jebus! complex! no wonder you have a bad taste of consoles?
the best part of consoles is they are simple to use. you can turn them on and play in your living room with no mess. you don't need to play at a "gaming workstation" or worry about specs of your computer or anything else. just sit down and play. you don't need a "gaming station". It's also a more open, group-friendly dynamic. Not solitary hunched over the computer. friends can watch people play or take turns, madden is fun, lots of social lounging time instead of solitary time.
you say you're into "adventure games" but this is so generic. you mean like last of us and assassin's creed and batman? these are probably the greatest strength of the console.
it has a joystick mouse which is like a joystick, and a keyboard but only like a half dozen keys on it so its super simple. and it has the directional arrows! it helps if you turn on auto-aiming. but its cheaper than a windows gaming rig. $400, you can probably find it for $300 on black friday. this hardware will be current for the next 7 years, too.
i had to upgrade the firmware on my wireless powered speakers, and it was a pain. next time, i'm getting a pair of passive speakers and an integrated amp.
No, people admired that he built a clock, when in fact he just took apart a working clock to make a shitty clock that looked like a bomb, then took it to school to "show people."
My friend, you need to get better remotes! At least you should be able to change channels and volume through muscle memory. As Steve jobs said, it's all in the design.
Not sure what you're going for, but I generally don't like the notion that he "sold out", as in cheated his true fans and his own artistic vision by partnering with a huge corporate conglomerate. He had a good run with SW, single-handedly made it into what it is today (for better or worse), and is now passing the property over to another set of filmmakers that have proven themselves to be quite capable and will likely to the series justice. He made a bundle in the process, which he deserved for all of his efforts. he sold to disney, not sold out.
ok, let's try. what is your baseline on this. a cheapo flip phone and a phone plan with unlimited talk/text? or a phone that has very restricted limits? I found a $15 flip phone on tracfone that has a 1-year plan with 800 minutes (67 mins per month) for $115 plus sales tax. Verizon will sell you an unlimited plan for flip phones. it is $30 per month before all the tax bs. probably $40/mo after tax, $360/year.
Let's build the cheapest iphone that gives you the "ideal situation" that you seek. * iPhone 5s, $300 on Gazelle * apple music, $10/mo. * unlimited data cell phone plan, $50/mo on Rok Mobile. So all in over 3 years, 260 + 36 * (50+10) = $2,420.
You don't need the cell phone plan for this. you can just use the ipod touch and get the "ideal experience" but only on wifi. this would be: * iPod Touch $300 * apple music, $10/mo * internet connection, $50/mo through time warner or whoever. You end up at $2,500...
ok, so until there's a star trek computer you're going to forego any speech command technology, even though it is a useful tool for controling a phone?
i like the apple tv, but I think certain elements of the remote are a disaster. if you set the remote down and then pick it up again, there's no easy way to tell which orientation is right without looking at it. Worse, if you're in the middle of a show, then as you fumble with the remote you can accidentally brush the trackpad and scrub through your tv show!
regarding google tv, does it have 100% of its functionality as a standalone product, or does it need to be paired with a computer to work?
i've commented on this elsewhere, but what if a user is unfamiliar with apropos and thus could neither use it or look up the man page for it? the UI breaks and the user has to get help outside the UI. How is this intuitive, discoverable, or consistent?
well then, as a retard, I proclaim that Siri works pretty well for me in a number of contexts, and I find it a handy way to control my phone. In my opinion as the os matures there are more and more contexts in which it is useful and fewer and fewer rough spots in which it fails. Clearly you are much smarter than me and do not have a disability caused by a random genetic mutation, so you may have a different opinion.
actually, what I want to do is add more commands to the shuttle and then remove options from the menus. why do I need to always scroll past pandora, stitcher, aha, in order to get to my bluetooth? i figure I can just comment these out. on the shuttle I want to add next song, previous song, play, pause, and maybe some other stuff too depending on the context.
weird... I have a mazda too! I was going to say "my new mazda" in my comment, but decided to keep it general. I have a 2015 mazda 3 touring. I'm a huge fan of the 'control shuttle' infotainment system. if anything, it's underutilized. The infotainment OS is open source, and as soon as I get around to it I'm going to hack in and make some improvements.
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jebus! complex! no wonder you have a bad taste of consoles?
the best part of consoles is they are simple to use. you can turn them on and play in your living room with no mess. you don't need to play at a "gaming workstation" or worry about specs of your computer or anything else. just sit down and play. you don't need a "gaming station". It's also a more open, group-friendly dynamic. Not solitary hunched over the computer. friends can watch people play or take turns, madden is fun, lots of social lounging time instead of solitary time.
you say you're into "adventure games" but this is so generic. you mean like last of us and assassin's creed and batman? these are probably the greatest strength of the console.
it has a joystick mouse which is like a joystick, and a keyboard but only like a half dozen keys on it so its super simple. and it has the directional arrows! it helps if you turn on auto-aiming. but its cheaper than a windows gaming rig. $400, you can probably find it for $300 on black friday. this hardware will be current for the next 7 years, too.
i recommend you try ps4OS, already has an installed base of 30 million and there are plenty of games available!
yes, but which capacitor was it? and how do you fix it? maybe they wanted to get a 4k anyway?
i had to upgrade the firmware on my wireless powered speakers, and it was a pain. next time, i'm getting a pair of passive speakers and an integrated amp.
nobody said he was a terrorist. they only arrested him for the hoax, for being a troll.
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sometimes they bungle the headline, but you have to admit that this time they nailed it. kudos!
Maybe he could turn one into a working clock. Kind of like turning swords into plowshires.
No, people admired that he built a clock, when in fact he just took apart a working clock to make a shitty clock that looked like a bomb, then took it to school to "show people."
> Sociopaths don't give a damn about how families will afford things like food and housing or what the impact to local economies are.
Like Janis in accounting? She don't give a fuck.
Maybe without the server access he couldn't even log on, which would count to me as losing your ability to do literally anything computer related.
My friend, you need to get better remotes! At least you should be able to change channels and volume through muscle memory. As Steve jobs said, it's all in the design.
> Star Wars until the sellout to Disney was his.
Not sure what you're going for, but I generally don't like the notion that he "sold out", as in cheated his true fans and his own artistic vision by partnering with a huge corporate conglomerate. He had a good run with SW, single-handedly made it into what it is today (for better or worse), and is now passing the property over to another set of filmmakers that have proven themselves to be quite capable and will likely to the series justice. He made a bundle in the process, which he deserved for all of his efforts. he sold to disney, not sold out.
It worked fine for me on the first try. I'm indoors in a quiet environment. Maybe Siri got confused when you said 'Appey Road'?
ok, let's try. what is your baseline on this. a cheapo flip phone and a phone plan with unlimited talk/text? or a phone that has very restricted limits? I found a $15 flip phone on tracfone that has a 1-year plan with 800 minutes (67 mins per month) for $115 plus sales tax. Verizon will sell you an unlimited plan for flip phones. it is $30 per month before all the tax bs. probably $40/mo after tax, $360/year.
Let's build the cheapest iphone that gives you the "ideal situation" that you seek.
* iPhone 5s, $300 on Gazelle
* apple music, $10/mo.
* unlimited data cell phone plan, $50/mo on Rok Mobile.
So all in over 3 years, 260 + 36 * (50+10) = $2,420.
You don't need the cell phone plan for this. you can just use the ipod touch and get the "ideal experience" but only on wifi. this would be:
* iPod Touch $300
* apple music, $10/mo
* internet connection, $50/mo through time warner or whoever.
You end up at $2,500...
wait, what are we talking about?
ok, so until there's a star trek computer you're going to forego any speech command technology, even though it is a useful tool for controling a phone?
i like the apple tv, but I think certain elements of the remote are a disaster. if you set the remote down and then pick it up again, there's no easy way to tell which orientation is right without looking at it. Worse, if you're in the middle of a show, then as you fumble with the remote you can accidentally brush the trackpad and scrub through your tv show!
regarding google tv, does it have 100% of its functionality as a standalone product, or does it need to be paired with a computer to work?
i knew the guy who wrote vi.he ended up being very wealthy and quite eccentric.
oh i thought he was trying to troll me into deleting my user partition.
i've commented on this elsewhere, but what if a user is unfamiliar with apropos and thus could neither use it or look up the man page for it? the UI breaks and the user has to get help outside the UI. How is this intuitive, discoverable, or consistent?
well then, as a retard, I proclaim that Siri works pretty well for me in a number of contexts, and I find it a handy way to control my phone. In my opinion as the os matures there are more and more contexts in which it is useful and fewer and fewer rough spots in which it fails. Clearly you are much smarter than me and do not have a disability caused by a random genetic mutation, so you may have a different opinion.
is there a big improvement in this version?
actually, what I want to do is add more commands to the shuttle and then remove options from the menus. why do I need to always scroll past pandora, stitcher, aha, in order to get to my bluetooth? i figure I can just comment these out. on the shuttle I want to add next song, previous song, play, pause, and maybe some other stuff too depending on the context.
you can't call a UI discoverable or intuitive if it requires a user-developed kludge that was implemented 30 years after the OS was developed.
weird... I have a mazda too! I was going to say "my new mazda" in my comment, but decided to keep it general. I have a 2015 mazda 3 touring. I'm a huge fan of the 'control shuttle' infotainment system. if anything, it's underutilized. The infotainment OS is open source, and as soon as I get around to it I'm going to hack in and make some improvements.