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To mess them up and make go out of there set limits and I just found this to day.

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_machine

Modern slot machines are controlled by EPROM computer chips and, in large casinos, coin acceptors have become obsolete in favor of bill acceptors. These machines and their bill acceptors are designed with advanced anti-cheating and anti-counterfeiting measures and are difficult to defraud. Early computerized slot machines were sometimes defrauded through the use of cheating devices, such as the "slider" or "monkey paw" used by notorious slot cheat Tommy Glenn Carmichael. However, more recent attempts at defrauding slot machines involve manipulating the EPROM, such as by directing microwaves toward it to disrupt its proper functioning.[6] Casino insiders such as Ronald Dale Harris have also been discovered manipulating the software in slot machines in order to defraud casino operators.

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yotube video of it working on a us game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMdEZezkrZ8

Firefox was still installable on Windows 95 a few months ago. See my website at http://donaldkenney.freewebsitehosting.com for instructions.

OTOH

Windows 95 is, I think, no less secure than any other Windows. It lacks a lot of patches, but it doesn't have IE and unlike W2K and Windows XP, it is not running dozens of incomprehensible services that are constantly under attack. Moreover, most of the things that might attack it will show up in the Task Manager which normally shows only three (really, only three, tasks). When I was still sysadmining, I could do a quick virus check on Windows 9 machines just by pressing ctrl-alt-del and looking at what was running. There are only about 8 tasks that could reasonably be running on a Windows 9 machine and no machine will be running more than five or six.

With a full patch set, Windows 95 is pretty stable. My experience is that it crashes every 3 or 4 weeks. That's maybe three or four times as often as XP and ten times as often as Linux with X-Windows running. Good enough for most of us I think.

A secure operating system ... You're kidding right? Those botnets out there are not composed of Windows 95 PCs. And neither are the servers that are being compromised all the time running Windows 95.

Wireless? Don't acticipate needing it for a while as the place was wired with CAT-5 years ago. But I expect that most wireless cards come with Windows 98 drivers that will work with Windows 95.

What's wrong with an Old OS -- if it works? I wouldn't want WFWG back, but because it was a mediocre OS, not because it's old. Neither would a want my 61 Buick back (One of the 10 worst American cars ever built). But I'd be perfectly happy to replace one of the current cars with another 79 Mazda GLC in good condition if I could get parts without hassle. (More cargo space, better road clearance, I could see the damn corners, and -- suprisingly -- better gas mileage despite not having a computer to tweak its performance).

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But in any case, my point wasn't that Windows 95 is great. It's that XP is not remotely the improvement over Win95 that it ought to be.

I just slug it...I mean, noone's really going to complain that their drink's too strong, are they??!

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Heh, neat. Reminds me of George Hammond who has been spamming usenet about supposedly finding a scientic proof of God. If you read his "papers," you'll see that they are complete gibberish. Somehow he managed to get "published" on some obscure new aged websites. He uses that to claim that he has been peer reviewed. I'm not sure if he has his own FAQ yet, but he is definately on his way to net-kook fame. -matthew

dude, I call bullshit on this whole thread. Hitler wasn't great, he was a fucking psychopath. I don't care who you want to have around your house, but I do care who you call a visionary. Hitler wasn't a visionary - you are confusing the ideas of the sycophants hanging around him (and some of those were into medical experimentation, rocketry, and all sorts of other stuff) with his own ideas. Hitler never had a halfway coherent idea in his life, other then "lets take over the world", and it is a stretch to call that idea coherent to begin with. There exists a methodology to define A "Great Person" and both Hitler as well as Bush fail those tests.

The only confusion I see is you confusing "shooting your mouth off in what seems a relatively coherent fashion" with "facts, inteligence and research". If you would have done your homework, you would have known how to spot the Great Person.

Unless you *really* think Hitler was onto something, in which case you simply need help. Oh, and I'm sure RMS is really thrilled about you mentioning him in the same lineup as Bush and Hitler.....

Bzzzz. Wrong. Alcohol induces physical dependency. In fact, physical dependency on alcohol, whilst slow to develop, is probably one of the worst dependencies possible to acquire. Withdrawal from alcohol can lead to tremors, hallucinations, fitting, unconsciousness and even death. That's why when someone with a really bad alcohol habit wants to withdraw they are always advised to do it under medical supervision - often with drug treatment to ameriorate some of these side effects.

Mike

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I was always partial to the God is the Einstein curvature tensor pages myself.

In response to your communication, please see the following link which serves to demonstrate that it was not I that downloaded this crap!
Punk Party I would NEVER, by (choice) listen to :

"Drink-fight-fuck" by g g allen
Sick Pleasure - "Destroy the human race"
the Little Fuck-ups "I think you're shit"

Although they all contain noble sentiments, the music is BAD!
These kids just wandered into my hangout and I don't know where they came from! In fact if you can identify any of these miscreants I would appreciate receiving the information.
Here is a picture of the actual suspects in this case:
Evil Women
A local radio station would also like this info as they caused considerable damage to the premises!
Those college kids aren't too happy either. Thank You, The Nerd.

In response to your communication, please see the following link which serves to demonstrate that it was not I that downloaded this crap!
Punk Party I would NEVER, by (choice) listen to :

"Drink-fight-fuck" by g g allen
Sick Pleasure - "Destroy the human race"
the Little Fuck-ups "I think you're shit"

Although they all contain noble sentiments, the music is BAD!
These kids just wandered into my hangout and I don't know where they came from! In fact if you can identify any of these miscreants I would appreciate receiving the information.
Here is a picture of the actual suspects in this case:
Evil Women
A local radio station would also like this info as they caused considerable damage to the premises!
Those college kids aren't too happy either. Thank You, The Nerd.

...blackmail works - what's new?

Mike

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