NKD wrote on Aug 4, 2016, 00:42:Citation, please. And "Straight outta' my ass" doesn't count.
It's mostly a lot of really opinionated elderly Luddites with strong conservative political opinions.
DangerDog wrote on Jul 30, 2016, 21:26:
/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/
El Pit wrote on Jul 30, 2016, 11:13:As much as I hate them in principle, posts like this are the reason Blues needs a "like" button...
Activision: We have top men working on it right now.
Gamers: Who?
Activision: Top... men.
RedEye9 wrote on Jul 30, 2016, 10:17:Hey, even shills get a day off now and then...
Come on windows 10 defenders,defend this. And tell us how great it is again and how it's free and derp.
First they came for the Start Menu, and I did not speak out—
Because I did not use it.
Then they came for the Group Policies, and I did not speak out—
Because I did not care.
Then they came made Cortana mandatory, and I did not speak out—
Because I do not search.
Then they came for my documents...
jdreyer wrote on Jul 27, 2016, 02:31:Well, he might be getting paid by the word...
Jeez, Slick. What's up with the OCD?
NetHead wrote on Jul 26, 2016, 18:06:Actually, it isn't surprising at all. You are assuming that the "crowd" is in any way sincere or operating in good faith. Microsoft, Google, (hell, the DNC!) et al., all spend millions of dollars every year on social marketing. Just about every major corporation does it. And part of social marketing is getting on various message boards and shilling for the company. You assume that you are seeing people who don't know. You're seeing people who have a financial stake in the system, one way or the other.
It's always surprising how many people think someone raising such concerns is paranoid or delusional. It's nothing new yet remains surprising because you'd think people would wise up over time, though not only does that not seem to happen, these days there are more people than ever adding their naive voice to the crowd.
Here we have one of the most intelligent people in gaming/tech sphere, with more experience, knowledge and connections in so many areas it's unlikely anyone here could even match him in a single one of those areas, saying that Microsoft is going to do what they have a reputation for doing while trying to benefit themselves and some people shout how he's nuts or flat out wrong.
It almost boggles the mind how some people can be so pompous, going through life like frogs in warming water.
It's like someone's told them the Earth isn't flat and they're ranting about how that someone is wrong with ridiculous and stupid reasons and comparisons. The reply's are so stupid they're not even worth correcting.
RedEye9 wrote on Jul 16, 2016, 21:20:
The alternative is no marketing, no marketing equals less income, less income equals less game.
VaranDragon wrote on Jul 17, 2016, 16:46:theyarecomingforyou wrote on Jul 17, 2016, 14:36:
Even if they release the game and it's great they'll never satisfy the critics, as the goalposts will simply be moved - you'll just criticise it for something else.
Lol dude, just lol.
Devinoch wrote on Jul 10, 2016, 18:02:
...and you wonder why you have to spend a few hours trying to find a single review with anything meaningful, positive or negative, to say.
Zanthar wrote on Jul 5, 2016, 14:11:As an attack-helicopterkin, I am soooooo triggered right now!
What about amputee and burn victim avatars? Don't discriminate!
NetHead wrote on Jul 4, 2016, 12:45:eRe4s3r wrote on Jul 4, 2016, 12:30:
So Vega is an entirely new DIE and CHIP ? If so that would mean by the time it's out, Nvidia is gonna push a TI version of GP104 (it has plenty of headroom) to compete against that with barely any extra development no?![]()
Just seems like AMD is basically doomed to lose what little market share it has left if they don't release some positive press soon. At the latest by xmas tons of people are gonna plan to upgrade.
Yup, and that's pretty much the usual story there, a whole cat and mouse thing. Nvidia also has the GP102, which is what the "Ti" or Titan cards are expected to be based on, meaning then they wouldn't be the same chips as 1070/1080 just cranked up.
Then AMD have Vega 11, then Nvidia still has the full Pascal in GP100, and then AMD has Navi..
and so it goes...
