Wouldn't it be really neat to be the guy who got to program the big 2-D map that tracked all the chips?
I think it'd be awesome just to watch the high-money chips in live motion move around from table to table. It would also be interesting to watch statistics on dealer-win to bet ratios, and players who think they're on a streak.
Why not... develop encrypted phones...
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Why not develop a cellphone device that changed the sound going in and going out?
For instance, you could enter a keycode into a program, and it would re-format all voice data into meaningless noise without person X on the other end using the same (or a permutation of) the same code.
This would make wiretaps useless without... the code.
There were a few linux machines in the computer lab at highschool (well, one, by the time we were gone), and a clever ruse was to ssh and "eject", making whoever was working at it (or preferably, next to it) stare as the thing opened and closed it's CD-Rom try by itself.
"What if the wlan card requires drivers that are not in the kernel (like mine)? What if it there are drivers for FreeBSD that could be ported? What if the specs are open so you're free to make your own driver? What if you can run VMWare with windows drivers? At what point does it work or not work? What if everything works flawlessly except tv-out which is black/white? Does it work then?"
No.
If someone gave you a windows disk, told you it worked, and then said, "Well, no... it works if you're a programmer or computer enthusiast, but otherwise, you're fucked" - you'd be annoyed if you were neither of those two things.
Yes, but I don't take things out of other people's published work and publish wihout permission them myself for the purpose of making profit, which is illegal.
The reason UbiSoft has a good argument is pretty clear. Suppose JK Rowling's book became an overnight success and one of the first readers went out and bought hogwarts.com.
Then, being an "entrepeneur", he turned it into a porn site.
It's no different. The only reason why the URL was purchased is because of someone making cash off of someone else's work.
Completely bogus point. If you say windows doesn't work anymore after you've accidently deleted lots of system files, Bestbuy doesn't say: "Oh, well, here, let us give you your money back for that!"
The limit is pretty simple: Does the computer boot with display drivers, keyboard drivers, mouse drivers, sound card drivers, and ethernet? (or whatever else is in the thing). Does all of this stuff work? If so, "linux" works.
Officially, the only reason Bestbuy doesn't "support" linux is because no one pays them to do it.
At this point, we all know Google uses pigeonrank technology.
While your post might have been valid a few years ago, ever since Google told us the real secret, it's hard to believe some people still think they use all those fancy algorithms and hyperlinkers.
export Products solely to a portable device capable of playing Windows Media (TM) Audio ("WMA") files such as a WMA-compliant MP3 player an unlimited number of times.
What about something that faked iTMS into thinking it was burning to a virtual burner, and then that program took all the raw data it just grabbed from iTMS and made mp3 files out of them?
Well, the economy is recovering, so we ought to see a dramatic rise in pre-bust business models appearing.
Current: Publisher says: We'll publish your game and give you money to produce it if you can demonstrate that it will sell. After we sell it, we'll give you your profits.
Then: People say: Here's 20 million dollars! Go waste it on nerf guns and quake-lan parties. Oh, and if you get around to making a game, maybe spend some on that, too?
I think we should make a big sign on the front page of slashdot submission utility that reads "Correlation does not Equal Causation.
I'm not sure how many times I have to read articles like this a day, but here's an example that everyone understands: "There are more deaths by drowning in swimming pools during the summer months. There is more ice-cream consumed during the summer. Therefore, it can be proven that Ice-cream causes deaths by drowning."
We need to look at factor 3 in the above case (it's hot!), just like people need to look at factor 3 for the music sales / piracy ratio (the bands are popular!).
There's no link between music piracy and sales that's been proven on a causal level. Why? Because it's impossible to prove causal relationships from studies with no variable manipulation. Case closed.
Well, real estate value is also based on the fact that there is a finite amount of profitable land - and if, in the virtual arena, profitable land must be inhabited by other players, this principle isn't violated.
In a sense, the land might be infinite, but the player presense to make it profitable might not be.
Yes, and it takes obsessive-compulsive disorder. Wheee!
Boss: Hey Legoman, did you get those TPS reports? Legoman: Yes, and I dotted each "i" and even used the new cover! Boss: (Drat! Now I've got to harass someone else!) Hey, Peter, have those TPS reports for me?
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What with the submitter's sense of beauty, perhaps the rather cynical suggestion of a case-modded real doll isn't out of the question? (smirk)
Wouldn't it be really neat to be the guy who got to program the big 2-D map that tracked all the chips?
I think it'd be awesome just to watch the high-money chips in live motion move around from table to table. It would also be interesting to watch statistics on dealer-win to bet ratios, and players who think they're on a streak.
Why not develop a cellphone device that changed the sound going in and going out?
For instance, you could enter a keycode into a program, and it would re-format all voice data into meaningless noise without person X on the other end using the same (or a permutation of) the same code.
This would make wiretaps useless without... the code.
There were a few linux machines in the computer lab at highschool (well, one, by the time we were gone), and a clever ruse was to ssh and "eject", making whoever was working at it (or preferably, next to it) stare as the thing opened and closed it's CD-Rom try by itself.
