into which they'd neglected to put any chocolate :(
I was at the pub, what was your excuse?
A rumour, heard in the pub, that Elvis Costello had died, has proven (or pruven) to be untrue.
A rumour, heard in the pub, that Elvis Costello had died, has proven (or pruven) to be untrue.
is grinding my gears and has been all day.
I hate SQL and SQL server in particular. If i had the choice i'd ban all DB's bar Pick 1) as its superb and 2) its inventor had an ace name
I hate SQL and SQL server in particular. If i had the choice i'd ban all DB's bar Pick 1) as its superb and 2) its inventor had an ace name
Spoken to the others, they're more than happy to postpone Kinder until another time, one of them is feeling a bit off colour at this point anyway.
Both send hugs, which could be considered overly forward, if you were staid and English.
Both send hugs, which could be considered overly forward, if you were staid and English.
...projection mapping kit, media servers, all that sort of mental entertainment tech. I might pop in for an hour. Hopefully there will be free beer.
I want to projection map my living room wall, using a webcam in the garden as a source, so I can see outside. See if you can pick me up some freebies...
I got all excited about it when I saw Roger Waters doing The Wall, but I understand the kit is getting massively cheaper now.
I got all excited about it when I saw Roger Waters doing The Wall, but I understand the kit is getting massively cheaper now.
Why do you need to map if it's just onto a wall?
My favourite projection mapping server is about £20k.
My favourite projection mapping server is about £20k.
and other bits and bobs, and I'd like to tuck the projector away at a bizarre angle, so I need crazy keystone adjustment stuff.
It's totally not worthwhile, and will never happen, but I thought it'd be cool if it went totally edge to edge, like the wall was glass or something.
It's reminiscent of a project I did over a decade ago at the Bartlett.
It's totally not worthwhile, and will never happen, but I thought it'd be cool if it went totally edge to edge, like the wall was glass or something.
It's reminiscent of a project I did over a decade ago at the Bartlett.
Just for laughs... how big's the wall?
Did you see any of Eurovision (don't laugh... I watch a bit every year for technical interest)? My mate is the technical director - this was his 11th time. He is in charge of light, sound, staging, on-stage video, rigging, automation and pyros. This year the big video surface at the back of the stage was projected rather than LED wall... mapped onto a complicated folded shape with motorised moving bits. They used the brightest projector you can buy... a Barco unit at 120,000 euros a pop.
They had 28 of those, all edge-blended to pixel-perfection. Another 34 projectors in the auditorium, green room and press room. A dozen HD media servers to run it all. . Oh, and 850 moving lights. And a load of other shit. There was 3.5km of trussing in the rig this year... the whole flown rig was 160 tons, never mind what was supported from the floor... 50km of power cabling, 40km of data cabling... 5Mw of generators out in the car park...
fucking nutters.
Did you see any of Eurovision (don't laugh... I watch a bit every year for technical interest)? My mate is the technical director - this was his 11th time. He is in charge of light, sound, staging, on-stage video, rigging, automation and pyros. This year the big video surface at the back of the stage was projected rather than LED wall... mapped onto a complicated folded shape with motorised moving bits. They used the brightest projector you can buy... a Barco unit at 120,000 euros a pop.
They had 28 of those, all edge-blended to pixel-perfection. Another 34 projectors in the auditorium, green room and press room. A dozen HD media servers to run it all. . Oh, and 850 moving lights. And a load of other shit. There was 3.5km of trussing in the rig this year... the whole flown rig was 160 tons, never mind what was supported from the floor... 50km of power cabling, 40km of data cabling... 5Mw of generators out in the car park...
fucking nutters.
but ideally I'd tuck one either on top of the bookshelf or beside the chimney breast so that it's off to the extreme left or right, maybe 2m away, at ceiling level.
...rather than dealing with projection surfaces in multiple planes...
You could use a projector with keystoning (not that big a deal these days), and create the mask live in photoshop in full-screen mode. Then you could get a Raspberry Pi, a webcam, and some opensource code to impose the mask on the webcam feed in real time. Shouldn't be that hard...
You could use a projector with keystoning (not that big a deal these days), and create the mask live in photoshop in full-screen mode. Then you could get a Raspberry Pi, a webcam, and some opensource code to impose the mask on the webcam feed in real time. Shouldn't be that hard...
http://hcgilje.wordpre...
