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Lysidas
Jul 26, 2002

John Diefenbaker is a madman who thinks he's John Diefenbaker.
Pillbug

Just-In-Timeberlake posted:

got a winner here:

better to figure that out late than never i guess

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flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

just because you sell video game consoles now doesn't mean you have to adopt nintendo's model for peripheral support

Hugh G. Rectum
Mar 1, 2011

flakeloaf posted:

just because you sell video game consoles now doesn't mean you have to adopt nintendo's model for peripheral support

Nintendo is actually pretty good, you can use a GameCube controller with a wii u.

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

lol

incoherent
Apr 24, 2004

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lemme just backport this new start menu.......

mod sassinator
Dec 13, 2006
I came here to Kick Ass and Chew Bubblegum,
and I'm All out of Ass

just checked an no one has posted in the IYG windows RT thread for over three months now, lol

windows rt is dead

univbee
Jun 3, 2004




mod sassinator posted:

just checked an no one has posted in the IYG windows RT thread for over three months now, lol

drat, my pstv thread gets more posts that that (and got bumped today!)

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug

Sudo Echo posted:

Nintendo is actually pretty good, you can use a GameCube controller with a wii u.

don't you have to buy another $40 gizmo (that they only made like ten of, so you have to pay $90 on ebay) and it only works with one of the two wii u games

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

NEW PREVIEW BUILD IS OUT RESTART STEAM

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006
hell yeah this is gonna be a great Friday night

Hugh G. Rectum
Mar 1, 2011

Cocoa Crispies posted:

don't you have to buy another $40 gizmo (that they only made like ten of, so you have to pay $90 on ebay) and it only works with one of the two wii u games

it's $20 and there's a ton of cheaper 3rd party ones like mayflash. works with any game that doesn't use motion controls.

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

mod sassinator posted:

just checked an no one has posted in the IYG windows RT thread for over three months now, lol

windows rt is dead

"it can run any old windows application" was literally the only selling point of a microsoft tablet

remove the only selling point and the product doesn't sell? well i never

Last Chance
Dec 31, 2004

Shaggar posted:

hell yeah this is gonna be a great Friday night

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

Sagebrush posted:

"it can run any old windows application" was literally the only selling point of a microsoft tablet

remove the only selling point and the product doesn't sell? well i never

is that the "oh just put on any old thing" old

or the "you don't see any old people jammin in the club" old

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug

flakeloaf posted:

is that the "oh just put on any old thing" old

or the "you don't see any old people jammin in microsoft commercials" old

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

my weird love of abandoned / failed computers is flaring up and i kinda want an rt now

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

there are no loving metro apps. go try and find the IYG metro app thread if you need proof

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

As a Millennial I posted:

there are no loving metro apps. go try and find the IYG metro app thread if you need proof

thats what makes it so good.

~my ironic computers~

Wiggly Wayne DDS
Sep 11, 2010



As a Millennial I posted:

there are no loving metro apps. go try and find the IYG metro app thread if you need proof
well someone made an sa app where the login screen had "this app will steal your username & password"

turns out the approval process is non-existant, who knew

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

lol. that explains all the super blatant trademark violations in the windows store

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

Wiggly Wayne DDS posted:

well someone made an sa app where the login screen had "this app will steal your username & password"

turns out the approval process is non-existant, who knew

not true, they require a privacy policy linked to in your app if it goes online

this privacy policy in my case was "lol you have no rights owned" in a text file on an old app engine site i stuck it in as a static file

univbee
Jun 3, 2004




Luigi Thirty posted:

not true, they require a privacy policy linked to in your app if it goes online

this privacy policy in my case was "lol you have no rights owned" in a text file on an old app engine site i stuck it in as a static file

in other words, the privacy policy can be completely poo poo, but as long as it exists you're fine?

Sombrerotron
Aug 1, 2004

Release my children! My hat is truly great and mighty.

As a Millennial I posted:

lol. that explains all the super blatant trademark violations in the windows store
yeah from time to time i take a look at the available games (i never play games on my phone but i labour under the mistaken belief that i might want to) and i'm always amazed how intellectual property rights do not seem to mean anything at all in the windows store

Lysidas
Jul 26, 2002

John Diefenbaker is a madman who thinks he's John Diefenbaker.
Pillbug
gotta get those app numbers up

even if it's a $15 one-page guide for how to install something free like VLC

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

updating to the new win10 beta broke vmware tools so it doesn't stretch :mad:

cortana takes up like 1/4 of the taskbar. i started talking to someone in my room and cortana kept saying "something is wrong try again" whenever i talked idgi

here's the start menu



here's cortana



got any requests

Sombrerotron
Aug 1, 2004

Release my children! My hat is truly great and mighty.

Luigi Thirty posted:

got any requests
ask cortana to tell a joke

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

Luigi Thirty posted:

updating to the new win10 beta broke vmware tools so it doesn't stretch :mad:

cortana takes up like 1/4 of the taskbar. i started talking to someone in my room and cortana kept saying "something is wrong try again" whenever i talked idgi

here's the start menu



here's cortana



got any requests

does she have stairs in her house.

Deacon of Delicious
Aug 20, 2007

I bet the twist ending is Dracula's dick-babies
ask her what she thinks about Destiny

ask her if she knows bob, or clippy

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

ask her what the best phone is

univbee
Jun 3, 2004




"does the surface rt run traditional windows applications?"

Dolomite
Jul 26, 2000
Cars & Legs

animal impersonator? Is cortana a furry?

Linguica
Jul 13, 2000
You're already dead

"plan-aheader"

drat i fucken love corporate humor!!!

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

Sombrerotron posted:

ask cortana to tell a joke



Deacon of Delicious posted:

ask her what she thinks about Destiny

ask her if she knows bob, or clippy





carry on then posted:

ask her what the best phone is

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

ask it to launch a command prompt window or mess with a setting and see if they actually let it do any of that

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

Cygni posted:

ask it to launch a command prompt window or mess with a setting and see if they actually let it do any of that

it binged "open a command prompt" so no

univbee
Jun 3, 2004




Cygni posted:

ask it to launch a command prompt window or mess with a setting and see if they actually let it do any of that

ask her how to install ubuntu

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

Luigi Thirty posted:

it binged "open a command prompt" so no

ayup, bout what i expected

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

Luigi Thirty posted:

it binged "open a command prompt" so no

lol

The_Franz
Aug 8, 2003

ask her what the best linux distro is

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Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

univbee posted:

ask her how to install ubuntu

bing search

The_Franz posted:

ask her what the best linux distro is

cortana understands "ubuntu" but not the word "linux"

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