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OpenTTD 1.0.0 Released 107

Posted by Soulskill from the and-so-soon dept.
Gmer writes "Eming.com reports that OpenTTD, the open source clone of the Microprose game Transport Tycoon Deluxe, has reached a milestone. OpenTTD 1.0.0 has been released 6 years after work started on the first version, with the help of hundreds of contributors and thousands of testers/players. Over 30 language translations are considered complete, and OpenTTD is available for *BSD, Linux, Solaris and Windows. OpenTTD is a business simulation game in which the player is in control of a transport company and can compete against rival companies to make as much profit as possible by transporting passengers and various goods by road, rail, sea or air."

Comment Too many to list (Score 1) 243

by hamsterboy (#23884635) Attached to: What RSS Feeds Do You Use?

Mostly I use Google Reader to keep all the blogs I read in one place. A representative sample, and feeds I highly recommend:

Coding horror (http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/)
Raganwald (http://weblog.raganwald.com/)

The Dilbert Blog (http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/)
Postsecret (http://postsecret.blogspot.com/)
Xkcd (http://blag.xkcd.com/)

Joel on Software (http://www.joelonsoftware.com/)
Stevey's blog rants (http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/)
Paul Graham's essays (http://www.paulgraham.com/)

Not to mention webcomics, but I think that's another Ask Slashdot. I also use my reader to keep up on news about particular events, like PDC 2008.

Emissions of Key Greenhouse Gas Stabilize 244

Posted by samzenpus from the barter-town-halts-production dept.
brian0918 writes "Multiple news sites are reporting that levels of the second most important greenhouse gas, methane, have stabilized". From Scientific American: "During the two decades of measurements, methane underwent double-digit growth as a constituent of our atmosphere, rising from 1,520 parts per billion by volume (ppbv) in 1978 to 1,767 ppbv in 1998. But the most recent measurements have revealed that methane levels are barely rising anymore — and it is unclear why." From NewScientist: "Although this is good news, it does not mean that methane levels will not rise again, and that carbon dioxide remains the 800-pound gorilla of climate change."

In Search of Stupidity 183

Posted by samzenpus from the you-don't-have-to-look-far dept.
Ben Rothke writes "In Search of Stupidity gets its title from the classic, albeit infamous business book In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies, by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman. In Search of Excellence quickly became a best-seller when it came out in 1988 and launched a new era of management consultants and business books. But in 2001, Peters admitted that he falsified the underlying data. Librarians have been slow to move the book to the fiction section." Read the rest of Ben's review.

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