Comment Hogwash (Score 2, Informative) 319
We all know it's due to momentary lapse in prayers to the Almighty Jobs.
Comment Beemer (Score 3, Informative) 642
When I need to make a presentation, I use Powerpoint. I should figure out how to use LaTeX instead.
Check out the Beemer class; it's handy but not exactly pretty. However, you can find some decent templates floating around the net.
Comment Mod Parent Up (Score 2) 66
One of the best comments on this article so far. Algorithmic development and optimization is not a trivial subset of problems in active robotics research.
Comment Re:I'm almost scared to ask (Score 1) 361
You can ask the same of most hobbies. I would assume it's mainly for personal enjoyment.
Comment "Hidden" Medicare Costs (Score 1) 504
Comment Re:Back to the Future (Score 5, Funny) 1054
Now we just need to find some really cheap labor.
Think of the children!
Comment Re:"that agency" (Score 2) 125
ALSO, really, does what they said have to be true? I thought nowadays they could just slap you with some secrecy order, and walk out with your HDDs or do whatever they felt like, and you would be required to deny it publicly? Wonderful police state we live in here...
It seems that you have to piss off the right people, as Megaupload has demonstrated.
Comment Re:Light Search (Score 1) 34
Ethics aside, school sports are highly profitable. Penn State's profit (from football alone) was ~50 million. I think it's safe to say that many D1 schools can fund their sports programs easily (who knows about Penn State's future as they will lose future revenue).
http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/10/news/companies/penn_state_football_scandal/index.htm
Comment From DC Comics (Score 1) 115
Memo to Mark Towle: Na na na na na na na na...
Comment Oops (Score 1) 356
Sorry, we are losing about 2.4 LOC per year.
Comment Re:Wait (Score 1) 356
The Library of Congress has " roughly 10 terabytes of uncompressed textual data." Wikipedia
12 terabytes is ~5 billion sheets of paper (typewritten), so assuming a linear relation then 10 terabytes = ~4.16 billion sheets. Neatorama
So with Wolfram Alpha this is about 20,800 metric tons, so a bit less than a quarter of the Costa Concordia gross weight. Wolfram Alpha
Comment New Drivers? (Score 2) 130
I thought OpenNI's implementation was supposed to be pretty darn good (compared to say the freenect drivers) as far as offering more options / tools. Just looking at their APIs shows how much you can really do. What I don't understand is this 'Kinect for Windows': is the difference just updated code..?
Comment Re:Greed (Score 2) 130
b-b-but think of all the opportunities (revenue) for the ensuing movies! I'm sure they'll be amazing too! The big studios sure know what fans want.
Comment Re:Both (Score 2) 160
Oh yes, the providers (at least in the US) are well aware of this trend. It's reflected in the current data usage pricing scheme and the "unlimited" plan max caps.
Submission + - Best useful and free iphone apps for the new year (tek3d.org)
coathanger007 writes: "The iphone apps market is flooded with thousands of apps each boasting its own set of features. With so many apps there’s inevitably a lot of duplication in what each can do. You can’t use them all so we’ve narrowed down this list of what we believe to be the top 15 FREE, USEFUL iphone apps. Apps like facebook and twitter (that everyone already knows) as well as games (more of a time waster than being useful) have been left off the list."
