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Comment: Re:For what purpose? (Score 1) 155

by CrabbMan on Wednesday January 11, @11:07PM (#38670310) Attached to: Kinect For Windows Releasing On February 1

I'm sure people asked why we would need a mouse when a keyboard was completely sufficient for all current computer tasks. The best reasons for why we would want a Kinect for Windows have yet to be thought of. Might it all fall flat? Of course, but we should be enthusiastic to see such a big player pushing such an expansion in UI technology. We also have yet to see what Microsoft does with the technology it acquired in purchasing Canesta. That technology promises an order of magnitude better precision on the 3D depth sensing, as well as no limit on how close it will work--ie, it could even be used for touchscreen+

Comment: Re:Redirect shipments... (Score 2, Informative) 426

by CrabbMan on Friday October 12 2007, @02:15PM (#20957645) Attached to: Wii 'Popularity Bubble' to Burst?

This does not even matter, but Milwaukee is not the #11 metro area in the states. Not even top 25.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_metropolitan_area

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee,_Wisconsin

That is, according to wikipedia, so keep the NaCl handy. . .

Fun With Redistricting!->

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on Thursday June 14 2007, @06:59PM

CrabbMan writes ""The Redistricting Game" was developed at the University of Southern California to help teach voters that "mapmakers" can have more control over an election outcome than candidates or issues. Politically engineered redistricting, which can protect incumbents and party dominance even if voters are inclined differently, was most recently a hot topic in a Supreme Court decision last year and in the political fall of former GOP top dog Tom DeLay. Lawmakers concerned "the system is out of whack" invited the game's developers to the Hill yesterday."
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