Yosemite Sam wrote on May 21, 2013, 14:02:

Verno wrote on May 21, 2013, 13:25:
I hope someone else here is watching this shit show, "Xbox ESPN!" hahah. They didn't even lead with games, it's all TV and Twitter nonsense so far. The console itself looks like a pretty standard Antec or Silverstone HTPC case.

Edit: Oh boy, Kinect 2.0. "It can read your heart rate!"

Smartglass, just what people care about.

Get to the games already.

Heh only caught the tail end of it but seems like a fail to me so far... seems XBOX ONE is all about 'exclusivity' where the PS4 announcement was all about innovation in the gaming experience... maybe I missed all the gaming features in the first 45min?

siapnar wrote on May 21, 2013, 14:13:
My god that XBOX One reveal was pathetic.

It's a glorified TV controller.

COD Ghosts' graphics are a complete joke. The original Crysis looks better.

The new Remedy game combines TV with gameplay. I can't see myself liking it, but i do have faith in Remedy, still.

All of the reveal videos for games (mostly sports) were pre-rendered except for the in-game trailer for COD.

Pretty terrible. I thought they were doing an alright job until they started saying TV, Content and Experience five thousand times.

Techie714 © wrote on May 21, 2013, 09:50:
It seems like many of these newer games are looking to build long term revenue streams instead of a fun, kickass SP game.

Mechwarrior Online

Neverwinter

Diablo 3

Etc. Etc.

BTW: I was far more a fan of MW than Heavy Gear it just seem to Japanese to me.

Krodge wrote on May 21, 2013, 08:27:

Much more concerning to me is if this game is going to end up a 5 hour long series of linear hallways like Hard Reset.

TurdFergasun wrote on May 20, 2013, 16:41:

BobBob wrote on May 20, 2013, 16:11:
Person:

A) A kids throws a baseball, 3 strikes, takes out the batter. Good job! You saw how the pros do it. You can do it too! You can aspire to be great! The crowd joins in cheering the kid.

B) A kid throws a baseball, 3 strikes, takes out the batter. You just copied that guy you saw on TV! You are so fake! You do not deserve any sort of praise. I cannot believe anyone would cheer you on!

Which person are you?

he's neither, because none of those situations let the person turn the story around to have themselves as the main part of the conversation, and then get to bleat on about it for 10 posts.

DangerDog wrote on May 20, 2013, 17:29:

Gib007 wrote on May 20, 2013, 17:06:
So how does an 18-year-old get the equipment to physically be able to construct said prototype of a supercapacitor?

What? Your high school didn't offer nanochemistry?

The first place went to a 19 year old that hacked together an automated driving system using a webcam.

BobBob wrote on May 20, 2013, 16:11:
Person:

A) A kids throws a baseball, 3 strikes, takes out the batter. Good job! You saw how the pros do it. You can do it too! You can aspire to be great! The crowd joins in cheering the kid.

B) A kid throws a baseball, 3 strikes, takes out the batter. You just copied that guy you saw on TV! You are so fake! You do not deserve any sort of praise. I cannot believe anyone would cheer you on!

Which person are you?

RollinThundr wrote on May 20, 2013, 15:15:

Beamer wrote on May 20, 2013, 14:48:

BobBob wrote on May 20, 2013, 13:41:

DangerDog wrote on May 20, 2013, 13:26:

BobBob wrote on May 20, 2013, 12:32:
A lot of jealousy here from video game players who contributed nothing interesting to society.

She'll be doing porno movies before she's 21.

am I doing it right?

Close, but don't forget to get all jealous rage and sensitive about it too.

You're the only one raging here.
Probably because I'm better than you and you're some nerd that's never left his basement and whose only contribution to the world is a bunch of crusty socks.

Am I doing it right, now?

We know beamer, you're better and smarter than everyone. At least in your own head. I suppose that counts for something.

Wildone wrote on May 20, 2013, 14:46:
guessing there will be no Wang jokes in this P.C. age. All my asian friends loved that shit though

BobBob wrote on May 20, 2013, 13:41:

DangerDog wrote on May 20, 2013, 13:26:

BobBob wrote on May 20, 2013, 12:32:
A lot of jealousy here from video game players who contributed nothing interesting to society.

She'll be doing porno movies before she's 21.

am I doing it right?

Close, but don't forget to get all jealous rage and sensitive about it too.

BobBob wrote on May 20, 2013, 13:38:

Beamer wrote on May 20, 2013, 13:06:
I'm not jealous, just pointing out that this isn't the mind-blowing breakthrough people seem to be claiming it is.

Someone got his feelings hurt. This girl is better than you. Just accept it.

eRe4s3r wrote on May 20, 2013, 11:28:
I have never seen any consumer device that recharged (a substantial battery capacity) in seconds in my entire life.... and I am not living in caves ,p Although I don't use particularly much of tools, but those I do use, even modern ones, don't instant recharge.

Can you link to some examples? Or is it incompatible with Li-ion tech? (Or is it just a change that went by? Do devices recharge faster nowadays? I never cared much as long as they are recharged in the morning....) anyhow.. I find it interesting that we can't recharge energy storage instantly. Equally I wish we had a device that could could cook water instantly, just push of a button a bzzzzzt and boiling water.... yeah I have odd wishes

BobBob wrote on May 20, 2013, 12:32:
A lot of jealousy here from video game players who contributed nothing interesting to society.

Anyhow:

http://web.mit.edu/erc/spotlights/ultracapacitor.html

http://tinyurl.com/lct322r

eRe4s3r wrote on May 20, 2013, 10:19:
Supercapacitors are nothing new, but how many you see in your home devices? If she made one that works with normal batteries then she deserves a medal.

RollinThundr wrote on May 20, 2013, 11:10:

Beamer wrote on May 20, 2013, 10:03:

InBlack wrote on May 20, 2013, 09:30:
Holy shit, thats fucking impressive (battery charge story). I seriously hope nothing bad happens to that girl and that the device makes it to the market and into batteries of all sorts (including electric cars).

It's not news. It's a minor variation of existing technology. It's only making headlines because she's 18, not because it did anything new or unexpected.

Seriously, supercapacitors have been around for 60 years. She just made one and used it to power an LED. Industrial labs were doing that a decade ago.

So then why don't we have supercapacitors already in cell phones that won't destroy the innards? If this girl found a way to do so that allows cell phones to charge instantly and last for hours, it certainly is big news.

InBlack wrote on May 20, 2013, 09:30:
Holy shit, thats fucking impressive (battery charge story). I seriously hope nothing bad happens to that girl and that the device makes it to the market and into batteries of all sorts (including electric cars).

PHJF wrote on May 20, 2013, 08:43:
Everyone should know what a differential is! All people should strive to achieve a modicum of understanding of those basic devices and principles which are so ubiquitous in modern life. I don't need to be surrounded by even more people spouting drivel about "the cloud" because they saw some talking head droning on about it.