If you buy a 360 on eBay, be sure to use PayPal. Then if the system is truly banned, you just have to file a claim with Paypal and they will definitely get your money back.
I know this because I sell stuff on eBay all day. #usedxbox360
Buying a used 360 is never a wise idea - that warranty may be needed. I've upgraded from my launch day units to HDMI units a few years ago, sold my launch units for about $100 a piece less than a new unit, and my warranty clock was reset.
Now, apparently, I'm the only person to never have a true RROD, and still warranty three units (power failure during firmware upgrade, lightning friend one completely, took out the ethernet on the other). I would be out a ton of money if MS's warranty was not as good as it is. #usedxbox360
Wait, did you just tell me to buy a new XBox because the failure rate "isn't that low"? That sounds like the opposite reason to buy something... Please clarify. #usedxbox360
@valkilmerisawful: I think the point is that since xboxes are failure-prone, if you buy one it is good to have a warranty on it (or to just skip it and go for something more stable) #usedxbox360
The University of California at Santa Barbara has a sort of 3D-projection version of this, called the AlloSphere. Its director, JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, gave a TED talk about it earlier this year. She's a cool lady (I used to work down the hall from her), and she's put together a truly fantastic marvel of technology.
It was a blast to quite literally explore a human brain, as well as a zinc oxide crystal. Check it out:
Ages ago I used to play a fairly realistic surgery game on the PC, loved it even though I had lost the manual and learned by trial and error (can't do that in medical school). Would love to get a current gen game like that to play around with. #thiscyborglife
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If they say it isn't and it turns out it is then you can take it to eBay and their protection scheme can probably sort it out. #usedxbox360
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R-button for God Mode! #thiscyborglife
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I know this because I sell stuff on eBay all day. #usedxbox360
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Now, apparently, I'm the only person to never have a true RROD, and still warranty three units (power failure during firmware upgrade, lightning friend one completely, took out the ethernet on the other). I would be out a ton of money if MS's warranty was not as good as it is. #usedxbox360
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It was a blast to quite literally explore a human brain, as well as a zinc oxide crystal. Check it out:
[www.allosphere.ucsb.edu] #thiscyborglife
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@The Lab: I had a board game just like that! #thiscyborglife
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