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QUOTE (jthunder93 @ Jun 16, 2013 -> 08:08 PM) ManbearPuig has been tearing it up. Hoping to see him play when they come down to San Diego. Ian Kennedy was super serial when he hit ManBearPuig.

Just gotta take one in Miami. Come on San Antonio, you can do it!

Just binge played Sleeping Dogs the last few days and finished it. It's such a fun game.

This team is f***ing awful.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 14, 2013 -> 10:56 AM) I can't remember if it's actually Chrome or Firefox that has this warning... it sounds like kind of a Google-y thing to do I know Chrome has it. The funny thing is that it jokingly said it won't protect you against secret agents monitoring your computer. Well, it turns out they have been this whole time. Maybe the Chrome team knew something we didn't long ago.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 13, 2013 -> 11:21 AM) The biggest group of people affected by the XBOX needing internet thing are college students. There are a lot of campuses that block connections by XBOXes to save bandwidth. You can usually get around it by bridging, but hardly anybody bothers with that and if you have a Mac computer it's ten times more difficult. And that is one of their larger demographics...good going Microsoft.

Did Shaw just say f***in'? Hahahaha

Holy s***. This is by far the best hockey game I've ever watched.

Holy s*** that was close. Centimeters away from a loss.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 12, 2013 -> 05:43 PM) An EQ is nothing special, though. I use PowerAmp on my Android phone. It's nothing special until the manufacturer deliberately sets a s***ty one as the default. There is no real difference between Beats headphones and a $80 pair you buy from Sony.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 12, 2013 -> 03:55 PM) Yeah, shopping for headphones is tough. I know Beats are overrated and there is some big markup based on name. Nonetheless, these are by far the best in-package headphones I've ever received. They kill the Apple ones I often suffered through when I didn't feel like spending money on headphones. These are good enough that I'm actually choosing to wear them around the house to enjoy my Google Play Music All Access. Beats headphones aren't awful, but it's not the headphones themselves that really make a difference. The Beats EQ is what makes a difference. HTC and HP purposefully program their devices with bad-sounding EQs. Then when you switch the Beats switch on, it gives you a much more rich-sounding EQ. Making you feel like there's some kind of magic going on.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 11, 2013 -> 10:10 PM) It is? I find it big brother creepy. I just don't trust one company with so much of my personal information, I guess for my own peace of mind I prefer spreading it out a bit, especially in light of the fact that they're seemingly giving it away when asked. At least if you spread it across Microsoft, Apple, Google, Yahoo and Mozilla they'll have to do a bit of work to piece together the puzzle. It's depressing, to be perfectly honest. It's 2013, 1984. If everyone is participating in PRISM, it really doesn't matter how you spread the data. But then again, do you have anything to hide?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 11, 2013 -> 06:26 PM) I think he was talking about, when you get in your car, NFC or BT activates, and at that point, you cannot do anything BUT make calls, answer calls, dictate texts/send them, or have texts read to you. And probably mapping for turn by turn, I'd assume. I think that's what he was talking about...though IMO, that's a bit too big brother for my tastes. To be perfectly honest, I understand we both tend to "defend" our chosen platforms a bit, but all things considered, we probably aren't very far on most of the things we discuss here, depending on the platform. Whatever mobile OS I use, however, I don't want it messed with by a carrier, or a manufacturer if they're a 3rd party. If/when I get an Android phone, it will be an Android phone, not a TouchWiz Sense Pseudo Google version full of Verizon/AT&T/carrier spyware. It's one of the few reasons I lean toward iOS still, they're phone software is just cleaner in this regard, and they update. Microsoft is a bit too new to the game, with hardware I still find lacking in comparison to what you can find on Android/iOS, and they lack support...their updates are slow too arrive and few/far between, unlike both iOS and Android, which get frequent update love. The Nexus brand phones also fall short, IMO, as they're not flagship devices, and often purposefully gimped. For example, no LTE on the recent Nexus...that was annoying, purposeful garbage, and there was no excuse for it other than to make manufacturers happy. I'm very very happy for the upcoming Google edition GS4/One, however, those have to be bought at full price, which is a lot of cash up front. But all in all, in a legit conversation, I bet you'd find we agree on a lot more than you'd think. They only gimped it because of how awful Verizon was with the Galaxy Nexus. At that time, T-Mobile didn't have their LTE network up yet and it seems like T-Mobile is the only carrier Google wants to deal with right now. That said, the Google Experience phones should solve a lot of the issues you stated with the Nexus lineup.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 11, 2013 -> 06:07 PM) It does. Can't be done in any old car, it all goes through the cars speakers, mic, etc. You can do it with a Bluetooth headset also, the buttons on the headset control certain functions on the phone. I've never used it that way, though. I actually don't like it very much, I try to stay off my phone in the car these days. I think I misunderstood what Gage was talking about. I thought he was talking about how he can enable bluetooth + car mode in one action when you get in the car, which can be done through a single NFC tag action. He might have been talking about what you are talking about, which is pairing the phone with the car's bluetooth system.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 11, 2013 -> 05:49 PM) Can be done through Bluetooth already. NFC isn't necessary for this. Still can't stop a person from picking up the phone and using it, though, which was what he was posing the question as. When I get in my car, my phone auto connects to the cars Bluetooth, and I can make calls issue texts, etc, all with buttons on my steering wheel. Studies by the highway safety organizations show it's no safer than just picking up the phone, however. Hands free is plecebo, it's just as dangerous according to studies so far. Actually, how do you do all of that through Bluetooth? That has to be done through the car then, which means the car must have that function?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 11, 2013 -> 05:58 PM) Only if you disable it, I leave it on. I toggle it off when I leave my car with my NFC tag. I like to save battery, even keeping it on won't drain much at all. And I also hate the Bluetooth icon when it's not connected.

