convert electronic voting machines into slot machines!
I suppose if customers didn't even play and cashed out right away they knew and should give it back. Maybe even have to sue a couple. Actual criminal charges is a bit much as thats almost entrapment. I'd ignore anyone that played more than a round or 2 and cashed out as winnings.
Unless it clearly states everything in dollars, very unlikely as the machine didn't even recognize dollars intially!, they need to leave some room for doubt. Lots of games convert to credits. Someone could assume a typo in the price schedule, etc.
"When it does not receive a response, it does it again, apparently about 18K times a second."
Isn't that a bit impatient? Is wireless fast enough to reply in that fraction of a ms ?? Is that not like.06 ms ???
Even if it got an answer would it know it at that rate? And would it know which request the answer was to if it is sending requests faster than it can get an answer?
Quietly announced.... like the TV ad i saw yesterday!
One would hope they are available or someone wasted and ad budget...especially as i don't recall the name of it.
If it is only test/selected markets, i wonder if we have a better cel network in lil old Spokane than one would expect. Was that Disney settop box thingie wireless, that WAS available here a year before it was announced.
Wish i could have upgraded my computers this year in the same way i built them, but i could only afford to rebuild one:(
Years ago when i built my ubercool mod boxes i could not decide on Intel vs AMD...so i built one of each:) Turns out that an Athlon 2400 was indeed a tad faster (at gaming anyway) than its Intel counterpart (P4 2.5) I am guessing it would be a wash if the P4 had HT like the newer ones. So at least their old naming scheme was pretty close.
Glad i got 4 years+ out of those boxes with only 1 GPU change and an extra memory chip. I had no need for hardcore systems at the moment so i snagged a super cheap Core Duo left over from work:)
tigerdirect is now selling refurbished premium units
Only a 90 day warranty tho. I don't really have an interest in paying $150 a month for a couple video games, cause i dont trust it to make it that far. ($300 for unit and 3 $50 games with no guarentee any of it makes it past 3 months, and some chance it may spend a chuck of it in the shop)
Now we know where his 1st 10 units went....
I have 1 friend with an xbox 360, i lost count on his returns after unit number 3:(
What is the point of having all that cool test equipment and cameras if you can't break stuff ?!?
hehe, 30 years later i still remember a trip to the local power station that had the test equipment for powerlines and stuff. They crushed a large ceramic insulator til it blew up. Took some insane amount of pressure like 20000 psi. Quite spectacular. They had a rig for pulling apart a powerline too, we would have killed for that test;)
I like the other way too, tho i have been on both ends;)
I took my 1st computer class at the community college when i was still in high school. Took all kinds of permissions and crap, nobody did that back then, tho more common nowdays. HS only had one teletype terminal at the time. College had 12 or more plus...a graphics terminal.
It is fun sometimes when the people you are racing online find out you are old enough to be their dad:) Oddly enough one of the most hardcore lobbies lately has most OLDER than me, not often you find a group 45 and up:) Makes it even better tho when someone finds out EVERYONE that beat them is old enough to be their dad:O
Depressing to find out the 15 year-old punk is really a 40-something punk, hehe couldn't believe the guy was that old and couldn't form a coherent thought with less than a R rating...
I leave voice off however, mostly i hear background noise and stupidity outweighing any useful info:( And my voice sounds funky so mic is off anyways. No I am not a drunken gay japanese-american from new england....
Only thing i could think of was as a return point on a mars (and possibly moon) mission. It might make sense not to pilot a vehicle with a reentry shield all that way and back. With all the current fuss of the shuttle shield, would you want to take a shield to mars and back? Come back to the ISS and hop in one of the capsules to land or wait for your ride:)
Downside seems to be that we might have to add an economy parking lot;)
It requires an operator, so it is not saving much manpower. Maybe one operator instead of two people to pick up someone? Is it flexible enough to run like hell if shells start dropping nearby?
If it is not safe to send in the medic then wouldn't this be a good target?
What happens when it gets shot? The image of it falling with someone in its arms isn't exactly reassuring:(
Asheron's Call dismantled their in-game assistance after the ruling on UO:(
Seems like they would be defined as auditors, how many auditors work for free? Then we are back to employees which was the problem in the first place....
Of course the whole elected thing was brought up. The only way to get elected would be to be well-known which has zero relationship to good auditing skills or honesty;(
Naturally i have no solution that is better than the current lip-service:)
"proud owner of an RCA VHS VCR when all my friends bought Beta..."
hehe, i just posted below that even VHS sold like 30x more than the HD version for the original Pirates! (DVD was like 300x) All your friends must be on VHS now;)
Video Rentals: $20,780,000 DVD Rentals: $42,730,000 Video Sales (to January, 2004): $24,400,000 --- around a million 1st month or two (dec 2,2003 release i think) DVD Sales (to January, 2004): $235,300,000
Sorry link was a two-line monster that included referal and browser name:/
I only assumed the second sold half as many as 1st, feel free to look em all up and get hard numbers you math freaks out there.
