The "Black Friday" that destroyed the US market for online poker was not about legality of online poker, it was about an interpretation of the UIEGA by a US DA in New York. Because of the way the sites handled payment processing they were indicted. The Justice Department later stated that the Wire Act doesn't apply to online poker and that implementation of online poker is up to the states.
The UIEGA was a bill attached to a "must pass" ports bill. It was vaguely written (perhaps by design) and did nothing to clarify the legality of poker. I wonder if the lumping of poker (a largely skill based game) with other forms of games of chance was done out of ignorance. I know that before I looked into poker I thought of it as gambling because it was a game where you won or lost money. I've changed my view to hold that gambling = game of chance involving money. Poker is kind of it's own category as long as it's fairly implemented.
I fully understand that it'd be easy to write a house advantaged poker game (think video poker) and/or allow others to see everyones cards (as has happened in the past). I also think that reputable companies would find it to their advantage long term to maintain the integrity of the games they provide.
I hope this is a good move to get Stars / FT back into the US, but it makes me a little wary that a publicly traded company now owns the brand and has to answer to stakeholders / shareholders / profit margins etc.
+1 Insightful to the parent
As a fellow nerd in education, keep doing what you are doing as long as it's effective. If you have a surplus of them, contact a colleague and see if they would like some to do the same.
If they aren't a useful tool, sell them and buy something that is a useful tool for your students.
The Duke school of business could have been more subtle about how they feel about other business schools. Did they have to put Fuckya right in the name? Couldn't they have put that message in a motto or by-law or something?
Oh boy, look like I forgot the *sarcasm* tag. The OP specifically said not to do, which gave me the permission to do. I think my kids' logic is starting to influence mine.
I agree with you on many points, but Debit Cards do give you access to Cash at an ATM, which Credit Cards do, but at very high interest rates that are compounded daily.
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Clearly the router should be used to fix this issue.
The "Black Friday" that destroyed the US market for online poker was not about legality of online poker, it was about an interpretation of the UIEGA by a US DA in New York. Because of the way the sites handled payment processing they were indicted. The Justice Department later stated that the Wire Act doesn't apply to online poker and that implementation of online poker is up to the states.
The UIEGA was a bill attached to a "must pass" ports bill. It was vaguely written (perhaps by design) and did nothing to clarify the legality of poker. I wonder if the lumping of poker (a largely skill based game) with other forms of games of chance was done out of ignorance. I know that before I looked into poker I thought of it as gambling because it was a game where you won or lost money. I've changed my view to hold that gambling = game of chance involving money. Poker is kind of it's own category as long as it's fairly implemented.
I fully understand that it'd be easy to write a house advantaged poker game (think video poker) and/or allow others to see everyones cards (as has happened in the past). I also think that reputable companies would find it to their advantage long term to maintain the integrity of the games they provide.
I hope this is a good move to get Stars / FT back into the US, but it makes me a little wary that a publicly traded company now owns the brand and has to answer to stakeholders / shareholders / profit margins etc.
Clearly you misunderstood the meaning behind GigaPower. It means it's 1000 times faster than the 33.6 dial-up they first sold you.
+1 Insightful to the parent As a fellow nerd in education, keep doing what you are doing as long as it's effective. If you have a surplus of them, contact a colleague and see if they would like some to do the same. If they aren't a useful tool, sell them and buy something that is a useful tool for your students.
NOAA video describing Wave Glider on YouTube
Video Describing Wave Wider on YouTube
+1 funny
Source: A Prarie Home Companion Joke Show from January 22, 2011.
Shouldn't this be tagged idol instead of idle?
When I saw the tux icon and the fossil tag and immediately thought free /open source software-il. What's wrong with me?
I'm going to wait until I can get a jet pack powered by Cold Fusion on Rails.
I'm going to need some visual basic or it didn't happen. You down with OOP or was it opp....
The Duke school of business could have been more subtle about how they feel about other business schools. Did they have to put Fuckya right in the name? Couldn't they have put that message in a motto or by-law or something?
And it requires Silverslight.
It's been a while since we had a Duke Nukem story on the front pa...Oh...that Duke...and they just shut it down and didn't nuke it...? Nevermind.
Isn't Lost all about a day at the beach?
Oh boy, look like I forgot the *sarcasm* tag. The OP specifically said not to do, which gave me the permission to do. I think my kids' logic is starting to influence mine.
I think one of the biggest problems with Flash and touchbased devices is the lack of mouseover functionality.
Eavesdropping 10 Linux desktops in 10 browser tabs? I like the sound of that.
There, fixed it for you
If you measure it in pixels, it's jerk is really only 45% of the word.
Windows fansites exist? I can't find any beyond microsoft.com and msnbc.
I agree with you on many points, but Debit Cards do give you access to Cash at an ATM, which Credit Cards do, but at very high interest rates that are compounded daily.
What about GIMP?
*ducks*
I've got em:
google.com
images.google.com
video.google.com
maps.google.com
news.google.com
shopping.google.com
Huh? I can't understand what you are trying to say.