Posted by Geena Phillips on 03/22/07 04:13

Android wrote:
> <asjbiotek@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1174314602.246215.117840@y66g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>> Slightly tangential to Blu-ray and BD-Java discussions, but since the
>> Xbox 360 has an HD-DVD add-on and Microsoft backs the rival to BD-Java
>> called HDi (A javascript+XML derivative), this news is interesting
>> anyways...
>>
>> XBox 360 is literally DYING in japan.....Not kidding...it sold 3600
>> units the week before, then 3300 units the last week...
>
> You mean that it is dying "figuratively." An inanimate object cannot die
> "literally."

Don't bother; you're making a fine point of distinction in response to
someone who, near as I can tell, is missing the part of his brain that
appreciates subtlety. :)

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