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  1. video on Untethered Miniature Origami Robot That Self-Folds, Walks, Swims, and Degrades · · Score: 3, Informative
  2. Re:HTML5 on SuperMario 64 Coming To a Browser Near You! · · Score: 1

    Here, rebuilt his Unity5 code to target WebGL: https://googledrive.com/host/0...

  3. Re:Plug-in still required on SuperMario 64 Coming To a Browser Near You! · · Score: 3

    The Unity Web Player plug-in is Unity's old tech, been available for at least the last 2 years. Unity WebGL is new tech, been publicly available for about 1 month. Takes some time for devs to adopt new tech.

    I rebuilt his code using Unity5 targeting WebGL, works fine: https://googledrive.com/host/0...

  4. Re:Plug-in still required on SuperMario 64 Coming To a Browser Near You! · · Score: 1

    It's built with Unity5 (which supports WebGL builds) and he gave away the source code as http://slashdot.org/~Brulath pointed out. After a few clicks in Unity5 I was able to build a WebGL version: https://googledrive.com/host/0...

    It's got bugs, but it's playable targeted to "HTML5" as well.

  5. why do I never hear about these things? on Game Hack-A-Thon Attracts Teams At 500+ Sites Worldwide · · Score: 1

    GGJ is yearly, so remember to look next January. If you're looking to jam soon, Ludumdare.com does them often. Their next big one is in April, their next small one is this weekend, Jan 31st.

  6. Higher res diagram on Bicycle Bottle System Condenses Humidity From Air Into Drinkable Water · · Score: 1

    There's a readable version of the diagram image on http://www.designboom.com/tech...

  7. Virtual girls respond better on Researchers Use Computer-Generated 10-Year-Old Girl To Catch Online Predators · · Score: 1

    I agree it's sick and twisted. Yet, I wonder how many of these guys were interested just because she responded. Most girls I've chatted with don't respond, that could be what's making her special, not her age.

  8. Other NASA related games on The Game Made From NASA Satellite Data · · Score: 2

    Haven't games been using NASA data for a while? Maybe not to the extent of this game, but I played one a while back that looked like it used quite a bit of NASA data; http://rumorgames.com/press-release-voyager-grand-tour/

  9. What's an interview have to do with it? on Study Finds Bug Bounty Programs Extremely Cost-Effective · · Score: 2

    Mostly shows how being good at finding bugs is a different skill than being good at job interviews.

  10. Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle on Taking the Pain Out of Debugging With Live Programming · · Score: 1

    It looks like he made one of the more basic pieces of software shown by Bret in this video from a year ago: http://vimeo.com/36579366 Check out his more advanced content creation demo @29:10 in this video.

  11. Re:Slashdot-Blizzard exclusivity deal? on StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm Released · · Score: 1

    Hey now, WoW was good until EA bought Blizzard. After that things took a bit of a downturn.

  12. Automagically with StyleCop on Ask Slashdot: Do Coding Standards Make a Difference? · · Score: 1

    Microsoft Visual Studio has a fairly well agreed upon way of doing this automatically with StyleCop, http://stylecop.codeplex.com/

  13. Dealing with MSFT on Hit Game Makes £52 In First Week On Windows RT · · Score: 1

    It's good to see this happens to people other than Indie developers. Working with Microsoft to figure out how the promotion of Apps in the app store works is not easy. Microsoft makes the process difficult. I waited up to full month for an exclusive Windows Phone game I made, BouncyLasers, to go from submitted to approved on the market. I tried to join multiple Microsoft sponsored marketing campaigns with no feedback other than "your app has been submitted to the campaign". Sure my app isn't too impressive as I'm the single dev, but some more help from Microsoft on how their featuring in the Market process works or what to expect from submitting to one of their campaigns is badly needed.

  14. link to a Facebook page on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Way To Add Forums To a Website? · · Score: 1

    I wanted to add a forum to my site. My requirements were a bit different than yours:
    - I didn't care much about the look and feel integration.
    - My focus was free and low maintenance.
    - I don't have user account registering on my website, which lead to spam on the forums I tried,

    I ended up with the website linking directly to a Facebook page I made for it. It looks a bit like a hack job, but one that has been working really well for me.

  15. Re:Thought about sticking to a mobile app? on Ask Slashdot: Tips For Designing a Modern Web Application? · · Score: 1

    I completely agree with "The devil is in the plethora of browser-specific quirks", yet companies are moving away from the web based solution to this, which in my mind is plug-ins: Java applets, Flash, & Silverlight. You may have yourself cornered in the future if you stick to the (better) methods of the plug-in/write-once-run-anywhere based past.

  16. Not the first flying car on Flying Car Makes Successful Maiden Flight · · Score: 1

    The video from the companies website, http://pal-v.com/, states that many attempts have been made to make flying cars. Looks like a lot of those attempts fly just fine. Guess they don't have access to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_car_(aircraft) Terrafugia is one of the more modern flying car contenders: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/8445752/flying-car-cleared-for-takeoff

  17. Great staff at Metrix on Slashdot Visits Metrix Create:Space in Seattle (Video) · · Score: 1

    I went to Metrix just last weekend for the first time. They were the only place I could find in the Seattle area to use a 3D printer. The staff knowledgeable and interested in wanting to make my project work and making sure I knew what it'd cost ahead of time. They frequented my printer job often as it was printing. They also have a ton of interesting projects around to check out and use for examples as they tend to share a similarity for what you want to create. The only downside is parking/bus routes.

  18. Learn from others on Tor Tests Undetectably Encrypted Connections In Iran · · Score: 1

    So Iran is moving towards a DarkNet called Tor. I wonder if ACTA, SOPA, or PIPA would cause a similar reaction in the countries they're enforced upon.

  19. On Amazon on PR Firm Unwisely Tangles With Penny Arcade · · Score: 1
  20. Twinks are back! on World of Warcraft Goes Free With Starter Edition · · Score: 1

    This is going to lead to a huge influx of level 20 twinks in the game.

    Doing twink Battlegrounds will no longer be a 10+ hour queue.

  21. Gold spammers on World of Warcraft Goes Free With Starter Edition · · Score: 1

    Gold spammers are why there's no social aspect to the free version. Previously people utilized the multi-day trails to spam chat. So it makes sense Blizzard restricts this so playing customers don't have to be spammed.

    I tried a multi-day trail. I'd end up on a quest where multiple people were camping a mob to complete the quest. I was unable to ask them if they'd group for the quest, so that we could all complete the quest on a single mob respawn. The only way to interact with other players is through the WoW defined emotes, which do not contain a /wantToGroup.

    The multi-day trails did have the ability to join guilds. This gave them a taste of the social aspect. I don't know why they'd remove the ability to join a guild as a paying account is the one initiating the trail accts invitation to the guild. That paying account can easily boot the person if they're a gold spammer.

  22. T-Mobile should have given at least another year on How the iPhone Led To the Sale of T-Mobile · · Score: 1

    If the iPhone is the reason, it doesn't make any sense T-Mobile would want to merge with AT&T. Now that the AT&T exclusive to iPhone is over, now is when iPhone-iacs will be moving away from AT&T. Why would T-Mobile eliminate themselves as an option for the hordes looking to get away from AT&T?

  23. Not a quick buck book on Pro Silverlight 4 In VB · · Score: 2

    Matthew MacDonald has been doing Silverlight books since version 1.0. I own his C# flavor of this 4.0 book. He's one of those authors that waits until a new technology has soaked in a bit, his book reflects that (as opposed to getting the book out their as soon as 4.0 was released). This book came out about 4 or 5 months after Silverlight 4.0 was released.