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Child's Play Breaks a Million Bucks

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that's-a-lotta-game-boys dept.

Utoxin noted that Child's Play has raised the bar for their annual games for hospitals charity. They say "Not only did we break the million dollar mark, but we decimated it with our new total of $1,135,000! This significant achievement made this holiday season a happier, brighter one in our fifty partner hospitals. To everyone who has contributed to this amazing milestone, thank you! The hospital wish lists are still online, and some have seen new items added. While we try to get lots of new games and more to the children in time for the holidays, the hospitals have a need for equipment year-round. Likewise, we will continue to accept donations through Amazon, PayPal and the mail until next year's fundraiser kicks off."

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  1. Re:decimated? by mi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    referring to the killing of every one man in ten of a mutinous Roman legion.

    The current English definition has been generalized to the destruction of some percentage of something.

    It is a foolish generalization, and decent-educated people ought to reject it. It is "generalized" by ignorant people (like the guy in the article), who don't even realize, that the dec-prefix in this word is the same as in, for example, decade.

    And if you are going to argue, we should accept it because of "common (mis)use", then you may as well accept it as used in the article/summary:

    But it's still inappropriately used in the summary.

    Indeed...

    --
    In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
  2. Movies aren't what they used to be by Peter+Cooper · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hurrah, can't believe a 19 year old movie has continued to have such good theater attendance to break the record gross for an 80s horror movie. Congrats!

  3. A million for kids' OSS - wow!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    //shameless plug:

    I guess it isn't *this* childsplay:

    http://childsplay.sourceforge.net/

    Because I would be really envious - I am currently a main dev for TuxMath and TuxTyping:

    http://www.tux4kids.com/

    and I can assure you know one has given me a million! //end shameless plug

    (however, a lot of folks who have heard of tuxmath and tuxtype may not know that they are being actively developed again).

    David Bruce