Comment Re:Real mature (Score 1) 785
Original reason or not, I always sound it out in my head as "M-string" rather than "M-dollar".
Comment Re:pong (Score 1) 381
re: Fallout 3/MoM - Those, I think, are valid sequels. Age of Wonders did a credible job of what MoM did. F3 was different than its predecessors, but I'm enjoying it still.
The one game I can't believe hasn't been updated properly is Carmageddon. The sequels sucked. The first one, IMHO, is probably the best driving game ever made. I'd love to see the same game maybe with slightly updated graphics. Every sequel gets further from the original though.
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Submission + - SNORT prepares for IPO
An anonymous reader writes: Open ource innovator and SNORT creator, Sourcefire, Inc., a leader in network intrusion prevention, announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 5,770,000 shares of its common stock at $15.00 per share. More inromation on the SNORT IPO can be found over at Linuxlookup.com
Submission + - More on Teacher Pay
An anonymous reader writes: According to this article http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070309/ap_on_re_us/te acher_bonuses the Houston school district runs the largest merit-based pay for teachers system in the country, but the merit system was opposed by the teacher's union. It also interestingly mentions that teacher salaries in Houston range from $40K to $68K. That seems like pretty decent pay for 9 months work. I believe this is on scale with what college professors make at public universities in Texas for 12 months work.
Electric Cars and Their Discontents 348
The most hotly contested issue raised by yesterday's post about the lithium-ion battery-powered Tesla roadster is only tangentially related to the car itself; instead, it's the energy generation and storage required for electric cars more generally to operate. Read on for the Backslash summary of the conversation, including several of the comments that defined the conversation.
