If you have the time to do it, why not just analyze the residual fingerprint oils left behind on the keys? The oldest oils would differ from the newer oils, and could essentially be used to backtrack any password.
Despite various environmental influences, the brain has been developing amazing capabilities as of the last century and a half.
3/4 of most common mental illnesses, for example, have had their mirror images of genious appear at the same time. Case in point, the misnamed "Idiot Savant".
While a majority of autistic people with aspergers syndrome, ADHD, ADD, stuttering, dyslexia, et al, have had difficulty adjusting to the modern world, another portion have adjusted brilliantly.
For example, ADD/ADHD could be an adaptation to rapidly changing perceptions and environments. To those who do not have this, it's a bunch of kids who jump around and seem to incoherantly spot a million different things at a rate well over what they could. Thus, they're a "problem child" to be fixed with meds.
Aspergers syndrome is a much more discrete phase, where one's mind is coherant (similar to obsessive compulsive disorder), but can focus enough to be somewhere close to genious. A good case example is "Rockin'" Bill Gates (who demonstrates this routinely in his meetings as you all know, but in his youth was a decent programmer, as long as he didn't have to work beyond 2K code). Another example is Howard Hughes.
Stuttering/Tourettes is a case where someone has brilliant communications skills, as long as you don't have to actually listen to them talk.
Most of this stuff didn't happen overnight, but on the other hand, it may have occurred at a time when we weren't eager to light a torch and pyre.
Ah, but who, if there is no oversight (inspectors, law enforcement, or licensing), makes sure they aren't actually cheating their players?
Has anyone examined the software they use, to find out if it gives an abnormally high advantage to the casino (even moreso than most real world casinos)?
Does anyone know how accountable the online casinos are?
Do they rig their games?
Do they hire people for a comparitively paltry sum to use as photo models for the "See our lucky winners!" pages, so they can drum up new business?
Since so many pay and free casinos make their income by advertising (much of which comes from pay casinos), it's basically turning into another "pay per click" crash and burn.
And of course, there's the user base, which makes it almost impossible to win legitimately, since you're talking millions of players to compete against every day.
Case in point, I've been a member of two free online casinos for almost 6 years. On one, I haven't seen a single prize of any kind, after playing for 6 years. On the other, I won a T-shirt despite being the lowest scorer on their wall of fame (something like 200th place or so).
Hell, in the real world, I won more money out of scratchers, than I've ever seen from any online casino.
I mean really, do these casinos have any credibility?
Folks (everyone responding), for one, conventional televisions can barely display graphics on a level that BR-DVD would allow for. A game may be set up to display in 1080P, but then if you have a SDTV, you're not going to see any benefit. A perfect example of this is if you took a 5 megapixel photo and displayed it on your grandparent's Zenith TV. You aren't going to see any improvement. Period.
Secondly, even a "cheap" HDTV runs $599 and up. As I wrote a while back, this simply isn't an amount everyone is going to conveniently reach into their ass and pay off. Thusly, all of the extra data in those drives is essentially wasted for the target market they're aimed for.
Even IF they get HDTV down to a reasonable (eg; $300 or less) level, you're still talking about people having to upgrade just to take full advantage of their gaming console.
If, somehow, this lacks perspective, look at how much PC users bitched and griped about having to upgrade their computers, at a cost of a few to several hundred dollars, when Win95 came out, or frankly, every Windows release past. Either that, or they ran Linux, to keep their sub Ghz systems running.
The point of ANY high def drive is moot. Seriously. How long is it going to take for enough people to upgrade to a high definition set that could take advantage of (and justify) the drive's capabilities?
Sheesh, we may as well wait to justify the Playstation 4 and XBox 720.
One of those die cast Millenium Falcons they're selling at Wal-Mart for about $250? Build a good enough heat pipe, and you have a perfect cooling situation, along with nifty removable panels, and George Lucas' blessings!
Imagination is not a factor. All animals, as far as I know, have imagination. Cats chase laser pointers, dogs chase a stick, fish chase random shiny things, because that's what they imagine as prey.
They have found neanderthal burial sites, complete with flowers, et al, dating back quite a bit before their extinction.
Now if you really want to compare imaginations as a factor, then yes, you may be correct, since what I described for homo sapiens developing xenophobia, there is a definite factor for imagination in xenophobia, eg; "Gronk get broken leg, therefore Gronk not liked by great god, therefore, kill Gronk so we have better hunting season!".
Not much different than the Jewish scourge propaganda films put out by Nazi Germany, when you think about it.
The neanderthals had funerals, in many cases, they've found a few with life long crippling conditions. Probably many more with severe illness were revered as well. Essentially they kept what one in modern society would consider as a potential threat (mental, psychological disorders, birth defects, etc).
Hypothetically, let us say that xenophobia came into its own with homo sapiens. They spurned the old, the weak, the infirm, anything with a condition that could not be explained easily. Anyone with an unexplained illness, flaw, etc, would be left to die or killed outright.
