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  1. Re:Quis... on UK Police Database Abuse 'Hugely Intrusive' · · Score: 1

    ... Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    fixed that for you

  2. Re:A variant of this happens in Nevada on China Alleged To Use Prisoners In Lucrative Internet Gaming · · Score: 1
    oops forgot to log in so posted as AC above

    They do, the original poster is just full of shit.

    is he now?
    however funksoulbrother check below, there's even a link.
    i would further point out that ALL gaming machines regardless of what type HAVE to have this pay out percentage.. end of...

    Payout percentage Slot machines are typically programmed to pay out as winnings 82% to 98% of the money that is wagered by players. This is known as the "theoretical payout percentage" or RTP, "return to player". The minimum theoretical payout percentage varies among jurisdictions and is typically established by law or regulation. For example, the minimum payout in Nevada is 75%, and in New Jersey, 83%. The winning patterns on slot machines – the amounts they pay and the frequencies of those payouts – are carefully selected to yield a certain fraction of the money played to the "house" (the operator of the slot machine), while returning the rest to the players during play. Suppose that a certain slot machine costs $1 per spin. It can be calculated that over a sufficiently long period, such as 1,000,000 spins, that the machine will return an average of $950,000 to its players, who have inserted $1,000,000 during that time. In this (simplified) example, the slot machine is said to pay out 95%. The operator keeps the remaining $50,000. Within some EGM development organizations this concept is referred to simply as "par". "Par" also manifests itself to gamblers as promotional techniques: "Our 'Loose Slots' have a 93% payback! Play now!" It is worth noting that the "Loose Slots" actually may describe a very few anonymous machines in a particular bank of EGMs.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_machine#Payout_percentage in nevada

    boo and yah br

  3. Re:Are these people insane? on Apple Sues Samsung Over Galaxy Phones and Tablets · · Score: 1

    I'm sure there's at least one Palm PDA that fits the description and predates the iPhone by at least five years.

    where i agree that apple should just fuck off with their walled gardens and this bollocks litigation

    one of their fan boys will probably mention the Newton

    i hereby name all this litigation going on "Sue-age" as it's all innovation stifling SHITE

  4. Re:Doing all your banking online on White House Releases Trusted Internet ID Plan · · Score: 1

    A 7-Eleven store is a small grocery store similar to the stores at gas stations, though I've never seen one with gasoline pumps in front of it.

    i was in Denver last october/november and there were 711's aplenty with pumps in front bud.

    maybe it just depends on your locale

  5. Re:Huh? on Murdoch Voicemail Hacking Story 'Ain't Over Yet' · · Score: 1

    We also dont need to call these people journalists. If you've ever read NotW or it's daily equivalent The Sun you'd know better.

    yupos , agreed they are the type of newspaper ,which when used for emergency toilet roll.....

    .......more shit comes off the paper.

  6. Re:All Languages Linked To Common Source on All Languages Linked To Common Source · · Score: 1

    bugger,...... you can HEAR it...lol oops

  7. Re:All Languages Linked To Common Source on All Languages Linked To Common Source · · Score: 2

    well he is right.... it was in a pink floyd song called "keep talking"

    The words are those of Stephen Hawking speaking through his speech synthesiser. The phrases he speaks are sampled from a British Telecommunications commercial that Gilmour heard after the song was otherwise completed. Gilmour liked it so much (said it almost brought him to tears) that he asked BT if he could sample it.

    you can here it here

    the original advert can be seen and heard here

  8. Re:BLIMEY !! CAN'T GET DENTISTS BUT CAN GET FIBER on 1Gbps Fiber Optic Network For Rural Britain · · Score: 1

    *up to 18 if still in full time education...

  9. Re:BLIMEY !! CAN'T GET DENTISTS BUT CAN GET FIBER on 1Gbps Fiber Optic Network For Rural Britain · · Score: 1

    Brits may have good oral health but looking into the average adult's mouth is like staring into a box full of piano keys. We just don't seem to have the culture of paying a lot of money to give our kids braces here; or at least, if we do then there's a generational lag that's preventing me from seeing the results, and it'll get better over time.

    erm.. children under 16 or even up to 18 do not pay for dental care. the NHS pays for it.

    Kupfernigk is also spot on in what he says too

  10. Re:The real question now is what comes next. on A5: All Apple, Part Mystery · · Score: 1

    the A6 Quad Core Walled Garden - Higher Wall Edition

  11. Re:Couldn't agree more on Gearbox Boss Bemoans Superfluous Multiplayer Modes · · Score: 1

    Yep, pretty much, or you could sumarise that by saying games are just too piss easy these days. I blame console gamer scum.

    in one sense spyder-implee is right.

    we have multiplayer games in PC that are BLATANT ports from console which implement P2P multiplayer.

    this severely limits the multiplayer modes to 18 players.

    as we all know a standalone dedicated server for PC games can handle MORE players

    so this trend to have small maps and a small amount of players is tragic

    in summation games for PC are being made but made with the limitations of consoles in mind...

