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Phoenixan
Jan 16, 2010

Just Keep Cool-idge
i like the idea of the xbone getting a new OS because you just know that some batch of them will permanently brick themselves during the update

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Chris Knight
Jun 5, 2002

me @ ur posts


Fun Shoe

FMguru posted:

gruber reminds us that when ballmer stepped down elop was a strong candidate to replace him

"Kilimanjaro-like" eh? lmao

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

pram posted:

i can finally do spreadsheets via kinect in my living room thanks to xbox one*

*Subscription to Office 365 available at additional cost

eschaton
Mar 7, 2007

Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

qntm posted:

If you A/B test everything, eventually everything becomes porn

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

the ps4 os is based on freebsd

just like god's os

eschaton
Mar 7, 2007

Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

carry on then posted:

the ps4 os is based on freebsd

just like god's os

and llvm and clang too

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug

Phoenixan posted:

i like the idea of the xbone getting a new OS because you just know that some batch of them will permanently brick themselves during the update

not without precedent lol http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/19/new-360-update-rolling-out-old-360-update-bricking-some-consoles/

quote:

Following a recent update to our system software, we have become aware of an issue that is preventing a very small number of Xbox 360 owners from playing retail game discs. This issue manifests itself a as a unique ‘disc unreadable’ or ‘disc unsupported’ error on the screen. We are also able to detect this issue over Xbox Live and are proactively reaching out to customers that may be impacted to replace their console.

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug
imagine if the leading gaming machine manufacturer (apple) randomly bricked some devices during an update

a million linkbait blogs would rejoice on high

pram
Jun 10, 2001
i bought an original xbox back in 2004 and it was a major pos. the cd drive would just stop reading disks after awhile

univbee
Jun 3, 2004




pram posted:

i bought an original xbox back in 2004 and it was a major pos. the cd drive would just stop reading disks after awhile

Yeah, the original xbox has two specific common hardware failures which are generally seen as an inevitability with the console: the disc drive will fail (although if you softmod it before this happens it won't matter) and the clock battery will leak and corrode the motherboard (fix is to softmod and then dismantle it to remove the battery).

pram
Jun 10, 2001
good poo poo lol

Valeyard
Mar 30, 2012


Grimey Drawer
my xbox one is mighty fine, pristine white and working flawlessly. and with windows 10 it is going to get even better

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

Valeyard posted:

my xbox one is mighty fine, pristine white and working flawlessly. and with windows 10 it is going to get even better

lol. gently caress off with your wannabe shaggar poo poo.

at least he's believable as being genuine in his bad opinions

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

Sniep posted:

lol. gently caress off with your wannabe shaggar poo poo.

at least he's believable as being genuine in his bad opinions

what does it say about microsoft that to be a convincing fanboy you must shun most of their non-Windows non-Office product lines

Valeyard
Mar 30, 2012


Grimey Drawer

Sniep posted:

lol. gently caress off with your wannabe shaggar poo poo.

at least he's believable as being genuine in his bad opinions

this is 100% truth my friend. my only gripe is it feels like effort to start parties. and when taking screenshots its really aesy to launch one guide instead. in fact parties in general are pretty fail, which is remarkable considering they own skype

master of the sea
Apr 16, 2003

*skweeeeeee*

Sniep posted:

lol. gently caress off with your wannabe shaggar poo poo.

at least he's believable as being genuine in his bad opinions

plus shaggar is believable because he is basically steeped in ms bullshit and lives and breathes bad design and decisions, except in programming and software design where he is paradoxically making only good decisions

Juul-Whip
Mar 10, 2008

Cocoa Crispies posted:

imagine if the leading gaming machine manufacturer (apple) randomly bricked some devices during an update

a million linkbait blogs would rejoice on high

ios 7 on iphone 4 was pretty disastrous

Sapozhnik
Jan 2, 2005

Nap Ghost
ya shaggar is correct if ure writing software that actually needs to continue to work in order for u to make money then in the vast majority of cases you should writ it in java

if you think your case is an exception (bbbbbut muh performance!!) you are in all likelihood probably wrong

if your just writing some worthless fart apps poo poo then sure write it in javascript (haha lol :xd:) or what the gently caress ever

bring back old gbs
Feb 28, 2007

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Mr Dog posted:

ya shaggar is correct if ure writing software that actually needs to continue to work in order for u to make money then in the vast majority of cases you should writ it in java

if you think your case is an exception (bbbbbut muh performance!!) you are in all likelihood probably wrong

if your just writing some worthless fart apps poo poo then sure write it in javascript (haha lol :xd:) or what the gently caress ever

what is the difference betwen java and javascript? they sound the same

Valeyard
Mar 30, 2012


Grimey Drawer

THC posted:

ios 7 on iphone 4 was pretty disastrous

well, it was made with microsoft word so its no surprise

Cold on a Cob
Feb 6, 2006

i've seen so much, i'm going blind
and i'm brain dead virtually

College Slice
shaggar is also pro-c# so i stand with shaggar (on this topic)

