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Postby Lemanrussland » Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:28 am

http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/18/xbox ... projector/

"Xbox One controller cost over $100 million to develop, smell-o-vision and built-in projector were considered"

I wonder if these huge costs were shenanigans to get tax breaks through the US's R&D tax credit? Wouldn't be surprised.
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Postby Aeken » Tue Nov 19, 2013 12:29 am

Lemanrussland wrote:http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/18/xbox-one-controller-smells-projector/

"Xbox One controller cost over $100 million to develop, smell-o-vision and built-in projector were considered"

I wonder if these huge costs were shenanigans to get tax breaks through the US's R&D tax credit? Wouldn't be surprised.

That controller could've been sick.
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Postby Divair » Tue Nov 19, 2013 3:25 am

One week until I can get the 1520, in theory. Carphone Warehouse promises one day free delivery to your doorstep, and rumor has it that it comes out on the 25th in the UK. We'll see.
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Postby Divair » Wed Nov 20, 2013 3:27 pm

Instagram and Waze.
http://www.wpcentral.com/instagram-arri ... dows-phone
http://www.wpcentral.com/waze-for-windows-phone-today

Microsoft's response? WP has reached "critical mass".
http://www.wpcentral.com/microsoft-wind ... tical-mass
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Postby Pandeeria » Wed Nov 20, 2013 3:36 pm

Aeken wrote:
Lemanrussland wrote:http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/18/xbox-one-controller-smells-projector/

"Xbox One controller cost over $100 million to develop, smell-o-vision and built-in projector were considered"

I wonder if these huge costs were shenanigans to get tax breaks through the US's R&D tax credit? Wouldn't be surprised.

That controller could've been sick.


Yeah, but the controller isn't a big improvement at all. Seriously though it costed $100 Million to develop it? What did they spend all that money on?
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Postby Ainin » Wed Nov 20, 2013 3:45 pm

Pandeeria wrote:
Aeken wrote:That controller could've been sick.


Yeah, but the controller isn't a big improvement at all. Seriously though it costed $100 Million to develop it? What did they spend all that money on?

Pizza. Lots and lots of pizza for the code monkeys.
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Postby Christmahanikwanzikah » Wed Nov 20, 2013 3:47 pm

Microsoft Office 2013.

It combines the ribbon bar from Office 2010 with Windows 8's Metro/flat look.

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Postby Aeken » Wed Nov 20, 2013 3:50 pm

Christmahanikwanzikah wrote:Microsoft Office 2013.

It combines the ribbon bar from Office 2010 with Windows 8's Metro/flat look.

D:

Way more seamless than 2007. And its Skydrive sync is great.
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Postby Ainin » Wed Nov 20, 2013 3:51 pm

Christmahanikwanzikah wrote:Microsoft Office 2013.

It combines the ribbon bar from Office 2010 with Windows 8's Metro/flat look.

D:

And that's a bad thing? :meh:
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Postby Pandeeria » Wed Nov 20, 2013 3:51 pm

Ainin wrote:
Pandeeria wrote:
Yeah, but the controller isn't a big improvement at all. Seriously though it costed $100 Million to develop it? What did they spend all that money on?

Pizza. Lots and lots of pizza for the code monkeys.


Seems 'bout right.
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Postby Christmahanikwanzikah » Wed Nov 20, 2013 4:06 pm

Ainin wrote:
Christmahanikwanzikah wrote:Microsoft Office 2013.

It combines the ribbon bar from Office 2010 with Windows 8's Metro/flat look.

D:

And that's a bad thing? :meh:


I did almost all my work, way back when, in Excel 2003/.xls just because of the ribbon. Then everyone switched up to .xlsx and I had to move to Office 2007/2010.

The ribbon is, after all the time I've worked with it, meh (verging on annoying). The flat design is just... hnnnghhhhhh.
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Postby Christmahanikwanzikah » Wed Nov 20, 2013 4:08 pm

Aeken wrote:
Christmahanikwanzikah wrote:Microsoft Office 2013.

It combines the ribbon bar from Office 2010 with Windows 8's Metro/flat look.

D:

Way more seamless than 2007. And its Skydrive sync is great.


As a Dropbox user for the last I dunno how many years, meh.
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Postby Divair » Wed Nov 20, 2013 6:36 pm

Vine and Mint.
http://www.wpcentral.com/vine-offical-a ... dows-phone
http://www.wpcentral.com/mint-windows-p ... ave-it-yet


Looks like WP is now considered an OS worth supporting.
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Postby Divair » Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:21 am

And 6snap (snapchat third party).
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store ... 49b167bc4b


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25031051#
Some statistics:
Great Britain - 11.4%
Germany - 8.5%
France - 10.7%
Italy - 13.7%
Spain - 3.7%
US - 4.6%
China - 2.5%
Australia - 9.3%
Brazil/Mexico/Argentina - 5.8%
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Postby Czechanada » Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:12 am

Ainin wrote:What idiot at Microsoft thought "hey, everyone hates Windows updates, let's make them even more annoying by removing the option to postpone them"?