  12. Re:"overselling" it on Virgin Media UK Begins Throttling P2P Traffic · · Score: 1

    no throttling what-so-ever and on my package... un-metered bandwidth.

    they are an [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local-loop_unbundling]LLU[/url] so they only use BT stuff up to the exchange

    after which it's all O2/BE kit (or kit leased by them at the exchange) and onto O2/BE's network

    BE and O2 are both owned by Telefonica

    slight difference between reseller and LLU operator

    Be also now do phone calls as well and i have changed over to them. pay less than the mid package for a premium package including overseas calls(handy fro family in NJ and friends on Denver)

  13. Re:"overselling" it on Virgin Media UK Begins Throttling P2P Traffic · · Score: 2

    i am actually truly unlimited , unfiltered and unmanaged, unshaped in every way

    then again i am with bethere who i can highly recommend

    free phone 24/7 tech support, the tech support guys are always pleasant and know what they are doing

    i'd recommend them in a heart beat. and no, i don't work for them i just really appreciate top notch service when i get it

  14. Re:Aaaah. unbridled capitalism. on CRIA Files Massive Canadian Suit Against IsoHunt · · Score: 2, Insightful

    LOOK they should sue google! all you do is type the following "filetype torrent tron" and it'll go a torrent searching.....

    so why don't they sue google? coz google probably has better lawyers than they do and certainly has better lawyers than isohunt

  15. Re:erm guys on Fox News Brings Video Game Violence Debate To a New Low · · Score: 1

    Amen

  16. erm guys on Fox News Brings Video Game Violence Debate To a New Low · · Score: 2

    Fox News Brings Video Game Violence Debate To a New Low
    and this is a shock to anyone ... why?

    fox news isn't news, it's opinion pieces and bullshit, all you need to know about fox "news" is to see is Outfoxed : Rupert Murdochs War on journalism

  17. Re:Your cell tower has been crushed into a cube on Alcatel-Lucent Shrinks Mobile Cell Tower To Small Cube · · Score: 1

    tbh i am not fully convinced about global warming BUT.. i do use the energy saving light bulbs etc as i DO believe cheaper bills are funky

  18. Re:CQ? on Egypt Shuts Off All Internet Access · · Score: 1

    Or had a mobile transceiver. Lots of people mount 100W transceivers in their cars, and the antenna isn't terribly bulky. And it's not like you have to get a signal to orbit or anything, a few hundred miles is all, and people do that every day.

    no the transceiver would NOT be of that power at all. however a linear amplifier could be used to push a signal out with more power. the CB people call them "burners" or "kickers"

    i AM a licensed Radio Amateur and a member of Lothians RAYNET(Radio amateurs Emergency Network)

  19. Re:HAM on Egypt Shuts Off All Internet Access · · Score: 2
    Amateur Radio certainly helped get intel out during the Falklands conflict

    During the Falklands War in 1982, Argentine forces seized control of the phones and radio network on the islands and had cut off communications with London. Scottish amateur radio operator Les Hamilton, GM3ITN was able to relay crucial information from fellow hams Bob McLeod and Tony Pole-Evans on the islands to British military intelligence in London, including the details of troop deployment, bombing raids, radar bases and military activities. However, radio hams usually avoid controversial subjects and political situations and discussions as a part of the code of politeness of radio communications.

    A BBC reporter called Laurie Margolis tried to claim he was the guy who first contacted and heard it. however it was not him at all. it was a Scotsman from Clydebank who provided and kept providing the critical information.

    recording of it here

    BBC page here

  20. Re:Tell it to the Japanese on Scientists Find Tears Are the Anti-Viagra · · Score: 1

    hmmm a drawn together moment!

    Spanky: So was he any good, Mr. Nagasaki?[referring to Ling-Ling]

    Ling-Ling: He cry a lot.

    Spanky: Sorry about that. He's new.

    Ling-Ling: Oh No! I like it! Tears are best lubricant.

  21. Re:welcome to china on China Censors 60,000 Porn Sites, 5,000 Arrested · · Score: 1

    the way chicom preaches, sex is for reproduction purposes, and any sexual act not related to reproduction is a bourgeois extravagance. it's further infused with elements of chinese tradition (from confucian/buddhist roots), where sex is considered dirty and degrading, and only to be practiced to maintain the blood lineage.

    the official line may well be one thing.. what actually happens is another altogether

    see the RC church for example.. they preach total abstinence however can't wait to get one up an alter boy..lol

    or Pastor Ted Arthur Haggard , the born again freak who ranted against gays saying the bible says it's bad bad bad!.. then was exposed for humping a male hooker for 3 years out his tits on meth amphetamine.

    in Victorian society, sex was bad, dirty,nasty and evil.... yet london had a lot of it's victorian era streets built on the profits from prostitution as did Edinburgh and Glasgow and most cities here.....

    in essence just because the man says so, there is FUCK ON ON EARTH that will prevent a man and woman from getting their end away.

    well barring pissing razorblades or major genital puss..LOLOL

  22. Re:welcome to china on China Censors 60,000 Porn Sites, 5,000 Arrested · · Score: 1

    well according to those Chinese students that's not the case bud.

  23. Re:welcome to china on China Censors 60,000 Porn Sites, 5,000 Arrested · · Score: 1

    the way chicom preaches, sex is for reproduction purposes, and any sexual act not related to reproduction is a bourgeois extravagance. it's further infused with elements of chinese tradition (from confucian/buddhist roots), where sex is considered dirty and degrading, and only to be practiced to maintain the blood lineage.

    Really? is that why they are only allowed one chiuld each by law?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy

    i think you are getting China and the church of Rome mixed up here

    having met quite a lot of chinese students studying here in Edinburgh it seems that condoms and other forms of contraception aree given FREE by the govt so the populace can pork away with impunity without worrying about having any babies that are conbsidered surplus to requirement......

    there is no stigma associated with sex at all in china as far as they were concerned.

  24. Re:Good. on UK Banks Attempt To Censor Academic Publication · · Score: 2

    pay the $50 or so it costs per card to use chip and pin.

    $50 per card? what planet are you on?

    they are glorified, oversized SIM cards...lol

    most banks don't charge for a replacement card here in the UK however those that do only charge a mere £5 which is pretty FAR from $50

  25. Re:The land is under water... on A Lost Civilization Beneath the Persian Gulf? · · Score: 1

    if you use avast.. what expatsheild taketh away... avast giveth back ;)