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As part of a new pilot program, 22 VA facilities around the country will be receiving a gift from Microsoft: X-Box Adaptive Controllers, which are specially designed for gamers with mental or physical disabilities. "We owe so much to the service and sacrifice of our Veterans, and as a company, we are committed to supporting them," Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a press statement. "Our X-Box Adaptive Controller was designed to make gaming more accessible to millions of people worldwide, and we're partnering with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to bring the device to Veterans with limited mobility."
The military hospitals will be using them to help rehabilitate wounded warriors, and X-Box chief Phil Spencer says if it's successful - the program could expand. The collaboration aims to improve rehabilitation and recreation for veterans by challenging muscle activation and hand-eye coordination, and encouraging greater participation in social and recreational activities. That will include participation in e-sports as well as traditional solo gaming.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 06 2019, @02:19PM (16 children)
This post is even worse than aristafool's.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday May 06 2019, @02:27PM (12 children)
What is wrong with Ari's subs aside from the stupid editorializing he does in them?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 4, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Monday May 06 2019, @02:43PM
Jeeebuz - what's NOT wrong with them?
(Score: 1, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 06 2019, @02:44PM (6 children)
That they are all more or less the same piece of "news" over and over and over again ... oh look "Nazis!"
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday May 06 2019, @03:49PM (5 children)
Doesn't make them wrong. If 100 news articles were written saying the sky is blue on a clear day would you believe the sky was green?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 3, Touché) by RS3 on Monday May 06 2019, @04:40PM
Wearing my rose-colored glasses, I'll believe anything. :)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 06 2019, @04:48PM
Depends on who broadcasts the news. From Trump, a single tweet is sufficient. But if CNN and WaPo says it, that's liberal bias, of course the sky is anything but blue.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday May 06 2019, @05:12PM
Probably not, but I'd definitely take a look outside just to make sure. Then decide that people are weird sometimes, and continue on.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Monday May 06 2019, @06:56PM (1 child)
Those 100 similar stories may not be wrong, but after a while they stop being news.
On the other hand, I'm only discussing the shortcomings of the metaphor; I'd have to go back and see the submissions in question to evaluate their quality. I'm not going to do that, though, because they sound like they are all the same, and not really news.
Appended to the end of comments you post. Max: 120 chars.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 06 2019, @08:10PM
Actually, they are all recent events, just all alt-right events, like the convictions of two Rise Above Movement members for Charlottesville, Facebook banning the alt-right a couple days ago. So one obsession, but not all the same.
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Monday May 06 2019, @04:43PM
That's the best part. When you see that, grab some popcorn and favorite beverage.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday May 06 2019, @10:32PM (2 children)
MY problem with his subs is he's a one trick pony: does he have NOTHING else in his life?
I'd like to learn more: TEACH me SOMETHING! I know NAZIs are bad...so are drugs, m'kay? Say NAZIs are bad, but say SOMETHING ELSE AS WELL!
Tell me something I don't know: a smart guy like him should be able to do THAT.
Anyone who had to read War and Peace and NOTHING else would go CRAZY, no matter how much they liked the book.
Imagine listening to Biebers "Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby" song and NOTHING else! Feck, I'd kill myself!
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @12:35AM (1 child)
"TEACH me SOMETHING! I know NAZIs are bad...so are drugs"
NAZIs dislike drugs, and drug-peddlers are mostly jews. Jews look down on anyone who is not a jew, and for them everything degenerate and perverse is fine. So does that tell you anything about NAZIs and jews?
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday May 07 2019, @10:31AM
It tells me....ummmm.... you're a NAZI Jew?
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday May 06 2019, @02:47PM (2 children)
Dunno 'bout that. At first glance, it seems like frivolous bullshit, unlikely to do anyone much good. But - rehabilitation? Maybe. Part of my son's rehab after being seriously burnt was just squeezing a ball. Little things mean a lot, when you're recovering from a catastrophic injury. This is a pilot program, right? If it does any good, they plan on expanding it. If it doesn't do much, or any good, they'll cancel it.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 06 2019, @03:34PM
> If it does any good, they plan on expanding it. If it doesn't do much, or any good, they'll cancel it.
Isn't that what Microsoft's running dog Red Hat said about systemd?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 06 2019, @06:34PM
Oh noes! Still more Runaway does not know!