Which is free, and would presumably run on a PC of some description, and looks like it would map two projectors together fairly easily.
I quickly realised I didn't know what I'm doing, don't have any projectors, no webcam, and no immediately spare PC to run it all, and it was silly.
I'm thus sticking with my current config nightmare, which is channel mapping for freeview and freesat into my new XBMC setup.
Channel mapping was a nightmare on windows media centre when EPG info was integrated, but when you've got to use a scraper to steal it from the radio times website it becomes much more tricky.
Radio Times calls it BBC3, but the freeview channel ID is actually BBC THREE, for example, so it has to be mapped manually.
Then you've got to tell it that freeview channel X is the same as freesat channel Y, so that it can always find a free tuner to record with.
Then you've got to somehow tell it that channels X, Y and Z are HD, and thus to prioritise those over the SD equivalents.
Lastly, I want it to always prioritise freeview over freesat as it's marginally less subject to extreme weather, and to me it's got slightly nicer colour, and seems more reliably to deliver 5.1 audio.
/First world problems
Which is free, and would presumably run on a PC of some description, and looks like it would map two projectors together fairly easily.
I quickly realised I didn't know what I'm doing, don't have any projectors, no webcam, and no immediately spare PC to run it all, and it was silly.
I'm thus sticking with my current config nightmare, which is channel mapping for freeview and freesat into my new XBMC setup.
Channel mapping was a nightmare on windows media centre when EPG info was integrated, but when you've got to use a scraper to steal it from the radio times website it becomes much more tricky.
Radio Times calls it BBC3, but the freeview channel ID is actually BBC THREE, for example, so it has to be mapped manually.
Then you've got to tell it that freeview channel X is the same as freesat channel Y, so that it can always find a free tuner to record with.
Then you've got to somehow tell it that channels X, Y and Z are HD, and thus to prioritise those over the SD equivalents.
Lastly, I want it to always prioritise freeview over freesat as it's marginally less subject to extreme weather, and to me it's got slightly nicer colour, and seems more reliably to deliver 5.1 audio.
/First world problems
but then that answer is not related in any way to the spirit of the question.
SQL is just cumbersome and compared to Pick rather backwards
SQL is just cumbersome and compared to Pick rather backwards
PL/SQL makes the most sense to me, T-SQL less so & MySQL can GTFAWIGTFO.
Though QlikView makes all of them seem a walk in the park.
Though QlikView makes all of them seem a walk in the park.
in that it seems like they had an idea and ran with it rather than sitting down and thinking about how best to do it.
It does some cool stuff but the syntax is awful and certain things that should be in the GUI (like changing a solid line on a chart to a dotted one) are done in code.
The set array to do an exclusion filter is awful, why isn't it just a switch rather than having to wrap an IF round an ISNULL?
The set array to do an exclusion filter is awful, why isn't it just a switch rather than having to wrap an IF round an ISNULL?
but the wiki page says, "The Pick OS invites comparison with MUMPS"
*runs screaming for the hills*
*runs screaming for the hills*
That mouse is great, but minesweeper gets confused between left and right buttons which is a little problematic. Well, it's problematic if I'm playing minesweeper, whcih I shouldn't be.
to get into the habit of making sure the other finger, whichever it is, is not touching the surface, otherwise it can't tell which finger you pressed the button with.
That's another issue if you're an old school CAD monkey like me, where the right button repeats the last command, or duplicates the ENTER key during a command.
That's another issue if you're an old school CAD monkey like me, where the right button repeats the last command, or duplicates the ENTER key during a command.
I don't see why they couldn't just make it two buttons to be honest.
Maybe that doubles the touch surface cost.
Maybe that doubles the touch surface cost.
Decapitation & police shooting in Woolwich
with on the spot faux-gangster eyewitness twitter reporting
https://twitter.com/tr...
Edit - and a translation into English: https://pbs.twimg.com/...
with on the spot faux-gangster eyewitness twitter reporting
https://twitter.com/tr...
Edit - and a translation into English: https://pbs.twimg.com/...
they're throwing stuff at the police, so I think we can term it a riot.
of what happened WARNING: graphic pictures GORE
of that there can be no doubt
But am I the only one who gets nervous when something like this, is discussed as a "terror" attack? It is a murder, it seems a religiously motivated one, but labelling the actions of two lunatics as terrorism, automatically opens a whole can of worms.
