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 | Xbox 360 Pro Bundle (includes 60GB Hard Drive, Kung-Fu Panda, LEGO Indiana Jones) | |
 | "More than a system" | 2009-06-23 |
| Greetings, I thought I was too old for a video gaming system. Don't get me wrong, I love playing video games but guilt and shame prevented me from buying one. After much cajoling from my friends, I decided to purchase a XBOX360 as a way to keep in touch with friends that have since moved away. I am very happy I did. The XBOX360 is more than a video gaming system; it has become the central hub of my home entertainment system. Microsoft has truly ushered in the next generation gaming experience. What I most like about the XBOX is the onDemand features. I can stream movies via XBOX or I can purchase a XBLA game. The only serious competitor to the 360, as a next generation experience, is Sony's PS3. The PS3 has all the technical advantages but it significantly trails the XBOX in the important categories: game library and player pool. The first makes the 360 the superior gaming system. The second makes the 360 a richer experience since the future of gaming is the community. | ||
 | The Elements of Java Style | |
 | "Not enough" | 2004-07-30 |
| I'm very disappointed at the amount content in this Book. Sun posted a Java style guide that was essentially the equivalent, but free. Equivalent in terms of topics covered while there were some noticable difference such as variable naming. One of the redeming qualities of the book though is that it can serve as a coding standard thus saving one from tidious chore of deciding on your own standards. In the end does it really make that much of a difference as long as everyone on your team is following the same standard? Best part of the book is the title. | ||
 | Power/Knowledge : Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977 | |
| "untitled" | 2004-04-14 |
| I don't know how to rate most of Foucault's work because quite frankly I don't understand most of it. I read some of his primary material and didn't get it. I read some secondary material and I still didn't completely get it. A friend then introduced me to some philosophy comic books. He had the whole series including Hegel, Nietzsche, and Kierkegaard to name a few. I now understand the objective and nature of his works yet still can't grasp the nuance of it. Perhaps I'm grasping for greater meaning that doesn't exist, but chances are that I'm just too dumb. His work is incredibly hard to understand, more tedious to read then Dickens and Dostoevsky combined, and very incoherent. None the less, I'm afraid to give it poor marks out of fear that the intellectuals will brand me a mental midget. On the same line, I'm afraid to engage anyone in conversation about Foucault out of fear that my shallow-comic-book-level understanding of his text will be exposed. Ultimately, I think this really takes away from his work. He has a lot of insightful things to write. But if you can't communicate them what is the purpose? Read the text and get the comic books. Study your signs and make sure you obey traffic laws. | ||
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