OT: Sens Lounge LXXXXI - Lying is bad, mmkay?

[18Hossa]

Oh right I forgot about NHL 17

 

[saskriders]

What cities can you relocate to in NHL 17?

 

[Super Cake]

What cities can you relocate to in NHL 17?

Baltimore
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Halifax
Hamilton
Hartford
Houston
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Oklahoma City
Portland
Quebec City
Salt Lake City
San Diego
Saskatoon
Seattle

Apparently these other cities will also be added:
Atlanta, GA
Birmingham, AL
Markham, ON
Regina, SK
San Francisco, CA
Miami, FL
Sacramento, CA

 

[L'Aveuglette]

I'm mostly an Apple user, but that doesn't mean I'm happy.

- My desktop is a 2011 Mac Mini running Windows 7. I find Windows 7 less frustrating to use than Mac OS, and because Windows wasn't pre-installed it didn't come with a bunch of crapware. The problem is that Apple has neglected the Mac Mini line for a long time, and their latest update didn't actually constitute an upgrade. Too bad, it's a nice design but I'm moving on (just bought a PC replacement).

- my laptop is also a Mac, mostly because MacOS is/was much more secure against viruses. Here Apple frustrated their user by not adding a retina display to their MacBook Air line, instead coming up with the new MacBook, which looks great and thin, but sacrifices processor power, the number of ports and the quality of the keyboard. And it costs a bundle.

- as for MacOS itself, it reached a sweet spot circa 10.3/10.4 Panther and Tiger, was good all the way to Snow Leopard, but it's been downhill ever since. For example, their Mail.app program used to be great and now it's really frustrating to use. A lot of UI choices have been a departure from the way it used to be, meaning with each new purchase I have to fiddle with the settings to get things right. And that was usually my problem with Windows.

- I have an iPad Air, and that's a great gadget for playing games and reading the occasional big digital document. Only frustration with iOS is that you can't turn off the OS update notifications. And it pesters you on a daily basis.

- iTunes is a piece of crap. It's bloated with stuff I don't care about, while doing basic things is complicated. It's so bad I don't bother listening to my own music now and I just go to YouTube instead.

- AppleTV was ok until their latest edition which simply refuses to work properly, even after we replaced it with another one. So we went back to using the old one we had.

- iCloud stuff is fine, but their web interface is slow and clunky.

You are the perfect Apple user.

Dislike a lot of the tech/products, but still buy a crapload of it.

 

[DrEasy]

You are the perfect Apple user.

Dislike a lot of the tech/products, but still buy a crapload of it.

I just like the alternatives even less!

 

[L'Aveuglette]

I just like the alternatives even less!

They should make that their next big ad campaign.

 

[Benjamin]

I just like the alternatives even less!

Have you considered custom as an alternative?

 

[Benjamin]

Magnificent Seven and Snowden look good. Will definitely have to download those in 6 months.

Also for entertainment, Youtube has overtaken everything as my #1 source for watching vids.

 

[dumbdick]

Wow. You can relocate teams in ea's NHL games now? These games have definitely jumped the shark. Give me Face Off! for my microcomputer. That's what I say.

 

[DrEasy]

Have you considered custom as an alternative?

Custom as in Linux distro, or as in custom hardware? I do have Linux installed on one of my old laptops, and it worked pretty well too, but I am generally too impatient/lazy to fiddle with that stuff.

The infuriating thing with Apple is that they could be so good so easily. Give people a state of the art Mac Mini, a MacBook Air with Retina display, stop trying to make Mac OS look like iOS, stop removing ports for the sake of thinness. These are universal complaints, not just mine.

But I guess they're doing ok so what do I know.

 

[Benjamin]

Custom as in Linux distro, or as in custom hardware? I do have Linux installed on one of my old laptops, and it worked pretty well too, but I am generally too impatient/lazy to fiddle with that stuff.

The infuriating thing with Apple is that they could be so good so easily. Give people a state of the art Mac Mini, a MacBook Air with Retina display, stop trying to make Mac OS look like iOS, stop removing ports for the sake of thinness. These are universal complaints, not just mine.

But I guess they're doing ok so what do I know.

I meant custom hardware + whichever OS you prefer.

 

[saskriders]

I have a Macbook Pro (and had Iphone in the past). My computer should be fine for a few more years, but the next one I get won't be a Mac. I got sucked into the brand, and now realize that it isn't worth paying for (and there aren't really many pros to Apple in my opinion)

 

[Mingus Dew]

I meant custom hardware + whichever OS you prefer.

Are custom laptops a thing?

I have a "custom" desktop but i always assumed you were kind of locked in when it comes to portables.

