The biggest problem with Kinect controls is the lack of gesturing. This results in users needing to hold their cursor over a control for a couple seconds in order to simulate a click or button press. For obvious reasons, this makes the whole control scheme brutally slow. Even worse was the solution used in Child of Eden, where the user need to push their hand forward, thus making the Kinect controls much more difficult than using a normal controller.
Just this one gesture to function like a mouse click will greatly improve the user experience for all OS/menu controls and many games.
Your grandma could do all kinds of stuff with 1GB! All that the cap would really prevent is video and gaming. Tell her to stay away from youtube, maybe get an ad-blocker on her machine, and she'll be sending you pictures of cats in no time.
I think you're giving criminals a lot of credit here. Especially with the pickpocket example. From what I've seen the most successful pickpockets are just too young to punch.
Every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn to code
Every kid who's going to turn into a talented coder already has all the resources they need. It's called the internet.
Schools are inefficient at best anyways.
radiation-hardened plants that can survive in a low-oxygen atmosphere
The plants also need to be able to grow in 8.3ph soil. And need (almost?) no water, and less than half the sunlight. That's getting to be a pretty tall order.
Although %9 for personal protection isn't so hot, I still see why the CDC isstill pushing for vaccination. To avoid epidemic reproduction of the virus, we need to keep the rate of reproduction below one new infection per individual already infected. In that sense, even just %9 immunity could have a large impact on a group. Wikipedia has a good read on this subject:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_modelling_of_infectious_disease
If both Sony and Microsoft both implement this sort of destructive always-on DRM simultaneously, doesn't that sort of reek of collusion? I mean, if only one of them implemented this sort of thing, everybody can just switch to the competitor. It only really works if they both implement it simultaneously.
Maybe I'm overly optimistic, but I keep thinking that neither company are planning to implement this awful DRM. Maybe Sony keeps bringing it up to try and get Microsoft to go for it - and thus destroy themselves.
You guys are missing the point of console gaming. It isn't about computing power, or controllers. It's about sitting on the couch. My ass is a huge Xbox fan.
Not that I'm hoping that it squishes innocent people or anything. I was just thinking that an impact with an object of DA14's size could be a great way to get some funding back into the sciences. All without that pesky nuclear winter that a more Apophis sized object would bring. Maybe a collision could give mankind a common enemy.... SPACE!
If you don't like those 4 phones, there are literally hundreds phones running Android to choose from. Requiring equipment to change the battery is pretty rare.
Mosh pits also vary a lot based on musical style. For example the pit in front of a hardcore band is going to have more space between individuals, and more velocity per individual. Music in the hard rock genre is going to have pits that are more squished together but less violent.
Lamb of God even has their special Wall of Death move that again changes the whole scenario.
Top Gear will do whatever gets them the most laughs. If you believe everything you see on that show, then you believe that each of the presenters has died several times. Nobody expects a serious review from these guys.
I'm a mobile developer as well, and while I whole-heartedly agree that putting an indie up on the market is a great way to go, I think developing for BlackBerry is a terrible idea. I also started out doing BlackBerry many years ago, but if Poster is going to learn a framework, they can do a lot better than a platform that could easily go under in the near future. Windows Phone could be a good option for a one man team, due to the lack of competition on their store. Otherwise, Android is great if you intend to release a legitimately useful app. Or the IOS market can be good if you can bring some kind of novelty to the table, since it's users are notoriously easy to part from their money.
The only reason some other suggestions on this board may be better than an indie app on a mobile marketplace, is that mobile apps can be kind of like lottery tickets. You might make a lot of money, but you probably won't.
The great thing about Vertu Ti is, unlike Lexus, it's not even a widely recognized brand. So when you're showing off you're fancy new phone and say "It's an authentic Vertu Ti!" nobody is even going to know what you're talking about.
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I see GIMP users as coders who want to do some web design on the side or fix something really quick to fit the website layout. Basically, web-related stuff. I wish GIMP would design the UI to cater to that demographic/ needs. Or maybe it already does, I'm just not the audience.
I've been using GIMP for a long time and I've always found it very intuitive and it does everything I need from an image manipulator. And I'm a coder who usually just needs to quickly fix something to fit into a layout (not a website layout, but close enough). So you may be on to something there.
You may not need to drop out of console gaming just yet. If the Microsoft really does cripple their next machine with DRM, there is no saying that Sony will do the same thing. It seems like an obvious choice for Sony, doesn't it? The age of the exclusive title is over, this coming generation will see competition between two systems that play almost exactly the same games. If one system is laden with DRM and one isn't, it will make our choice between the two systems very easy.
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The biggest problem with Kinect controls is the lack of gesturing. This results in users needing to hold their cursor over a control for a couple seconds in order to simulate a click or button press. For obvious reasons, this makes the whole control scheme brutally slow. Even worse was the solution used in Child of Eden, where the user need to push their hand forward, thus making the Kinect controls much more difficult than using a normal controller. Just this one gesture to function like a mouse click will greatly improve the user experience for all OS/menu controls and many games.