I still think it's going to take months (easily 6+) for us to see how things end up, the dust isn't going to settle until all the cards are on the table. I also still think we haven't seen the real benefit of this node shrink yet.
About AMD's market share, in that regard they're doing it well and that's the reason for them focusing on the lower/mid range first which sell a hell of a lot more than the higher end.
Also since the lower end chips are smaller they get more per wafer, so even before the 480 was released there were more Polaris chips floating around than 1070/1080 chips despite those already having been released first.
For the whole market share thing it's the best move they could have made. Unfortunately that's also part of the reason prices for the 1070/1080 are astronomical.
Wallshadows wrote on Jul 3, 2016, 13:07:
What about a MOBA inside of a MOBA?
Someone fund me.
RedEye9 wrote on Jul 1, 2016, 13:04:Eirikrautha wrote on Jul 1, 2016, 12:33:You have the facts mixed up, it was the driver that caused the accident, not the Autopilot. Before Autopilot can be used, drivers have to acknowledge that the system is an "assist feature" that requires both hands on the wheel. Drivers are told they need to be prepared to take over controls.RedEye9 wrote on Jul 1, 2016, 11:14:
Figures for 2014 show 32,675 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2014.
I would still feel safer in a vehicle with autopilot.
nhtsa
Considering that the accident was caused by the autopilot's sensors mistaking the white side of a tractor trailer for the sky... pretty damn unsafe. This isn't a case of the non-autopilot vehicle wrecking the Tesla; the Tesla autopilot straight up worked incorrectly and killed the occupant...
Something about Beta software...
Luke wrote on Jul 1, 2016, 12:18:RedEye9 wrote on Jul 1, 2016, 11:14:
Figures for 2014 show 32,675 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2014.
I would still feel safer in a vehicle with autopilot.
nhtsa
IF the price was so that many more peps could buy the tesla how safe would it then be driving on autopilot ?![]()
Simon Says wrote on Jun 18, 2016, 07:49:So your point is that it's no big deal to have to fight your own OS? And this is a win 10 selling-point?shihonage wrote on Jun 18, 2016, 04:27:Flo wrote on Jun 18, 2016, 04:16:shihonage wrote on Jun 18, 2016, 03:13:
If it removes crapware, will it uninstall Win 10 as well?![]()
Before doing all that sighing, you may want to research the EULA you agreed to when installing Windows 10. Hint: it lets Microsoft take your files for any reason at any time.
You may also want to research whether unticking all those boxes which let it spy on you, actually did anything.
Hint: it did not. And third-party utilities don't do the job, either.
http://bgr.com/2016/02/10/windows-10-spying-investigation/
In addition, Win10 has been known to uninstall third-party drivers and software without user consent, as well as revert user-changed settings by itself.
It is the OS that won't let you disable Windows Update. And at this point I wouldn't put it past them to run hidden processes to that effect, should you neuter its service.
With Windows 10, you're no longer any resemblance of "admin". You're just another peripheral.
That OS is the beginning of Microsoft's end. No amount of DX12 and other kind of planned obsolescence is going to force me to ever use it.
When Win8.1 stops being supported, I will actually go to Linux. Good thing I don't play modern games.
"The user attempted the same experiment once again with a fresh install of Windows 10 as well as a third party tool called DisableWinTracking. He discovered that the name of the tool is slightly misleading, as Windows 10 had contacted 30 IP addresses 2,758 times in the same 30 hour time frame."
That's terrible... *points to* hosts file or if it fails, their router firewall in order to block the listed IP adresses.
I won't argue its no big deal, but they, and you too, are talking about it like the OS is some kind of god flogging you with its omnipotent powers. Your router doesn't give a damn about what OS is running, it'll still block the IP address if the hosts file fails to and slap it silly. It takes a minimum of effort, but in the end, once its done, its done. Heck you can even give it a range of IP addresses in case you suspect they'll try a slight variation to bypass the blocks. Easy enough.