[Video Link] To alleviate the boredom of math class, Vi Hart has taken to experimenting with squiggling. Be sure to check out Vi’s other delightful math geek videos. (Via Cynical-C) Many more posts about Vi Hart on Boing Boing here. Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Boing Boing Discovery Date : 08/08/2011 18:00 Number of articles : 3
Continue reading …NVIDIA, Fusion-io and HP drive a dozen 1080p streams on four displays at SIGGRAPH (video)
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A dozen uncompressed 1080p video feeds, simultaneously running off a single workstation. Yep, you’re looking at it. NVIDIA’s showcase piece here at SIGGRAPH was undoubtedly this wall — a monster that trumps even Intel’s CES wall in terms of underlying horsepower. A relatively stock HP Z800 workstation was loaded with the NVIDIA QuadroPlex 7000 Visual Computing System (that’s four GPUs, for those counting) in order to push four HD panels. A pair of Fusion-io’s ioDrive Duos were pushing a total of three gigabytes per second, enabling all 12 of the feeds to cycle through with nary a hint of lag. We’re still a few years out from this being affordable enough for the common Earthling, but who says you need to wait that long to get a taste? Vid’s after the break, hombre. Gallery: NVIDIA, Fusion-io and HP drive a dozen 1080p streams on four displays Continue reading NVIDIA, Fusion-io and HP drive a dozen 1080p streams on four displays at SIGGRAPH (video) NVIDIA, Fusion-io and HP drive a dozen 1080p streams on four displays at SIGGRAPH (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …CNN Picks Up on Bachmann’s Newsweek Cover Photo, Questions Media’s Treatment of Conservative Women Candidates
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Newsweek's embarrassing cover photo of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) garnered attention not only from conservative blogs, but also from the major networks and cable news. CNN ran Bachmann's wide-eyed picture on the latest Newsweek cover multiple times Tuesday morning, asking if the picture and harsh headline were examples of media maltreatment of conservative women presidential candidates.
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The Jung van Matt/Elbe ad agency for German horror TV channel, 13th Street, created severed zombie head bowling balls with spraygun artist Oliver Paaß as a promotion for the horror channel. These logo-ed “bowlingheads” were then swapped with regular bowling balls secretly in several German bowling alleys and documented a la Candid Camera style. Local Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Laughing Squid Discovery Date : 08/08/2011 19:27 Number of articles : 3
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Assuming the grimmest role of his job, President Barack Obama on Tuesday prepared to privately honor the remains of troops killed in a helicopter in Afghanistan. (Aug. 8)
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Click here to view this media Not sure if the BBC news anchor here was auditioning for Fox News, or she’s just really thick. Regardless, Darcus Howe was having none of it after he was asked if he condoned or participated in the riots himself. “Show some respect!” he replied caustically. For whatever reasons, the idea that the older generation of blacks in Britain can be just as disgusted by the vandalism and the looting while understanding completely the frustration of the youth just doesn’t get through to those in the media. Jorge Rivas at Colorlines has the details. U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to flood the streets of London with 10,000 extra police officers as rioting and looting spread across London. Images of fires, looting and altercations between protesters and police have taken over BBC News shows. But 68-year-old Darcus Howe, a broadcaster and columnist, who lives in South London where riots have been taking place offered some context this morning for BBC News viewers. Darcus told a BBC News anchor that political leaders had no idea what was coming but if they had taken a moment to ‘look at young blacks and young whites with a discerning eye and careful hearing” they would of heard messages of what to do prevent this. The Trinidad and Tobago native who says he’s been in London for more than 50 years goes on to tell viewers about his young grandson who can’t count how many times he’s been stopped and searched by London police. And when the news anchors asks if he condones the riots he gives her a piece of his mind. “Have some respect for an old West Indian negro and stop accusing me of rioting. Have some respect, I have grandchildren. You sound like an idiot.” Howe is a notable British writer and is the former editor of the magazine Race Today. Another video making the rounds online is an elderly woman walking around in Hackney on one of the first nights of looting. “Get real black people, get real. If we’re fighting for a cause, let’s fight for a fucking cause” she tells people in her neighborhood that are looting.
Continue reading …Ever-garrulous curmudgeon Barney Frank was memorably expressive during an appearance on MSNBC last night. The high-ranking House Democrat was talking with Rachel Maddow about Standard & Poor's downgrade of US credit, with Frank criticizing rating agencies for claiming mortgage-backed securities were “wonderful stuff” prior to the financial collapse in 2008 when the investments were “crap.” (video clip after page break) Then Frank really cut loose — But with regard to the US budget, they have no special expertise, everybody knows everything. So I am disappointed but not surprised, but the key, Rachel, I think is we have to figure out, all right, what do we do from here and you're right, we got to get some jobs (reverberating sound heard as Frank shifts in seat)
Continue reading …Sixaxis Controller Android app makes firing off hadoukens easy as pie (video)
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N900 owners have been able to press their Sixaxis controllers into service on their handsets for quite sometime, but Android tablets have been stubbornly stuck to a USB tether . That is, until now. Dancing Pixel Studios’ Sixaxis Controller app for Android does exactly what you expect — allows you wirelessly control games on your Google-powered device with a PS3 gamepad. It’s not the simplest setup on Earth. You’ll need to be rooted, and before you can pair it with your phone or tablet you’ll have to connect to a PC via USB and fire up the SixaxisPairTool . The app also doesn’t play nice with most HTC devices or newer Samsung ones. Thankfully, before you drop your hard-earned $1.67 on the app you can download the free Sixaxis Compatibility Checker . Don’t miss the video after the break, and hit up the source links to download both now and make pulling off a hadouken that much easier. Continue reading Sixaxis Controller Android app makes firing off hadoukens easy as pie (video) Sixaxis Controller Android app makes firing off hadoukens easy as pie (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The World Food Program is sending nearly 900 tons of high energy biscuits to East Africa to help fight the famine in Somalia. (Aug. 9)
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Surveillance video appears to capture a group of teens attacking a man who walking down the street. Philadelphia’s police force is among those scrambling to figure out ways to deal with so-called flash mobs. (Aug. 9)
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