Despite less-than-pleasant memories of living with my stepfather, my fondest one is of playing the pinball machine he had in the house.
It was called OXO, and had a tic-tac-toe board as its main feature. The "object" of the game, of course, was to win ttt.
There was a button on the board centered between the angled bumpers just above the flippers which would light up the bottom center square, and the angled bumpers themselves, iirc, would switch what that button would put in the square - X or O.
Sometimes the ball would move so fast - going from one bumper, over the button, and hitting the other bumper - that the electronics would get a little confused and put both the X and the O into the square.
I must have played that thing for hours at a time in my Junior High days. I almost cried when he sold it prior to moving to a new home.
This is like saying guns kill people.
BS. People kill people.
With guns. I'm not disagreeing with you conceptually, but - as with Asimov's Three Laws, it ain't quite that simple
People choose to shoot someone. People choose to drink and drive.
Since you can't prevent people from choosing to be stupid, one theoretical solution is to remove the devices. Well, good luck with eliminating guns - and cars.
So, prevent the device of (yes I know it's awkward) drunkenness. It won't work, but it is an attempt.
(Apropos of nothing, a friend once said that it's not guns that kill people, and it's not people that kill people; it's the bullet entering the body at extremely high speed that tends to be the culprit....)
I most certainly would not as any religious beliefs he/she/it/anybody has should always be personal and therefore should always be "my" rather than assuming that everyone else does or should believe the same.
Since you may go to one store for milk, and a different store - where milk is more expensive - for something the milk store doesn't have, how about an app that DOESN'T remind you to get milk when you're at the other store.
In other words, I'm going to patent an app that doesn't remind you to get something when you're not at the right place.
With all those apps out there not reminding users, I should be able to sue for billions!!
Having said that why isn't Qualcomm and X Prize doing their own research? That's what's irritating, like how ever elected official says how we must invest in science / nasa, does nothing about it, and then disappears a decade or so later.
Why are you still surprised by this? We've all been commercial software beta testers for decades.
Why shouldn't they make use of the crowd-brain, and then reap the rewards themselves?
If we had freedom no knock warrants would not exist. You come through the door unannounced, I should be legally in the clear when I send as much lead as I can in your direction at high velocity.
I believe that actually is the case - 2nd and 4th amendments and all.
But I think the people executing said warrants are likely to have a lot more lead to send back. And they should be legally in the clear when they turn you into pink mist - self defense and all....
Facebook app on cellphone -> carrier data network -> internet -> Facebook servers can take way more than 60 seconds. She could have hit Submit well before 7:54 AM.
Granted it could have been within 60 seconds - but it could also very easily have not been. Personally I'd lean toward the latter.
It might be helpful if someone knew the seconds values involved - even then I bet the 911 system will be more accurate.
I read in a novel about a system that could detect an incoming mortar round, determine its point of origin, and fire a round aimed at that point, within seconds - hopefully hitting it before the mortar team cleared out.
Dunno if it exists in real life.
Wouldn't it be cool if the same concept could be applied to flight-decks, deflecting the beam away from the pilot and causing it to blind the dipsh!ts who lased?
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I get it, but I bet they still have the "extra game" function enabled - the one that produces a real hard knock somewhere inside the cabinet....
Despite less-than-pleasant memories of living with my stepfather, my fondest one is of playing the pinball machine he had in the house.
It was called OXO, and had a tic-tac-toe board as its main feature. The "object" of the game, of course, was to win ttt.
There was a button on the board centered between the angled bumpers just above the flippers which would light up the bottom center square, and the angled bumpers themselves, iirc, would switch what that button would put in the square - X or O.
Sometimes the ball would move so fast - going from one bumper, over the button, and hitting the other bumper - that the electronics would get a little confused and put both the X and the O into the square.
I must have played that thing for hours at a time in my Junior High days. I almost cried when he sold it prior to moving to a new home.
This is like saying guns kill people. BS. People kill people.
With guns. I'm not disagreeing with you conceptually, but - as with Asimov's Three Laws, it ain't quite that simple
People choose to shoot someone. People choose to drink and drive.
