but the projector on my ceiling need a $700 DVI-fiber-DVI cable to go lengths over 6ft while still remaining in spec.
Wrong. You've been misled. DVI at half bandwidth can travel 30 feet on a good cable. (half bandwidth currently is how computer data and HDTV are transmitted via DVI) DVI at full bandwidth travels 15 feet. And a limit of 1024x768? Not true at all. I'm running two 30' DVI cables. One to a projector sending 720p (1280x720) and one to an LCD display @ 1280x1024.
ESR, You are not the "hacker historian" or any sort of caretaker of a contrived "culture" either. You are a pigs dick who is incredibly self important. Check yourself.
you can get into really deep shit for backfeeding the power lines
You know why? Because if the main grid power goes out and you're backfeeding the grid.. when joe schmuck who works for the electric company goes out to work on the lines he's sure are disconnected in the right place.. ZAP!
You can certainly backfeed the grid, but you have to get permits to do so, so that the utility knows where to expect hot wires.
Big Displays are fun. After all, I never realized how much of a dork I was until a friend came over, and thought I was watching tv... and then found out I was using IRC on an 8 foot screen..
We'll you obviously can't ask for warranty on connecting various contraptions to the TV - But seriously, ask the techs. The worst you have to lose is a few minutes on hold. Beleive me, 99% of DVI damage is form joe six-pack jamming the wrong connector into the socket.
I work with DVI cables, connectors, display devices all day. Perhaps if you replied with the model # of your device I could provide some help and insight. Or at least point you towards a resource.
You don't have to take my word for it, but you are missing out. Try calling sony support and asking someone. Or get onthe AVS forums and look and see what people are doing with your model of TV.
You can't damage a DVI device by sending the wrong type of DVI signal. You damage a DVI device by hamfisting an incompatible (different form factor) DVI cable connector onto the DVI connector on your expensive equipment.
This is quite possibly the the dumbest thing I've heard in quite a while: "for example if you try to play a dvd on an XGA or SXGA system it looks WORSE(!) than on the lower resoultion SVGA."
Suuuure buddy. Keep on feeling good about your low res setup. Nothing wrong with it after all. But if you've ever actually seen a truly high end home theatre digital projector, you'd know that they ARE NOT 800x600. And you'd notice that DVDs look pretty fucking good at higher resolutions as long as you aren't using a low quality business projector with a video processor designed by for $300 by grad students over a short weekend. Video processing is key.
Not True. The DVI port on an HDCP enabled display device does not only display data coming from an HDCP source device. It displays HDCP data IN ADDITION to other DVI signals.
The problem is that not all other DVI signal will work, but most do and the ones that don't can usually be tweaked.
Exactly. Also, the use of VNC negates the need for a KVM if you plan on using a GUI for administration of the machine. If you don't need a GUI to administer the machine, just setup SSH and connect to it over the network.
"See, that's all well and good for a PR asshole or a lawyer asshole, but gambling is a shady business, and people have a right to know where they're putting their moneys."
I absolutely agree. Please note that I was never calling into question whether what was done was right or wrong. I just want to know how they got the code. The whole thing boils down to the fact that the purveyors of the machines have been saying the machines are fair, and this group is "saying" that they are not. They say they are not fair with all the pretentiousness that comes from having 100% solid gold evidence on their side. Yeah, so they put out a demo. So what? I want to know the source of the code. I cannot belive their claims over the claims of anyone else without knowing their information is legit and is code from current machines. I'm inclined to believe them, but the fact that not once did I see any mention of how the code was obtained or whether or not they could disclose how it was obtained does not sit well with me.
Well, actually I felt I included those scenarios. Of course, I'm working under the assumption that the code is copyrighted and that the owners of the code (not the machine) have not given permission for their code to be reused in an emulator.
If you bought a slot or "fruit" machine, or knew the owner of one who gave you permission to toy with it - I'm under the impression that it is illegal to pull copyrighted (and possibly patented) code off of the chip and redistribute it without permission of the copyright owner.
Also, as far as I know - The unauthorized review or redistribution of copyrighted code is theft.
I didn't say baccarat had the best odds, but "some of the best odds", and as far as I konw, I am correct in that statement. A statement I purposefully made in that manner. I gamble in Vegas on occasion, but by no means am I some sort of professional, which is why I didn't make that into an absolute statement.
If you'd like to post a rundown of odds on diferent games, I'd definitely read it.
Quite the contrary. I'll play anything that looks enticing to me at the moment. It may be the table game with the fewest people, or the most. Baccarat and craps are quite fun as well as blackjack and poker. It's entertainment. But my total gambling winnings exceed my total gambling losses. Unless of course you count the money I toss into a video poker machine at a local bar after I'm too sloshed to drive. Hint: never play video poker to pass the time while sobering up enough to focus your eyes;)
But the bottom line is that gambling is gambling. It's not something that only math retards do.
That's exactly what I was wondering from minute one of reading the site. They make not only make no mention of how they obtained the roms, but there is nothing saying "we'd like to, but cannot disclose how these roms were obtained/delivered". These are the only ways that I can think of:
Someone unlocked a machine and stole the board, and put the chip on a rom reader and dumped the code. Obviously, highly illegal.
Someone has a connection on the inside with someone who has access to the raw code. Not likely, (job security issues) unless someone with access to the code recently got sacked or is otherwise disgruntled. Again, obviously highly illegal.
This could simply be a hoax.
Of course, if the Roms were obtained illegally - there's a perfectly good reason as to why they wouldn't disclose how they were obtained. But nonetheless, when someone is accusing a big money industry of something so severe and underhanded it seems to me that they shouldn't take the readers who are keenly interested in this for granted and expect them to believe all of thier accusations without some sort of vague effort to let the readers know that the information they are relying on is in fact somewhat trustworthy.
