Companies don't miss a beat, do they. Anything for a buck. first cheap attachable radiation detectors, radiation proof children's body suits and now this.

Mannequins have been in use for some time. A mannequin similar to the Qumarion was heavily used on Starship Trooper. I attended a Siggraph presentation around the time of SST 1 where they showed how they could animate swarms of attacker bugs quickly using the mannequin as a midi device plugged into Softimage using…

Personally, I like MSR Dromedary packs a lot better than the Platypus ones. They're a lot more durable, flexible and versatile. The mouth piece on the Platypus ones are a bit better than the MSR ones though. But that's it.

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Project management software?

Tron of course, Easy.

The funny part is... All the America news agencies are tuning into Al Jazeera to fine tune their own coverage of matters in the middle east. Perhaps you too should give them a try. You're likely to learn a fact about your world that's actually true.

I got news for you... Friday's probably hasn't bought a shrimp from these guys in 30 or 40 years. They likely purchase cheap imported farmed shrimp like every other big chain restaurant does. The FDA samples maybe 1% of imported farmed shrimp which is treated with chemicals and antibiotics to maintain what they can…

Suck it TJ! This guy wasn't even given the luxury of hood.

I do hear what you're saying but it's an inevitable change in the industry. Similar arguments have been made about records but they're still seeing some pretty good sales in 2012 due to their own inherent charm and quality. Honestly, I don't see traditional publishing going anywhere soon since so many people like…

Mmmmmmm... Pidan. My girl and I just finished off a batch last week. We live for these. Careful where you get them. Best thing is to cure them yourself. A lot of the modern methods for creating these eggs do not yield the nutritional benefits of the traditional method. Doesn't taste as good either. Some…

Yup, Stanislaw Burzynski is a physician in Texas that's claims he is able to cure cancer patients with antineoplastons that were first extracted from urine of healthy people. He noticed that cancer patients showed signs of lacking certain groups of peptides when he analyzed their urine. His "clinical tests" are…

Oh wow look at that!... Another company with record profits crying poverty... Hand me a fiddle. The gaming industry has done nothing but prosper over the last 25-30 years with a vibrant used game market in place.

It's a novel approach to using RGB masks and normal mapping. We've been storing masks in RGB for years in VXF for compositing but this is a great way to conserve a ton of memory in games. Kudos, good job.

For some reason, it looks nothing like how I pictured it would be.

Just looking at the basic design, it seems like a good idea would be to work this into a compression/wash sack combo to deal with all of our clothing needs in a smaller load. That is, if the washboard could be better integrated and flexible enough to get out of the way during compression. Or perhaps an inner and…

No need to dissect this beyond a glance. Close but no cigar.

Still waiting with bated breath for Iplayer in the US. What's up with that? Does this mean no Iplayer for us yanks?

You can see the bungee's tied to her feet. But yeah, inquiring minds want to know the back story.

Damn!... They're still using Xvid?! C'mon it's time to get with the times guys and lose the DVD players. I can't believe you guys are bitching about x264. Wait until they hit you losers with 10-bit encodes, then you'll really have something to cry about. ^__^