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Comment What about the Sony NEX-5 or 4/3s (Score 0) 446

The Sony NEX-5 and NEX-3 and also 4/3s frame digital cameras are technically not DSLR's because they do not have mirrors but are larger than a point and shoot and have detachable lenses. Where do they fit in this silly ban? Also remember this is the country that wanted to ban the Blackberry and then backed down.

Comment Poor Article (Score 0) 422

I am sorry but this is not a flaw in the game at all. Its a flaw in the maintenance of everyone's computer. When you play a game you have to assume it is taxing your computer and its getting hot. Any taxing game will do this to a computer that is as people have said does not have adequate airflow, overclocked to an extreme, or just dirty. It doesn't help that the game came out during the hottest part of the summer in many areas of the country. This article is just a grab for eyeballs and clicks of ads, Slashdot is just helping this.
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iPhone As a PC Game Controller 54

TechCrunch has an article about a startup called iMo, which aims to enable control of any PC game using an iPhone or iPod Touch. The idea is to reduce the need for gaming peripherals while you're on the move, and make motion-control available to more players. Quoting: "The system also features onscreen controls for the iPhone and iPod Touch, as not every PC game will benefit from using things like the accelerometer, obviously. This all works via both Bluetooth and WiFi connections between your device and your computer. The plan is to offer iMo in the App Store for $0.99; the first version should be available new in the App Store. And long-term, the company hopes to make it available on other mobile platforms as well, including Android. And ultimately, they'd love to include support for gaming consoles as well, like the aforementioned Wii, the PS3, and the Xbox 360."

Comment Re:Data not Movies (Score 1) 274

hahaha Funny, Funny. Seriously though, go look at some of your parents (or your own, if your old ;) ) color photos from the 70's. The colors are off and have changed, and no that's not really how the 70's looked. The paper and the method used for your great grandparents photos were way different than the stuff used now or in the 70's.

Comment Re:AI problem? (Score 1) 291

I agree, sounds like a algorithm for mathmatica to me. If you are serious about this there are people on Flickr that run detailed mathematical image analysis that compare camera to camera, sensor to sensor, etc for things like noise and other properties. I would think one of them might be able to help you figure out how to do this best. You do not want to use people for this process. Most people unless specially trained and actually care are bad at spotting key differences in photos.

Comment Data not Movies (Score 1) 274

These disks were not developed to store compressed copies of Hollywood's favorite movies they were designed for archival of data. I can see lots of applications for this especially in photography. Think about all the photos that you have from your great great great grandparents. They were printed on paper and kept in a shoebox on a shelf for years. They have withstood 100 years easily. With the advent of digital photography people dont print their images as often now and the ones they do tend to fade. Instead they burn them to CD and DVD (If your lucky) These archives only last 10-15 years. This new disk will last so much longer. The problem I see with the new disk is that you need a special burner to burn them. My only hope is that this will become a standard feature almost like litescribe and be included in most premium drives. For now I will stick with good quality archival disks like MAM-A gold. They are a normal DVD and will last 100 years. At that time most of the photos will have no value to future generations and they can then be converted over to the current storage mediums and formats.

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