Count to a Million

[Magical Girl Mimi]

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Yep.

[The Truth]

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Yuru Yuri is one of the few anime that has made me laugh out loud.

[KnightsFan]

71762

One month left in the semester...

[MsRowdyRedhead]

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The pressure is on...

[The Truth]

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OK...according to Microsoft, Internet Explorer is...a magical girl, apparently.

[MsRowdyRedhead]

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Ignore the picture in this article..
http://reason.com/blog/2013/08/13/microsoft-reverses-itself-on-xbox-one-ca



Microsoft Reverses Itself on Xbox One Camera Requirement Because of NSA Spying Revelations

Ed Krayewski|Aug. 13, 2013 1:58 pm

what could the nsa want to use the kinect to peek in on?Illusive Photography/Foter.comWhen it was first announced, Microsoft’s Xbox One yielded a fair amount of privacy concerns over requiring its Kinect camera system to be always-on, this before the latest revelations about the NSA showed just how cooperative Microsoft and companies like it have been in the government’s efforts to collect data. Even then, the more important issue was government snooping and not the new consumer technologies the government would try to use for its collection purposes; as Peter Suderman noted, “communications technology is always going to present opportunities for worrisome government snooping.”

The shutdown of two email providers over their unwillingness to comply with government data requests shows how difficult it is for companies to prevent privacy breaches even when they want to—the two email companies are prohibited from speaking out about what it was the government wanted from them, just as Microsoft and the other companies involved in the NSA’s Prism program are. It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, then, that Microsoft has finally dropped the requirement that the camera be connected for the Xbox One to work. Microsoft had previously dropped requirements that would prevent offline gameplay and make the sale of used games more difficult in response to pressure from potential customers. Microsoft’s most recent about-face illustrates why President Obama and other national security state enthusiasts have been so upset about the disclosures that revealed the level of the NSA’s snooping. The companies involved rely on a level of trust from their consumers, one that’s blatantly betrayed in the context of the NSA’s massive data collection programs. Microsoft and other companies have sought permission from the government to disclose more specifically the nature of the government’s demands in an apparent bid to illustrate that the data sharing is not voluntary. Dropping the Xbox One’s Kinect requirement is an attempt to win back customers spooked not by the new technologies but by the way the government demands they be repurposed to serve its own snooping.

[Ddude The Insane]

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Ladies and gentlemen.

Today, after nearly 5 years, I achieved Rank 10 in My Lego Network.

...now what.

[Magical Girl Mimi]

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Congrats, you finished MLN, essentially. =P

[MsRowdyRedhead]

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Ladies and gentlemen.

Today, after nearly 5 years, I achieved Rank 10 in My Lego Network.

...now what.

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WAHOOOOO

[Ddude The Insane]

71769

Guess that one's off the bucket list now.

[Magical Girl Mimi]

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Yep. =P Now isn't the next one completing the entire 718 Pokedex with one of them all...? =P

[Ddude The Insane]

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I think I'm all lifelong-goal'd out for a while here. =P

[MsRowdyRedhead]

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How about read a book a month?

[Flipz]

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Yep. =P Now isn't the next one completing the entire 718 Pokedex with one of them all...? =P

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Speaking of which, why are my Pokemon posts being ignored?  *hint hint*

[MsRowdyRedhead]

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I don't read that board

[Ddude The Insane]

How about read a book a month?

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Did anyone else hear video game a month? I heard video game a month. =P

[The Truth]

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All I know is, a game I've been waiting for comes out next week.


Nintendo will probably release a patch 1.2 for Pokemon X and Y soon...there's the Mystery Egg glitch that's been corrupting savegames, and a bug where several species of Pokemon can't be put on the GTS unless they're nicknamed.

[MsRowdyRedhead]

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I have not gotten excited about a game in some time...

[Magical Girl Mimi]

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Truth: Which game?

Also, the Mystery Egg is just the Bad Egg, and apparently it only appears if your system is dying. I think the only thing they really need to do, is allow bad eggs to be released. Also, the nicknamed thing was present in Gen 5 too, so... =P

[The Truth]

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Senran Kagura.

And from what I hear, the Mystery Eggs can also appear in your game randomly during Wonder Trades, so...