Found this image rather amusing (from the PS3's "What's new" section).
Sooo...I guess the PlayStation 4 is being released from Taco Bell, not Sony. Gotta love awkward wording :)
(And yes, that is taken from an SD CRT. I know. Shaddup ;) )
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Microsoft Fails at Counting To Three
Published 2013-05-27 16:23 by Abscissa in General
In sanity-ville, counting works like this: One, Two, Three. But at Microsoft, it apparently goes: One, Three Hundred Sixty, One. (And here I thought Verizon was horrible at grade-school math.)
That's right: As the latest stunt in Microsoft's groundbreaking new line of "practical jokes as a serious business strategy", Microsoft's upcoming third XBox is officially called "XBox One".
Naturally, I get the whole "What's in a name?" deal. Obviously the third XBox doesn't need to be called XBox 3. They can certainly call it whatever the hell they want. Like "Poop Box Hepatitis Supreme". But that doesn't mean certain names aren't colossally stupid. Case in point: The XBox One won't be released until later this year, and yet somehow, I already had an XBox 1 over ten years ago. Go figure.
Side note: I can't believe none of the game news outlets (from what I've seen) have even touched on this. I know it's just a name, but still, absurdity is absurdity.
I used to lament the passing of the days when game systems had cool names (Genesis, TurboGraphix 16, Jaguar). Now I just miss the days of generic names (GameCube, XBox). Right, Nintendo Weeyu?
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Published 2013-05-05 14:21 by Abscissa in General
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Due the the nature of the festivities, the mayos' identities have been protected.
Don't be a Trend Chump
Published 2013-05-04 13:06 by Abscissa in General
Paul Thurrott, long time level-headed voice of reason on all things Microsoft, has lost my respect:
"Don’t be a chump. The Start button and Start menu were cool in 1995. Today, they’re as passé as the clunky computers we used back then."
-- Paul Thurrott, WinSuperSite.com: Windows 8 Tip: Embrace Change
Really? I'm supposed to be shamed into upgrading to a bad OS (yes, I've used it) upon threat of "passé"? What the fuck is this, computing or a French fashion show?
Unlike certain chumps, I'm not interested in being cool or avoiding what's passé. I'm interested in my computer working the way I want it to. Microsoft is clearly no longer willing to offer that. Therefore, I'm no longer willing to buy and use their new flavor-of-the-month, walled-garden operating systems. If I liked that sort of thing, I would already be an Apple user.
Microsoft's loss, not mine.
If Paul's fallacy isn't already obvious, I'll put it another way: The usual automotive interface of "steering wheel, gas pedal, brake pedal" was developed ages ago after some years of futzing around with awkward designs. Then, the interface we all know and use was developed. (Actually, it was mostly borrowed from the design of an older more obscure car people had forgotten about, at least according to an episode of Top Gear.)
So, it should be interesting to modern trendsters that every decade or so we're NOT trying to reinvent the steering wheel, poorly, and shame people into conformance by branding what's already proven to work well with un-hip, but ultimately meaningless, notions like "passé".
Don't be a chump: Don't fall for cheap shame tactics.
UPDATE 2013/05/28: Anyone who demands that I have to "give it a chance" any more than I already have, can suck my buttsack.
You know you're a coffee whore when...
Published 2013-05-02 20:03 by Abscissa in General
...you take a sip, exclaim "Man, that's lousy coffee", and then keep drinking.
I speak, of course, from direct personal experience.
Duhhhuurrr...It don't work!
Published 2013-05-02 13:22 by Abscissa in General
On behalf of all software developers in the world, allow me respond:
FUCK...
...YOU!!!
Think back to the last time you took your car to the mechanic and simply said "My car...it doesn't work." Or better yet, "Some other people said this car doesn't work!"
Oh wait, nobody does that. That's because it's moronic and everyone knows damn well how enormously retarded it would be.
Alright, so when was the last time you went to your doctor and told them: "Doctor, doctor, my body isn't working right!" Uhh...what isn't working right? I mean, aside from an obvious case of the stupids. What the fuck are your symptoms? Oh wait, I forgot: I'm apparently omniscient, so let me just read the mountain of dung that's sitting where your mind should have been.
No, no...don't bother stringing together meaningful words to form coherent ideas into meaningful messages. Allow me to make guesses at what the shit you're blathering on about for you.
For your own sake, so your brainless antics don't eventually manage to trigger a homicidal reaction (which will undoubtedly render your original computer problem very much irrelevant): You need to be aware that whenever you use the two words "...doesn't work...", then no matter how polite the reply is, no matter how polite they have ever been, at that point, in their head if not out loud in their office, they are screaming at you: "FUCK...YOU!!!" And if a developer tells you they don't think that: They are lying.