I ran the program on our store's demo unit 20" iMac w/ Intel Core Duo (2.0 GHz w/ 2MB shared L2 cache: 512MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM) under the bare minimum Boot Camp partition, which I think was 3GB.
It said I'd need an additional 15GB of hard drive to install. No surprise.
The only hardware problems reported were the ethernet card and the installed Bluetooth.
People love black electronic devices. Most of the U2 iPods were sold, not to U2 fans, but to black-colored electronics fans. Most of the U2 iPods I sold went to people who didn't give a rat's ass about U2, they just wanted a black iPod.
RFID in betting chips is about more accurately tracking how much a bettor bets, in order to more accurately dole out comps -- freebies from the casino.
Casinos rate players on how much action they give a casino. The pit supervisor walks around to the various tables and looks, with his eyes, at how much money the big players are betting, to calculate how much the player is earning for free paybacks from the casino.
Clever betters routinely bump up their bets when they see "the boss" coming around to inspect their betting. By throwing out the bigger chips while you're being watched, you'll qualify for more comps than actually warranted.
RFID chips will tell the computers exactly how much money you're betting -- no more human interaction required! No gaming the system for more than you should actually get!
The really terrible thing is that they will soon (if they don't already) put the RFID chips on playing cards themselves. The computer-dealer on each blackjack table could instantly reshuffle the monster six-deck shoe when the cards in the shoe lean too much in favor of the players!
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I'm not a runner, so I really don't know. One hour a day, let's say several times a week, that'd be several years.
Of course, your mileage may vary! Thank you! Tip your waitstaff and try the veal!
It said I'd need an additional 15GB of hard drive to install. No surprise.
The only hardware problems reported were the ethernet card and the installed Bluetooth.
I thought there'd be more problems than that!
People love black electronic devices. Most of the U2 iPods were sold, not to U2 fans, but to black-colored electronics fans. Most of the U2 iPods I sold went to people who didn't give a rat's ass about U2, they just wanted a black iPod.
Same thing here. "Whatever the market will bear."
Casinos rate players on how much action they give a casino. The pit supervisor walks around to the various tables and looks, with his eyes, at how much money the big players are betting, to calculate how much the player is earning for free paybacks from the casino.
Clever betters routinely bump up their bets when they see "the boss" coming around to inspect their betting. By throwing out the bigger chips while you're being watched, you'll qualify for more comps than actually warranted.
RFID chips will tell the computers exactly how much money you're betting -- no more human interaction required! No gaming the system for more than you should actually get!
The really terrible thing is that they will soon (if they don't already) put the RFID chips on playing cards themselves. The computer-dealer on each blackjack table could instantly reshuffle the monster six-deck shoe when the cards in the shoe lean too much in favor of the players!