Based on overall history, perhaps this is a learned trait, but every human today, no matter how "enlightened" still shudders at least mentally when faced with the horrors of disease, injury, differences, et al. Some of us are just better at blocking it than others, while others lapse into either disgust, hatred, or post traumatice stress disorder.
These elements are counterproductive to modern humans' perceived psychology, so the logical cause for the neanderthals' eventual demise may very well be ourselves, since as history shows, that very behavior has led to genocide many MANY times.
Look at ethnic cleansing today, some of these people and cultures that were being wiped out took less than a couple of thousand years til some group, culture, or society decided to try killing them off.
Either that, or they ask "Now I know what you're thinking, did he fire 6 antibodies or only 5? Well, being that this is crocodile serum, the most powerful serum in the world, and can blow your mitochondria clean off, you gotta ask yourself this question: Do I feel lucky? Well do ya, FUNK?"
I mean come on, how does this NOT testify to the quality (and therefore, the durability) of the packing materials?
How else can you demonstrate how well your package will survive the shipping process, than showing how someone can actuallly use those same packaging materials for furniture?
Microsoft, and even past Slashdot articles have reported, time and time again, that such measures used in WinXP SP1, WinXP SP2, and WGA, are to deter "casual pirating".
In other words, the guys who sell CDs in Hong Kong with the generic Devilsown key.
In more succinct words, "Sure, get it for free, but expect to WORK for it".
Actually, a sweat equity OS doesn't sound that bad.
If I recall correctly, Sega beat Sony to market twice, once with the Saturn, again with the Dreamcast. Both times, with relatively poor titles available, leading up to the time Sony released the PSX, and then the Playstation 2.
In both cases, Sega lost enormous amounts of money, and abandoned both platforms almost the moment Sony released their competing systems.
Of course, others could say it was economic backlash from the time Sega tried competing with Nintendo with the SegaCD, and then their severely botched 32X.
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If you have the time to do it, why not just analyze the residual fingerprint oils left behind on the keys? The oldest oils would differ from the newer oils, and could essentially be used to backtrack any password.
So who was the reviewer who made the remaining .9 rating? A seal?
Despite various environmental influences, the brain has been developing amazing capabilities as of the last century and a half.
3/4 of most common mental illnesses, for example, have had their mirror images of genious appear at the same time. Case in point, the misnamed "Idiot Savant".
While a majority of autistic people with aspergers syndrome, ADHD, ADD, stuttering, dyslexia, et al, have had difficulty adjusting to the modern world, another portion have adjusted brilliantly.
For example, ADD/ADHD could be an adaptation to rapidly changing perceptions and environments. To those who do not have this, it's a bunch of kids who jump around and seem to incoherantly spot a million different things at a rate well over what they could. Thus, they're a "problem child" to be fixed with meds.
Aspergers syndrome is a much more discrete phase, where one's mind is coherant (similar to obsessive compulsive disorder), but can focus enough to be somewhere close to genious. A good case example is "Rockin'" Bill Gates (who demonstrates this routinely in his meetings as you all know, but in his youth was a decent programmer, as long as he didn't have to work beyond 2K code). Another example is Howard Hughes.
Stuttering/Tourettes is a case where someone has brilliant communications skills, as long as you don't have to actually listen to them talk.
Most of this stuff didn't happen overnight, but on the other hand, it may have occurred at a time when we weren't eager to light a torch and pyre.
Ah, but who, if there is no oversight (inspectors, law enforcement, or licensing), makes sure they aren't actually cheating their players?
Has anyone examined the software they use, to find out if it gives an abnormally high advantage to the casino (even moreso than most real world casinos)?
Does anyone know how accountable the online casinos are?
Do they rig their games?
Do they hire people for a comparitively paltry sum to use as photo models for the "See our lucky winners!" pages, so they can drum up new business?
Since so many pay and free casinos make their income by advertising (much of which comes from pay casinos), it's basically turning into another "pay per click" crash and burn.
And of course, there's the user base, which makes it almost impossible to win legitimately, since you're talking millions of players to compete against every day.
Case in point, I've been a member of two free online casinos for almost 6 years. On one, I haven't seen a single prize of any kind, after playing for 6 years. On the other, I won a T-shirt despite being the lowest scorer on their wall of fame (something like 200th place or so).
Hell, in the real world, I won more money out of scratchers, than I've ever seen from any online casino.
I mean really, do these casinos have any credibility?
To me, it'll always be the animatronic David Hasselhoff, way better acting.
Folks (everyone responding), for one, conventional televisions can barely display graphics on a level that BR-DVD would allow for. A game may be set up to display in 1080P, but then if you have a SDTV, you're not going to see any benefit. A perfect example of this is if you took a 5 megapixel photo and displayed it on your grandparent's Zenith TV. You aren't going to see any improvement. Period.