So the 'winner' had under 50k, probably 25k VHS sold 1-2 million DVD sold like 10 million
Sounds like the winner is quite a loser to me...........
I found it takes a 2GHz w/HT or better windows box to emulate a dumb terminal without a noticable lag because of AV/firewall in the background:/ Otherwise the remote terminals 400 miles away is faster than mine 25ft away from server. The old box running like a 1.4Ghz P4 and win98 with AV/firewall feels just like the old remote terminals on a 1200 baud line:O
Oh, and why can't my 2.4GHz XP box keep up with my 386 in a DOS database program? An extra couple billion cycles and it can't fake it?
Not to mention those dirt cheap CDs appear to be around $11.00 still:(
How much do CD cost nowdays?
If $10 profit can't pay everyone down the chain we need a shorter chain...
Maybe all bands should put their music on video so we can get it in the bargain DVD bin instead:/
Thank god i have all the music i will ever need to listen to already on Cd/record/cass/8-track. I have paid retail for 1 CD in many years and that was off ebay for a 10-year-old out of print one. OK, plus a DVD of the month thingie for The Midnight Special (70's version of MTV) at full retail;)
Aye, I just noticed Compusa's version a couple days ago while shopping.
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(Duplicate line is theirs not mine! I think that is a hint)
Even scarier is the open box policy i just noticed:(
"Other than a "power up" test for the "open box" product, all Clearance items are sold "AS IS", unless we specifically tell you in writing a product comes with a limited manufacturer's warranty."
umm, i can usually get a better guarantee from ebay sellers......
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convert electronic voting machines into slot machines!
I suppose if customers didn't even play and cashed out right away they knew and should give it back. Maybe even have to sue a couple. Actual criminal charges is a bit much as thats almost entrapment. I'd ignore anyone that played more than a round or 2 and cashed out as winnings.
Unless it clearly states everything in dollars, very unlikely as the machine didn't even recognize dollars intially!, they need to leave some room for doubt. Lots of games convert to credits. Someone could assume a typo in the price schedule, etc.
"When it does not receive a response, it does it again, apparently about 18K times a second."
.06 ms ???
Isn't that a bit impatient? Is wireless fast enough to reply in that fraction of a ms ?? Is that not like
Even if it got an answer would it know it at that rate? And would it know which request the answer was to if it is sending requests faster than it can get an answer?
I was thinking along the same lines.....
.... like the TV ad i saw yesterday!
Quietly announced
One would hope they are available or someone wasted and ad budget...especially as i don't recall the name of it.
If it is only test/selected markets, i wonder if we have a better cel network in lil old Spokane than one would expect. Was that Disney settop box thingie wireless, that WAS available here a year before it was announced.
The legislators aren't entirely lacking in logic....
An actual line:
An "extreme pornographic image" is an image which is both--
(a) pornographic, and
(b) an extreme image.
OK, they are further defined later on with enough ifs, ands, and buts to make it perfectly unclear as too what is included .
Wish i could have upgraded my computers this year in the same way i built them, but i could only afford to rebuild one :(
:) Turns out that an Athlon 2400 was indeed a tad faster (at gaming anyway) than its Intel counterpart (P4 2.5) I am guessing it would be a wash if the P4 had HT like the newer ones. So at least their old naming scheme was pretty close.
:)
Years ago when i built my ubercool mod boxes i could not decide on Intel vs AMD...so i built one of each
Glad i got 4 years+ out of those boxes with only 1 GPU change and an extra memory chip. I had no need for hardcore systems at the moment so i snagged a super cheap Core Duo left over from work
Just show me what security YOU run before i give you my money to take care of ;P
There must be a few xbox360 returns.....
:(
tigerdirect is now selling refurbished premium units
Only a 90 day warranty tho. I don't really have an interest in paying $150 a month for a couple video games, cause i dont trust it to make it that far. ($300 for unit and 3 $50 games with no guarentee any of it makes it past 3 months, and some chance it may spend a chuck of it in the shop)
Now we know where his 1st 10 units went....
I have 1 friend with an xbox 360, i lost count on his returns after unit number 3
What is the point of having all that cool test equipment and cameras if you can't break stuff ?!?
;)
hehe, 30 years later i still remember a trip to the local power station that had the test equipment for powerlines and stuff. They crushed a large ceramic insulator til it blew up. Took some insane amount of pressure like 20000 psi. Quite spectacular. They had a rig for pulling apart a powerline too, we would have killed for that test
Sounds like a lot of water for children to take.....
;)
Gonna have to stick with aliens for this one
I like the other way too, tho i have been on both ends ;)
:) Oddly enough one of the most hardcore lobbies lately has most OLDER than me, not often you find a group 45 and up :) Makes it even better tho when someone finds out EVERYONE that beat them is old enough to be their dad :O
:( And my voice sounds funky so mic is off anyways. No I am not a drunken gay japanese-american from new england....
:)
I took my 1st computer class at the community college when i was still in high school. Took all kinds of permissions and crap, nobody did that back then, tho more common nowdays. HS only had one teletype terminal at the time. College had 12 or more plus...a graphics terminal.