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Postby Breadknife » Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:03 pm

Christmahanikwanzikah wrote:
Ainin wrote:And that's a bad thing? :meh:


I did almost all my work, way back when, in Excel 2003/.xls just because of the ribbon. Then everyone switched up to .xlsx and I had to move to Office 2007/2010.


You know there's a free available compatability add-on for pre-2007 Offices to use? With minor differences (whether you hit a a deal-breaker or not is dependent on what you do and, moreover, what the 2007+ people do, with the Office documents concerned), it generally works good enough, I find. If they don't mind receiving .doc files back (for all future collaborations), all the easier!


Mind you, at least they didn't do the same this time as they did with the (I think) Word 6.0 compatability module to give compatability to pre-Word 6.0 software, and include the documentation on how to use the update in a Word 6.0 document that the end user couldn't yet open... ;)

The ribbon is, after all the time I've worked with it, meh (verging on annoying). The flat design is just... hnnnghhhhhh.


I'm with you on the Ribbon. Never liked it. Luckily, pre-existing keyboard shortcuts were maintained. Easier to do "Alt-D S" (if I've correctly replicated what my muscle-memory movements automatically are for this function) to access the table-sorting dialogue than work out where on earth the self-same item it is on that actual, dreaded, Ribbon. (I do keep looking, whenever I use Office 2007+, but can never find either it or most of the various other things I might want to use. I admit that I'm probably a stick-in-the-mud, but it always used to be so easy to use such interfaces.)
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Postby Christmahanikwanzikah » Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:17 pm

Breadknife wrote:
Christmahanikwanzikah wrote:
I did almost all my work, way back when, in Excel 2003/.xls just because of the ribbon. Then everyone switched up to .xlsx and I had to move to Office 2007/2010.


You know there's a free available compatability add-on for pre-2007 Offices to use? With minor differences (whether you hit a a deal-breaker or not is dependent on what you do and, moreover, what the 2007+ people do, with the Office documents concerned), it generally works good enough, I find. If they don't mind receiving .doc files back (for all future collaborations), all the easier!


Mind you, at least they didn't do the same this time as they did with the (I think) Word 6.0 compatability module to give compatability to pre-Word 6.0 software, and include the documentation on how to use the update in a Word 6.0 document that the end user couldn't yet open... ;)

The ribbon is, after all the time I've worked with it, meh (verging on annoying). The flat design is just... hnnnghhhhhh.


I'm with you on the Ribbon. Never liked it. Luckily, pre-existing keyboard shortcuts were maintained. Easier to do "Alt-D S" (if I've correctly replicated what my muscle-memory movements automatically are for this function) to access the table-sorting dialogue than work out where on earth the self-same item it is on that actual, dreaded, Ribbon. (I do keep looking, whenever I use Office 2007+, but can never find either it or most of the various other things I might want to use. I admit that I'm probably a stick-in-the-mud, but it always used to be so easy to use such interfaces.)


Unfortunately, people have minded, and minor nuances between .doc and .docx have made people mad because the file I send back doesn't look the same as the one sent forward.

Can you find the "Set Transparent Color" button? It took me a solid 10 minutes before giving up and Googling it, and it's still a trial-and-error process. As pithy as the tool is, it is so, so useful for when I'm putting pictures of things I've done in analysis programs into Word.
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Postby Christmahanikwanzikah » Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:20 pm

It's going to be difficult for me to move from Lenovo for my laptop(s) going forward. Seriously, mSATA slot for the win.
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Postby Divair » Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:49 am

Pre-ordered a black Lumia 1520. Expected to be delivered on the 6th.


On a side note, Microsoft went crazy on ads:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48V8XXyoAsY
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Postby Aeken » Tue Nov 26, 2013 12:09 pm


Blllaaaacccckkk????? :p
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Postby Divair » Tue Nov 26, 2013 12:52 pm


Made from recycled materials. I'm eco-friendly. Would've gone for white otherwise.
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Postby Aeken » Tue Nov 26, 2013 1:17 pm

Divair wrote:
Aeken wrote:Blllaaaacccckkk????? :p

Made from recycled materials. I'm eco-friendly. Would've gone for white otherwise.

Ooh, I didn't know that.
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Postby Divair » Tue Nov 26, 2013 1:18 pm

Aeken wrote:
Divair wrote:Made from recycled materials. I'm eco-friendly. Would've gone for white otherwise.

Ooh, I didn't know that.

The other colour with unique characteristics is red. That's the only glossy back.
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Postby Ainin » Tue Nov 26, 2013 3:01 pm


For a company whose marketing department was making absolutely horrendous musicals four years ago, Microsoft certainly has gone a long way.
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Postby Divair » Wed Nov 27, 2013 5:40 am

Lian bought a 520. The horde grows.
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