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Is the 360 racist or is this just Ballmer protesting Obama's tax hikes again?

post #1 of 36
6/10/09 at 1:00pm
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http://www.product-reviews.net/2009/...d-darker-skin/

This is pretty interesting from a technical standpoint. People come in so many shapes, sizes and colors I wonder how they code around problems like this.
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post #2 of 36
6/10/09 at 1:06pm
See... they ARE inferior.
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post #3 of 36
6/10/09 at 1:09pm
My 360 called me the n-word, which I found weird because I'm white. So yeah, it is pretty racist.
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post #4 of 36
6/10/09 at 1:10pm
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Originally Posted by Eric Cordo View Post
My 360 called me the n-word, which I found weird because I'm white. So yeah, it is pretty racist.
Do you have black 360 or the white one?
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post #5 of 36
6/10/09 at 1:11pm
Red. My 360s an injun.
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post #6 of 36
6/10/09 at 1:16pm
Oh, you've got the RE5 bundle then?



That would explain all the racism.
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post #7 of 36
6/10/09 at 1:18pm
Some cultural humor - Didja ever notice how white people Natal like this:

"Doot dee doo, ho, hum... Why, hello there, Milo! What a fine day it is today!"

And black people Natal like this:

"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH MY NATAL?!?"
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post #8 of 36
6/10/09 at 1:21pm
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Originally Posted by dontEATnachos View Post
Oh, you've got the RE5 bundle then?



That would explain all the racism.
It oozes intolerance.
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post #9 of 36
6/10/09 at 1:33pm
This is hilarious. As a black man, the potential for mock racial outrage is off the charts. However, the explanation makes sense. I'm not completely surprised this is a problem that was unforseen. It would, though, be quite unfortunate were this not to be sufficiently addressed before the system made its way to the market, whenever that is.
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post #10 of 36
6/10/09 at 1:35pm
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Originally Posted by Eric Cordo View Post
My 360 called me the n-word, which I found weird because I'm white. So yeah, it is pretty racist.
Yeah right, why does the machine keep saying faggot to me every time I have the headset on?......Oh that's the people on the other end. Not the machine? Oh okay.
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post #11 of 36
6/10/09 at 1:38pm
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Originally Posted by Trevor View Post
Some cultural humor - Didja ever notice how white people Natal like this:

"Doot dee doo, ho, hum... Why, hello there, Milo! What a fine day it is today!"

And black people Natal like this:

"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH MY NATAL?!?"
Oh yeah, "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH MY NATAL, SON?!"
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post #12 of 36
6/10/09 at 1:47pm
Oh man, this is just in poor taste on Microsoft's part. It looks like they're coming out with a special peripheral for the NATAL so it can have an easier time picking up African-Americans...

Oy.

I'm ashamed to own a 360.
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post #13 of 36
6/10/09 at 1:53pm
heheheheheheehehe, cleared this thread out.
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post #14 of 36
6/10/09 at 1:57pm
Even worse:

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Originally Posted by Product Reviews
Perhaps more shocking than the Burnout Paradise mishap was what happened when N-Gai tried using the Natal to watch a horror movie on Netflix Live. After eventually loading the film Prom Night, we noticed something strange: whenever the lead actress approached a closed door or closet, a disembodied voice would boom from the speakers: "DON'T GO IN THERE, GIRL!"
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post #15 of 36
6/10/09 at 2:00pm
Deviating off the extremely racist jokes (however satirical and in jest they may be... *cough*), wouldn't it be cool for the NATAL to incorporate some sort of MST3K style game where you answer movie trivia during a movie and part of it is acting out a scene or reciting lines at the proper time? If a game told me to growl like Batman it would probably be the best ever.
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post #16 of 36
6/10/09 at 2:08pm
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Originally Posted by JudgeSmails View Post
http://www.product-reviews.net/2009/...d-darker-skin/

This is pretty interesting from a technical standpoint. People come in so many shapes, sizes and colors I wonder how they code around problems like this.
I can speak to the RGB camera, in computer vision, your algorithm would of course be very sensitive to things like contrast and lighting which can be affected by things like skin color. More than a skin color problem, this probably highlights how sensitive the device is to these conditions, meaning that it may have lots of trouble if you are playing it against certain backdrops or light levels.