Allow me to be the first Android fanboy to say, "Suck it, IOS fanboys!"
Your grandma could do all kinds of stuff with 1GB! All that the cap would really prevent is video and gaming. Tell her to stay away from youtube, maybe get an ad-blocker on her machine, and she'll be sending you pictures of cats in no time.
If it can detect age then this is easy. If they are under 21 then they are definitely a criminal. And probably listen to the rock and roll music.
Most succesfull criminals generally have
I think you're giving criminals a lot of credit here. Especially with the pickpocket example. From what I've seen the most successful pickpockets are just too young to punch.
They will share it with their clients, most of whom are direct marketing agencies, who in turn commit not to use it improperly.
Well, as long as they pinky-swear.
Even as a question of geography, it's still two separate continents. North and South America are each on their own continental plate.
Just look at that thing. I don't care if it tips over and explodes the first time it gets turned on. I still want one.
Every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn to code
Every kid who's going to turn into a talented coder already has all the resources they need. It's called the internet. Schools are inefficient at best anyways.
For those wondering who this post is referring to, that would be Rosalind Franklin.
radiation-hardened plants that can survive in a low-oxygen atmosphere
The plants also need to be able to grow in 8.3ph soil. And need (almost?) no water, and less than half the sunlight. That's getting to be a pretty tall order.
Although %9 for personal protection isn't so hot, I still see why the CDC isstill pushing for vaccination. To avoid epidemic reproduction of the virus, we need to keep the rate of reproduction below one new infection per individual already infected. In that sense, even just %9 immunity could have a large impact on a group. Wikipedia has a good read on this subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_modelling_of_infectious_disease
their web site sounds like it has all of he subtlety and morality of a Karl Rove political ad campaign.
But it's the top Surgery Website of 2012! It says so right on the front page. You must have missed that.
If both Sony and Microsoft both implement this sort of destructive always-on DRM simultaneously, doesn't that sort of reek of collusion? I mean, if only one of them implemented this sort of thing, everybody can just switch to the competitor. It only really works if they both implement it simultaneously. Maybe I'm overly optimistic, but I keep thinking that neither company are planning to implement this awful DRM. Maybe Sony keeps bringing it up to try and get Microsoft to go for it - and thus destroy themselves.
You guys are missing the point of console gaming. It isn't about computing power, or controllers. It's about sitting on the couch. My ass is a huge Xbox fan.
Not that I'm hoping that it squishes innocent people or anything. I was just thinking that an impact with an object of DA14's size could be a great way to get some funding back into the sciences. All without that pesky nuclear winter that a more Apophis sized object would bring. Maybe a collision could give mankind a common enemy.... SPACE!
If you don't like those 4 phones, there are literally hundreds phones running Android to choose from. Requiring equipment to change the battery is pretty rare.
Mosh pits also vary a lot based on musical style. For example the pit in front of a hardcore band is going to have more space between individuals, and more velocity per individual. Music in the hard rock genre is going to have pits that are more squished together but less violent. Lamb of God even has their special Wall of Death move that again changes the whole scenario.
Top Gear will do whatever gets them the most laughs. If you believe everything you see on that show, then you believe that each of the presenters has died several times. Nobody expects a serious review from these guys.
"Shut the door I'm doing research!" -Gail Dines
I'm a mobile developer as well, and while I whole-heartedly agree that putting an indie up on the market is a great way to go, I think developing for BlackBerry is a terrible idea. I also started out doing BlackBerry many years ago, but if Poster is going to learn a framework, they can do a lot better than a platform that could easily go under in the near future. Windows Phone could be a good option for a one man team, due to the lack of competition on their store. Otherwise, Android is great if you intend to release a legitimately useful app. Or the IOS market can be good if you can bring some kind of novelty to the table, since it's users are notoriously easy to part from their money. The only reason some other suggestions on this board may be better than an indie app on a mobile marketplace, is that mobile apps can be kind of like lottery tickets. You might make a lot of money, but you probably won't.
The great thing about Vertu Ti is, unlike Lexus, it's not even a widely recognized brand. So when you're showing off you're fancy new phone and say "It's an authentic Vertu Ti!" nobody is even going to know what you're talking about.
I see GIMP users as coders who want to do some web design on the side or fix something really quick to fit the website layout. Basically, web-related stuff. I wish GIMP would design the UI to cater to that demographic/ needs. Or maybe it already does, I'm just not the audience.
I've been using GIMP for a long time and I've always found it very intuitive and it does everything I need from an image manipulator. And I'm a coder who usually just needs to quickly fix something to fit into a layout (not a website layout, but close enough). So you may be on to something there.
Here in Canada, our Minister of State for Science & Technology is a former chiropractor who doesn't believe in evolution...
You may not need to drop out of console gaming just yet. If the Microsoft really does cripple their next machine with DRM, there is no saying that Sony will do the same thing. It seems like an obvious choice for Sony, doesn't it? The age of the exclusive title is over, this coming generation will see competition between two systems that play almost exactly the same games. If one system is laden with DRM and one isn't, it will make our choice between the two systems very easy.