I read on article on this a couple weeks ago. Apparently they captured Hanks' facial expressions along with the more basic movements (by placing the sensors all over his face). The problem, however, is that they cannot capture the eyes, which are the most important aspect of making a human representation seem human.
With the Incredibles, Pixar chose to make their characters less "realistic" than they were capable of. The goal of this was to enhance their sense of humanity, interestingly enough. We humans are a complicated beast, we are.
While AOL may own Netscape, they probably found that a lot of sites out there were still IE specific and they couldn't afford the support costs for angry users who couldn't visit them. I'd probably do the same thing if I were running that project.
It's pretty easy to just throw in a Knoppix disk, reboot, mount a drive, and copy things away at your leisure. They'd probably be better off filling the USB connectors with cement than relying on software.
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Mono and DotGNU as pure compilers are fine, but are "not there yet" as runtimes. Rotor is interesting but feature incomplete. I suppose we're talking about two different things here, I don't think C# has much value as just a language, so I was speaking of it in combination with the runtime (the real value, IMHO). The only production quality runtime at this time is the official Microsoft SDK.
I like C#, don't get me wrong. But until Mono stabilizes (some areas have, yes, but much work is left) it's going to remain a tool primarily used in the non-free world.
As far as the original point is concerned (that is, C# is a valuable invention), I agree 110%. I use both Java and C# professionally, and for a recent project involving COM automation, C#/.NET was a great technology. However, for general development I feel I have a lot more freedom (primarily wrt deployment) when using Java, and prefer it for that reason.
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And the Microsoft Official.Net SDK is free as in beer as well...
... as long as you're running their non-free, proprietary operating system.
I was considering making higher bit rate versions of my library but would only hire my brother to do it for me (over 200 albums).
Based on some quick math, you could rip your entire collection of music to a lossless (i.e. FLAC) format, and it would only cost you 50 GB of disk space. From there, you could easily convert to other formats for specific usage needs (i.e. MP3 for a portable player). Rip once, re-encode N times. It's a good thing[tm].
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I've been using Joe for years to write all of my email -- its startup time rivals that of vi but it still gives me that sweet Emacs keybinding lovin' I just can't get enough of... what more could you ask for?
% grep editor ~/.muttrc set editor="jmacs -nobackups +8"
Let's break it down... X, as in XXX (porn), free, as in beer, and 86, as in people who have been 86'ed. I certainly wouldn't want my children seeing that:-o
The last RFID project I saw at Microsoft was their "Kitchen of the Future" on the Food Network. They had an interactive recipe that knew when each ingredient was placed onto the counter and automatically checked it off.
It was actually very cool. RFID itself is an extremely useful technology for retailers and consumers -- it just needs to be used responsibly. And consumers have to have the ability to not use it.
Go to a Best Buy and look at how many rear projection TV's the sell that AREN'T widescreen. Last time I was there it was about 2... two models for the entire store.
Last time I went (around x'mas time) I didn't see a single one. I did notice that there are a lot more DLP-based sets than there were a few months prior, however.
Interestingly, the growing popularity of DLP seems to have pushed down the prices of RPTVs based on CRT technology, but little dent has been made in pricing on SDTVs.
A name-brand 50" RPTV CRT set can easily be had for $1200-1500 these days, but a good 36" tube SDTV still runs just shy of $1000.
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I'll just give my IT folks a ring and see what they think of that. Mmmmkay.
You want us to what?!?!?!
I think you meant "Finally, now I can play Doom 3 on my XBOX cluster!" -- although in a a couple of months you'll only need one (see http://xbox.ign.com/objects/482/482119.html?ui=gam efinder)
I read on article on this a couple weeks ago. Apparently they captured Hanks' facial expressions along with the more basic movements (by placing the sensors all over his face). The problem, however, is that they cannot capture the eyes, which are the most important aspect of making a human representation seem human.
With the Incredibles, Pixar chose to make their characters less "realistic" than they were capable of. The goal of this was to enhance their sense of humanity, interestingly enough. We humans are a complicated beast, we are.
The scantron machine in my very politically balanced district is made by Diebold ... so I've got the ... ummm ... well, something of both worlds.
... to the first Slashdotter to post a link to the Halo 2 torrent whilst screaming "lol ban me you M$ l0s3rz -- i am s0 3l33t!"
... 2 ... 1 ...
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While AOL may own Netscape, they probably found that a lot of sites out there were still IE specific and they couldn't afford the support costs for angry users who couldn't visit them. I'd probably do the same thing if I were running that project.