Plus, if they disclosed their methods, people may be able to test the Vegas and Reno machines in the same manner, which suck up more money than all of the UK machines easily, at least I'd imagine they suck up more money given the extraordinary volume of machines and players in Vegas.
Well.. I guess the "cool" factor is one of those very subjective things. While I love high tech, I still dig physical switches. I guess I can liken it to me buying a pair of computer speakers with a volume knob over a pair that relies on a software control.
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Wrong. You've been misled. DVI at half bandwidth can travel 30 feet on a good cable. (half bandwidth currently is how computer data and HDTV are transmitted via DVI) DVI at full bandwidth travels 15 feet. And a limit of 1024x768? Not true at all. I'm running two 30' DVI cables. One to a projector sending 720p (1280x720) and one to an LCD display @ 1280x1024.
DVIgear.com's salesmen are good aren't they?
ESR, You are not the "hacker historian" or any sort of caretaker of a contrived "culture" either. You are a pigs dick who is incredibly self important. Check yourself.
You know why? Because if the main grid power goes out and you're backfeeding the grid.. when joe schmuck who works for the electric company goes out to work on the lines he's sure are disconnected in the right place.. ZAP!
You can certainly backfeed the grid, but you have to get permits to do so, so that the utility knows where to expect hot wires.
Oh yeah... I'd sue Direct TV and ClearChannel for broadcasting shit all over my property. And by shit, I mean shit.
Big Displays are fun. After all, I never realized how much of a dork I was until a friend came over, and thought I was watching tv... and then found out I was using IRC on an 8 foot screen..
I work with DVI cables, connectors, display devices all day. Perhaps if you replied with the model # of your device I could provide some help and insight. Or at least point you towards a resource.
You can't damage a DVI device by sending the wrong type of DVI signal. You damage a DVI device by hamfisting an incompatible (different form factor) DVI cable connector onto the DVI connector on your expensive equipment.
"for example if you try to play a dvd on an XGA or SXGA system it looks WORSE(!) than on the lower resoultion SVGA."
Suuuure buddy. Keep on feeling good about your low res setup. Nothing wrong with it after all. But if you've ever actually seen a truly high end home theatre digital projector, you'd know that they ARE NOT 800x600. And you'd notice that DVDs look pretty fucking good at higher resolutions as long as you aren't using a low quality business projector with a video processor designed by for $300 by grad students over a short weekend. Video processing is key.
The problem is that not all other DVI signal will work, but most do and the ones that don't can usually be tweaked.
As far as I know, Oregon only has one coast.. Perhaps thy're counting the Columbia river which is basically the Northern border of the state.
There's nothing economical about a P4 laptop.
I absolutely agree. Please note that I was never calling into question whether what was done was right or wrong. I just want to know how they got the code. The whole thing boils down to the fact that the purveyors of the machines have been saying the machines are fair, and this group is "saying" that they are not. They say they are not fair with all the pretentiousness that comes from having 100% solid gold evidence on their side. Yeah, so they put out a demo. So what? I want to know the source of the code. I cannot belive their claims over the claims of anyone else without knowing their information is legit and is code from current machines. I'm inclined to believe them, but the fact that not once did I see any mention of how the code was obtained or whether or not they could disclose how it was obtained does not sit well with me.
see this comment (#6141133).
see this comment (#6141133) below.
If you bought a slot or "fruit" machine, or knew the owner of one who gave you permission to toy with it - I'm under the impression that it is illegal to pull copyrighted (and possibly patented) code off of the chip and redistribute it without permission of the copyright owner.
Also, as far as I know - The unauthorized review or redistribution of copyrighted code is theft.
If you'd like to post a rundown of odds on diferent games, I'd definitely read it.
That would be true. Quite a boring game though, when nothing other than blind luck counts.
But the bottom line is that gambling is gambling. It's not something that only math retards do.
If anything, the people with weak math skills do a lot worse than people with good math skills in general.
Perhaps you've never won shit gambling. Also, you should consider those people who consistently win much more than they lose while gambling.
Try playing some baccarat, it has some of the best odds you'll find in a casino game.
Someone unlocked a machine and stole the board, and put the chip on a rom reader and dumped the code. Obviously, highly illegal.
Someone has a connection on the inside with someone who has access to the raw code. Not likely, (job security issues) unless someone with access to the code recently got sacked or is otherwise disgruntled. Again, obviously highly illegal.
This could simply be a hoax.
Of course, if the Roms were obtained illegally - there's a perfectly good reason as to why they wouldn't disclose how they were obtained. But nonetheless, when someone is accusing a big money industry of something so severe and underhanded it seems to me that they shouldn't take the readers who are keenly interested in this for granted and expect them to believe all of thier accusations without some sort of vague effort to let the readers know that the information they are relying on is in fact somewhat trustworthy.
Plus, if they disclosed their methods, people may be able to test the Vegas and Reno machines in the same manner, which suck up more money than all of the UK machines easily, at least I'd imagine they suck up more money given the extraordinary volume of machines and players in Vegas.
I have a Sony MP3/CD player in my car, but quite often, I like to hear some music that's "new to me" so to speak.
Actually, it is a nice idea. I can't wait to actually listen to music on the way to/from work instead of some insipid talk show.
I'm in Portland and I just looked up my house (which I bought last year). Looks like I paid about 3K over the value assigned to my house.
Very cool tool though.
ahem... *token ring*?
Well.. I guess the "cool" factor is one of those very subjective things. While I love high tech, I still dig physical switches. I guess I can liken it to me buying a pair of computer speakers with a volume knob over a pair that relies on a software control.