"What if the wlan card requires drivers that are not in the kernel (like mine)? What if it there are drivers for FreeBSD that could be ported? What if the specs are open so you're free to make your own driver? What if you can run VMWare with windows drivers? At what point does it work or not work? What if everything works flawlessly except tv-out which is black/white? Does it work then?"
No.
If someone gave you a windows disk, told you it worked, and then said, "Well, no... it works if you're a programmer or computer enthusiast, but otherwise, you're fucked" - you'd be annoyed if you were neither of those two things.
Doesn't nino mean "The Child" or "The younger one"?
If you read the post substituting "the younger one" for each occurance of El Nino, it doesn't sound half un-bushlike.
You might have to replace "fires" with "bombing", though.
Not sure how the "them myself" got in there, oh well. Here it is again.
Yes, but I don't take things out of other people's published work and publish without permission for the purpose of making profit, which is illegal.
Welcome to a regulated market, my friend.
Yes, but I don't take things out of other people's published work and publish wihout permission them myself for the purpose of making profit, which is illegal.
Welcome to a regulated market, my friend.
The reason UbiSoft has a good argument is pretty clear. Suppose JK Rowling's book became an overnight success and one of the first readers went out and bought hogwarts.com.
Then, being an "entrepeneur", he turned it into a porn site.
It's no different. The only reason why the URL was purchased is because of someone making cash off of someone else's work.
Completely bogus point. If you say windows doesn't work anymore after you've accidently deleted lots of system files, Bestbuy doesn't say: "Oh, well, here, let us give you your money back for that!"
The limit is pretty simple: Does the computer boot with display drivers, keyboard drivers, mouse drivers, sound card drivers, and ethernet? (or whatever else is in the thing). Does all of this stuff work? If so, "linux" works.
Officially, the only reason Bestbuy doesn't "support" linux is because no one pays them to do it.
Would be an interesting way to promote linux - make a dozen copies of Knoppix and slip them in Bestbuy computers, restart them.
Voila!
(smirk) Not sure the salespeople would appreciate it, though.
No, but they might find one such error, and that's all they'd need, right?
At this point, we all know Google uses pigeonrank technology.
While your post might have been valid a few years ago, ever since Google told us the real secret, it's hard to believe some people still think they use all those fancy algorithms and hyperlinkers.
Since all of these things are 'net based, why don't you make a script that grabs these packages and seamlessly installs them?
The user will probably never know the difference, and the companies can't complain.
The biggest issue will be a license clickthrough before running the script.
The point has to be securing the patent. If they charge people to license something, they're establishing the fact that they do "own" this technology.
export Products solely to a portable device capable of playing Windows Media (TM) Audio ("WMA") files such as a WMA-compliant MP3 player an unlimited number of times.
:)
Do laptops count?
Philosophers tend to dabble in theory and metaphysical far more than the physical.The statement:
/. types get more sex? He's been playing the Sims waaaaay too much.
Creatures that game (whether playing house or war gaming) could arguably have a clear selectional advantage...
Is a clear indication of this.
He seems to be implying that
(smirk)
What about something that faked iTMS into thinking it was burning to a virtual burner, and then that program took all the raw data it just grabbed from iTMS and made mp3 files out of them?
Would be an interested idea, at least.
Well, the economy is recovering, so we ought to see a dramatic rise in pre-bust business models appearing.
Current:
Publisher says: We'll publish your game and give you money to produce it if you can demonstrate that it will sell. After we sell it, we'll give you your profits.
Then:
People say: Here's 20 million dollars! Go waste it on nerf guns and quake-lan parties. Oh, and if you get around to making a game, maybe spend some on that, too?
Would be an interesting idea for a distributed computing project, though. :)
I really like TvTime for my Tuner. Really, really clear picture.
:)
Freevo is nice too.
Just letting you know some other options.
I think we should make a big sign on the front page of slashdot submission utility that reads "Correlation does not Equal Causation.
I'm not sure how many times I have to read articles like this a day, but here's an example that everyone understands: "There are more deaths by drowning in swimming pools during the summer months. There is more ice-cream consumed during the summer. Therefore, it can be proven that Ice-cream causes deaths by drowning."
We need to look at factor 3 in the above case (it's hot!), just like people need to look at factor 3 for the music sales / piracy ratio (the bands are popular!).
There's no link between music piracy and sales that's been proven on a causal level. Why? Because it's impossible to prove causal relationships from studies with no variable manipulation. Case closed.
Well, real estate value is also based on the fact that there is a finite amount of profitable land - and if, in the virtual arena, profitable land must be inhabited by other players, this principle isn't violated.
In a sense, the land might be infinite, but the player presense to make it profitable might not be.
Yeah. This comment? Really distasteful.
Yes, and it takes obsessive-compulsive disorder. Wheee!
Boss: Hey Legoman, did you get those TPS reports?
Legoman: Yes, and I dotted each "i" and even used the new cover!
Boss: (Drat! Now I've got to harass someone else!) Hey, Peter, have those TPS reports for me?
Joke. Laugh.