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The Harvard Network Accessible Dartboard
These guys hacked a dartboard to serve scores over a wireless network. There is an OpenGL client that grabs the scores, runs the games, stores the results in a database, and suggests moves based on player's past performance. On top of all this, the client looks exactly like the dartboard, so it can be projected over the real thing.
lol, they keep stats on ppl!? Not only can ppl know how badly I suck at CS; they can also know how bad at darts I am, with a picture to boot!
I know from UK Darts TV coverage that the announcer says the scores after each set of darts thrown. Does the machine spout "Whon Hunderud hand eIIIIIIghty!" every so often?
I am the breaker of Chairs!
Geez..they go to harvard and they have enough free time to build a "wireless dartboard" ... meanwhile I'm still up a 7am working on my Programming Languages and Translator class project...UGH!
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...network accessible _darts_. Now those had better be secured-- I don't want anyone cracking into my sharp pointy object collection
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How many points is it when you get the dart to hit the parallel cable. [looks like shielding doesn't cover everything completely]
Very cool guys.
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When I read the article the first time, the counter (at the very bottom) said 865 visitors, now (~50 minutes later) it says 4589. That's obviously not enough to slashdot the server, so let's show them what we can really do - slashdot the server. Or just slashdot the fastcounter.bcentral.com server (they're the ones hosting the counter) :-)
We do not live in the 21st century. We live in the 20 second century.
Ok, so I've known a number of people in my life, but this is the first time any of them have ever did anything which warranted their appearance on the infamous slashdot. So, with my knowledge of a grand total of TWO of the players, I want to ask you, what do you think this guy is up to?
Ok, sure, it's a cool hack... blah blah blah, but you're all missing the most important point of discussion, does or does not Marco Carbone look like Jon Favreau (of Swingers fame):
Picture of Marco Carbone: here.
Picture of Jon Favreau: here.
There's almost certainly some sort of conspiracy afoot.
PS. I attempted to find a picture of Marco Carbone as a dog, but alas the wayback machine failed me.
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