http://jonyiveredesignsthings.tumblr.com/ That's a thing.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 11, 2013 -> 05:49 PM) Can be done through Bluetooth already. NFC isn't necessary for this. Still can't stop a person from picking up the phone and using it, though, which was what he was posing the question as. When I get in my car, my phone auto connects to the cars Bluetooth, and I can make calls issue texts, etc, all with buttons on my steering wheel. Studies by the highway safety organizations show it's no safer than just picking up the phone, however. Hands free is plecebo, it's just as dangerous according to studies so far. You have to enable the bluetooth first though.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 11, 2013 -> 05:40 PM) They did bring it to mobile, but I had a live wallpaper of water back when Vista came out. This whole issue of borrowing or copying stuff from other operating systems, especially mobile operating systems, is only relevant because Apple loves to claim others took what they made. Steve Jobs was once quoted as saying that he wanted to bring Android to the ground at any cost, because Android had supposedly ripped off every part of iOS. And then you have the whole Samsung vs. Apple ordeal where Apple wanted devices banned because Samsung devices had a system-wide search function. Apple sure as hell didn't invent system-wide search, but they might make get $1 billion out of it. So when Apple decides to borrow elements from competitors, critics take notice and they will look for even the smallest resemblances to bash Apple. And most of that is fair because if Apple gets to sue over a technicality, why can't you bash them over a glaring similarity? You can't have a double standard where everything Apple gets a pass for borrowing while the competition gets sued or criticized for borrowing.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 11, 2013 -> 05:37 PM) No they didn't, live wallpapers have existed for eons. As what, screen savers? I was too lazy to look through the Google results for live wallpapers. All of them are Android related.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 11, 2013 -> 05:35 PM) What are NFC tags and profiles? I assume you mean set up a seperate ringing profile? How do i do on my iphone? I'm like a senior citizen with my phone. I use watch espn, pandora, yelp, and a few other apps plus the browser. Thats about it. iPhone doesn't have NFC. Sorry bro. And this is the moment where I feel like one of those people in the Samsung commercials telling iPhone users theirs doesn't do "it". You can program NFC tags to do specific functions on the phone, like switch on bluetooth, switch on GPS (or toggle if you want), open an app, etc. once you tap the NFC tag to your phone. You can place the tag on your car (most of them have adhesive) or you can get one on your key chain (what I have). There's applications that aid you in "programming" the tags. It's pretty easy.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 11, 2013 -> 08:16 AM) I'm an Android guy, but they didn't invent the universal icon for wifi and battery life. Digital clocks have been around a really long time, too. I'm pretty sure they precede smartphones, even. They did more or less invent live wallpapers though. That iPhone wallpaper is a live wallpaper.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 11, 2013 -> 04:55 PM) Its ridiculous. That and the ABC News lady in the morning doesn't shut up about the Waze traffic reports. STFU and stop texting people. Why can't they have an app or mode on your phone where you can hit car mode and it will only allow incoming and outgoing phone calls through your blue-tooth and will read texts through bluetooth. Nothing else is even possible. I'd definitely use it (maybe it exists and I'm just too stupid to do it). You can do this through NFC tags and profiles. I use it in my car.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 11, 2013 -> 12:08 PM) That looks like a mess. That wallpaper doesn't do the new UI any justice.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jun 10, 2013 -> 10:13 PM) Sony failed today IMO in everything outside of price. For a system that's supposed to be aimed at hardcore gamers, you'd think they'd be able to show a presentation that wasn't in-engine. The games looked worse. Watchdogs certainly didn't look next gen. Microsoft is ahead of them in the media center idea and they have the network to back it. I'm bored with gaming right now so I won't be buying either, but with integration options in the Xbox, I'd probably go that route. Regardless, you're probably better off going with the console that's more popular and I wouldn't bet on Sony. The hardware is pretty much the same. I wouldn't worry about the graphics or performance. Unless Sony's underlying OS is absolutely awful, there is no need to worry. You're also talking about developing for these systems natively. These are x86-based machines, which is one of the most common platforms games are coded in (due to the PC). Game developers should have no issues adjusting to the SDK. They're not developing on the Cell processor like the PS3, where it was a PowerPC architecture that few understood. Xbox has no real hardware advantage this generation. Add on the fact that the PS4 is a whole 100 bucks cheaper, isn't always-on, and lets you play used games and you have yourself a easy winner.