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sn00zie
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Tommyb
Nov 22 2013, 11:22 AM
yeah? Why helium?
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Helium reduces friction, vibration, and other mechanical issues that limit the storage density of conventional hard drives. It also makes hard drives less power hungry.
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camar0corey
Nov 22 2013, 11:48 AM
What is up with that hard drive?

I was confused on the whole Movember thing. Someone asked me if I were participating in No-shave-November and I was like huh? No on occasion I get lazy anytime of the year and just won't shave for weeks. So I laughed and stated so. If I weren't processing for the PSP I'd probably still have a ton of hair on my face. That and it is around 30 outside.
I go more then 3 or 4 days and im getting comments about how i need to shave. If I ignore and go 5 or 6 she starts asking me if im trying to look like jesus or something :ha
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http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/11/first-third-party-steam-machine-could-already-be-a-console-beater/

like i said.... more in the race the better, even just to keep everyone on their toes.
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ilivas

I wish they would expound on some of the features. As of now, we know nothing about it except for the controller. I wonder if releasing a console so late in the current generation is going to hurt them. I'm wondering why Steam is not producing them themselves. By doing that, they can sell at a loss, and make money on software and licensing. MS' cost for the xbox one was $471, and MSRP is $499. It is another horse in the race though, and should drive the industry forward with new stuff.

I got my xbox one in last week, and it has some awesome features. It controls the cable box, and you can voice command switching between live tv, and a game. You can also have a picture in picture live tv while in game. When you switch between live tv, netflix, and go back and forth, you can pick up where you left of in game. It also has built in game DVR. If you do something in game that you want to record, you can say "record that" and it will record the previous 30 sec of in game footage. The kinect logs you in automatically with face recognition (it can log in 6 users at once. and it also scans QR codes. Everything is also voice activated and works well. The kinect is 100 times better than the old kinect. The live tv was designed to be used with voice command also, using commands like " watch comedy central". The UI is pretty much Win 8 with pins, and all that stuff.

Controller is a downgrade, I feel though. I like the 360 one better. The Xbox one case is a bit ugly, the PS4 looks much better in that aspect.
Edited by ilivas, Nov 27 2013, 11:26 AM.
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Tommyb

I don't know if I want MS having that much control over my shit
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ilivas

How are they having control over your shit?
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Tommyb

idk it just seems like they could spy on everything do you in your living room. TV, movies, games, they can listen to what you do and say now. Not that it's a big deal but it's just kinda weird
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Tommyb
Nov 27 2013, 01:05 PM
idk it just seems like they could spy on everything do you in your living room. TV, movies, games, they can listen to what you do and say now. Not that it's a big deal but it's just kinda weird
In their privacy statement they say they don't monitor that stuff. You also have the option of turning those items off in the menu if you're really paranoid about it.

It's no different than a laptop with built in camera and mic or your phone, also with a built in camera or mic.
Edited by ilivas, Nov 27 2013, 01:20 PM.
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Steam does make their own box, they are just allowing 3rd parties to produce units as well. I don't think it will hurt them starting this late in the game, steam is already really really popular and this will only help. If they nail this...which it might take a little time but it won't let MS and Sony dictate how things work like they do now, given enough time they might even get into "there can be only ONE" mindset.

i saw the xbox one demo and yea that thing does A LOT OF STUFF, do they give you some cheat sheet of voice commands? seems like they have lots and lots of those.
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Tommyb

There are people on reddit posting screen shots of warnings they have been getting from MS because of their language...in SINGLE PLAYER MODE OFF LINE. If they're going to scold you for your language during an offline game you're playing locally with you're friends, I'll be banned in a month haha. but srsly, that shit is fucked up.
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Tommyb

granted....I'm still going to buy one as soon as i find out there are no glitches or anything i have to worry about like the RROD of the last gen. My 360 is still goin strong for now.
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Tommyb
Nov 27 2013, 04:22 PM
There are people on reddit posting screen shots of warnings they have been getting from MS because of their language...in SINGLE PLAYER MODE OFF LINE. If they're going to scold you for your language during an offline game you're playing locally with you're friends, I'll be banned in a month haha. but srsly, that shit is fucked up.
They're suspending accounts of people that upload videos with profanity in them. These videos are public who anyone can view, so I guess they're trying to make it family friendly. They have always done this with people who put profanity in their public profile.
Edited by ilivas, Nov 27 2013, 07:07 PM.
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sn00zie
Nov 27 2013, 03:06 PM
Steam does make their own box, they are just allowing 3rd parties to produce units as well. I don't think it will hurt them starting this late in the game, steam is already really really popular and this will only help. If they nail this...which it might take a little time but it won't let MS and Sony dictate how things work like they do now, given enough time they might even get into "there can be only ONE" mindset.

i saw the xbox one demo and yea that thing does A LOT OF STUFF, do they give you some cheat sheet of voice commands? seems like they have lots and lots of those.
Their is a list of commands on the MS website.

