The documents only state the MS knew that moving or re-orienting an Xbox 360 while it was operating may scratch the disc. As for claims that the Xbox scratches discs while stable and vertical (while it may be true) does not apply to these specific documents.
I dunno.
Because these greater gyroscopic forces are combined with both a weak magnetic force for holding the disc in place, and a tray-loaded design that can be oriented vertically, uncoupling of a disc during normal console use was a predictable result.
From page 13 of the pdf.
If your car is 1996 or newer and your check engine light is coming that often I would suggest investing in an OBD-II scanner.
You can get them for a little as $40 for a basic model, this will let you pull your codes and clear them should you choose.
You can google for any manufacturer specific codes as someone will always have them listed, and you'd be surprised by how many cars have had their factory service manuals put online by fans.
Often times the code is being thrown by a dirty MAF (mass air flow sensor in the intake) and/or dirty throttle body. Pending the car, it can be a little hassle to get to these parts, removing/moving intake piping but all it takes is a can of carb cleaner and a hour or two of drying to get these parts clean and the codes to go away.
Your post almost makes a good point about spending money on a gaming PC instead of a console except the total is not $1000 and up. It's simply the price of the console. $300-$400. Current generation video cards alone will meet or double that cost. Really, it was a stretch to try to include all of those accessories as a TCO for a gaming console when really it is just the cost of the console for the average gamer.
As stated many times before the main strong point of consoles (used to be at least) that they just worked. Buy game, put game in console, play game. No drivers, no wacky DRM raping your dataz and privacy, no "oh wow I really need to upgrade my videocard!" moments. There will always be a place for PC gaming but to think it will extinguish the market for consoles is foolhardy.
Seems if anything at least Nintendo is going to get burned here:
Despite actual knowledge of hundreds of incidents involving broken televisions over time and subsequent to December 27, 2006, Defendant failed to report the existence of even a single "Incident" to the CPSC in its Monthly Reports to the CPSC. Defendant systematically and intentionally was untruthful in its representations to the CPSC, see Exhibit 8 attached hereto.
And just like the McDonald's coffee lawsuit, it continues to sound silly even after becoming familiar with all the facts.
If you were actually familiar with the facts it would not sound silly.
The Actual Facts About The Mcdonalds' Coffee Case
It should also be noted that Liebeck (the woman who received the coffee burns) initially sought $20,000 to cover her $11,000 in medical expenses and that McDonald's refused and offered her $800. And also that during discovery, McDonalds produced documents showing more than 700 claims by people burned by its coffee between 1982 and 1992. Some claims involved third-degree burns substantially similar to Liebecks.
Corporations are not defenseless little orphans being picked on by frivolous lawsuits. They are soul-sucking goliaths of wealth and power that would willfully break the law and/or harm people if the reward outweighed the projected risk. Granted in the McDonalds coffee case it looks like it was callous indifference that prevented them from reducing the holding temperature of their coffee despite the number of burn incidents over the years until coming to a head in the Liebeck case.
Something like an iphone 3g would have the added advantage of having communications available. Maybe even enough for video streaming.
Added advantage of streaming video for a terrorist attack? So you can rick roll them before blowing them up?
Have you not heard of Amazon.com, or is $.99 per track with no DRM too expensive for you?
It's easy, it's cheap, go and do it.
AllOfMp3.com, back when you could actually add money to your account from the USA, sold by the megabyte. I felt that was the most reasonable pricing model, and found myself frequently impulse buying simply because it was so inexpensive. To me the fact I'd rather pay for LAME alt-standard encoded DRM-free encoded mp3s rather than hunt down a torrent for a song or two was the perfect implementation of a pay download music service.
"No matter where you go, there you are..." -- Buckaroo Banzai
