If we extend the Mutually Assured Destruction metaphor, would this be the equivalent of the Warsaw Pact or NATO? And if so how long before this actually leads to an escalation of patent pooling by a group of patent trolls? Its a neat idea, but sometimes I do worry about the unintended consequences of attempting to game an already severely broken system.
My understanding is that just like the voice processing is done on the Kinect, the 3d processing is as well. There was an article on joystiq many moons ago about this. From wikipedia...
Although the sensor unit was originally planned to contain a microprocessor that would perform operations such as the system's skeletal mapping, it was revealed in January 2010 that the sensor would no longer feature a dedicated processor. Instead, processing would be handled by one of the processor cores of the Xbox 360's Xenon CPU.[63] According to Alex Kipman, the Kinect system consumes about 10-15% of the Xbox 360's computing resources.[64]
Also the kinect has an array of microphones, not just one. Sure you could make a headset to do this but you couldn't use any old headset.
While I agree that the motion controller features could be considered a failure for gaming purposes, its voice control capabilities are its most enduring feature to me. Being able to control the various video streaming services by talking to the TV still feels like we are living in the future.
An amendment has been offered to the bill that would condemn the ocean to 300 lashes and branding with hot irons if it were to rise more than historical data.
Data caps present another problem. There are plenty of multi disc games out these days and the size is likely only increase as time goes on. The prospect of blowing through a significant chunk of your monthly data limit on a video game could easily discourage sales.
Less an attachment to paper and more scientifically literacy does not automatically translate to computer literacy. Granted, I'd bet a random sample of researchers would do better than a sample of the general public in terms of being able to pick up the basics of public/private key management; however, you are still going to find people at all levels where it would be easier to teach a dog rocket surgery.
Who exactly did he sell out to? I worry you are assuming because he's popular that he must have sold his soul or something in order to do it. In reality however he is the director of the Hayden Planetarium which is under the aegis of American Museum of Natural History. Museums and planetariums are among other things, where the public goes to learn things outside of their wheelhouse that they find interesting. If he is getting the public excited about science and more specifically astronomy, that means he's doing his job. The fact that he does it well enough to have a fan base of any kind or size means he is doing an awesome job.
The cat running around my house that likes to nom on cables is the reason I have a wireless mouse and keyboard. Works great for me along with a set of rechargeable batteries.
Most states have Good Samaritan laws that prevent you from being sued for rendering aid in these types of events. That usually the first thing they cover if you go get red cross certification for CPR or first aid.
Any programmer with modern training is going to be familiar with Algol languages, specifically C family languages, and is going to take one look at the incomprehensible mass of free-form parentheses that's a Lisp program and simply won't be interested.
I have modern training as a programmer which included scheme but you are likely correct in the general case. But you know what? More's the pity. Even if its not a lisp like language, programmers should be exposed to more families of languages as part of their education/training.
Most of them probably don't believe that nonsense, its just good pandering at very little cost to them politically. They'd tell you that they believe the earth is flat if it got them enough votes.
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He was unresponsive until he might get embarrased in public and then becomes responsive.
Maybe they applied cortical electrodes.
There's a reason that the Jesuits are feared by other Christians.
You mean reasons other than the inquisition? :)
I'd say that Bernie Sanders qualifies as a socialist. While he technically is 'in power' as a practical matter you are probably right.
* Having people give them money for nothing.
They already have this one, its called 'text messaging'
Posting to undo miss-mod. Please ignore.
If we extend the Mutually Assured Destruction metaphor, would this be the equivalent of the Warsaw Pact or NATO? And if so how long before this actually leads to an escalation of patent pooling by a group of patent trolls? Its a neat idea, but sometimes I do worry about the unintended consequences of attempting to game an already severely broken system.
My understanding is that just like the voice processing is done on the xbox, the 3d processing is as well
Although the sensor unit was originally planned to contain a microprocessor that would perform operations such as the system's skeletal mapping, it was revealed in January 2010 that the sensor would no longer feature a dedicated processor. Instead, processing would be handled by one of the processor cores of the Xbox 360's Xenon CPU.[63] According to Alex Kipman, the Kinect system consumes about 10-15% of the Xbox 360's computing resources.[64]
Also the kinect has an array of microphones, not just one. Sure you could make a headset to do this but you couldn't use any old headset.
While I agree that the motion controller features could be considered a failure for gaming purposes, its voice control capabilities are its most enduring feature to me. Being able to control the various video streaming services by talking to the TV still feels like we are living in the future.
An amendment has been offered to the bill that would condemn the ocean to 300 lashes and branding with hot irons if it were to rise more than historical data.
Data caps present another problem. There are plenty of multi disc games out these days and the size is likely only increase as time goes on. The prospect of blowing through a significant chunk of your monthly data limit on a video game could easily discourage sales.
Less an attachment to paper and more scientifically literacy does not automatically translate to computer literacy. Granted, I'd bet a random sample of researchers would do better than a sample of the general public in terms of being able to pick up the basics of public/private key management; however, you are still going to find people at all levels where it would be easier to teach a dog rocket surgery.
I'd say its closer to copyrighting something like Esperanto.
Who exactly did he sell out to? I worry you are assuming because he's popular that he must have sold his soul or something in order to do it. In reality however he is the director of the Hayden Planetarium which is under the aegis of American Museum of Natural History. Museums and planetariums are among other things, where the public goes to learn things outside of their wheelhouse that they find interesting. If he is getting the public excited about science and more specifically astronomy, that means he's doing his job. The fact that he does it well enough to have a fan base of any kind or size means he is doing an awesome job.
Haven't seen boingboing.net yet on anyone's list (could be i missed it however.)
The cat running around my house that likes to nom on cables is the reason I have a wireless mouse and keyboard. Works great for me along with a set of rechargeable batteries.
Considering how bad flash can be on a lot Android phones, iOS's lack of flash support is a feature not a bug.
Most states have Good Samaritan laws that prevent you from being sued for rendering aid in these types of events. That usually the first thing they cover if you go get red cross certification for CPR or first aid.
If I had a 3d printed model of my own skull, i would hold it up any time company was over a comment about how alas, I knew him.
Any programmer with modern training is going to be familiar with Algol languages, specifically C family languages, and is going to take one look at the incomprehensible mass of free-form parentheses that's a Lisp program and simply won't be interested.
I have modern training as a programmer which included scheme but you are likely correct in the general case. But you know what? More's the pity. Even if its not a lisp like language, programmers should be exposed to more families of languages as part of their education/training.
Alaska was purchased from the Russians, not the Canadians...
Yes and it has the unfortunate side effect of displaying any images transmitted over it in plaid.
The title should be "Microsoft: WebGL Considered Harmful"
If only I had mod points.
Most of them probably don't believe that nonsense, its just good pandering at very little cost to them politically. They'd tell you that they believe the earth is flat if it got them enough votes.