Secondly, even a "cheap" HDTV runs $599 and up. As I wrote a while back, this simply isn't an amount everyone is going to conveniently reach into their ass and pay off. Thusly, all of the extra data in those drives is essentially wasted for the target market they're aimed for.
Even IF they get HDTV down to a reasonable (eg; $300 or less) level, you're still talking about people having to upgrade just to take full advantage of their gaming console.
If, somehow, this lacks perspective, look at how much PC users bitched and griped about having to upgrade their computers, at a cost of a few to several hundred dollars, when Win95 came out, or frankly, every Windows release past. Either that, or they ran Linux, to keep their sub Ghz systems running.
The point of ANY high def drive is moot. Seriously. How long is it going to take for enough people to upgrade to a high definition set that could take advantage of (and justify) the drive's capabilities?
Sheesh, we may as well wait to justify the Playstation 4 and XBox 720.
Yeah, those elderly, infirm, paraplegics, pregnant women in labor, they shoulda just gotten up and walked it off.
One of those die cast Millenium Falcons they're selling at Wal-Mart for about $250? Build a good enough heat pipe, and you have a perfect cooling situation, along with nifty removable panels, and George Lucas' blessings!
Imagination is not a factor. All animals, as far as I know, have imagination. Cats chase laser pointers, dogs chase a stick, fish chase random shiny things, because that's what they imagine as prey.
They have found neanderthal burial sites, complete with flowers, et al, dating back quite a bit before their extinction.
Now if you really want to compare imaginations as a factor, then yes, you may be correct, since what I described for homo sapiens developing xenophobia, there is a definite factor for imagination in xenophobia, eg; "Gronk get broken leg, therefore Gronk not liked by great god, therefore, kill Gronk so we have better hunting season!".
Not much different than the Jewish scourge propaganda films put out by Nazi Germany, when you think about it.
The neanderthals had funerals, in many cases, they've found a few with life long crippling conditions. Probably many more with severe illness were revered as well. Essentially they kept what one in modern society would consider as a potential threat (mental, psychological disorders, birth defects, etc).
Hypothetically, let us say that xenophobia came into its own with homo sapiens. They spurned the old, the weak, the infirm, anything with a condition that could not be explained easily. Anyone with an unexplained illness, flaw, etc, would be left to die or killed outright.
Based on overall history, perhaps this is a learned trait, but every human today, no matter how "enlightened" still shudders at least mentally when faced with the horrors of disease, injury, differences, et al. Some of us are just better at blocking it than others, while others lapse into either disgust, hatred, or post traumatice stress disorder.
These elements are counterproductive to modern humans' perceived psychology, so the logical cause for the neanderthals' eventual demise may very well be ourselves, since as history shows, that very behavior has led to genocide many MANY times.
Look at ethnic cleansing today, some of these people and cultures that were being wiped out took less than a couple of thousand years til some group, culture, or society decided to try killing them off.
What part of "Bang, zoom, to the moon!" didn't the conspiracy nutjob not understand?
Or just one gigantic genetically engineered Spongebob Squarepants.
I for one welcome our eventual goofy gargantuan yellow overlords.
Not sure, but they may have meant the machines on the other end, not the screening machines themselves.
I'm self employed as an artist, so obviously, I'm both the most irresponsible and laziest employee ever, AND I'm the worst psychotic boss ever.
Either that, or they ask "Now I know what you're thinking, did he fire 6 antibodies or only 5? Well, being that this is crocodile serum, the most powerful serum in the world, and can blow your mitochondria clean off, you gotta ask yourself this question: Do I feel lucky? Well do ya, FUNK?"
New York City instituted urine fueled batteries in their subway system, now the trains power themselves.
And cryogenically freezing your sperm for the future, absolutely free of charge!
I mean come on, how does this NOT testify to the quality (and therefore, the durability) of the packing materials?
How else can you demonstrate how well your package will survive the shipping process, than showing how someone can actuallly use those same packaging materials for furniture?
Microsoft, and even past Slashdot articles have reported, time and time again, that such measures used in WinXP SP1, WinXP SP2, and WGA, are to deter "casual pirating".
In other words, the guys who sell CDs in Hong Kong with the generic Devilsown key.
In more succinct words, "Sure, get it for free, but expect to WORK for it".
Actually, a sweat equity OS doesn't sound that bad.
Could have saved us from losing most of the good technologies, and is the prime technological loss to trump them all.
If I recall correctly, weren't they linked to manganese nodules in shallow oceans?
If I recall correctly, Sega beat Sony to market twice, once with the Saturn, again with the Dreamcast. Both times, with relatively poor titles available, leading up to the time Sony released the PSX, and then the Playstation 2.
In both cases, Sega lost enormous amounts of money, and abandoned both platforms almost the moment Sony released their competing systems.
Of course, others could say it was economic backlash from the time Sega tried competing with Nintendo with the SegaCD, and then their severely botched 32X.
Sure, but that'll come at a price. At least the surfing will be great in Vegas!