>From one old fart to another, Amen! Preach it, brother!<br>GC <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Charles Shapiro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hooterpincher@gmail.com">hooterpincher@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">You _are_ an old fart. Better video games than TV I say.<br>
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On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I had seen that the xbox was a loss leader for M$. I have also seen that<br>
> they make it up in fees to the developers of games for the xbox.<br>
><br>
> I have a WII already. An xbox (regardless of the politics) would encourage<br>
> additional gaming purchases and further expand the time my son spends glued<br>
> to the couch.<br>
><br>
> Maybe I'm just becoming an old fart, but if someone wants to add more<br>
> realism to their daily experiences, they should try turning off the<br>
> TV/computer/ipod/etc and get outside in the big blue room more often.<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:24 AM, arxaaron <<a href="mailto:arxaaron@gmail.com">arxaaron@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On 2010/12/15, at 11:37 , Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> > Can this gizmo be used without an Xbox? (i'mnotbuyingoneforanyreason)<br>
>> ><br>
>><br>
>> Short answer: Yes.<br>
>> The Kinect is a separate interface device, just like WII remotes,<br>
>> which have also been extensively hacked and re-purposed.<br>
>><br>
>> As to (i'mnotbuyingoneforanyreason), it is my understanding that<br>
>> the Kinect, like the Xbox itself, is a loss leader device and that<br>
>> Mafia$oft looses money on every purchase. I think they are<br>
>> conceding to the open source drivers because the djin is out<br>
>> of the bottle now and they can't do anything about that except<br>
>> try to steer the hacker development focus back to their platform.<br>
>><br>
>> peace<br>
>> aaron<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Watson, Keith <<a href="mailto:krwatson@cc.gatech.edu">krwatson@cc.gatech.edu</a><br>
>> > > wrote:<br>
>> > Official open source driver for Kinect<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a href="http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Official-open-source-driver-for-Kinect-1152601.html" target="_blank">http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Official-open-source-driver-for-Kinect-1152601.html</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a href="http://preview.tinyurl.com/3an9gyt" target="_blank">http://preview.tinyurl.com/3an9gyt</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> > keith<br>
>> ><br>
>> > --<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Keith R. Watson Georgia Institute of Technology<br>
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