Change the line:
"Pages displaying your content have print, cut, copy, and save functionality disabled in order to protect your content."
to:
"Pages displaying your content have print, cut, copy, and save functionality disabled in order to protect your content from most users."
It's magic.
Let's hope this works out better than Yahoo's last digital media acquisition. I wonder if Musicmatch's CEO is looking to star in a reality show ...
It's pretty easy to just throw in a Knoppix disk, reboot, mount a drive, and copy things away at your leisure. They'd probably be better off filling the USB connectors with cement than relying on software.
So, umh, this would be cool for zooming in on puppies and stuff. Yeah.
... really!
We're not too far from it
Find out more about this channel (it's actually quite interesting) here (NPR's This American Life).
Holy crap, I just got served. Alright, alright, I'll try to save myself:But wait, there's more!OK, I feel slightly less "served" now.
I make little boxes and leave them empty for things I'm working on, and use slashes and dashes to indicate how complete others are, i.e.
One should be able to do this kiosk-like, in a store. Or at a drive-through, or at a Starbux, a Border's, or while waiting in line at the bank.
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Lucky you
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-03-15-star
Mono and DotGNU as pure compilers are fine, but are "not there yet" as runtimes. Rotor is interesting but feature incomplete. I suppose we're talking about two different things here, I don't think C# has much value as just a language, so I was speaking of it in combination with the runtime (the real value, IMHO). The only production quality runtime at this time is the official Microsoft SDK.
I like C#, don't get me wrong. But until Mono stabilizes (some areas have, yes, but much work is left) it's going to remain a tool primarily used in the non-free world.
As far as the original point is concerned (that is, C# is a valuable invention), I agree 110%. I use both Java and C# professionally, and for a recent project involving COM automation, C#/.NET was a great technology. However, for general development I feel I have a lot more freedom (primarily wrt deployment) when using Java, and prefer it for that reason.
And the Microsoft Official .Net SDK is free as in beer as well ...
... as long as you're running their non-free, proprietary operating system.
Last time Charlize Theron presented me with something it was a restraining order.
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And I suspect that it was because you presented something to her
What would be the advantages of writing the server-side in Mono over Java? Not a flame, I'm sincerely curious.
:)
They would both be nice choices -- Miguel is largely responsible for Mono, however. So, you might say he is biased
Miguel on Mono
I was considering making higher bit rate versions of my library but would only hire my brother to do it for me (over 200 albums).
Based on some quick math, you could rip your entire collection of music to a lossless (i.e. FLAC) format, and it would only cost you 50 GB of disk space. From there, you could easily convert to other formats for specific usage needs (i.e. MP3 for a portable player). Rip once, re-encode N times. It's a good thing[tm].
Let's break it down ... X, as in XXX (porn), free, as in beer, and 86, as in people who have been 86'ed. I certainly wouldn't want my children seeing that :-o
I wonder if that means we can sue someone who posts a repeat story on /.
Ah, I can see it now:
Score: -1, Illegal (Click here for your subpoena)
Ergh.
The last RFID project I saw at Microsoft was their "Kitchen of the Future" on the Food Network. They had an interactive recipe that knew when each ingredient was placed onto the counter and automatically checked it off.
It was actually very cool. RFID itself is an extremely useful technology for retailers and consumers -- it just needs to be used responsibly. And consumers have to have the ability to not use it.
At the beginning of the article:
... VeriSign isn't shy about touting the $150 million it has invested in various security measures.
...
A bit later
"Can you pull that door closed? I didn't hear it click," he asks of the person standing nearest to the first door.
"Click."
Sheesh, for $150 million you'd think a robot would double check the door for them.
Go to a Best Buy and look at how many rear projection TV's the sell that AREN'T widescreen. Last time I was there it was about 2... two models for the entire store.
Last time I went (around x'mas time) I didn't see a single one. I did notice that there are a lot more DLP-based sets than there were a few months prior, however.
Interestingly, the growing popularity of DLP seems to have pushed down the prices of RPTVs based on CRT technology, but little dent has been made in pricing on SDTVs.
A name-brand 50" RPTV CRT set can easily be had for $1200-1500 these days, but a good 36" tube SDTV still runs just shy of $1000.
Whoopdedoo. When they get a guy to stick a mussel on his hat and use it to hang from a steel girder high over the city, then I'll be impressed.
Quick! Somebody call David Blaine!