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This may be the largest back pedal in the history of backpedaling.

by tenpoundhammer 13y ago

misnome 13y ago
On a bike that doesn't go backwards when you backpedal..
- brbcoding 13y ago
  I personally haven't ever seen a bike that goes backwards when you backpedal. @dangrossman, thanks for the info -- TIL.
  - dangrossman 13y ago
    A fixed gear bike will do that, and they're not terribly uncommon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsmYe6Hxg0c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsmYe6Hxg0c
  - ch4ch4 13y ago
    If you visit SF, there are hipsters on fixies all over downtown.
swang 13y ago
Microsoft/XBox1 backpedal probably beats this one. SalesForce isn't giving up much here. What's another million to a company they've already invested in?
- tenpoundhammer 13y ago
  I don't know what this reference is about.
  - adeaver 13y ago
    It's referencing Microsoft back tracking on the XBox One being 'always connected' and calling homebase once every 24 hours. The removed that functionality after a huge backlash o the 'Net http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/19/tech/gaming-gadgets/xbox-drm/ http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/19/tech/gaming-gadgets/xbox-drm/
  - acchow 13y ago
    DRM. Xbox One was supposed to require an almost constant internet connection to play games. They changed their minds after seeing the internet's response.
  - iLoch 13y ago
    Xbox One? Microsoft took a huge gamble in their decision to all but eliminate discs from their consoles. They had planned that consumers would not be able to resell their discs once purchased with the promise that your friends would be able to play the games in your games library without owning the game themselves (ie. they download the game from your games library) so long as you weren't playing the game at the same time as them. People didn't like this because 1.) They couldn't resell their games and 2.) It required that you connect your Xbox to the internet once every 24 hours. For some reason a lot of people felt like this would affect them (I don't know why.. I can't remember the last time my internet was disconnected for 24 hours.) As a result of all the negative feedback, Microsoft scrapped their whole DRM system in favour of a more classic approach while Sony basked in the positive attention despite bringing nothing new to the table.

This may be the largest back pedal in the history of backpedaling.

misnome 13y ago

On a bike that doesn't go backwards when you backpedal..

brbcoding 13y ago
I personally haven't ever seen a bike that goes backwards when you backpedal. @dangrossman, thanks for the info -- TIL.
- dangrossman 13y ago
  A fixed gear bike will do that, and they're not terribly uncommon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsmYe6Hxg0c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsmYe6Hxg0c
- ch4ch4 13y ago
  If you visit SF, there are hipsters on fixies all over downtown.

swang 13y ago

Microsoft/XBox1 backpedal probably beats this one. SalesForce isn't giving up much here. What's another million to a company they've already invested in?

tenpoundhammer 13y ago
I don't know what this reference is about.
- adeaver 13y ago
  It's referencing Microsoft back tracking on the XBox One being 'always connected' and calling homebase once every 24 hours. The removed that functionality after a huge backlash o the 'Net http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/19/tech/gaming-gadgets/xbox-drm/ http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/19/tech/gaming-gadgets/xbox-drm/
- acchow 13y ago
  DRM. Xbox One was supposed to require an almost constant internet connection to play games. They changed their minds after seeing the internet's response.
- iLoch 13y ago
  Xbox One? Microsoft took a huge gamble in their decision to all but eliminate discs from their consoles. They had planned that consumers would not be able to resell their discs once purchased with the promise that your friends would be able to play the games in your games library without owning the game themselves (ie. they download the game from your games library) so long as you weren't playing the game at the same time as them. People didn't like this because 1.) They couldn't resell their games and 2.) It required that you connect your Xbox to the internet once every 24 hours. For some reason a lot of people felt like this would affect them (I don't know why.. I can't remember the last time my internet was disconnected for 24 hours.) As a result of all the negative feedback, Microsoft scrapped their whole DRM system in favour of a more classic approach while Sony basked in the positive attention despite bringing nothing new to the table.