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Bastables on 20 September 2009
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Cypher1980 said:
Bastables said:
Cypher1980 said:
I hope the YLOD doesnt turn out to be an inherent problem like RROD or there is going to be a lot of egg on peoples faces.

On another tack. I'm all for passion given peoples pride and joys are being criticised but is the totally open swearing necessary. Just sub in a couple of $%^$% in the middle word.

If its starts with an F and ends in ING most of us can figure it out with missing letters.

You hope? Why bother hoping; available evidence does not show an "inherent problem." Watchdog certainly does not have a clue or an argument on the matter instead relying on some piffle about "trapped gas."

Also in a forum that allows fucking swearing in posts you're actually going to get precious at adult language being bandied about. . .

 It's not a breach of the forum rules, so maybe you can let people discuss things as they wish with the langauge they wish.

Sorry Bastaples

I dont mean to seem precious and its not me that minds the swearing overly.

Its just some younger kids do frequent the pages and it just seems so mindless to have to resort to openly swearing.

If your comfortable with kids reading what you post then all well and good. I guess its their choice to visit the forum.

Also I appreciate the "available evidence" points to no inherent problem but thats how RROD showed up initially.

Low percentage of users with a general hardware failure. Nothing for MS to worry about. RIGHT ?

I think available evidence for the 360 was worrying because when RROD started it was so widespread even initially. But that's beside the point Watchdog put together a false argument with public monies. Editor was asleep at the wheel and apparently did not notice or care that one of his reporters had a conflict of interest. There is not even a concrete supportable argument of what watchdog thinks the YLOD represents.

One of the arguments for failure being some form of gas... really gas when did electronic equipment started producing exhaust gases. Or is there SKU of PS3 that runs on fossil fuels now and emit corrosive gases. Seriously trapped gases? Why would this make any sense on any level. What do trapped gases have to do with any electronic failure or are RROD on X360s actually caused by higher than ambient levels of helium or the existence of sulfur mustards in the case. That such a thing is purported indicates that the reporters/editors of watchdog feel they can get away with pseudo science in making up a story.

They don't have a causal variable to show a inherent fault, and their own (circa 12,000) figures refer to a .5% failure rate. A failure rate that is well within tolerances for electronic equipment and are not attributable to one cause aka an inherent fault. At best lazy reporting at worse libelious speech.