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re: Hard drive issues...

Posted by LSU Tate on 2/11/11 at 7:54 pm to
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What's the odds of the data being recovered if sent off to one of those place that does that type of work?



I've never used one of those services but I imagine they feast upon recovering accidentally deleted data... not data that may have been destroyed when the r/w head slammed against the platters. Guess it really all depends on the amount of physical damage done.

re: Hard drive issues...

Posted by LSU Tate on 2/11/11 at 7:36 pm to
The first sound of a hard drive gone bad is the clicking noise. Most likely ruined.
funny.. was just reminiscing about this the other. Too bad they were both NBA busts.
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More talent than any other 6-year period in LSU history = 1 two-loss championship


Were you an AP voter in '03 as well?
... but, but, but, but....

a) He'll never win another NC at LSU
b) an 8 win season is unfathomable
c) he's not suave or eloquent in his press conferences
d) I've been fed with a silver spoon, donated $5 to TAF, and deserve better than 11 4/6
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In other words, if I work hard but still have an 8-win "mediocre" season, knowlegable fans and the university should understand that it happens in the parity of college sports and in the 5* time NC SEC and not become stricken with Chicken Little syndrome and call for my ouster.

I'm afraid I'm too stupid to accept yet alone understand these ridiculous terms.


FIFY

re: WWL reporting "Miles wants to stay."

Posted by LSU Tate on 1/11/11 at 10:14 am to
Off/Def stats are overrated. The only stat that really matters is W/L. Naturally, all 3 tend to go together, but are not always inclusive of one another. Case in point is Ok.St had #1 Total Offense and WVU had #3 total defense.

The end justifies the means.
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The fans are just spoiled and have super high perfect expectations


This and beyond. It's not even expectations anymore, it's a feeling of entitlement.
Agreed! When did the vocal portion of the fan base turn into such elitists? The stench of entitlement escaping from flapping jaws here is overwhelming.
Thanks everyone!

I'm not interested in mod'ing anything so looks like I'll need to go the dual purchase route if I want to simultaneously play the same game across systems.
Thanks for responses to this point. We own two copies of Halo 3 and it works flawlessly, but I really don't want to go down the road of buying two copies of the latest game at $50-$60 a pop if there are other legal options.

Using a MP3 analogy, if I purchase or d/l a MP3 from a site not named iTunes, I can replicate that MP3 on my phone, burn to CD, etc. and legally enjoy that MP3 on a number of devices. As long as I don't redistribute the MP3, I'm legit.

There are sites like Game Copy Wizard and Game Copy Pro which says it can be done, but I suspect there's some fine or hidden print somewhere that you need to have X brand burner, flash your XBOX firmware, and other stuff that just makes me leery to go it alone. If it works and others have used it successfully, that's great and I'd like to weigh the pros and cons. For example, if you did have to flash the firmware, do you have to do it again after the next XBOX update? I'd imagine I'm not unique in this situation and someone has already crossed this bridge and would have some information to share.

I haven't reached a point of desperation or anything, just a bit disappointed that you can't natively share a game across two systems in the same household without having to purchase two copies of the same game.
Long time lurker, first time poster...

So, the kiddos got a new Elite for Christmas and we now have one in the main room and one in their room. Naive me thought that maybe we could play together on our separate consoles via System Link, which would be possible if I owned two copies of each game we wanted to play. I don't want to invest in purchasing a duplicate game library, so I started looking at other options which has me hella confused.

First, I don't want to crack open either the new or the old XBOX and swap out parts, flash ROMs, or anything else of that nature. Second, we purchase our games so I'm not looking for some sort of Limewire/Frostwire/Torrent site that offers hacked games with a caveat that I'd have to spoof my IP address through 20 countries across 5 continents to not get banned when playing XBL.

I've checked some other sites which offer software which seems to be legit, but there appear to be quite a few of them all offering the same thing. Since this is the gaming board, and not the OT or rant, I figure I can get some decent advice from fellow gamers.

What's the best way to make a copy of a game you've already purchased so that you can play the same game across two xbox systems on the same LAN?

TIA