Comment Does he brew beer too... (Score 1) 59
...in Nova Scotia?
Microsoft's "RoomAlive" Transforms Any Room Into a Giant Xbox Game 66
An anonymous reader writes Microsoft has unveiled a new augmented reality experience called "RoomAlive". Using projectors and Kinect, RoomAlive allows for fully interactive gaming experiences that take up an entire 3D space. From the article: "RoomAlive builds on the familiar concepts of IllumiRoom, but pushes things a lot further by extending an Xbox gaming environment to an entire living room. It's a proof-of-concept demo, just like IllumiRoom, and it combines Kinect and projectors to create an augmented reality experience that is interactive inside a room. You can reach out and hit objects from a game, or interact with games through any surfaces of a room. RoomAlive tracks the position of a gamers head across all six Kinect sensors, to render content appropriately."
Comment Re:Why do people still care about C++ for kernel d (Score 1) 365
If, in practice, the whole 'distro' is compiled using the same compiler, i.e. g++, then it matters not about a standardized binary API?
Comment Re:Why still 32bit builds? (Score 1) 554
Because Windows RT runs on ARMv7, so the code remains 32 bit clean.
If a handful of people wish to run Windows 10 on their 10 year old Athlon XP/Pentium 4, they can.
Satellites Reveal Hidden Features At the Bottom of Earth's Seas 54
sciencehabit writes Oceanographers have a saying: Scientists know more about the surface of Mars than they do about the landscape at the bottom of our oceans. But that may soon change. Using data from satellites that measure variations in Earth's gravitational field, researchers have found a new and more accurate way to map the sea floor. The improved resolution has already allowed them to identify previously hidden features—including thousands of extinct volcanoes more than 1000 meters tall—as well as piece together some lingering uncertainties in Earth's ancient history.
Comment Re:SubjectsInCommentsAreStupid (Score 3, Funny) 549
I wouldn't call Khan an environmentalist.
Comment Re:Can we rename Mars... (Score 1) 549
It has been done before, mate.
A utopia by that name was founded in the South American nation of Paraguay way back in 1893.
Comment Re:Simple answer (Score 1) 942
Well 0 is still cold but our summers get as high as 45, which is hotter
Comment Re:Feet and inches (Score 1) 942
At least in the wool industry here, fabric is measured in microns.
Comment Re:FP? (Score 5, Insightful) 942
Australia made the transition back in 1974.
You'll survive.
Comment Re:Simple answer (Score 5, Insightful) 942
Water freezes at zero and boils at one hundred.
What could be simpler?
Comment Re:Depending on local ordinances... (Score 2) 488
That's the economic miracle of privatisation. Sell off voter-owned infrastructure to foreign owned cartels who then bribe politicians with donations.
Thanks, Jeff Kennett.
Comment Re:More disturbing.... (Score 1) 217
Not for a couple of years at the federal level.
But scaring the proles coincides with bombing Islamic State to smithareens.
Comment Re:The terrorist won. (Score 2) 217
When it comes it airport security, pretty much.
There's $AU630M in extra funding to security agencies, some of which will be spent on the latest high-tech toys at airports. Australia doesn't currently do finger-printing or eye scanning but expect that to be standard for any flights bound for the USA.
Obama, or rather his 3-letter agencies, will be keen to insure "terrorists" never get on a flight to US airspace, which involves sympathetic nations rolling out new protocols and technologies in each departure terminal.
Comment Re:Is it that much of a problem? (Score 1) 242
A minute or two, actually.
Tap previous grounds into a knock-box, rinse portafilter, grind beans, tamp them down, draw espresso shots, steam milk, style a love heart in the froth.
That's just for a caffe latte. The slow pour-over filter coffee nerds rave about is an art form that takes a while...