I don't know much about the depth sensor, I wouldn't think it would be affected by this too much. Since the system uses a camera and a depth sensor, you can imagine that at the very least broad motions are detected by the depth sensor while the camera can pick out more details (facial expressions, hand gestures, etc). Again, I would guess the problems pointed in that article have to do more with the more fine grained movements not the broad ones.
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post #17 of 36
6/10/09 at 2:23pm
*takes a deep breath*

NIIIIIGGEEEERRRRRRSSSSS!!!!

Sorry, just trying to freshen the place up with some XBox Live flavor.
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post #18 of 36
6/10/09 at 2:24pm
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Originally Posted by Jake View Post
*takes a deep breath*

NIIIIIGGEEEERRRRRRSSSSS!!!!

Sorry, just trying to freshen the place up with some XBox Live flavor.
You must have been on Call of Duty 4. THAT game is racist AND a homophobe.
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post #19 of 36
6/10/09 at 2:29pm
Ah, the ol' racist rampage.
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post #20 of 36
6/10/09 at 5:09pm
I've been wondering what happens if you're using Natal and a pet wanders into the room.
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post #21 of 36
6/10/09 at 5:21pm
What if you're using Natal and have a really weird head?
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post #22 of 36
6/10/09 at 5:26pm
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What if you use Natal to scan another Natal? Does the world explode?
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post #23 of 36
6/10/09 at 5:27pm
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Originally Posted by Frankypanky View Post
What if you're using Natal and have a really weird head?
Sorry Joey.

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post #24 of 36
6/10/09 at 7:41pm
Holy shit. It's the racist security episode from Better Off Ted! Will Natal come with it's own white guy for every black person who wants one? In the meantime they'd like everyone to celebrate the fact that it sees Hispanics, Asians, Pacific Islanders, and Jews.
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post #25 of 36
6/10/09 at 7:57pm


I keep wondering if the 360 will send an email to the police if someone plays "Milo" on the nude.
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post #26 of 36
6/10/09 at 8:45pm
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Holy shit. It's the racist security episode from Better Off Ted! Will Natal come with it's own white guy for every black person who wants one? In the meantime they'd like everyone to celebrate the fact that it sees Hispanics, Asians, Pacific Islanders, and Jews.
What about midgets?
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post #27 of 36
6/10/09 at 9:31pm
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What about midgets?
Im guessing you just put the NATAL on the floor.
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post #28 of 36
6/10/09 at 9:37pm
So what's up with the lame codename?
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post #29 of 36
6/10/09 at 10:04pm
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Originally Posted by Jake View Post
*takes a deep breath*

NIIIIIGGEEEERRRRRRSSSSS!!!!

Sorry, just trying to freshen the place up with some XBox Live flavor.





Is it wrong that I kinda want to make love with this thread?
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post #30 of 36
6/11/09 at 4:31am
You think this is outrage? Just wait for something like Milo to reach the market.
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post #31 of 36
6/11/09 at 6:40am
We need some porn games for this thing for sure!!
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post #32 of 36
6/11/09 at 9:26am
I wanna ask Milo if he likes gladiator movies.
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post #33 of 36
6/11/09 at 11:23am
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I wanna ask Milo if he likes gladiator movies.
How about a "Turkish prison" downloadable content?
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post #34 of 36
6/11/09 at 11:26am


"Milo, ya ever seen a grown man naked?"
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post #35 of 36
6/12/09 at 8:22am
You must be at least Sinbad to use this device.
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post #36 of 36
6/12/09 at 9:54am
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