That's a lousy return. I wouldn't want 4 cents on the dollar.
You do better to hire a crew of operators and instruct them to find an ATM, withdraw $500, and give you $400, and never talk to you again. (That's 80 cents on the dollar, and that's not even good.)
Gather all the information you can, but... I think you'll get more useful information elsewhere.
I don't know how much hand will be lost, or if something like this could help... 3d printed replacement hand. It's certainly intriguing; if you're building custom rather than COTS, you can possibly tweak it to better suit specific applications.
Given the theme of this website and the users that theme attracts, there will likely be few traditional artists, and of those, a ridiculously small segment with any experience using a prosthetic hand.
If you wanted to know which type of prosthetic hand can best run a Model M, maybe/. is the place.
First, ask her what will be important. She'll be using the thing.
Then, ask fora dedicated to prostheses and artists what they suggest.
Unless your question is about BitCoin and I misread it, in which case I apologize.
he can see your younger sister taking a shower off the shiny back of a brand new stop sign. So he videos the shower scene while legally standing on a public sidewalk, and puts in on YouTube. Illegal or a legit use of a bug?
Legit use of a bug, but a violation of YouTube's Terms of Service ("you will not submit to the Service any Content or other material that is contrary to the YouTube Community Guidelines") and Community Guidelines ("YouTube is not for pornography or sexually explicit content").
In the specific case of my younger sister, it's also horrific taste. She's quite unattractive. (Community guidelines: "YouTube is not a shock site. Don't post gross-out videos")
a scenario whereby shutting his account off could cause catastrophic failure of many systems
A former administrator did this crap.
My first act was to change the password on the golden privileged account ("administrator" he called it), and then create a least-necessary-privilege account for everything that broke.
A lot of things didn't work at first, but they were all working better than before within a few weeks.
Intentionally breaking it this way also gives unique insight into which users are utilizing which service offering - they'll be screaming about what doesn't work for them. (It's pretty much a guarantee if the former group used one account for everything, they didn't have any notion of a service catalog.)
Most machines around here are tagged "Malfunction voids all pays and plays" - if they can demonstrate that this is, in fact, a malfunction, then they may reasonably claim the payout value (but not any deposited credit in the machine).
The point of the machines (from the player perspective) is to stick in money, push buttons, and make it dispense more money (vouchers) than you put in.
The house edge comes from the fact that pushing the buttons correctly in all situations is difficult.
This guy did it right. If the house wants to fix the "bug" that allowed him to take out more money than they thought he should, that's their right.
Prosecution on this one... very grey area.
But I'll forward the how-to on to my video poker friends, just in case they find a machine with those firmware revisions, so that they'll be sure not to expose themselves to prosecution in this manner.
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you can't buy one at the moment.
Ok...
get to the Maker Faire San Mateo (May 17-19) where they are being demonstrated and sold.
So which is it? Are they not being sold, or are they being sold?
How have you learned to adapt and accept things that are new and different in the world of technology and computers?
The girls I talk to want the new features. If I want to keep talking to the girls, I stay reasonably current on features.
If you want to, you can replace "girls" with "users", "customers", etc. Really, though, this is nothing new, since about Windows 95 and AOL.
I wonder if mods will cloak me...
Who said that?
Let's make it personally relevant.
Inform me when they've got one I attach to a Ducati, to make it invisible to radar.
Do you really need to have a mail server in-house anymore these days?
That really depends on the confidentiality requirements of your email.
If I were the business was healthcare, a law firm, or an accounting firm... yes, I'd feel a need to run the email in-house.
That's a lousy return. I wouldn't want 4 cents on the dollar.
You do better to hire a crew of operators and instruct them to find an ATM, withdraw $500, and give you $400, and never talk to you again. (That's 80 cents on the dollar, and that's not even good.)
What a blast.
I think that's the part everyone wants to avoid.
The problem with that idea isn't cost, but accountability.
It's much harder to demonstrate that you got all the waste back if it left the facility than if it never left.
