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Comment Re:OpenSimulator (Score 1) 237

by trinity93 (#38522330) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Tools For Teaching High School Kids How To Make Games?

It supports everything sl supports and more you just have to add them from third parties if its not there by default. Its sorta like you have to do with content management systems. there are add ons that people in the community make. and did i mention its all free. Another thing to consider is how many 3d apps are multi user and can be shared in a geographically dispersed way? There is a reason several major collages and universities use this tech right now to do what the OP was looking for.
XBox (Games)

Early Kinect Games Kill Buyers' Access To Xbox Live 111

Posted by Soulskill from the enjoy-those-support-calls dept.
Stoobalou writes "Microsoft's Kinect motion controller isn't due to ship until November 4th, but one retailer has jumped the gun, leaving a number of gamers with a bit of a quandary. The un-named distributor has sent what Microsoft describes as 'a very small number' of Kinect systems to lucky buyers who might not consider themselves quite so lucky if they try to use the device and its bundled games. Installing the games will require a firmware upgrade, which is nothing out of the ordinary, but in this case the upgrade hasn't yet been released. Attempting to install the non-existent update seems to fool the console into thinking you are trying to play a pirated game and locks the user out of Microsoft's Xbox Live on-line service."

Submission + - Dell debuts Ubuntu Moblin Remix on Mini 10 (dell.com)

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dcherryholmes
dcherryholmes writes: "Today Dell made available The Ubuntu Moblin Remix on the Dell Mini 10. The release of the Ubuntu Moblin Remix is good news for those of us who liked the speed and UI of Moblin, but found the size of the repos and, perhaps, the rpm package management to be less desirable."

Submission + - Shuttleworth: Don't Give Up the Linux Desktop and (internetnews.com)

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darthcamaro
darthcamaro writes: "No surprise but Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth has come out swinging in favor of the Linux desktop. Speaking at Linuxcon yesterday he detailed the things that he thinks Linux requires in order to win the desktop wars. Those include: co-ordinated software releases, better quality and design,some user experience testing and oh yeah, a dose of 'shut the f*uck up' too.During his keynote, he extended an invitation to any open source application to submit their software for testing by user-experience experts. The sessions would be recorded for posterity, and the developer would not be able to interact with the user.

"If the developer is in the room, they have to say nothing. It's the shut the f--- up protocol," Shuttleworth said. "You sit and watch someone struggle with the software that you've so lovingly produced."

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Submission + - Did Cooking Make Us Human? (npr.org) 1

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SpaceGhost
SpaceGhost writes: "Anthropologist Richard Wrangham, author of "Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human" suggests that the discovery of cooked food led to evolutionary changes resulting in a smaller and different digestive system based on a higher quality diet, mainly relying on cooked meat. In an interview on NPR's Science Friday (text and audio) Professor Wrangham explores concepts such as the digestive costs of food, the benefits (or lack thereof) of raw diets, and a distinct preference in Great Apes for cooked food over raw."
Games

Submission + - Exploring Japan and the Tokyo Game Show (crispygamer.com)

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Ssquared22
Ssquared22 writes: "Love games and always wanted to travel to Japan? If so then head over to the Tokyo Game Show and check out all the parties, get-togethers, shows, and conventions. There are so many things going on, something will definitely grab your interest. Whether your into crazy arcade games, fan-made manga, Japanese sports, or Shinjuku city's classic entertainment and nightlife district, you'll most likely find something here to fall in love with. Tired after a long day of exploring the awesome attractions in Japan? Just press a button in your hotel and get a therapeutic message instantly! There are so many things there you may even wake up and find a rotating yellow demon on somebody's rooftop.."

Submission + - Big Bang Shockwave Could Replace Dark Energy (seedmagazine.com) 2

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: From Seed: In 1998 supernovae researchers discovered that, against all reason, the universe is accelerating its expansion. Cosmologists had to add to their models dark energy, a deeply mysterious placeholder that makes up more than 70 percent of universe. Over the last decade, some researchers, like Blake Temple and Joel Smoller, have gone back to see if the equations of general relativity can be interpreted to erase dark energy once and for all. Their solution, involving a long-ago shockwave, could provide a way out of a dark-energy-dominated universe.
Education

Nonprofit Group Sends Filesharing Propaganda To Students 266

Posted by Soulskill from the comics-without-comedy dept.
palegray.net writes "The National Center for State Courts, a nonprofit organization, has sent file-sharing propaganda to thousands of students. The supposedly 'educational' materials, presented in the form of a comic strip, are intended to frighten students with gross exaggerations of the legal consequences of sharing music online (lose your scholarship to college, go to jail for two years, and more). From the article: '"The Case of Internet Piracy," however, reads like the Recording Industry Association of America's public relations playbook: Download some songs, go to jail and lose your scholarship. Along the way, musicians will file onto the bread lines. "The purpose is basically to educate kids — middle school and high school-aged about how the justice system operates and about what really goes on in the courtroom as opposed to what you see on television," said Lorri Montgomery, the center's communications director.' I'm not encouraging anyone to break any laws, but this is ridiculous. What's truly discouraging is the fact that several judges appear to be in full support of this sort of 'education.' The propaganda material is available in PDF form, and it lists the judges and others involved in its creation. Wired's post has a summary of the story (which is good, since the story is awful), and Techdirt notes a couple of the legal inaccuracies.

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