Comment Place yer bets... (Score 1) 603

by wcspxyx on Thursday October 28, 2010 @11:04PM (#34058996) Attached to: Electric Car Goes 375 Miles On One 6-Minute Charge

...on which oil or car company will buy these guys so this technology never makes it to market.

Video Game Legends To Be Inducted Into Hall of Fame 94

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday July 21, 2010 @01:12AM from the fierce-competition-between-tetrominoes dept.

killdashnine writes "Last year we discussed the creation of the International Video Game Hall of Fame and Museum in Ottumwa, Iowa, and a first event in 2009 which brought 3,500 people to witness it. Since then, there's been much progress toward creation of the museum, including the upcoming 'Big Bang 2010' exhibition. Their first event kicks off with formal induction ceremonies, tournaments, record-setting attempts, and an array of concerts from 8-bit music to modern rock. This serves as the first official fundraiser for this new non-profit. Iowa is positioning itself as the Video Game Capital of the World. While some sneer and scoff at this, pointing to LA or Seattle as gaming giants and rightful heirs to the title, the real goal is not to glorify software developers but rather to memorialize the 'heroes of video games,' from the iconic Pac Man to pioneers such as Ralph Baer." Here's a list of this year's inductees. Who gets your vote for next year?

Comment Re:I'm going to get modded to hell for saying this (Score 1) 1238

by wcspxyx on Monday May 17, 2010 @02:24AM (#32234032) Attached to: Texas Schools Board Rewriting US History

... but there was only one nation on earth "chosen by God".

And it wasn't the United States.

Please define 'God'.

Comment It's a transformer! (Score 5, Funny) 217

by wcspxyx on Friday February 27, 2009 @08:15PM (#27018925) Attached to: RIAA About to Transform?

What, are they going to go from 'suck' to 'blow'?

Comment Spore? (Score 5, Funny) 625

by wcspxyx on Wednesday September 10, 2008 @10:53PM (#24956563) Attached to: Research Finds Carbon Dating Flawed

Will there be a patch?

Submission + - Encouraging Students to Drop Mathematics

Submitted by

Coryoth

on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @10:08PM

Coryoth writes: "The BBC is reporting that students in the UK are being encouraged to drop math at the senior levels. It seems that schools are seeking to boost their standing on league tables by encouraging students not to take "hard" subjects like mathematics, in favour of easier subjects in which they are assured good grades. The result is Universities being forced to provide remedial math classes for science students who haven't done math for two years. The BBC provides a comparison between Chinese and UK university entrance tests — a comparison that makes the UK look woefully behind. Is the UK slipping behind in science education?"