It is fun sometimes when the people you are racing online find out you are old enough to be their dad
Depressing to find out the 15 year-old punk is really a 40-something punk, hehe couldn't believe the guy was that old and couldn't form a coherent thought with less than a R rating...
I leave voice off however, mostly i hear background noise and stupidity outweighing any useful info
Royce - online gamer for 25 years
hehe, i have the 'My Wang does Wonders' button :)
;)
I also have the Wang to go with it
Doesn't every geek use 500lbs of equipment and 2000 watts to play battleship?
So when ones finds a stranger in their home should they pose the question as multiple choice or is freeform ok?
Are you a:
a)thief
b)rapist
c)random violent dude
d)murderer
e)all of the above
Only thing i could think of was as a return point on a mars (and possibly moon) mission. It might make sense not to pilot a vehicle with a reentry shield all that way and back. With all the current fuss of the shuttle shield, would you want to take a shield to mars and back? Come back to the ISS and hop in one of the capsules to land or wait for your ride :)
;)
Downside seems to be that we might have to add an economy parking lot
"If the dog doesn't get him (okay, okay - Dachshunds aren't exactly man-eaters)"
:O
Good god man, don't try to tell them that
All the arguements are great but it stills sounds like he did something he agreed not to do a tad pointless eh.
Remind me not to jaywalk with a cell phone in my pocket ;)
It requires an operator, so it is not saving much manpower. Maybe one operator instead of two people to pick up someone? Is it flexible enough to run like hell if shells start dropping nearby?
If it is not safe to send in the medic then wouldn't this be a good target?
What happens when it gets shot? The image of it falling with someone in its arms isn't exactly reassuring
Cool design, just not sure of a good use.
I was wondering the same thing.
:(
;(
:)
Asheron's Call dismantled their in-game assistance after the ruling on UO
Seems like they would be defined as auditors, how many auditors work for free? Then we are back to employees which was the problem in the first place....
Of course the whole elected thing was brought up. The only way to get elected would be to be well-known which has zero relationship to good auditing skills or honesty
Naturally i have no solution that is better than the current lip-service
"proud owner of an RCA VHS VCR when all my friends bought Beta ..."
;)
hehe, i just posted below that even VHS sold like 30x more than the HD version for the original Pirates! (DVD was like 300x) All your friends must be on VHS now
If i am reading things right....
:/
VHS outsells them by at least a factor of 30 !!!
Pirates of the caribbean ONLY:
Video Rentals: $20,780,000
DVD Rentals: $42,730,000
Video Sales (to January, 2004): $24,400,000 --- around a million 1st month or two (dec 2,2003 release i think)
DVD Sales (to January, 2004): $235,300,000
Sorry link was a two-line monster that included referal and browser name
I only assumed the second sold half as many as 1st, feel free to look em all up and get hard numbers you math freaks out there.
So the 'winner' had under 50k, probably 25k
VHS sold 1-2 million
DVD sold like 10 million
Sounds like the winner is quite a loser to me...........
that they outlawed Sony CDs there........
I know all i need to know about that subject :(
:/ Otherwise the remote terminals 400 miles away is faster than mine 25ft away from server. The old box running like a 1.4Ghz P4 and win98 with AV/firewall feels just like the old remote terminals on a 1200 baud line :O
I found it takes a 2GHz w/HT or better windows box to emulate a dumb terminal without a noticable lag because of AV/firewall in the background
Oh, and why can't my 2.4GHz XP box keep up with my 386 in a DOS database program? An extra couple billion cycles and it can't fake it?
An easy way for me and my 1,203,382 roommates to keep track of what belongs to who ;)
I wonder what happens if you tell them to CHANGE your email address ??
Will the spam stop at the old one?
They are selling the info then no doubt.
Get spam at both?
How about signing up around the 5th and change it or delete before the end of the month? If they sell the info it is probably on the 1st or something.
Not to mention those dirt cheap CDs appear to be around $11.00 still :(
:/
;)
How much do CD cost nowdays?
If $10 profit can't pay everyone down the chain we need a shorter chain...
Maybe all bands should put their music on video so we can get it in the bargain DVD bin instead
Thank god i have all the music i will ever need to listen to already on Cd/record/cass/8-track. I have paid retail for 1 CD in many years and that was off ebay for a 10-year-old out of print one. OK, plus a DVD of the month thingie for The Midnight Special (70's version of MTV) at full retail
Aye, I just noticed Compusa's version a couple days ago while shopping.
:(
Online Pricing and Inventory
Pricing and availability information is up-to-date as of 5/25/2007 3:03:37 AM. Listed prices are national prices, and actual retail prices may vary by market. Products are sold on a first come, first serve basis. Listed prices are national prices, and actual retail prices may vary by market. Savings percentage reflects the lowest price shown.
(Duplicate line is theirs not mine! I think that is a hint)
Even scarier is the open box policy i just noticed
"Other than a "power up" test for the "open box" product, all Clearance items are sold "AS IS", unless we specifically tell you in writing a product comes with a limited manufacturer's warranty."
umm, i can usually get a better guarantee from ebay sellers......