Since you can't prevent people from choosing to be stupid, one theoretical solution is to remove the devices. Well, good luck with eliminating guns - and cars.
So, prevent the device of (yes I know it's awkward) drunkenness. It won't work, but it is an attempt.
(Apropos of nothing, a friend once said that it's not guns that kill people, and it's not people that kill people; it's the bullet entering the body at extremely high speed that tends to be the culprit....)
Coming soon - many cheap and easy ways to defeat portable breathalyzers.
Now that's a great idea. I'd vote for that.
ahh but then the other half would also have a 60% majority and i'm just not sure the universe could handle that.
Wouldn't 10% of each side just annihilate each other? Or, you know... everything?
I most certainly would not as any religious beliefs he/she/it/anybody has should always be personal and therefore should always be "my" rather than assuming that everyone else does or should believe the same.
Indeed. I practice Jake.
Nice.
Actually my girlfriend suggested a variant:
Since you may go to one store for milk, and a different store - where milk is more expensive - for something the milk store doesn't have, how about an app that DOESN'T remind you to get milk when you're at the other store.
In other words, I'm going to patent an app that doesn't remind you to get something when you're not at the right place.
With all those apps out there not reminding users, I should be able to sue for billions!!
Simple - you can still delegate your vote, on any subject. And you can revoke that delegation at any time.
Let (1 or more) someone else(s) handle (what you think is) the grunt work. Handle the sexy stuff yourself.
If a vote you delegated... grazing rights, say.... doesn't go your way, rank your rep lower and take back your vote for next time.
The real cost savings.... fire the government employees that are not willing to assume responsibility and do even moderately difficult work.
Can we include Congresscritters in this plan?
But "... yet" says more.
Awesome!
The ExBin Store!
You heard it here first folks, so it's mine... all mine !!
Having said that why isn't Qualcomm and X Prize doing their own research? That's what's irritating, like how ever elected official says how we must invest in science / nasa, does nothing about it, and then disappears a decade or so later.
Why are you still surprised by this? We've all been commercial software beta testers for decades.
Why shouldn't they make use of the crowd-brain, and then reap the rewards themselves?
Seems to be a pretty proven business model....
Reminds me of that old science fiction joke:
The world spent untold sums of money hooking up all the computers together into a massive global supermachine.
The day came when it was time to power it on. The most revered scientific mind flipped the switch and asked the first question:
"Is there a god?"
A lightning bolt came from a massive power terminal and fused the switch shut.
Supercomputer: "There is now!"
And adult pedophilia.
If we had freedom no knock warrants would not exist. You come through the door unannounced, I should be legally in the clear when I send as much lead as I can in your direction at high velocity.
I believe that actually is the case - 2nd and 4th amendments and all.
But I think the people executing said warrants are likely to have a lot more lead to send back. And they should be legally in the clear when they turn you into pink mist - self defense and all....
I guess you're writing from inside an Einstein-Rosen Bridge and locally 3.5 inches and 10.1 inches appear to be the same length.
Resolution != screensize
It's the next element after ironx
*facepalm*
Even if you're being sarcastic, the least you could do is RTFS.... Beas is a her.
Yeeeeaaaaaa...no.
Facebook app on cellphone -> carrier data network -> internet -> Facebook servers can take way more than 60 seconds. She could have hit Submit well before 7:54 AM.
Granted it could have been within 60 seconds - but it could also very easily have not been. Personally I'd lean toward the latter.
It might be helpful if someone knew the seconds values involved - even then I bet the 911 system will be more accurate.
I read in a novel about a system that could detect an incoming mortar round, determine its point of origin, and fire a round aimed at that point, within seconds - hopefully hitting it before the mortar team cleared out.
Dunno if it exists in real life.
Wouldn't it be cool if the same concept could be applied to flight-decks, deflecting the beam away from the pilot and causing it to blind the dipsh!ts who lased?
War.
+1 yourself.
Hey, you downtalkers:
You have a problem with unrealistic games and their popularity?
Remember...
Pacman?
I though it said MORTON Salt!
Well yeah, that's a good counter. I'm sure some lawyer could come up with a reason, though...