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OmegaKnight · Post by **OmegaKnight** » Tue, 29. Dec 15, 01:47

Rock icon Lemmy has died aged 70

clakclak · Post by **clakclak** » Tue, 29. Dec 15, 02:08

Morkonan wrote:Police: Blast Debris Kills Man in Bungled Condom Machine Robbery

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That's... It's... There's really know way to make that sound like a heroic death, is there?

Heard about this on the local news (Schöppingen is just 30km from where I live). I always thought that our crime rate was so low due to good police work an overall high employment rate and (more or less) working social security system. Turns out our criminals are just absolut morons.

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Thu, 31. Dec 15, 07:44

Touchable holograms

http://www.idigitaltimes.com/japanese-s ... nes-499804

T.S.Zatoichi · Post by **T.S.Zatoichi** » Sat, 2. Jan 16, 22:26

It appears that Putin is immortal.

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Mon, 4. Jan 16, 19:42

Oculus rift preorders starting in 48 hours - hand controllers delayed till later this year
https://www.oculus.com/en-us/blog/oculu ... -on-jan-6/

clakclak · Post by **clakclak** » Mon, 4. Jan 16, 20:20

burger1 wrote:Oculus rift preorders starting in 48 hours - hand controllers delayed till later this year
https://www.oculus.com/en-us/blog/oculu ... -on-jan-6/

According to Nvidia this will not really be a device for most people.
http://www.techspot.com/news/63325-few- ... vidia.html

Post by **X2-Illuminatus** » Mon, 4. Jan 16, 20:53

The article unfortunately doesn't explain where Nvidia gets its numbers from. Of course, the recommended system specifications are high, but then again not that high that you wouldn't get such a system for a price I would consider normal for a 'high end' system these days. With a price for the Occulus rift between 300 and 400 € (I guess), that is clearly the market they are targetting anyhow. Therefore, I'm unsure what the author of the techspot.com article is trying to say.

What I wonder about is the requirement for four USB (3x 3.0, 1x 2.0) ports though.

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Mon, 4. Jan 16, 22:13

X2-Illuminatus wrote:What I wonder about is the requirement for four USB (3x 3.0, 1x 2.0) ports though.

Two cameras (one for headset one for touch controller)+ headset + xbox controller? Usb mouse + keyboard is two more.

http://wccftech.com/oculus-rift-system- ... s-updated/

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey replied to the thread, saying that the additional USB ports assumes that the Oculus Rift CV1 user will be “using Touch and an Xbox One gamepad at the same time.” If you didn’t already know, the consumer version of the virtual reality headset will ship with an Xbox One controller.

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Tue, 5. Jan 16, 19:57

System shock 3 being made
http://www.polygon.com/2015/12/14/10104 ... ertainment

clakclak · Post by **clakclak** » Tue, 5. Jan 16, 20:05

burger1 wrote:System shock 3 being made
http://www.polygon.com/2015/12/14/10104 ... ertainment

YES! More cyberpunk that is always great news.

Tracker001 · Post by **Tracker001** » Tue, 5. Jan 16, 23:40

Quickybaby did a Charity Live Stream for people with disabilities a week or so ago . It went well .

Special Effects sent him a kit that allows you to do in game controls with your eye's . There are also voice commands that can be mapped . Saddly he didn't get to that bit in the short demo he's done with the kit

We put fun and inclusion back into the lives of people with physical disabilities by helping them to play video games.

By using technology ranging from modified joypads to eye-control, we're finding a way for people to play to the very best of their abilities.

But we're not just doing it for fun. By levelling the playing field, we're bringing families and friends together and having a profoundly positive impact on therapy, confidence and rehabilitation.

Demo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYEnlh0_l1c

The Gaming Charity http://www.specialeffect.org.uk/

About Us . http://www.specialeffect.org.uk/about-us

Note : Hoping this being a charity , I'm bending the rules Not breaking them.

Post by **Ketraar** » Sat, 9. Jan 16, 16:28

Mathematicians reveal the perfect way to cut pizza

This goes to show how some scientist are wasting our money, there is only ONE way to cut pizza!

MFG

Ketraar

Spoiler

Show

you cut it the way you want its all for you anyway

Post by **Alan Phipps** » Sat, 9. Jan 16, 16:43

Graphic link

Oh, *pizza* ! Sorry, I misunderstood!

Post by **X2-Illuminatus** » Sat, 9. Jan 16, 22:03

Ketraar wrote:Mathematicians reveal the perfect way to cut pizza

I'm afraid, but I think the scientists were too focussed on the calculations and forgot the practical application. You cut pizza from the centre to the outside in a straight line (basically like cake). That way you can hold each piece at the crust, where no hot topping is. The inner slices shown in the picture will be hard to hold, unless the bottom of the pizza is really thick (American style) or it is burnt. But even then, if you have a hot, fluid topping there's a good chance to burn your fingers. Of course, one could argue eating pizza with knife and fork would prevent these problems. But let's be honest here: We're not barbaric, the pizza is already dead, no need for further shredding when you eat it anyhow.
If the only aim are equal slices, then they still have the problem that the crust usually doesn't have the same deliciousness as the topping area. Additionally, their calculation doesn't take into account different topping items being only avaible on certain pizzas in a limited amount and not spread around the whole base. Cutting or rearranging them will not always be an option. If my pizza has only 5 basil leaves, then cutting it into 6 slices is not really an option.

The only application I see for their calculcations is an imagined model of a pizza consisting of just one 'material' with the same thickness in every spot, which needs to be cut into equally sized pieces using a proper pizza cutter, with which you can master the specified shape. This, however, is highly theoretical and has nothing to do with real pizza anymore. Therefore, I consider the dailymail article highly misleading.

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Sat, 9. Jan 16, 22:18

New Homeworld : Deserts of Kharak trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7ior9JoUE0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf3VT9sRFqk

Post by **Ketraar** » Sat, 9. Jan 16, 22:38

burger1 wrote:New Homeworld : Deserts of Kharak trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7ior9JoUE0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf3VT9sRFqk

I have mixed feelings tbh, Homeworld not in space? Not sure I like that, but its an RTS and as such I'll welcome any RTS with a decent story.

@X2 my point exactly was that the maths people made one HUGE miscalculation and that is the assumption you are to share the pizza and thus would be concerned of it being equal. But as we all know, pizza is not going to be shared anyway (only over my cold dead body!) so its rather pointless to calculate the slices. Its all MINE anyway.

MFG

Ketraar

Cpt.Jericho · Post by **Cpt.Jericho** » Sun, 10. Jan 16, 00:11

Ketraar wrote:[...] Its all MINE anyway.

No, it's mine

Sir Crashalot · Post by **Sir Crashalot** » Thu, 14. Jan 16, 13:47

Alan Rickman passed away today aged 69 after losing his battle with Cancer.

Cpt.Jericho · Post by **Cpt.Jericho** » Thu, 14. Jan 16, 14:34

Sounds terribly familiar.

Great actor who will be missed.

Post by **X2-Illuminatus** » Thu, 14. Jan 16, 18:38

What a shame...

"I AM... THE METATRON." - I still have to chuckle, when I read or hear that line.

egosoft.com

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