May just be me, of course.
See also the Boston bombs being labelled "WMD"
But am I the only one who gets nervous when something like this, is discussed as a "terror" attack? It is a murder, it seems a religiously motivated one, but labelling the actions of two lunatics as terrorism, automatically opens a whole can of worms.
May just be me, of course.
See also the Boston bombs being labelled "WMD"
if those Boston bombs are WMD, then US drones are fucking armed to the teeth WMDs, and I think there's international treaties and laws on the use of WMDs?
it does mean they were right about Iraq having WMD
The whole point about pressure cookers was that they were quick. I'm sure you could have something ready in 45 min using one.
The whole point about pressure cookers was that they were quick. I'm sure you could have something ready in 45 min using one.
and a firebomb shouting that you're there to kill muslims isn't "terrorism".
though it does mean the merkins/tony blair can claim ieds are a weapon of mass destruction
also some american kid got arrested and jailed for spoofing 'terrorist' talk on fb for fucksake
theonion and dailymash better watch out
also some american kid got arrested and jailed for spoofing 'terrorist' talk on fb for fucksake
theonion and dailymash better watch out
it getting quite hard to differentiate real headlines from those in the DailyMash or Onion
worrying, isn't it?
worrying, isn't it?
I can't watch Newsnight because I find myself waiting for the punchline and end up terribly disappointed that it wasn't The Day Today or BrassEye.
in other news i got 29 in this social intelligence test.. i was suprised it was so high
http://kgajos.eecs.har...
http://kgajos.eecs.har...
are quite ambiguous (also in real life, you'd be able to see the rest of the face, which will also help a great deal)
surprisingly, I got 27
surprisingly, I got 27
i'm pretty sure son of sam was in there and alistair crowley too
it was mostly guesswork though. Often what I thought was positive only had negative options, and vice versa.
Trevor Bolder - Ex Bowie bass player - http://www.bbc.co.uk/n...
so she could really grip on when he was eating her out?
edit: do people here say PRO-ven or PRU-ven.. is it a scone type senario or have i just been saying wrong all this time?
edit: do people here say PRO-ven or PRU-ven.. is it a scone type senario or have i just been saying wrong all this time?
although I'd imagine it's an accent thing like scone. which is pronounced scone, obviously.
Looking for ebooks in pdf or ePub suitable for a 6 year old. Not a link to a list - actual advice.
i'm sure some of these are ebooks
http://www.amazon.com/...
http://www.amazon.com/...
while trying to get my head round Qlikview's interesting syntax.
that wouldn't be a problem if certain people (and not me for a change) had done their jobs properly six months ago; I want to get the sodding thing signed off before I finally leave this shambles and go to a slightly bigger shambles.
At the vet with a poorly rat and reading about the new xbox. The fuss seems to be twofold; it's not compatible with xbox360 games and games you buy are locked to your account.
I don't see either of these as problematic or particularly unexpected.
I don't see either of these as problematic or particularly unexpected.
it lasted an hour, and they didn't even mention games until 30 minutes in. And today's PR firefighting includes references to Office 365.
Basically it's a continuation of the Windows 8 debacle - every MS department has got stuck in to 'diversifying' the platform, so the end result is what may well be a good gaming machine, but is so covered in shovelware that nobody wants or asked for, that they've clearly forgotten it's meant to be a
games console.
It was an awful launch, even by MS' standards. http://i.imgur.com/zNR...
Basically it's a continuation of the Windows 8 debacle - every MS department has got stuck in to 'diversifying' the platform, so the end result is what may well be a good gaming machine, but is so covered in shovelware that nobody wants or asked for, that they've clearly forgotten it's meant to be a
games console.
It was an awful launch, even by MS' standards. http://i.imgur.com/zNR...
i guess the market for the "hardcore" gamers isnt wide enough. The presentation could have been better but i can see what they were trying to do and how it could drag more users into the environment
there is a lot more money in people that like the idea of having a thing that let's them play the occasional game, but also plays DVDs and goes on the internet and all that stuff, from the comfort of their sofa.
