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QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 11:04 AM) Windows 8 is a fine idea on touch devices...the issue is they forced it onto non-touch devices, and it frustrated people. It's a horrible interface for a mouse/keyboard, while it's a great interface for touch. You just need the right mouse. I don't mind it too much on my non-touch screen laptop. I got a made-for-Windows 8 mouse that take me to the start screen when I click the middle button and it does some other useful actions that you can configure. But I agree, the implementation was bad to say the least.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 09:49 PM) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=479859732103070 Once a tool, always a tool. LeBron should start a rap career and name himself 2Ringz.

It's opposite day, where the Sox hit pitchers they usually can't touch. I don't think the Sox have scored more than 4 runs off Guthrie in his last 4-5 starts against us.

What in the world is going on? First Guthrie, now Bruce Chen?

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 11:17 AM) I thought it was interesting insight to what they were thinking. With the PS4, you're basically buying a new console for no good reason. The hardware isn't good enough to make a dramatic difference in gaming experiences. I'm sure most companies with a 90% market share wouldn't consider themselves to be "fighting for their lives." I'm actually surprised Microsoft shifted because the XBox division has never been all that profitable. You cannot be serious. If you've ever played a Xbox 360 or PS3 game up close and then play the same game on a PC with the latest GPU and CPU technology (which is what the Xbox One and PS4 more or less have) on the highest settings (provided it's not a s***ty port), the difference is huge. Especially in texture detail and anti-aliasing. A lot of you say The Last of Us is a good looking game. To me, it's a good looking game for the PS3. But when I sit close to my monitor to play it, I see all these jaggies and I'm just not impressed. Because my PC and its 2 year old video card give me better visuals. You're talking about a 6 year technological upgrade when you compare the hardware of the PS4 and PS3. That's a huge difference. You may not see the drastic differences in the games yet, but it'll come.

I think Leonard and Jimmy Butler are extremely similar players. Leonard is a bit ahead of Butler in terms of his development, but I sure as hell wouldn't mind if Butler turns out to be what Leonard is now.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 11:56 PM) ASUS announced a similar concept last week 11.6" 1920x1080 detachable tablet/monitor. Tablet portion boasts a 2GHz Intel Atom processor and 64 GB SSD and runs Android 4.2. Connect to keyboard/dock and you now have an i7 processor, 750GB-1TB hard drive space, and you can run Windows 8 desktop and drastically boost battery life. i7 in a keyboard? That's badass.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 11:52 PM) Honestly, there's no reason to believe that those 3 wont be themselves by the time the playoffs roll around, sure it might take them a few weeks during the regular season but unless all 3 of them get hurt again, I have every reason to believe that they'll be themselves come playoff time. Wade is a completely different animal than those 3. Those 3 aren't going to be 32 years old with a ton of mileage, that's one thing that separates them and Wade.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 11:44 PM) This!!! I like the Playstation controller. However, the one thing that really pissed me off on the PS3 is how some developers wouldn't let you use the triggers to shoot (Naughty Dog is one). I bought trigger extensions for all my controllers (they're awesome) and they go on without use half the time. It's a shame. I also hate shooting with R1. There is no feedback like you get with triggers and it just doesn't feel right. I love the triggers on the 360 controller.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 11:45 PM) I don't think so(and this is nothing against LeBron btw), granted, we have to see what the offseason entails but the Bulls, Pacers and OKC should all be trending upwards while I think the Heat are about to hit a big down turn. Once again, we have to see what the offseason brings but at the moment this will be the first time preseason that I don't think LeBron and the Heat will be the best team in the league. Wade is one HGH revelation away from being a reliable player in the playoffs again.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 11:00 PM) He benched Parker and Duncan to start the fourth quarter. The same exact decision that already cost them a championship in game 6. Benching Duncan and Parker together at all is laughably dumb. Then he inexplicably takes Parker out on the last meaningful possession while drawing up a give and go for Ginobli. Just terrible. Seriously, how do you draw up a play for Manu when he's been turning the ball over like mad? He could barely keep his dribble.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 07:56 PM) Best of both worlds, sounds awesome. It's extremely interesting in the sense that you don't need to boot out of Windows to run Android. I don't think it's emulating Android in Windows either, this is an actual Android OS running along with Windows 8 and you can get inter-OS interaction. For instance, you can place a shortcut to an Android app on your Windows start screen.

I can't believe Timmy couldn't score off Battier in a one-on-one down in the post. Ugh, the Spurs really threw this game away.

Manu f***ing sucked.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/20/samsung...android-slider/ Samsung is making a 13 inch tablet that runs Windows 8 Pro AND Android 4.2.2. Very interesting.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 19, 2013 -> 04:58 PM) Well the entire plan by Xbox was terrible. Something like this youd generally hide so deep in a EULA that no normal human would ever understand the consequences until they already bought the product. But for whatever reason Xbox decided that not only were they going to be upfront about this DRM stuff, but they were going to act like it was somehow advantageous to the consumer. A better strategy in general would have been to either 1) completely slow play it (if Xbox didnt tell us, would anyone even have known about the DRM today? Its not like there is some sort of disclosure law when it comes to video games) or 2) test the waters by leaking rumors and seeing the overall reaction. Either way it seems like the inmates are running the asylum over there because I assume Xboxone has been in development for years and to make such an about face shows that they dont know where they are going. The press would have asked them about this stuff had they not told everyone and they eventually would have found out before release.

4/10. Some of these I had no clue about. Some were worded really weirdly (like that one where Beltre caught the ball out of play).

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QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 19, 2013 -> 11:32 AM) I do like your minimalist looking screen, aside from the waste of space of that clock widget, anyway. ...and I'm not buying your 18 hours of use bulls***, either...no phone lasts that long under actual "use", especially the one you have, it doesn't have that kind of battery life. I got 3 and a half hours of screen time yesterday and the phone died at around 12:30 while I was watching Netflix. Overall, it lasted around 21 hours. Some of that was on standby (since I'm not up 24/7), but it was technically running for that long. And I have serious OCD when it comes to my homescreen. I've made custom clocks in UCCW that are far more useful (shows weather, battery percentage, etc.). But I didn't see them as good enough, so I don't use them.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 19, 2013 -> 07:18 AM) ...and your battery is almost dead. After 18 hours of use.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 18, 2013 -> 11:15 PM) If the Spurs weren't such a battle-tested team, I would say this series is over. But man. They had this s*** won. Like I said earlier, Duncan going off like this in game 7 is highly unlikely. Outside of Duncan, Leonard, and Parker in the last minute of the game, the Spurs were god awful.

Why the f*** was Splitter in? And holy crap, Bosh came up huge on defense.

That was a foul, but Manu also looked like he traveled.

What THE f*** WAS THAT?!?!?! Call time out and run a play Pop. WTH?

Holy s***, great block by Bosh.