To speak more seriously about the content of the article rather than the wording, (TBH, a 54.2% failure rate is abominable regardless of the platform; I can't fault that, but some people LIKE the NXE dashboard; I certainly wouldn't call it "cheesy") it still disappoints me to see the console considered "not near the end of the lifespan."
This means either two things: either they're lying (a common tactic for console makers; Sony, and Nintendo as WELL as Microsoft claim they'll always love/support their old console, even a day right before they dump it in favor of the new one) or they believe it. It's quite possible, given this generation is effectively won by the less-potent Wii, that they may actually be telling the truth, and believe it.
This is highly problematic, given that as far as a comparison to a PC goes, the Xbox 360 is downright outdated. Unless you're playing a horribly-done console-to-PC port (*coughGTA4cough*) you can get comparable performance AND quality out of an old single-core CPU, a GeForce 8600GT, and a clean boot; the kind of system our elderly parents likely have BETTER than.
The huge PC-console gap wasn't much of a problem before, when consoles had an equally huge gap in resolution; when console games only ran at between 320x240-720x480, it was fine that they had 5-year-old graphics hardware; most of the difference could be easily covered by PC users using 1680x1050 with lots of AA and AF. But with the mandate of Microsoft for consoles to use at least 1024x576 to 1280x720, and requiring AA, that gap is at least half-closed; so for the most part, technological advancement is limited to a tiny handful of games, with most of the mainstream now looking severely dated on the PC, 'cuz that's what the console is limited to.
Also the Spanish Civil War and Spanish-American war are two ENTIRLEY different wars; the former took place in 1936-1939, when fascist forces led by Francisco Franco and others overthrew the democratic government, thanks to the help of Nazi Germany. (basically, it was the Nazis' warmup for WW2) The Spanish-American war was a brief conflict in 1898, when future-President Theodore Roosevelt launched a series of attacks the eviscerated the waning Spanish Empire, creating the American Empire. (think: Battle of Manilla Bay, and the Rough Riders' charge up San Juan Hill)