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Net Vegas

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the virtual-de-niro dept.

Makarand writes "Vegas has to have the best of tech to keep the plotters away. Popular Science has an online article on how networks are playing an important role in Las Vegas. Welcome to Net Vegas where slot machines are networked and surveillance grids monitor everything that goes on. Net Vegas proves to be the best and the harshest test pad for new tech. Net Vegas will eventually move out of the city and into your homes using the web."

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  1. well.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Net Vegas will eventually move out of the city and into your homes using the web."

    I don't know if I want networked slot machines in my home, but if I could access the refridgerator from the computer I could check for beer supply. Now for a remote controlled refridgerator...

  2. Re:Hacking Roulette? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    save a quarter to call home from jail after you hit the big one

  3. So... by acehole · · Score: 4, Funny

    What are the odds of it working?

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  4. Re:Of course by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    ...are you saying all those astronomers want to get it on with aliens, too?

  5. Re:Of course by GigsVT · · Score: 3, Funny

    If we can't have sex with it, blow it up, or make loads of cash off of it, we're just not interested.

    Inflatable dolls you can rent to your friends must be the most popular item ever them. :)

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  6. Re:Of course by Graspee_Leemoor · · Score: 1, Funny

    "If we can't have sex with it, blow it up, or make loads of cash off of it, we're just not interested."

    Can I interest you in Trisha the inflatable life-like woman ? If you rent her out then she fulfills all three of your criteria...

    graspee

  7. Re:all about odds by glesga_kiss · · Score: 2, Funny
    lottery are for people that are bad at math

    Ah, the lottery. Taxing the mathematically inept.

  8. Re:Net Vegas? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Did it occur to you that your friend couldn't find a job there because he's an idiot?

  9. Re:How closely are the casino's being watched? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    odds are you aren't going to come away with more money than you brought.
    What kind of odds?
  10. Re:Of course by kin_korn_karn · · Score: 2, Funny

    1. The Military
    2. Sexual Urges
    3. Easy Money
    4. Security (making sure the above services are properly paid for)

    5. Profit!