Guest Randy S. Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I'm stuck in Vegas at CES. Just got done watching Billy Wonka present Windows Vista (think OS X with a windows logo slapped on it) and a bunch of other Microsoft stuff (the Windows Mobile stuff was the only thing really interesting). I'm off to get a beer with a local carver. Call my cell if any BOL folks are here in Vegas. Cell: SixFifty-291-8582. Randy Oh, if you have special requests of things you'd like me to check out and report back on, let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfell Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Dollar blackjack tables at the Sahara are always fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I see the feature list for vista they take out at least one key feature what the hell happened to the new file system they were promissing? if they keep yanking features its gonna XP with a new GUI and be obsolete from day one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekdut Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Dollar blackjack tables at the Sahara are always fun. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but they dont offer that anymore Phil Downtown is your best bet for cheap 21 with decent odds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekdut Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I'm stuck in Vegas at CES. Just got done watching Billy Wonka present Windows Vista (think OS X with a windows logo slapped on it) and a bunch of other Microsoft stuff (the Windows Mobile stuff was the only thing really interesting). I'm off to get a beer with a local carver. Call my cell if any BOL folks are here in Vegas. Cell: SixFifty-291-8582. Randy Oh, if you have special requests of things you'd like me to check out and report back on, let me know. I was thinking of going this year, as I have some friends at some of the booths and have gone on and off for the past few years. Schedules didn't work out though. Not sure if any of you are car audio fans, but JL Audio has a pretty sweet Legacy GT (my current ride), that I would really like to check out, particularly the stealthbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Crap! I wanted to go, and Nykos (game controller maker) invited me to their "hospitality room" to get liquored up (I freelance as a game journalist very occasionally and Nykos' PR folks don't seem to know the difference), but my day job is keeping me in town. Meanwhile my co-workers from my day job are checking out s*** that they don't appreciate, like the various water-cooled Xbox 360 mods I've been hearing about. Hey Randy, if you have the chance, take a peek at those Xbox 360 cooling solutions and let me know what you think: are any of them suitable for ham-handed amateurs to self-install? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Randy S. Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Dan, I'll see what I can find out. I'm not much of a gaming person so I probably can't be very critical. Phil, I'm actually staying at the Sahara. You get what you pay for. I just went to dinner at the Venetian. The Adult Video Industry conference/awards is in town too! Lots of silicone around. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 get a pornstar to pose with a board! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagen Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Dan, I'll see what I can find out. I'm not much of a gaming person so I probably can't be very critical. Phil, I'm actually staying at the Sahara. You get what you pay for. I just went to dinner at the Venetian. The Adult Video Industry conference/awards is in town too! Lots of silicone around. :p Interestingly enough those conferences always seem to happen at the same time they have the geek shows in Vegas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfell Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but they dont offer that anymore Phil Downtown is your best bet for cheap 21 with decent odds. What!!!!!!!!!!!!! When did that happen! This might change my spring plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjl Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I'm stuck in Vegas at CES. Just got done watching Billy Wonka present Windows Vista (think OS X with a windows logo slapped on it) and a bunch of other Microsoft stuff (the Windows Mobile stuff was the only thing really interesting). So what's the deal with Urge? Does it look like a contender? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 So what's the deal with Urge? Does it look like a contender? All-you-can-eat pricing sounds pretty interesting, doesn't it? I think they're not the only people to offer that though, are they. Anyway, if MS decided it's important for them to compete in this arena, Urge will be a contender. They've lost about $1 billion/year on the Xbox since it launched. Compare that to Apple's $1.3 billion in income in 2005 (and just $276 million in 2004) and it's pretty clear that if MS decides to buy market share in this space they'll be able to do so. I'd guess that Microsoft will be in the online music space until "owning the living room" isn't fashionable anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Buggs Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Randy, did you get to see the samsung-xm device Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Randy S. Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 I saw the Samsung XM device but didn't play with it at all. It looks like a good form factor and if it does MP3 as well, that'd be pretty cool. I don't know if that's built in. My first take on Urge is its just a knock-off of iTunes. Not sure of much beyond that, but I'll look into it tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleevez Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 finally got a sec to get online again, been busy setting up, im here at ATI drop by our booth (south hall and play sum xbox :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 portable XM device, not sure that I like the idea of pay radio but I sure do like allot of the content they have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 My corporate duty today is to tell you folks to update your Windows, or follow your company's IT policies for updates. Don't wait until next Tuesday's standard release.... Level 3 Critical Update #MS06-001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 i wanted to go... but school and all. I am the pround owner of "radio lean-to" (lean-to being a synonom for shack, radio shack...get it....:p) cause u have to have a company to get in, so that's my fake one. it seems fun though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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