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Ecco was great. Too bad the kickstarter failed, Ecco should have a place in modern gaming.Quote:
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New Crush 40 album! It's goodness.
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Way ahead of you, I'm ashamed too.
Sony’s New Mobile Projector For The PlayStation 4 Revealed
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Sony recently revealed a companion accessory for the PlayStation 4 console at a media event. We got a chance to get our hands on their upcoming mobile projector, which ran a demo of the PlayStation 4 exclusive game, Until Dawn.
Before we came to know of this new mini projector, ASUS’ S1 LED Projector was on our radar. With the right price, this little gadget could be a winner!
Here are the key features that caught our attention:
-Laser Technology.
-Auto Focus & Free Focus modes.
-Can project up to 120-inch screen size (from about 3.6m away).
-1920 x 720 resolution.
-Brightness rating of 32 lumens.
-HDMI/MHL connection.
-Ability to stream video from any device, over Wi-Fi.
-Has a 3000mAh battery which can last up to 2 hours of usage.
-There is a tiny internal speaker to output audio, but most of us will plugging in a headset or external speakers to the stereo earphone jack.
The form factor of the device is really small. About the size of two Sony Xperia phones stacked together!
Details are scarce at the moment, but it looks to be launching in October 2015.
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I'm not really clear on how that's a PS4 accessory, if it can stream video from any device.
How dumb are these Indian scammers? Just had one on the phone trying to pretend he's from the "Computer Management Department" asking me about my computer. When I kept asking him who am I, he kept trying to dodge the question, until finally saying "don't be silly sir, you're you". Fucking yeah. Then went back to asking about my computer - when I told him I didn't have one, moron instantly asked if I had a laptop, so I just put the phone down.
How the hell is that supposed to fool anyone? Fing idiots.
The problem is that in India, some of these outfits masquerading as "legal" businesses. Often times, these Indian call centres derive revenue to fund the legitimate enterprise (i.e. web development etc.). And in order to keep the business afloat, alot of these call centers dabble in illegal activities. Because the Indian government does very little to crackdown on the problem, more of these call centers are pop up every year.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jackal
Even when the call center is doing things legally, they do not follow basic protocols. For example, when they've exhausted a calling list they will not take the time to note the individuals on the list have been called, the outcome of the call, and the date that the call center agent managed to make the live contact. As a result, it is not uncommon to receive multiple calls on any given day. It's so friggin annoying to rush to the phone only to discover that it's a call center agent trying to advertise "duct cleaning service". It's even more annoying to receive the call 3 times on any given day. :|
I would love to put all the blame on the foreign based call center but the truth of the matter is that local businesses retain these call centers without ensuring that protocols are followed. Luckily, government agencies are taking these businesses to task:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...ticle23600825/
Too bad, so sad, I'm glad! :p
It's a pain the butt - wish I could permanently block them, my phone actually has the feature, but they change their number every so often, so it's only a short term solution. At least having caller ID, I can sometimes tell if it's a scammer calling - either it's some weird number, or will have "International"; those are easy to ignore. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by SEGA.GENESIS1989
Here in Canada we have a National Do Not Call List (www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca). In order to register for the program, individuals in Canada are supposed to register their residential, wireless, fax or VoIP telephone number via the aforementioned web site. For the most part, the program works splendidly with respect to preventing unsolicited calls from North America.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jackal
In the case of receiving multiple calls from Indian telemarketers with respect to 'duct cleaning', I had to put up with it for several months. During that time, I recorded the date and time of each of the calls. I also spent the time talking to the telemarketer to find out who they were calling on behalf of. The moment that I received the Toronto Duct Cleaning company's name and full address with details of all the unwanted calls, I filed a complaint with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission. As the above news item indicates, the duct cleaning company received a hefty fine.
I've heard that there are other telemarketing scams that have occurred throughout the country (i.e. The Computer virus scam or the immigration scam for example) but thankfully I haven't received those type of calls. It's quite unfortunate that the Indian (and other international) governments are very slow to take action against these enterprises and tat the only time they act is when international pressure is placed on them.
I remember getting these calls a few times before. The first time some 5 or 6 years ago I informed them that none of my computers ran windows and hung up. A few years later they called again and when I informed them that my computer was a MacBook they tried to act like they were from Macintosh and few mins later I hung up on them. They called again a few months ago and this time I just acted dumb and played along acting like I was actually doing what they said when my computer was 4 rooms away from me, eventually I pissed them off and they hung upQuote:
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Okay, chances are this message won't reach the persons it is intended for, but I have to proclaim this anyway. This recent match of "Rocket League" has shown me what true sportsmanship is, and what not.
To those two of my blue "Teammates", who instantly left the game after falling three goals behind, in a ranked match where there are no bot replacements, leaving me alone in the field: You don't deserve to call yourself gamers! You are quitters and cowards!
And to the one guy of the orange team who spontaneously decided to switch sides and helped me almost - ALMOST - turning the game around, forcing it into a heartbeat finale - even though it could have meant for "his" orange team to lose in a ranked match and wouldn't grant him any points: You, Sir, are AWESOME... (and sorry I don't recall your name, because if we ever met in person, I'd treat you to a beer or two)..
Dark Souls player beats game with just his voice
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After finishing Dark Souls with a bunch of Rock Band controllers, it was about time to drop the physical controllers and play the game with zero hands and a microphone.
This run was suggested to me many times and I never knew if it would be possible, but after someone showed me a program that did the hard work of voice recognition for me I had to give it a shot
He finished Dark Souls using a voice command app called VoiceAttack, and if that wasn’t hard enough he did it all with a 1.5 second delay.
Not exactly my idea of fun. But whatever. :p
Mega Man X, X2 and X3 are awesome every time I replay them. That's all I have to say. If there was ever any reason I would put the SNES above the Genesis (which I don't), it would be these three gems. :yum: