Microsoft Seeks Patent On Shaming Fat Gamers


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What I hate is that official standards on what is overweight and whats normal are not in touch with reality. You can see someone who would never think of as being fat, but would be considered fat by official standards.

I think people should watch their weight and not overeat, but I hate weight nazis also

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Why should Microsoft have access to my medical history, if i want to get fat and die at an early age while playing on my xbox and paying microsoft money i should be able to.
As I said, I have not read the patent, I simply read the article which stated:

So they are getting access to your medical records somehow to manage that one.

You guys and others clearly have no idea about your health history privacy. There is no reason Microsoft will ever just be able to access your health records without your consent. Period. This is a nonissue.

How about you people actually read the patent and come to some more realistic conclusions than some Nazi society where you are

forced to enter medical data into your console or you need to hand over medical records to buy one? I mean, talk about a storm in a glass of water :rolleyes:

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-Spenser

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What about the people who have hereditary diseases and cannot lose weight? They are just SOL then right? How is that right?

And IMO MS has no right to any medical files, they are not an insurance company or hospital, they are a software company.

there a software and hardware company...

this will never happen.

you think any one is going to **** away more money? its not so microsoft can *promote healthy living* its so they can force you to buy some dumbass $200 addon

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I think Australias up there aswell, someone told me were number 1 awhile ago with obesity per population etc.. Fat people are a strain on society is all i have to say about this.

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Its a patent it doesn't mean they will act on it. What if the government for some unknown reason decides to get a little to involved with our lives and demand we lose weight. BAM MS has the patent and Sony and Nintendo have to pay to use it. Its like the oil companies that poor money into alt fuels. Won't be using them but they are ready to go.

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I think Australias up there aswell, someone told me were number 1 awhile ago with obesity per population etc.. Fat people are a strain on society is all i have to say about this.

I heard that when I was in Australia, a lot of people said that your [young] kids are fatter[have a higher obesity rate] than ours.

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Well if they get it, chances are they will not be aloud to use any features of it here in the UK, since it may soon become illegal to discriminate against overweight people.

I believe that our Data Protection Act would also prevent Microsoft from gaining access to our medical records.

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I heard that when I was in Australia, a lot of people said that your [young] kids are fatter[have a higher obesity rate] than ours.

I think americans are less active than other nationalities, which is why we are obese. Australians consume more sugar though, which might contribute to their obesity. The average australian consumes almost twice the refined sugar the average american consumes.

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Highly sensationalized, and selectively quoted article imo.

For example, a game competition could enforce that only requisite health levels are allowed to compete in a certain competition level.

Doesn't say microsoft is going to ban them

I think it's more aimed at people pretending to be someone they aren't. Also it could be used to see if someone plays too many games, and to warn them that what they're doing is having a negative impact on their health.

So microsoft is wanting people to lead a healthy lifestyle, and now all of a sudden thats a bad thing?

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Where does it say that?

It states how it can be gathered and what the information can be used for; nowhere does it state whether it's mandatory or the circumstances. Imagine this: An optional scenario for your user base to help them lose weight, like say, uhm, a feature? You honestly

think Microsoft would demand medical records out of people perhaps even acquire them on their own accord, yeah, that definitely would make sense from a business point of view :rolleyes:

As I posted before; imagine the data being applied to your avatar based on medical records, medical data acquired electronically etc.

and then you could work out in front of the Natal which, coincidentally is being released in a near future and then unlock game access and do basically an "Xbox Fit", all this naturally being an OPTIONAL feature.

Of course not, choose the doom and gloom scenario that makes no sense from a business or ethical point of view, TO ARMS MY BROTHERS!

Very well said.

And understanding this patent correctly (as I assume I am), it certainly does sound like an excellent idea, particularly for overweight kids.

It could be used hand-in-hand with other parental controls in which parents can use the 360 to encourage their kids to lose weight through an outlet that may be one of the larger contributing factors to obesity. Childhood obesity is a huge issue, and this is where I believe Microsoft is aiming with this. I could certainly be wrong about this intended target, but it's where I see this doing the most good.

Kudos, Microsoft.

-Emily

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natal reads into your soul and sees if you've been good or bad and trips you out more if you've been bad and is good when you're a good... Sorry, what. Nevermind, I lost my trtain of thought, goodnighgt.

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I just take solice in the fact that when I go to the UK I'm honest and I'm not afraid to tell them they're mostly ignorant and their fancy accents don't fool me into thinking they're educated. We actually are. Cheers mates :D

Nah, they just teach you to think you are, and if you're not, that's ok too. I've been through American education, and it is a bit of an oxymoron.

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And IMO MS has no right to any medical files, they are not an insurance company or hospital, they are a software company.

I agree, and I see no reason why they would have access to this information. However, it's yet to be seen what our government plans to do with that information if it is left under their control anyway. So who's to say that the government wouldn't allow companies to find out if you're overweight or what...

With the current arrangement I don't see how this would be able to work, but perhaps they're considering future possibilities? The government may even support something like this...

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I do agree that his post was a melodramatic overreaction and entirely inappropriate; and I'm from the US, myself.

But I have to say: his post was in response to the "typical British ignorance" that came several posts before him. :p

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