I went to Scan's shop, they had some awesome gaming rigs set up. A decent gaming rig will have a series of components each costing more than an xbox.
goes on hardware not specifically games. You couldnt have a console the same price as a good gaming PC and still have it sell with the same profile as is needed for a console type business model.
thus why DLC has become so "popular", that there is more of a steady income stream beyond the first big bang of a months sales where it drops off as people buy secondhand games. Which neatly brings us back to the position "we" can see xbox/consoles going.
1) expanding its use further into homes so none gamers could pick it up and strike at "smart TVs", freeview, small device lounge streaming or indeed PCs out of lounge
2) extending the trail of income beyond the big bang with licensed games (cash from 2nd hand tackle) and more DLC
3) integration with web side stuff so subs can be setup for fantasy teams and content provider content that can either be provided by MS or bought in.
and of course all your netflix, home media streaming and social media integration
thus why DLC has become so "popular", that there is more of a steady income stream beyond the first big bang of a months sales where it drops off as people buy secondhand games. Which neatly brings us back to the position "we" can see xbox/consoles going.
1) expanding its use further into homes so none gamers could pick it up and strike at "smart TVs", freeview, small device lounge streaming or indeed PCs out of lounge
2) extending the trail of income beyond the big bang with licensed games (cash from 2nd hand tackle) and more DLC
3) integration with web side stuff so subs can be setup for fantasy teams and content provider content that can either be provided by MS or bought in.
and of course all your netflix, home media streaming and social media integration
If you know a good OS or UI overlay for a PC that enables "laid back" operation of all of the above from a remote control and isn't a complete and utter nightmare, then please, for God's sake, tell me.
Also, ideally, control of DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 tuners.
Also, ideally, control of DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 tuners.
and you can run it on a £30 raspberry pi, whereas the Xbox One will be something like £300 PLUS hefty Xbox Live subscription fees to access these services
I really doubt it's going to dominate the non-gamer market
I really doubt it's going to dominate the non-gamer market
I use Windows Media Centre at present, as it's the only thing I've found that does a "one box" solution, but MS have given up on it, as, quite rightly, there is no money in something which enables people to record and watch their own TV, and allows the viewing of any sort of file without any DRM.
I've considered MythTV, but by all descriptions it's an utter ballache to get to work.
edit: it looks as if XBMC might now have TV tuner support. Interesting.
I've considered MythTV, but by all descriptions it's an utter ballache to get to work.
edit: it looks as if XBMC might now have TV tuner support. Interesting.
isn't going to be able to buy a computer box (let alone a Pi), set it up and plug it in. They can spend £300 on a machine that does it all though.
more that if you want clever telly, spending a wodge on a gaming console (I really want to reiterate those XBox Live fees) is totally unnecessary, and if this really was a big potential market then someone could come in and provide a £100 off-the-shelf solution for the average man
http://uk.ign.com/arti...
you'll need a separate receiver device (so it isn't really all in one after all) and it'll only work in the US.
you'll need a separate receiver device (so it isn't really all in one after all) and it'll only work in the US.
saw quite a few comments that the non-gaming stuff is almost all done, already, by smart TVs. And Smart TVs are rapidly becoming "all new TVs". There's actually a good arguement right there that a plug-in console for the next generation should therefore be a stripped back, gaming focused, device- why duplicate the functions of the TV you plug it into?
If not, then go and use one, and you'll understand why there's a market for the non-gaming functions of the xbox or a Roku.
but less of a clear signal
http://www.news10.net/...
http://www.news10.net/...
I'm pretty sure we all felt the same about the ps3. It did all that fancy non-gaming stuff that we thought we'd never want on a games console and it did rather well.
Do you reckon it's possible that they think they've got gaming nailed, and just adding better graphics and power is expected, and thus they need to do something else.
Also, I always try and keep a part of my mind open to the possibility that these companies might have a better idea of how to develop the games console market than I do.
I mean, if there were lots of people thought Microsoft was being run by swivel eyed loons when they decided to build a console in the first place, right?
Also, I always try and keep a part of my mind open to the possibility that these companies might have a better idea of how to develop the games console market than I do.
I mean, if there were lots of people thought Microsoft was being run by swivel eyed loons when they decided to build a console in the first place, right?
Not all xbox games run on the 360, and (IIRC) only early ps3s play ps2 games.