No politician wants the potential scandal of giving "the bad guys" materials to make a dirty bomb.
Doesn't pass my sniff-test.
I get suspicious any time someone is selling $1000 for $1.
No problems!
Gather all the information you can, but... I think you'll get more useful information elsewhere.
I don't know how much hand will be lost, or if something like this could help... 3d printed replacement hand. It's certainly intriguing; if you're building custom rather than COTS, you can possibly tweak it to better suit specific applications.
Given the theme of this website and the users that theme attracts, there will likely be few traditional artists, and of those, a ridiculously small segment with any experience using a prosthetic hand.
If you wanted to know which type of prosthetic hand can best run a Model M, maybe /. is the place.
First, ask her what will be important. She'll be using the thing.
Then, ask fora dedicated to prostheses and artists what they suggest.
Unless your question is about BitCoin and I misread it, in which case I apologize.
he can see your younger sister taking a shower off the shiny back of a brand new stop sign. So he videos the shower scene while legally standing on a public sidewalk, and puts in on YouTube. Illegal or a legit use of a bug?
Legit use of a bug, but a violation of YouTube's Terms of Service ("you will not submit to the Service any Content or other material that is contrary to the YouTube Community Guidelines") and Community Guidelines ("YouTube is not for pornography or sexually explicit content").
In the specific case of my younger sister, it's also horrific taste. She's quite unattractive. (Community guidelines: "YouTube is not a shock site. Don't post gross-out videos")
Exactly.
An engineering student asking "what's a clutch?" may want to hear about pressure plates, friction surfaces, and throwout bearings.
A driver's ed student asking the same question wants to hear "put your left foot down".
Second this; when someone resigns, their employment with the company is terminated.
Boom de-yadda, if you know what I mean.
The management/HR answer is usually to give the new worker the old worker's passwords, so they can get stuff done.
a scenario whereby shutting his account off could cause catastrophic failure of many systems
A former administrator did this crap.
My first act was to change the password on the golden privileged account ("administrator" he called it), and then create a least-necessary-privilege account for everything that broke.
A lot of things didn't work at first, but they were all working better than before within a few weeks.
Intentionally breaking it this way also gives unique insight into which users are utilizing which service offering - they'll be screaming about what doesn't work for them. (It's pretty much a guarantee if the former group used one account for everything, they didn't have any notion of a service catalog.)
I prefer sledgehammers.
Not implying sledgehammers beat bats for beating gear, just stating a personal preference.
Thermite or a LOx fire is a more impressive display, but nowhere near as cathartic.
Not completely, but do a search for "Tranax manual download". A fair number of people have managed to do enough.
The rules are generally displayable by help screens.
the casino almost certainly has the right to demand the money back (unless they failed to post the warning about voiding plays.)
I'll agree that IF the casino can demonstrate that there was a malfunction BEFORE they paid, then yes, they have a right to invalidate the payout.
If they've already paid, I don't think they have any more right to demand their money back than an individual would after losing a game.
I am going to have a very bad day when I get back to work tomorrow.
Not if IGT has published a correction and it's been properly applied already.
Affected firmware levels are listed in the exhibit attached to the motion to dismiss linked in TFA.
The casino will probably dispute that.
Most machines around here are tagged "Malfunction voids all pays and plays" - if they can demonstrate that this is, in fact, a malfunction, then they may reasonably claim the payout value (but not any deposited credit in the machine).
The point of the machines (from the player perspective) is to stick in money, push buttons, and make it dispense more money (vouchers) than you put in.
The house edge comes from the fact that pushing the buttons correctly in all situations is difficult.
This guy did it right. If the house wants to fix the "bug" that allowed him to take out more money than they thought he should, that's their right.
Prosecution on this one... very grey area.
But I'll forward the how-to on to my video poker friends, just in case they find a machine with those firmware revisions, so that they'll be sure not to expose themselves to prosecution in this manner.
Great, now we'll be seeing atoms that sparkle.