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Re: "I have the Minority Report UI.."

SlackmasterK — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:34:05 GMT

If Windows 8 doesn't have some sort of Kinect support built in, I'll be really disappointed. With posts like this, surely Microsoft sees where Kinect can take us...?

I'm considering buying a second one and playing around with that. May improve the wonky skeletal tracking.

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Re: "I have the Minority Report UI.."

SlackmasterK — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:30:39 GMT

That's me!

Honestly, I'm just trying to make the possibilities public knowledge. I'm a back-end coder, great at making things work, but I absolutely suck at design. I also suck at Win32, which is how all this Windows control stuff works.

I may or may not pursue the project. It's up on Codeplex because I'm not allowed to sell it, so it makes sense to open source it. I'll gladly accept anyone who wants to contribute as long as they know (more or less) what they're doing.

I also really hope I'm not the only guy doing this. Building a gesture system is not that hard. Making it work gracefully, despite the lack of grace in human movement; making it work with the underlying OS; those are hard.

No plans for audio. Windows already has a great speech recognition system, and the Kinect has an awesome mic array that Windows detects as a mic array.

About a dozen other videos on this project on my YouTube channel.

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Re: Ping 23: Yahoo Partnership, Wave launches, Win7 for testers & Amazon milk ratings

SlackmasterK — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:57:33 GMT

they're full of it.

In an Email from Microsoft dated today:

Thank you for doing your part in making Windows 7 great! As a member of the technical beta program you took the time to download, install and give us your feedback on Windows 7 during development. Over the last 7 months you have participated in chats, live meetings and newsgroups as well as reported bugs to help us find and fix many issues. To recognize your outstanding contribution to the product we are pleased to offer you a complimentary copy of Windows 7 for your personal use.

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Re: 10-4 Episode 12: Simplifying Your Code With C# 4.0

SlackmasterK — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:39:41 GMT

Wow, this video is so clear I thought I could click the Visual Studio 'Close' button.

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Re: Building Channel 9: Inside EvNet - Part 1

SlackmasterK — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:30:23 GMT

Great video... And great timing; I hadn't heard of URL routing being built into the Framework, and was thinking of something like it for a project I'm working on. Now I can just go look it up. Thanks for a great video.

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Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future

SlackmasterK — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:35:37 GMT

Just noticed the new C9 video player. Much improved, guys.

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Re: Bill Gates: Transitioning into the Future

SlackmasterK — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:03:15 GMT

C9 supports pingbacks now? This is gonna be interesting. At least it was an MSDN blog

Haven't been watching the video page lately; linked here from Jeff's twitter. Thanks Jeff.

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Re: The Channel 9 beta has been updated...

SlackmasterK — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:42:38 GMT

Bas wrote:

Reset Password

We can't send you your password, but we can help you reset it.
Provide the email address you registered with and an email will be sent to your address with your new password.
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at EvNet.Services.Emails.SendForgotPassword(EvNetUser User, String email) in C:\projects\Dev\EvNet\Services\Emails.cs:line 93 at EvNet.Services.MembershipProvider.Users.ResetPassword(String EmailAddress) in C:\projects\Dev\EvNet\Services\MembershipProvider\Users.cs:line 760 at EvNet.Web.Pages.UserResetPassword.ResetButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\projects\Dev\EvNet\Web\Pages\UserResetPassword.cs:line 66

So, did they forget to set CustomErrors="RemoteOnly", or was this in the interest of transparency?

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Re: The Channel 9 beta has been updated...

SlackmasterK — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:43:53 GMT

Please fix this:

Beta registration page wrote:

The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred.

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Re: The Channel 9 beta has been updated...

SlackmasterK — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:07:56 GMT

Ooh, it seems to load faster than my last visit to the beta (IMHO the biggest issue it had a couple months ago).

So are the transparent PNGs being used as spacers? If so, why?

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Re: Jeff Sandquist: Skateboarding, Channel 9 and Life at Microsoft

SlackmasterK — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:41:28 GMT

508MB for 30 minutes? Jeez, this better be HDTV quality It's not about the space, it's about having to wait 45 minutes before I can view it cuz of a wierd ActiveMovieWindow popup issue I've been having...

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Re: Sharepoint Products and Technologies 2007 -- the server side of Office

SlackmasterK — Thu, 25 May 2006 22:21:28 GMT

dillona wrote:

Really interesting video, however what happened to the Jessica Arnold Office video on the home page?

The C9 big guys rotate the videos; you can still access that thread at http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=195021 or just go to the Videos section and click on it.

This rotation provides a way to keep the new videos visible.

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Re: Jessica Arnold gives us a look at Outlook 2007

SlackmasterK — Tue, 23 May 2006 20:15:53 GMT

daSmirnov wrote:

Office 2007 Beta 2 is now available for download here. Looking good!

Sweet, but it's currently looking at a major server overload. Anyone know any mirrors?

