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Comment Re:Problem: Our news outlets have failed. (Score 1) 469

by DaPhil on Wednesday December 01, 2010 @06:29AM (#34402250) Attached to: WikiLeaks Should...

without bias, commentary, or spin.

Sorry, without bias? Are you kidding? The title of the first release (the video from Iraq) had the title "Collateral Murder". That's pretty far away from being without bias in my opinion. I would like for them to truly present things without bias. That would be something.

Comment Wayland... (Score 5, Informative) 640

by DaPhil on Friday November 05, 2010 @10:17AM (#34135550) Attached to: Ubuntu Dumps X For Unity On Wayland

For anyone else wondering what Wayland is: "Wayland is a lightweight display server for the GNU/Linux desktop. Started by Kristian Høgsberg [...] the software's stated goal is "every frame is perfect, by which I mean that applications will be able to control the rendering enough that we'll never see tearing, lag, redrawing or flicker"" (Wikipedia)

Here is the website and the wikipedia entry.

Can a Video Game Solve Hunger, Disease and Poverty? 72

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday April 07, 2010 @01:46AM from the edible-games-are-the-future dept.

destinyland writes "Dr. Jane McGonigal of the RAND Corporation's Institute for the Future has created a game described as 'a crash course in changing the world.' Developed for the World Bank's 'capacity development' branch, EVOKE has already gathered more than 10,000 potential solutions from participants, including executives from Procter & Gamble and Kraft. '[Dr. McGonigal] takes threats to human existence — global food shortage, fuel wars, pandemic, refugee crisis, and upended democracy — and asks the gaming public to collaborate on how to avoid these all too possible futures.' And by completing its 10 missions, you too can become a World Bank Institute certified EVOKE social innovator. (The game designer's web site lays out her ambitious philosophy. 'Reality is broken,' but 'game designers can fix it.')"

3D Blu-ray Spec Finalized, PS3 Supported 157

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 18, 2009 @03:06AM from the but-at-least-one-dimension-will-have-drm dept.

Lucas123 writes "The Blu-ray Disc Association announced today that it has finalized the specification for Blu-ray 3-D discs. The market for 3-D, which includes 3-D enabled televisions, is expected to be $15.8 billion by 2015. Blu-ray 3-D will create a full 1080p resolution image for both eyes using MPEG4-MVC format. Even though two hi-def images are produced, the overhead is typically only 50% compared to equivalent 2D content. The spec also allows PS3 game consoles to play Blu-ray 3-D content. 'The specification also incorporates enhanced graphic features for 3D. These features provide a new experience for users, enabling navigation using 3D graphic menus and displaying 3D subtitles positioned in 3D video.'"

Comment Germany too (Score 5, Informative) 194

by DaPhil on Tuesday October 20, 2009 @06:29AM (#29805607) Attached to: Windows 7 Released Early In UK

Windows 7 has been available through amazon.de for some time now, and is being delivered as well. Nothing to see here, move along.

Comment Re:The complexity seems worst at first. (Score 1) 918

by DaPhil on Tuesday July 29, 2008 @05:16AM (#24382075) Attached to: Modern LaTeX Replacement?

The problem with LaTeX mostly occurs when you create documents with many authors, for example scientific papers with multiple sections written by different people. Everyone has their own set of packages, and trying to integrate all into one coherent set is a major pain.

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