Valid point - is Cameron Diaz steadily shrinking or what? Drew Barrymore, on the other hand, at least has some curves, a feature much appreciated in this neck of the woods.
(And how did we get from Nobel Prizes to Charlie's Angels?)
Unfortunately, the North American 65xes can't use the MIO or Black Box. Both interface via the PBI (600xl/800xl) or the ECI (130xe). Atari left that interface off the 65xe.
(For the adventurous, the 1200xl can be upgraded to have a PBI - Bob Woolley has plans on the net)
Day of the Triffids was made into perhaps the worst 50s Sci-Fi movie of all time. In the film, the character of Josella was all but eliminatd, and it had a mandatory happy ending tacked on - the plants melt when exposed to salt water (I kid you not).
I'd love to see a decent version of "The Chrisalids" filmed. It could even go face to face with Xmen 3 - imagine a set of ads with young children in an 1800s style classroom, reciting the definition of Man, with the white-haired teacher with gold half-rim spectacles evilly intoing at the end "Watch thou for the mutant!"
Aha. I was assuming "physical" vs "video". I guess we're in violent agreement then.
One nice thing about the digital implementation on the current electromechanical units is that it is relatively trivial to reprogram them for different payout rates - all that needs be done is to replace a single PROM containing the relative weighting for the symbols.
No, each face on a slot machine IS NOT equally probable. One of the major gaming companies patented this concept.
To explain a bit better: Assume a wheel with three symbols, A, B and C (ignore blanks for the sake of argument). You'd assume that each symbol has odds of 1/3 of appearing.
However, the random number generator is using 0-9 to select the symbols, weighted as follows:
0-6: A 7-8: B 9 : C
This permits the physical wheel in the machine to represent a much larger theoretical wheel.
This is also useful (on single line machines) for weighting blank lines. That's why the bonus symbols seem to lnger above or below the payline so often - the blanks on either side of them are more likely to be selected. It's a nice little psychological trick to make the punter think "Ooh, so close- maybe next time..."
And they're right to say it wasn't tested thoroughly. Your test machines MUST be identical to the deployment machines; the directory structures, the version and patchlevel of the OS and critical apps...
Saying "Well, it works on MY machine" is irrelevant - the only box that counts is production.
Up to four players on my Atari 800 (still in storgage for the times I want to play MULE).
The game that showed that multiplayer co-op an competitive can be in the same game at the same time.
Sure, the graphice are blocky, but gameplay was the first consideration - it ran in 48k of RAM (with the nifty intro filling about the same - swapped in from disk).
Sure, modern PC games may have better graphics, but I'm still waiting for better game play.
Yes, god forbid that government be open and transparent to its citizens. After all, in a democracy, who's really supposed to be in charge - the People???
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And what's with this HTTP nonsense? Why would anyone use anything but Gopher?
Settled out of court; details at:
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http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2001-0
Disney's most creative employees these days are in legal, claiming to only owe royalties for selling soundtracks, not the full movie.
http://www.savedisney.com
Vi? Emacs? What are these things?
It's Notepad for me!
Except, of course, that F-16s are single engine land-based aircraft.
The USN flies F-18s and F-14s off carriers.
Aha. Another I-Stop customer on /.
That song is protected by copyright. Please send your royalty cheque to the RIAA.
Or look at Halycon Days which has interviews with many of the early video game programmers (8 bits of raw power!)
How is owning a copy of Gigli on DVD a good thing?
I'm a particular fan of Blanche de Chambly.
Valid point - is Cameron Diaz steadily shrinking or what? Drew Barrymore, on the other hand, at least has some curves, a feature much appreciated in this neck of the woods.
(And how did we get from Nobel Prizes to Charlie's Angels?)
Unfortunately, the North American 65xes can't use the MIO or Black Box. Both interface via the PBI (600xl/800xl) or the ECI (130xe). Atari left that interface off the 65xe.
(For the adventurous, the 1200xl can be upgraded to have a PBI - Bob Woolley has plans on the net)
The Black Box is still sold:
http://www.nleaudio.com/css/index.htm
Day of the Triffids was made into perhaps the worst 50s Sci-Fi movie of all time. In the film, the character of Josella was all but eliminatd, and it had a mandatory happy ending tacked on - the plants melt when exposed to salt water (I kid you not).
I'd love to see a decent version of "The Chrisalids" filmed. It could even go face to face with Xmen 3 - imagine a set of ads with young children in an 1800s style classroom, reciting the definition of Man, with the white-haired teacher with gold half-rim spectacles evilly intoing at the end "Watch thou for the mutant!"
(Thanks for the John Wyndham fix!)
Charlie's Angels 2 disappointing? What did you expect? It delivered:
* Women in various states of undress
* Said women shaking their groove things
* Explosions and wire-fu
* No pesky plot to distract you
Admittedly, John Cleese was wasted, though his acceptance of his daughter's real job was somewhat priceless...
C'mon, going into that movie expecting ANYTHING redeeming was asking too much.
(And the car wash for the final credits - excellent!)
Hey, it's worked for California...
To the contrary: Employers have no rights that are not explicitly stated in their contract.
Aha. I was assuming "physical" vs "video". I guess we're in violent agreement then.
One nice thing about the digital implementation on the current electromechanical units is that it is relatively trivial to reprogram them for different payout rates - all that needs be done is to replace a single PROM containing the relative weighting for the symbols.
No, each face on a slot machine IS NOT equally probable. One of the major gaming companies patented this concept.
To explain a bit better: Assume a wheel with three symbols, A, B and C (ignore blanks for the sake of argument). You'd assume that each symbol has odds of 1/3 of appearing.
However, the random number generator is using 0-9 to select the symbols, weighted as follows:
0-6: A
7-8: B
9 : C
This permits the physical wheel in the machine to represent a much larger theoretical wheel.
This is also useful (on single line machines) for weighting blank lines. That's why the bonus symbols seem to lnger above or below the payline so often - the blanks on either side of them are more likely to be selected. It's a nice little psychological trick to make the punter think "Ooh, so close- maybe next time..."
And they're right to say it wasn't tested thoroughly. Your test machines MUST be identical to the deployment machines; the directory structures, the version and patchlevel of the OS and critical apps...
Saying "Well, it works on MY machine" is irrelevant - the only box that counts is production.
Or Korea... or Gulf War I (CF-18s conducted air toground sorties)... or Kosovo...
And despite Turdeau's posturing, the last nuclear weapons were not removed from Canadian soil until Mulroney took office...
Up to four players on my Atari 800 (still in storgage for the times I want to play MULE).
The game that showed that multiplayer co-op an competitive can be in the same game at the same time.
Sure, the graphice are blocky, but gameplay was the first consideration - it ran in 48k of RAM (with the nifty intro filling about the same - swapped in from disk).
Sure, modern PC games may have better graphics, but I'm still waiting for better game play.
You left option 6:
Cowboy Neal
The real problem is that most /.'ers would rather browse http://www.whitehouse.com than http://www.whitehouse.gov.
But that's just me...
Yes, god forbid that government be open and transparent to its citizens. After all, in a democracy, who's really supposed to be in charge - the People???