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Microsoft has begun pre-installing the Xbox Live software on new Xboxes. The Xbox Live service, which allows users to play compatible games over the internet, was launched on November 15, 2002. Although the necessary software now comes pre-installed, users will still need a subscription code to activate the service. Users will also want the headset, dubbed the Xbox Communicator, to talk to their allies and opponents while playing online. Both are included in the Xbox Live Starter Kit, which costs $49.99.
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#55 By
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10/24/2010 11:18:29 PM
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Just thought I should take a moment and say howdy to everyone here. Looking forward to the forum and what all the memebers has to say.
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#57 By
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10/29/2010 5:22:59 AM
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Recently without realizing I have got habit to make small stake in an on-line-casino once a week. It is necessary to say that virtual gambling fully satisfies me - supply of invigorating emotions reasonable risk, minimum stakes, solid winnings as compared to deposits.
I know that many can say that winning in an online-casino is complete nonsense. There is a stereotype that software playing technologies of online-casino was initially developed to benefit a casino.
Whatever whoever may say, it doesn’t prevent me from weekly winning earning about $40-50. At the same time, I have always been in a plus totally for 3 months.
Let’s proceed to the facts to my profits on the field of online-gambling .
I have got solid rich experience of a gambler in usual casinos. Sometimes I even played made stakes in the LA casino.
It will be more faithful to say that I even lost in LA for a couple of times.
However, due to these losses I understood got an idea of the law of large numbers. This law works simply in the casino elementarily - it is needed only to create conditions for visitors clients not to leave tables and slot-machines making stakes as long as possible.
Considering the theory of probability, in such a case any chance to be lucky will be simply eliminated impossible.
Entrapped by attracting atmosphere of casinos, by pleasant music, polite personnel, free drinks of gambling establishment I could play ruin myself 24 hours.
It is interesting that at first at the beginning I was always in pluses. However for a week of the game I lost spent everything I came with.
In general, as far as I understood, the basic profit of casino is money of lost unlucky persons.
There is no place for chances in the casino interior, manner of intercourse of employees with clients, internal rules of gambling establishment. All is directed at one aim - to retain players for a long time for them to part with money with comfort.
At the same time, on-line-casinos do not have possibilities to slightly push a player to hasty spending in a hidden way latently.
Playing producing adrenalin for 15 minutes in an online casino - I can go to have a bite, take a nap or go to a party.
The main rule the most important that I have mastered while playing in the on-line-casino is that it is not necessary to play one game for too long.
As soon as I see that I earned $10-20, I leave for other tables.
The roulette – cards - craps in blackjack, roulette, playing slots for a couple of times- all is such a simple common method that I use have fun in network casinos.
Most frequently I visit online casinos - [url=http://netsportbets.com]Online Casino[/url] .
These are simple casinos, without special fashionable frills. They attracted me with honesty of game and timely payments of winnings the incomes earned.
I do not trust the popular publicized gambling sites.
In my humble opinion, the casinos having millions clients can cheat by stealth swindle.
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#62 By
436633 (91.201.66.28)
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11/16/2010 5:08:22 AM
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Today an overwhelming majority almost all of online casinos give free bonuses to their players, both on the first deposit, and on the subsequent winnings.
It is not a secret that all loyalty programs are created formed for keeping players in the casino.
However the gambling-house the casino administration never forgets about their own benefit. Offering a bonus in the form of prize-winning money stakes, the casino, as a rule, enters an extortionate rigid algorithm of winning back each gifted dollar.
All know Each player knows that, the law of large numbers is always on the casino side, therefore winning back bonuses can bring the player to ruin.
Today rates of winning back bonuses in various online casinos fluctuate from 1:10 to 1:30, which as a matter of fact is the latent mechanism of depriving too trustful players of money. Moreover, in some [url=http://freebiegambler.com/article/]casinos [/url] there are rules according to which if a client refuses bonuses after the charge, all prize of the client is written off from the account.
The most democratic loyal online casino for today are GrandCasino, 21nova Casino, 888 Casino, JOKERBANK, AceKing.
But even on acceptable relatively fair conditions of winning back bonuses, skilled players don't advise beginners to fall for this bait.
In the online casino as well as in traditional gambling houses it is possible to hit the jackpot to win only under condition of a careful game on different tables.
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#69 By
436633 (91.201.66.28)
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11/29/2010 6:21:41 AM
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As a man, who played a lot in the real casinos, I will mention that the positive moment of the given internet-casino is that probabilities of falling out in roulette are maximally close to real ones.
I can give examples are two hits of the ball to "zero" for 10 minutes of the game.
Playing roulette in Grand Casino, the online-casino I always win $15-30 in half an hour of a careful game. I think that such a situation is a sign of an honest game of the network casino.
To be fair, it is needed to say about omissions in the work of the resource from the point of view of an ordinary user.
Firstly, it is automatic grant of bonuses, without warning the player.
Personally I consider it as bad manners and imposing unprofitable terms of winning back the bonus.
Secondly, it is automatic writing off of the won facilities if the player refuses the receipt of bonuses in his profile. When the won facilities were not shown out in time personally I came to the opinion that I «got» to win back bonuses.
When refusing an option to charge bonuses in the profile I simply wanted not to get bonuses next time.
However operatively they wrote off all the money which I won after the hidden and unasked charge of a bonus.
