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Comment Re:'Hardcore' is from your Grandpa's youth ... (Score 1) 324

Ballmer using words like 'hardcore' makes me feel the same as when my Grampa would talk about 'the Googles' or any other time a male-menapausal coot tries to use 'cool' words to 'relate' to 'todays youth'

You do realize that the current interpretation of the word 'hardcore' has been used by the youth for at least 50 years, maybe longer? Ballmer is not using the word to sound cool to you, he is using the word he used in the 1960s to sound cool to his older brother.

You do realise that as we grow older, our vocabulary often shift to a more 'civilised' manner, where words like 'hardcore' become utilised in a more precise meaning (such as pornography) and certainly not something that you are about tablets. I should say. How many of the same people from the 1960s use 'groovy' today?

Comment Re:Asteroid as candidates for commodities (Score 3, Funny) 25

I spotted a post on Slashdot a couple of weeks ago which pointed out a couple of advantages of exploring the asteroid belt as a rich source of minerals and possible mining. On this strength of that brief but well worded comment I did some research myself and right now I'm currently reading the only book I could find that seemed accessible enough to a person with limited knowledge of space mining and the possibilities therein: (Mining the Sky by John S. Lewi).

Fry: Wow! Mining a comet! That sounds fun.

Farnsworth: Yes, there's no safer occupation than mining. Especially when you're perched on a snowball whipping through space at a million miles an hour. [He mimes a snowball whipping through space at a million miles an hour.] Safe!

Comment Re:Windows button (Score 1) 319

How do you feel about that Apple logo (or two) on your keyboard? How about the upper left corner of your screen?

There is no Apple logo on the keyboards any more. But since there is only one button on the iPhone or this Windows Phone thingie, he wonders why they made that decision. On a keyboard or in the upper left corner of your screen, it is supposed to make it out among many buttons. There it makes sense. Or are you just trolling?

Comment Re:it's magic! (Score 2, Insightful) 115

I don't think anyone with a gaming system will be interested, but everyone else may be. Some games like RPGs can be played acceptably with a little lag, and I wouldn't mind being able to see some nice graphics on my Eee PC when I'm away from home.

Uhm, yeah, I'm gonna give you that, that would be awesome, but as you can tell from the minimum recommended system requirements, that ain't going to happen:

  • PC: Windows® 7 or Vista (32 or 64-bit) or XP (32-bit)
  • Mac: Mac OS X 10.6 or later
  • Processor: Dual-core CPU
  • Screen Resolution: 1280x720
  • Internet Connection: 5 Mbps located inside the contiguous United States (wired connection required)

So I am going to assume your Eee does not have a dual-core CPU, a x720 screen resolution or always a wired connection, which means netbooks aren't welcome. But maybe they'll fix that in the future. So you can even play them on your iPad.

Comment Re:as you're clearly can't RTFA (Score 1) 115

So... he's saying, 'you already have latency, would more latency hurt?' In addition, if I need this kind of gear (9ms monitor and 1ms mouse), which I do not assume to be cheap, doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose of not going buying a game rig?

So even if their latency is low, I am still not buying the argument that I need better gear. I do realise there are input latencies and all, but does not add to the experience! I think the latency on my current hardware is justifiable because I cannot observe it, but add another system of latency, and chances are I might.

And since this service ain't exactly offering Civ4, I am going with that you want your mouse to click and action happening at the same time.

Comment Re:Wow (Score 1) 197

So with all this nonsense of 3D and voice commands with the new Xbox, if they are moving this to Windows, how do I press the 'any key'?

Windows, press any key.

But the body tracking from the Kenict or whatever research development lead to this head tracking. Also, will the text be 3D?

Comment Swedish prices is not a measurement for US prices (Score 4, Interesting) 156

From the article regarding the European retailers' rumoured price tag:

At least three Swedish retailers – including Game - have attached a 1,499 Swedish Kronor ($197 / £133) price tag to the standalone version of the Xbox 360 product, reports Kotaku.

With the current follow up from TFA:

The figure for the standalone unit is significantly higher than a previous sub-£50 estimate, but less than pricing recently suggested by European retailers.

So, I'm gonna throw it out there and suggest that none of these people are close to journalists. If they were, they would know that these products are often a lot more price-y in Europe than in the United States. Add to that, Scandinavia has the highest cost of living in the world on average. So that would make sense for the Natal to cost $197 in Sweden.

So how in the hell did anyone think that the price tag of this product in Sweden would have anything to do with its price tag in say... the United States? If this is the journalism rising in the place of newspapers, then I want print back!

Comment Re:HTML5 Canvas not supported on this browser. (IE (Score 1) 259

Excuse me?

Firefox could only dream of having as much market share as IE

Dream? It's not that much a fevered dream any longer, it is closing in on reality, ever since 2007, IE's market share has only gone one way. And with Chrome and Safari in the mix as well, IE's market share won't go up any time soon.

Comment Re:Finally! (Score 1) 220

For a second I thought that this was hyperbole, but then I realized it's actually true. Seeing as the original starcraft was released in 1998, it'd make the parent 24 years old. God that's scary.

It's like waiting for Futurama to come back.

Wait a minute, 27 July? Isn't that when Comic-Con takes place? Coincidence?!

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