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/kinect/voice-commands

That's one thing that bugs me. Apple's Siri has no command list. I can phrase or ask a question in any form I want, and it understands me, kind of like the star trek computer, yet with the MS box, you're locked into a specific set of commands. While, they work well after you memorize them, it's not a big deal. However, I'd like it to be natural like Siri. Hopefully, they change this in a future update.
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ilivas
Nov 27 2013, 07:01 PM
Tommyb
Nov 27 2013, 04:22 PM
There are people on reddit posting screen shots of warnings they have been getting from MS because of their language...in SINGLE PLAYER MODE OFF LINE. If they're going to scold you for your language during an offline game you're playing locally with you're friends, I'll be banned in a month haha. but srsly, that shit is fucked up.
They're suspending accounts of people that upload videos with profanity in them. These videos are public who anyone can view, so I guess they're trying to make it family friendly.
PS4 is going thru the same hell... i guess you can do something with a webcam? well people are already doing homemade porn on it and shit so its getting outa hand quick on that side of things.
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ilivas
Nov 27 2013, 07:04 PM
sn00zie
Nov 27 2013, 03:06 PM
Steam does make their own box, they are just allowing 3rd parties to produce units as well. I don't think it will hurt them starting this late in the game, steam is already really really popular and this will only help. If they nail this...which it might take a little time but it won't let MS and Sony dictate how things work like they do now, given enough time they might even get into "there can be only ONE" mindset.

i saw the xbox one demo and yea that thing does A LOT OF STUFF, do they give you some cheat sheet of voice commands? seems like they have lots and lots of those.
Their is a list of commands on the MS website.

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/kinect/voice-commands

That's one thing that bugs me. Apple's Siri has no command list. I can phrase or ask a question in any form I want, and it understands me, kind of like the star trek computer, yet with the MS box, you're locked into a specific set of commands. While, they work well after you memorize them, it's not a big deal. However, I'd like it to be natural like Siri. Hopefully, they change this in a future update.
I think I like commands better, with normal speech it has more of a chance to misunderstand you and not do what you want.
with a command as long as you speak clear you know it will do what you want it to do.

This might be due to years of working with console >_ commands, and that just being second nature.
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sn00zie
Nov 27 2013, 07:07 PM
ilivas
Nov 27 2013, 07:01 PM
Tommyb
Nov 27 2013, 04:22 PM
There are people on reddit posting screen shots of warnings they have been getting from MS because of their language...in SINGLE PLAYER MODE OFF LINE. If they're going to scold you for your language during an offline game you're playing locally with you're friends, I'll be banned in a month haha. but srsly, that shit is fucked up.
They're suspending accounts of people that upload videos with profanity in them. These videos are public who anyone can view, so I guess they're trying to make it family friendly.
PS4 is going thru the same hell... i guess you can do something with a webcam? well people are already doing homemade porn on it and shit so its getting outa hand quick on that side of things.
I'm not sure how the built in DVR works, but I'm assuming you can record anything on your xbox. I've only recorded in game video.

I have a few friends with videos uploaded of them going through the pause menu in games because they didn't know what they were doing.
Edited by ilivas, Nov 27 2013, 07:36 PM.
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Tommyb

Lol god that is so fucking awesome. Could you imagine thinking you'd be a super cool parent and buying the XBone right away for your middle school aged kid and then find out later on people were banging eachother during every game he was playing? hahahahahaha.
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you'd have to be the dumbest parent in the universe to think anything connected to the internet is SAFE.
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so the ricer in FF died in a car crash.

will this finally put an end to the FF movies??? im guessing 1 last one.

jokes aside.... RIP
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Tommyb
Nov 28 2013, 12:39 AM
Lol god that is so fucking awesome. Could you imagine thinking you'd be a super cool parent and buying the XBone right away for your middle school aged kid and then find out later on people were banging eachother during every game he was playing? hahahahahaha.
tommy slow down, I said ps4
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