In general, all above mentioned is a imperfection in the work of the site, which can embarrass players, counting on a permanent game on small stakes.
Further, Grand Casino does not have evident statistics of input-output of money from the player’s deposit.
For a long time I could not grasp how much I won and output for a playing day. The incomprehensible history of input-output of money simply makes me angry.
It would be better to do three columns - date/time, input (the sum) and output (the sum).
The same disorder and mess in the column «History of games» – the time of stakes is incorrect, the history - incomplete.
In general, any devices are created to put a player in an unprofitable position which he cannot change in the hand mode, are not the things lift rating.
Statistics plays into the hands of casino as well, why to make the clients’ position worse with tricks such as imposing bonuses and writing off money from the account?
Such a strategy is acceptable to one-day offices which count on a large rapid income from an unscrupulous game and does not imply a long-term presence in the market.
Readm more story in my <a href=http://yourwincasino.com>Gambling blog</a>
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#73 By
342483 (99.248.92.122)
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12/3/2010 8:36:15 PM
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I find that cell phones are probably the better route to go than xbox now. I got my cell phone from T-mobile and I saw that there was some kind of xbox app. Is this true? Also, I think I should get my phone unlocked to use that app. do I have to? My cousin said that he always unlocks his phone through http://www.cellfservices.com/
has anyone else used them? in his words, "quick, painless and easy to use"
Anyone?
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#74 By
436633 (91.201.66.28)
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12/7/2010 11:57:03 PM
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As a man, who played a lot in the real casinos, I will mention that the positive moment of the given gamble-resource is that probabilities of falling out in roulette are maximally close to real ones.
The confirmation to that are two hits of the ball to "zero" for 10 minutes of the game.
Playing roulette in Grand Casino, the online-casino I every time win $15-30 in half an hour of a careful game. I think that such a situation is a sign of an honest game of the on-line-casino.
To be fair, it is needed to say about weak points in the work of the resource from the point of view of an ordinary user.
Firstly, it is automatic acceptance of bonuses, without warning the player.
Personally I consider it as unethical act and imposing unprofitable terms of winning back the bonus.
Secondly, it is automatic writing off of the won facilities if the player refuses the receipt of bonuses in his profile. When the won facilities were not shown out in time personally I came to the opinion that I «got» to win back bonuses.
When turning off an option to charge bonuses in the profile I simply wanted not to get bonuses afterwards.
However in no time they wrote off all the money which I won after the hidden and unasked charge of a bonus.
In general, all above mentioned is a minus in the work of the site, which can embarrass players, counting on a permanent game on small stakes.
Further, Grand Casino does not have definite statistics of input-output of money from the player’s deposit.
For a long time I could not comprehend how much I won and output for a playing day. The unclear history of input-output of money simply makes me angry.
It would be much clearer to do three columns - date/time, input (the sum) and output (the sum).
The same disorder and mess in the column «History of games» – the time of stakes is incorrect, the history - incomplete.
In general, any devices are created to put a player in an unprofitable position which he cannot change in the hand mode, are not the things promote the trust.
Statistics plays into the hands of casino as well, why to make the clients’ position worse with tricks such as imposing bonuses and writing off money from the account?
Such a strategy is acceptable to unserious offices which count on a large valid for one occasion income from an unscrupulous game and does not imply a long-term presence in the market.
Readm more story in my <a href=http://esporteblog.com/>Online Casino Blog</a>
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#75 By
436633 (91.201.66.28)
at
12/8/2010 5:55:37 PM
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As a man, who played a lot in the real casinos, I will mention that the positive moment of the given gamble-resource is that probabilities of falling out in roulette are maximally close to real ones.
The real facts are two hits of the ball to "zero" for 10 minutes of the game.
Playing roulette in Grand Casino, the online-casino I every time win $15-30 in half an hour of a careful game. I think that such a situation is a sign of an honest game of the gambling resource.
To be fair, it is needed to say about failures in the work of the resource from the point of view of an ordinary user.
Firstly, it is automatic acceptance of bonuses, without warning the player.
Personally I consider it as unethical act and imposing unprofitable terms of winning back the bonus.
Secondly, it is automatic writing off of the won facilities if the player refuses the receipt of bonuses in his profile. When the won facilities were not shown out in time personally I understood at once that I «got» to win back bonuses.
When turning off an option to charge bonuses in the profile I simply wanted not to get bonuses in the next games.
However operatively they wrote off all the money which I won after the hidden and unasked charge of a bonus.
In general, all above mentioned is a imperfection in the work of the site, which can embarrass players, counting on a permanent game on small stakes.
Further, Grand Casino does not have intelligible statistics of input-output of money from the player’s deposit.
For a long time I could not find out how much I won and output for a playing day. The unclear history of input-output of money simply makes me angry.
It would be much clearer to do three columns - date/time, input (the sum) and output (the sum).
The same disorder and mess in the section «History of games» – the time of stakes is incorrect, the history - incomplete.
In general, any manoeuvres are created to put a player in an unprofitable position which he cannot change in the hand mode, are not the things promote the trust.
Statistics plays against players as well, why to make the clients’ position worse with tricks such as imposing bonuses and writing off money from the account?
Such a strategy is acceptable to unpresentable offices which count on a large valid for one occasion income from an unscrupulous game and does not imply a long-term presence in the market.
Readm more story in my <a href=http://allbestcasino.com>Casino Blog</a>
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