 

[CTC]

So I have started my annual 30 day test of willpower, each year I give up a few select vices for a month, normally I always try to add one more item each year. This year I am up to, no coffee, no pop, no fast food, no alcohol, and strict bed time of 10:30.

I had added added no sex for a month last year but the wife took that as a direct challenge, so I dropped that one this year haha.

Anyone else ever do anything like this? I find by the end of it I feel so much better its incredible!

 

[Micklebot]

So I have started my annual 30 day test of willpower, each year I give up a few select vices for a month, normally I always try to add one more item each year. This year I am up to, no coffee, no pop, no fast food, no alcohol, and strict bed time of 10:30.

I had added added no sex for a month last year but the wife took that as a direct challenge, so I dropped that one this year haha.

Anyone else ever do anything like this? I find by the end of it I feel so much better its incredible!

I'm not sure how sex with the wife is a vice...

 

[littleD]

Magnificent Seven and Snowden look good. Will definitely have to download those in 6 months.

Huh. If you're waiting six months to see them, they can't look that good to you lol.

I'm interested in Snowden. It's in theatres next week....

 

[CTC]

I'm not sure how sex with the wife is a vice...

yea, that isn't quite what I meant it to be, basically just things that affect your state of mind and requires a response from your self to sedate the urge, thirst, hunger, etc.

 

[Z28Sens]

Hey Fellas,

Just moved to Toronto over the summer and wondering if anyone in the GTA uses Gamecentre? I'm worried sens games will be blacked out. The website seems to indicate they won't, but when I called rogers they gave me a "it could be". Honestly, I'm not sure anyone I talked to could even point Ottawa out on a map so I'm less than convinced...

Anyone in the area able to clarify this one for me?

 

[Upgrayedd]

Wow. You can relocate teams in ea's NHL games now? These games have definitely jumped the shark. Give me Face Off! for my microcomputer. That's what I say.

Haven't played vids in many years but I could see it being fun moving your most hated franchises to obscure areas and running said teams into the ground....I would get satisfaction out of that if it is capable. Start by moving Toronto and Montreal to southern American cities and liquidating assets!

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Apparently in that Sully movie Clint Eastwood twists the investigators motives to make it look like they are trying to bust Sully for doing something wrong, but in reality I guess the investigators did their job like anyone else would and them and Sully were very amicable.

I figured you gotta add drama into that movie SOMEHOW.

There really needs to be a new movie genre called historical fiction, although I guess any non-documentary movie based on history would probably fall into it. The worst movie ever doing this is probably Mel Gibson's The Patriot, I actually like that movie because it's so historically inaccurate and ridiculous.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Apparently in that Sully movie Clint Eastwood twists the investigators motives to make it look like they are trying to bust Sully for doing something wrong, but in reality I guess the investigators did their job like anyone else would and them and Sully were very amicable.

I figured you gotta add drama into that movie SOMEHOW.

There really needs to be a new movie genre called historical fiction, although I guess any non-documentary movie based on history would probably fall into it. The worst movie ever doing this is probably Mel Gibson's The Patriot, I actually like that movie because it's so historically inaccurate and ridiculous.

It actually happened though: there was investigation because they thought he should have been able to follow protocol rather than do something like what he thought he had to.

Not too far from this event:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

It actually happened though: there was investigation because they thought he should have been able to follow protocol rather than do something like what he thought he had to.

Not too far from this event:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

Yes but the investigators are displayed as antagonists in the film to create drama. They weren't antagonists in reality. Sully actually wouldn't sign off on the film because he wanted the investigators real names taken out of the film so there wouldn't be any backlash towards them.

When something as catastrophic as that happens there is going to be an investigation to see if he should have done anything differently. Of course I haven't seen the movie and I do think Clint does good work sometimes, it was more of a dig on the Hollywoodization of events to make a movie interesting more than anything. I guess I would just rather watch a documentary on it.

 

[BonkTastic]

The website seems to indicate they won't, but when I called rogers they gave me a "it could be".

"... Maybe?" as an answer to a legitimate service question about a product they sell is just about the most Rogers thing I can think of.

Bunch of useless twits.

 

[Caeldan]

Not quite in the GTA here (kw/c)... But no issues with blackouts. I think the only potential source of trouble was ever if you were far east end and getting into the Peterborough region.

 

[Micklebot]

"... Maybe?" as an answer to a legitimate service question about a product they sell is just about the most Rogers thing I can think of.

Bunch of useless twits.

I suspect that part of the problem is that Rogers has no control over what is and what isn't blacked out (I could be wrong here). Still no excuse, as the response should be Idk, but we'll find out and get back to you.