The newest ones have a new motherboard and chipset that fixes the dreaded "red ring of death" issue.
I've had mine since October and have put it through seriously heavy use and it runs just fine. It's also covered by a 4-year warranty from microsoft in case the problem does occur.
Get one, it doesn't make sense to be a rabid fanboy anymore 'cause there are too many good games available for it. My brother has a PS3 and while I like it, it has barely a handful of games worth owning and there's not much in the pipeline except for Metal Gear Solid 4.
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I totally cross Xbox 360 off my want list.
by 5go inmy cousin has one and loves it.
though i don't see why he has had in the shop more than he has played it.
it sent it in threee time for one issue.
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Overcoming deep depression....success stories??
by oompa inguys, for those who know me here, i apologize in advance for being such troublesome pain in the ass.
i have had some scary low spots these past two years, and was imo on way too many meds.
i really had a death wish for awhile, and do not want to revist that feeling.
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Had suicidal ideation since I was thirteen, a few attempts and hospitalizations between then and now, been through a litany of different medications and therapies and it's only since I left the witnesses that things have really started to improve.
My situation's a little different in that it turns out I have a form of bipolar disorder, so I'll often "recover" spectacularly from a long and ruthless depressive phase and be fine for several months only to slide back into another living hell all over again.
I find the constantly negative witness mindset of living a deferred life ("this system is passing away" blah blah blah) plus the constant guilt (always needing to "reach out", God hates masturbation, you can't get married until you're "spiritually mature") completely f*cked with my head. Now that I no longer have those constraints I'm learning to shape my thinking patterns positively. The medication plays a large role right now but I'm finding that there are skills that I can put to use that will save me from going into a tailspin when I notice the black thoughts creeping in. -
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I am fed up with "Where else would I/We Go?"
by OnTheWayOut init is a standard answer that i get from the few jw's that i speak with.. "the organization has it's flaws, but where else would we go to be among.
people who strive to do [jehovah's/god's] will?".
"i don't understand all the doctrine, nor take it as seriously as you do, but .
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Terry, I believe you're forgetting a little scuffle around 1054 called the great schism. ;)
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Richard Dawkins Gets "Expelled" by Ben Stein!
by Perry ini just got back from seeing the new movie release "expelled" which is a documentary exposing the militant culture of supression regarding intelligent design in the scientific community.
in a "million years", i never would have imagined that ben stein could get the author of "the god delusion", richard dawkins to speak favorably about i.d.
(intellignet design).
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Chrisjoel, if 1+1=2, did God have to make a law for this to happen?
Did God have to make a law that states the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius is 3.14159?
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Book study reminiscing - what was your memorable bookstudy experience.
by yadda yadda 2 ini must admit to feeling a bit nostalgic, sentimental now about the loss of the good old home book study arrangement.
there are many rather pleasant memories coming to the mind of various homes i attended for the book study.
i can still remember vividly most of them.. it had a warm, convivial, family feel about it.
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Another female-themed reminiscence, I had a perfect vantage point to stare at the rock-hard nipples of a girl that I had a major crush on. I did this for the whole 45 minutes and wanked like a madman when I got home.
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There is so much evidence around us to prove an Intelligent creator.
by nicolaou inthat's an 'ever so slightly' adapted quote from tophat on another thread; http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/108341/2880755/post.ashx#2880755.
i've been really dismissive of god/s, religion, faith and the abandoning of reason but when it comes to the 'argument from design', well you just have to give it a bit more .
respect?
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I see the Universe as an exponentially increasing number of mathematical interactions.
Is it evidence of an intelligent creator that one plus one equals two? Or that the ratio of any circle's circumference to its diameter is 3.14159?
I'm not a physicist or a mathematician but in my eyes physics is just a series of more complicated mathematical interactions. To me, then, our physical world is just a more complicated version of 1+1=2. -
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Health Canada and the Fluoride Debate
by sammielee24 inwaterloo region to decide on plebiscite issue.
by carole clinch .
the town of dryden, ontario voted against fluoridation of their water on april 22nd, ending a debate that has gone on for more than one year.
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NEWSFLASH! Bored "concerned" busybodies feel sense of pride for combating the planet's latest grave perceived threat du-jour. Pardon my cynicism but big whoop.
I've drunk tap water all my life, I chewed fluoride tablets when I was a kid, I'm still alive and well thank you very much and I've never had a single cavity (all while brushing maybe once every couple days).
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Focus of New Elder's School: How To Research - WTS Literature Only!!
by Seeker4 ini posted this idea on another thread, but thought it might get some response as a thread of it's own.
this was the e-mail i just got about the new elder's school for pos only: .
"my dad's po school wasn't new stuff, just a lot on studying, using the cd rom, etc.
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Yeah, studying the Watchtower literature is what pushed me away from the whole religion. So much of it is downright loony.
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Athiest what do you believe?
by real one inim just wondering because it seems like you have no hope.
please set me straight.
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Be honest with yourself, you don't mean that last statement. What you're REALLY saying is that you wish people would all worship the judeo-christian deity. I don't think you care a whit about other people's vision of the divine.
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Athiest what do you believe?
by real one inim just wondering because it seems like you have no hope.
please set me straight.
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I'd also like to know what "hope" you speak of. I don't believe there's anything supernatural interfering in our lives and judging us based on actions in order to dole out gifts after death, so I believe it's important to enjoy life and make it enjoyable for others and our descendants. Simple, no?
As for death, I don't fear it. If you think about the actual atomic make-up of your body, the raw materials for your atoms were floating around this universe for billions of years until they were forged into atomic elements in the bellies of stars and drifted into this lump we call earth, then a few more billion years of interacting with each other until we got this wonderful little glimpse of life (yes, 70 to 100 years is insignificant on a cosmic time scale), then we go back to being elements in a big recirculating system for who knows how many more billions of years.
Stars burn out and die, why shouldn't we?