PleasureKevin
Jan 2, 2011

i didn't realize the guy who made the "scroogled" campaign at microsoft was a former political campaign manager. it literally came from the mind of a political attack ad maker.

http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2015/06/17/who-will-he-scroogle-next/

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



pram posted:

i can finally do spreadsheets via kinect in my living room thanks to xbox one

minority expense report

PleasureKevin
Jan 2, 2011

Virion posted:

minority expense report

kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

get meow this wack-ass crystal prison

Virion posted:

minority expense report

drat these concur updates are getting dark

Cold on a Cob
Feb 6, 2006

i've seen so much, i'm going blind
and i'm brain dead virtually

College Slice

Virion posted:

minority expense report

Phoenixan
Jan 16, 2010

Just Keep Cool-idge

Valeyard posted:

this is 100% truth my friend. my only gripe is it feels like effort to start parties.
i think we all know why you can't get people to come to your parties

Eugene V. Dubstep
Oct 4, 2013
Probation
Can't post for 8 years!

Cocoa Crispies posted:

imagine if the leading gaming machine manufacturer (apple) randomly bricked some devices during an update

a million linkbait blogs would rejoice on high

yeah, because when Microsoft does it, it totally flies under the radar thanks to the vast conspiracy of Microsoft-adoring journalists

Jenny Agutter
Mar 18, 2009

THC posted:

ios 7 on iphone 4 was pretty disastrous

there was also that update that broke the radios on iphones 6

Peel
Dec 3, 2007

PleasureKevin posted:

i didn't realize the guy who made the "scroogled" campaign at microsoft was a former political campaign manager. it literally came from the mind of a political attack ad maker.

http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2015/06/17/who-will-he-scroogle-next/

people who followed the 2008 campaign enjoyed seeing the dude who managed to lose clinton the nomination pop up to steer the good ship 'microsoft pr'

Juul-Whip
Mar 10, 2008

Busta Chimes.wav posted:

there was also that update that broke the radios on iphones 6

Well, that got fixed pretty quickly, whereas iPhones 4 are still much slower than they were before iOS 7

univbee
Jun 3, 2004




THC posted:

Well, that got fixed pretty quickly, whereas iPhones 4 are still much slower than they were before iOS 7

i p sure this is part of stebe's master plan; make the last supported ios version on a particular model iphone slow as balls to encourage people to upgrade

bring back old gbs
Feb 28, 2007

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

univbee posted:

i p sure this is part of stebe's master plan; make the last supported ios version on a particular model iphone slow as balls to encourage people to upgrade

nahhhhhhhhhh

pram
Jun 10, 2001
:qq: apple my 5 year old phone *androids still running gingerbread*

Juul-Whip
Mar 10, 2008

univbee posted:

i p sure this is part of stebe's master plan; make the last supported ios version on a particular model iphone slow as balls to encourage people to upgrade
I dunno though. look at the ipad 2. still getting updates and not really any slower than when it came out

univbee
Jun 3, 2004




THC posted:

I dunno though. look at the ipad 2. still getting updates and not really any slower than when it came out

my iphone 4s definitely struggles a lot more than it used to when i upgraded to ios 8 but upon further reflection it's probably just awful app living up to its name

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

THC posted:

I dunno though. look at the ipad 2. still getting updates and not really any slower than when it came out

until you try to type lol

Juul-Whip
Mar 10, 2008

if you're typing on an ipad very much you're using it for the wrong things

Dodoman
Feb 26, 2009



A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret
Lipstick Apathy

THC posted:

I dunno though. look at the ipad 2. still getting updates and not really any slower than when it came out

lol okay dude

i think you meant to type ipad air 2

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duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

Peel posted:

people who followed the 2008 campaign enjoyed seeing the dude who managed to lose clinton the nomination pop up to steer the good ship 'microsoft pr'

has he announced his plans yet

he's always fun to watch

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