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Microsoft used to be cool

Microsoft changed. It used to be cool. Then became bad and now is just kind of lost

From the old usenet archives, check this description of a job-opening

From the usenet archives, a *COOL* Micorsoft
groups.google.com/group/net.jobs/msg/4f2cf440919eeda9?pli=1

"there is minimal bullshit.."

"never do anything stupid because some manager/MBA/suit-type has power without knowledge. "

"Likewise, there are no "politics", just engineering."

"Your work won't be canceled due to some political/financial upheaval,"

Very cool, very history. MSFT is everything BUT this. A fat enterprise with more suits the nerds and more politics then code.

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First player on the xbox is the last quadrant on the controler

When you call your product 360. When you have a circle on you controller with lights. When every quadrant of the circle is a user.

What quadrant of this 360 circle will be the first user? The quadrant of 0-90 degrees, right?

No, not for Microsoft. Somehow it made sence to have the first player have the last quadrant (240-360 degrees) . Weird.

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Control your raytraced characters with your kinect

NI (Natural Interaction) mate is a small but powerful software that takes real-time motion capture data from a Kinect or other supported device and turns it into two industry standard protocols: OSC (Open Sound Control) and MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface). Available for both Windows and Mac OSX, NI mate offers users easy installation and a powerful, yet user-friendly configuration interface. Keeping to standard protocols for output makes NI mate an extremely flexible piece of software that can be applied in a vast number of scenarios.
Download free add-ons and templates for a number of 3D and DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software and instantly transform your Kinect into a powerful performance interface. If your favorite software is not yet supported, just make a request for it. Share your configurations, use cases and add-ons with others on the NI mate user forums (to be introduced in February 2012).

From the what is ni-mate page. Mostly: cool. Control your raytraced characters via for example Blender with your kinect from your mac or PC.