Submission + - Open source laser pointer whole building graffiti
GAATTC writes: A 60mW laser pointer, camera, laptop, and a 5000 lumen projector are tied together with some open source code to produce the best whole building interactive graffiti ever. A bicycle mounted system consiting of a camera connected to a laptop tracks a laser pointer signal on the side of buildings. A connected projector projects what is drawn in real time with a variety of effects, like the tools available in Photoshop. What a great way to get your political message across without running the risk of getting arrested for property damage.
Submission + - Scientist Calls Mars a Terraforming Target (space.com)
Raver32 writes: "Mars will be transformed into a shirt-sleeve, habitable world for humanity before century's end, made livable by thawing out the coldish climes of the red planet and altering its now carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere.
How best to carry out a fast-paced, decade by decade planetary facelift of Mars — a technique called "terraforming" — has been outlined by Lowell Wood, a noted physicist and recent retiree of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a long-time Visiting Fellow of the Hoover Institution.
Lowell presented his eye-opening Mars manifesto at Flight School, held here June 20-22 at the Aspen Institute, laying out a scientific plan to "experiment on a planet we're not living on.""
Comment Re:Idiots. (Score 1) 375
They usually can dance, though...
Submission + - 9 Laws of Physics That Don't Apply in Hollywood
Ant writes: "Neatorama lists nine laws of physics that don't apply in Hollywood (movies and television/TV shows). In general, Hollywood filmmakers follow the laws of physics because they have no other choice. It's just when they cheat with special effects that people seem to forget how the world really works..."
Feed News: A Mountain Of Merchandise!!! (penny-arcade.com)
Tycho: Our third book is now available on the store, if you haven't purchased it elsewhere. Entitled The Warsun Prophecies, it incorporates all the strips from 2002. I'm usually scared to read something I've written once I've written it, which may help you to understand the state these posts sometimes arrive in - but I think this one turned out really well.I've just now finished the final edits on the fourth book, which will be released... in the future. Also, on the very same store, our Fire Sale continues to rage - with the heat of a thousand bargains! Huge savings in every department, etc.(CW)TB
Comment The sad state of Software "Engineering" (Score 1) 458
No complaints about all the suggestions; i just find it a bit sad that this has to be spelled out:
Write down the requirements they specify.
I'm currently in a project where we, thanks to an obscure industry standard, have to provide traceability matrices! From System Requirement to SW requirement, to Design, to Code and finally to Test case.
It's actually not a bad feeling at all to do this once in a while...
Write down the requirements they specify.
I'm currently in a project where we, thanks to an obscure industry standard, have to provide traceability matrices! From System Requirement to SW requirement, to Design, to Code and finally to Test case.
It's actually not a bad feeling at all to do this once in a while...