I also don't think it's particularly trying to add value or find the unique selling point. I think they know the market and actually, most people want a box that'll do all sorts and not just game. My ps3 gets used almost exclusively for iplayer these days, with gaming and blu-ray secondary.
I also don't think it's particularly trying to add value or find the unique selling point. I think they know the market and actually, most people want a box that'll do all sorts and not just game. My ps3 gets used almost exclusively for iplayer these days, with gaming and blu-ray secondary.
was ESPN, NFL, UFC, HBO, CBS
i.e. nothing whatsoever available or relevant outside the US
for gaming, they showed a total of 1 new IP (Quantum Break) and only about 5 mediocre seconds of that. They seemed hilariously fixated on the new call of duty dog.
i.e. nothing whatsoever available or relevant outside the US
for gaming, they showed a total of 1 new IP (Quantum Break) and only about 5 mediocre seconds of that. They seemed hilariously fixated on the new call of duty dog.
that I've been inking for months (two 1/2 days), after which I'll be scanning it and applying limes in potatoshop as well.
Then someone will ask me to change it and I'll throw a spectacular hissy fit.
Then someone will ask me to change it and I'll throw a spectacular hissy fit.
I've just been sent an e-mail stating what is to appear on the masterplan (which I'm designing and drawing).
It's three weeks old, and I wasn't included in the original circulation, and this is the first time anyone's thought to send it to me.
It's three weeks old, and I wasn't included in the original circulation, and this is the first time anyone's thought to send it to me.
Feedback on a presentation we gave nearly a month ago, which wasn't actually sent to us at the time.
I intend to largely ignore it.
I intend to largely ignore it.
Depending on which Land Manager I'm working with, the consultant in question will find themselves in a debate about the amount on their invoice which is fairly satisfying.
I finished a project a few weeks back where I'm sure the engineer ended up owing us money, but in this case I'm working for a very weak Land Manager, who just chortles and sighs about the grimness of the world and carries on regardless.
I finished a project a few weeks back where I'm sure the engineer ended up owing us money, but in this case I'm working for a very weak Land Manager, who just chortles and sighs about the grimness of the world and carries on regardless.
She goes in to the garage tomorrow.
I also have lost electricity to two rooms, but am too ashamed of my home to let a sparky in, so am working from extension leads.
I also have lost electricity to two rooms, but am too ashamed of my home to let a sparky in, so am working from extension leads.
I lost power in the end two bedrooms for a day, then it came back for a night, then went off and has been gone for 4 days now.
I am tidying, but it just is not something I am willing to show people - I work hard for this home and my family make it something I am ashamed of.
I am tidying, but it just is not something I am willing to show people - I work hard for this home and my family make it something I am ashamed of.
A bit of mess is nothing to be ashamed of . . it means you're living in a real house and not a show home
I work hard for it, and then I make it something I'm ashamed of all by myself.
What's worse is everyone who visits offers some "advice" which is really a judgement about how much time I spend on gardening and housework. I found the time to cut the lawn the other day, and all my chum could say is it would look better and be healthier if I cut it more regularly.
You know what? If there's two people living in a house, you can get twice as much gardening and housework done...
/rant ends, I hope C_I reads this post ;-)
What's worse is everyone who visits offers some "advice" which is really a judgement about how much time I spend on gardening and housework. I found the time to cut the lawn the other day, and all my chum could say is it would look better and be healthier if I cut it more regularly.
You know what? If there's two people living in a house, you can get twice as much gardening and housework done...
/rant ends, I hope C_I reads this post ;-)
My jobs (lawn mowing, strimming, log chopping, cooking etc) get done. Her jobs (washing up, packed lunches, washing) get done. Shared jobs (putting things away, clearing tables, putting clothes away) never get done.
Also, I am miserable for no good reason, which helps little.
Also, I am miserable for no good reason, which helps little.
they'd set the table get us drinks take out the empties to the recycle bin
it was like having monkey butlers
their room was their own domain though and looked like a lego factory had exploded into a disney cartoon
it was like having monkey butlers
their room was their own domain though and looked like a lego factory had exploded into a disney cartoon
My noodle-based lunch will only spend a couple of minutes in the microwave but will probably be about as corrosive.
TOTN - Will Haven - Carpe Diem - http://youtu.be/R9isCT...
there in my CD racks but never really got into it. Might have another go this week.

