys a $300 player that can't play any current movies and has no internet connection, a law suit is just around the corner.

I have Armored Core 4: Answer (PS3), and I'm not seeing the same problems you are. The game has a more arcade feel to it than Mechwarrior, and definitely isn't as complicated. IIRC, there actually was a button or three that WASN'T mapped on the PS3 controller.

And yet you're posting on Slashdot?

Ok, so people don't take the Government's word and don't trust the media, so they're going to trust statistics? Statistics just show outlying data, and can be interpreted many ways. Because people easily believe what they fear to be true, we could be putting an unconscious bias on the raw data.

What does burning pirated movies have to do with the national debt? The taxes on movies can't pull in $3.8 billion/day more revenue.

The problem with this logic is that AA is only online. There is no single player or offline mode. Therefore, even if the client is perfectly made, the game still has flaws if the infrastructure sucks, because you can't get away with NOT using the servers.

Am I the only one trying to figure out whether this pun is intentional or not? Maybe I need to lay off the caffeine and get some sleep...

Personally, I thought Assassin's Creed was pretty good. The game wasn't perfect by any means, but definitely worth a second play through. I will concede that reviewers didn't like it that much, though.

However, it's just a coincidence that the other two games were released to critical acclaim and are both regarded as some of the best of the 360. Just coincidence, I'm sure.