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Re: Jessica Arnold gives us a look at Outlook 2007

SlackmasterK — Tue, 23 May 2006 18:43:09 GMT

Yeah, well, blame Chris for posting it

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Re: Jessica Arnold gives us a look at Outlook 2007

SlackmasterK — Sun, 21 May 2006 13:25:52 GMT

Rowan wrote:

Mysterious Hacker wrote:
wooterz!

lol.

Sorry, I just can't stop laughing at all this...

... The recent CSS stuff, that is; not the video.

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Re: Brad Uhrich - Metropolis

SlackmasterK — Sun, 21 May 2006 12:29:27 GMT

scobleizer wrote:

We don't edit very often, but sometimes we have to. Everyone who is on the video approves their video and can ask us to pull things out.

What about background people in the halls, and people who poke in, say 'hi', and poke back out?

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Re: Brad Uhrich - Metropolis

SlackmasterK — Sun, 21 May 2006 12:28:33 GMT

So did this one not make the front page, or did I just miss it?

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Re: Jessica Arnold gives us a look at Outlook 2007

SlackmasterK — Sun, 21 May 2006 10:09:13 GMT

Beer28 wrote:

She's hot!

Jeez, dude, let's try to keep this professional. Weren't you banned?

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Re: Jessica Arnold gives us a look at Outlook 2007

SlackmasterK — Sun, 21 May 2006 01:43:06 GMT

scobleizer wrote:

It violates my living room rule. It's rude and not polite. And, yes, it is discriminatory cause I don't see you treating the men here that way. It sends a message that you're only interested in women's bodies, not their minds. We as an industry have a tough enough time trying to get women interested in geekier fields, so I'm pretty senstitive to this kind of behavior.

What if Amanda Congdon said you were hot? Would it have been more appropriate if Beer28 had said she's both hot and smart? If it's any consolation, she clearly had a detailed knowledge of the product.

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Re: BlueHat 2006 - Microsoft Security Conference

SlackmasterK — Thu, 18 May 2006 18:56:47 GMT

A download link! *sniff* Thank you, Santa.

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Re: Weihun Liew - Windows Mobile MSFP

SlackmasterK — Thu, 11 May 2006 20:10:04 GMT

Charles wrote:

Relax, man. I said yesterday that there have been problems with our download file service. Please be patient.

Mama mia,
C

Sorry, didn't mean to fly off the handle. I'll have to go back and check for download links that may propagate later.

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Re: Weihun Liew - Windows Mobile MSFP

SlackmasterK — Thu, 11 May 2006 20:01:47 GMT

Jeez, guys, why no downloads lately? I don't like having to keep extra browser windows open! I download it and watch it FullScreen in Winamp on another screen. When streaming via MPlayer on a web page, I can't full-screen without every click de-maximizing it!

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Re: Greg Schechter: Windows Presentation Foundation(WPF) Architecture

SlackmasterK — Tue, 09 May 2006 03:41:46 GMT

swright wrote:

In my opinion a moderated /. style is alot nicer. For instance, you could moderate my posts as "Annoying".

Hmm... A brand-spankin'-new user claiming to be annoying this fast. Makes me wish I'd seen the posts that got deleted / edited. D'oh!

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Re: Bill Hill - A Hike Around Microsoft's Forests (Happy Birthday Video #5)

SlackmasterK — Sat, 06 May 2006 07:13:03 GMT

scobleizer wrote:

GeoffC: Thanks. I realize it. Glad to hear you liked it. It's always a risk to put up something that takes that much time.

(Arrogant bump)
Well, by all means, take more risks like this one. Also, take more videos of Bill Hill. I want to hear him ramble some more about the connections between "Hunter/Gatherer" and "Consolas 11pt is optimal". His book was great, BTW. Who else here has read it?

Membership to date, I think this is my all-time favorite C9 video. I've watched it about 10 times so far. But, I have to agree with the critics: Less Scoble, more "Subject guy". No offense Scoble, you're great too, but let him finish what he's saying before you go off on a tangent.

rasx wrote:

It is a shame that guys like Bill Hill are probably seen as rare in corporate culture. As W2 or 1099 laborers, we are trained to forget that a corporation is a virtual person. Everytime Bill Hill steps "outside" into the laws of nature he takes off his virtual reality suit and renews his human incarnation---this is superior to just taking a vacation. Bill Hill needs to start a trend. Unlikely beings may return to days when giants walked the Earth and find peace and harmony.

Well put, well put.

Bill Hill's Profile (Here) wrote:

Last Seen:[...] Mar 2, 2006

Tsk, tsk.

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Re: Wandering around Maker Faire

SlackmasterK — Sat, 06 May 2006 00:41:36 GMT

Charles wrote:

Manip wrote: Two quick suggestions --

1. Use a tripod to steady the camera
2. Use a sound filter in post-production

Thanks. Now, watch the whole video. We're not professionals, but, yeah, this is a very unedited experience compared to our usual. Think of it as a home movie.

C

So, your usual experience is edited? Tsk, tsk...

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