Isn't it funny how playing the Numbers was made illegal. Unlike, of course, the 'state' run lotteries where you have to wait forever and a day for a large winner. When Iowa started their lottery they were having winners 'too soon'. People were winning around 2-4 Million and the jackpot wasn't getting as high as other states' jackpots. So, they added more numbers. Bigger wins but a smaller number of winners.:P One news report stated that people 'prefer' casino type odds when gambling. Riiight It didn't have to do with the fact they were getting the interest off of all that money. And that the higher the jackpot the more tickets an individual would buy.
So, I'll stick with Bingo. There's always a winner, there can be multiple winners, and at least the money is going to someone local.
Here's an interesting idea I saw on TV once. You buy a set of clothes that would fit a 17 year old. Every year you take a picture of the child with the clothes. As they grow up, they'll get bigger until they'll finally fit in them. When the child turns 17, give her a photo frame with will cycle through the images and show how she has grown over the years.
As for the time capsule, I'd have everyone put low cost items in the time capsule. Then, pool all the money you would have wasted on the outdated electronics and buy her some silver/gold coins. By the time she goes to college she'd have a nice sum of extra money to spend on a top-of-the-line computer. (Or mattering on the economy, a car!)
When the eMate came out it was educationally priced at $700. It was way too expensive at that time for me to even think about getting one. I finally got one second hand a few years ago and loved the form factor. Even though functionally it was rough around the edges. As Wikipedia shows, it was the direct forerunner to the first iBooks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMate_300
Could it be Apple actually knew what they were doing and released the iPhone/iTouch be test arenas for an iPad?
Of course, this time they succeeded beyond their wildest imaginings. Unlike the poor eMate which is gone but not forgotten.
Still, you have to wonderâ¦
Maybe the people rigging the votes made sure the machine didn't show the 'Confirm Vote' screen until the voter was long gone.
It is a security flaw if you can rig the machine so instead of the ATM logging you out in 10 seconds someone changes it to 60.
Why should this be a changeable feature?
I didn't read all of the comments so if this has been suggested already, sorry.
I want someone to start Mac Un-Update.
If a person submits an idea for the iPhone it is then listed until Apple approves of it. It is then linked to the download page for one month. After that, the item is removed from Mac Un-Update's list.
If Apple turns the program down, we at least have a listing of what was created and is not available to us.
I wouldn't think this would be against the NDA since you are telling people about it before submitting it to Apple.
I'm sorry, but it really bugs me when people refer to Star Trek TNG when refering to a Holodeck. But totally ignore the fact that Ray Bradbury's The Veldt described the very same thing decades earlier.
Oh, and the guy that wanted Cindy Crawfordâ¦
DON'T DATE HOLOGRAMS!
Why shouldn't they be liable? I mean, I've never understood this.
If I download a song from usenet and the RIAA finds out I'm sued.
But if that song is on an independent Usenet server owned and operated by AOL why aren't they the ones being sued?
I mean, it's on 'their' server. They are hosting an illegal file.
And don't give me this crap about 'oh, we're such a big company it would be an inconvenience to check everything that goes on our systems.'
I'm sure peophiles use that all the time only to get scoffs, laughs, and criminal prosecutions from law enforcement officials.:P
The point is AOL, and most large ISPs, for years have refused to be accountable and have passed the buck on to the consumer.
I, myself, have contacted AOL 'four' times in the past two years over a copyright violation. They have not only refused to return an e-mail. They've refused to return a phone call.:P
Maybe this needs to become a class action lawsuit.
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"Stick with Twain, boy. He'll never steer you wrong." - Emile Francis Bendictson (Played by Ralph Bellamy in the Twilight Zone (1986) story "Monsters!"
The first word processor I ever used and loved was Magic Windows on the Apple II. It was the top word processor in 1981 as well as being in the top 20 overall for the computer system that year.
And even though it was text based, it had pull down menus.
Pull down menus...has Windows in the name...
Hmmm... maybe someone should inform its creator they may have a case.;)
Source of 1981 info was taken from... http://apple2history.org/history/appy/aha 81.html
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Isn't it funny how playing the Numbers was made illegal. Unlike, of course, the 'state' run lotteries where you have to wait forever and a day for a large winner. When Iowa started their lottery they were having winners 'too soon'. People were winning around 2-4 Million and the jackpot wasn't getting as high as other states' jackpots. So, they added more numbers. Bigger wins but a smaller number of winners. :P One news report stated that people 'prefer' casino type odds when gambling. Riiight It didn't have to do with the fact they were getting the interest off of all that money. And that the higher the jackpot the more tickets an individual would buy.
So, I'll stick with Bingo. There's always a winner, there can be multiple winners, and at least the money is going to someone local.
Here's an interesting idea I saw on TV once. You buy a set of clothes that would fit a 17 year old. Every year you take a picture of the child with the clothes. As they grow up, they'll get bigger until they'll finally fit in them. When the child turns 17, give her a photo frame with will cycle through the images and show how she has grown over the years. As for the time capsule, I'd have everyone put low cost items in the time capsule. Then, pool all the money you would have wasted on the outdated electronics and buy her some silver/gold coins. By the time she goes to college she'd have a nice sum of extra money to spend on a top-of-the-line computer. (Or mattering on the economy, a car!)
When the eMate came out it was educationally priced at $700. It was way too expensive at that time for me to even think about getting one. I finally got one second hand a few years ago and loved the form factor. Even though functionally it was rough around the edges. As Wikipedia shows, it was the direct forerunner to the first iBooks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMate_300 Could it be Apple actually knew what they were doing and released the iPhone/iTouch be test arenas for an iPad? Of course, this time they succeeded beyond their wildest imaginings. Unlike the poor eMate which is gone but not forgotten. Still, you have to wonderâ¦
Maybe the people rigging the votes made sure the machine didn't show the 'Confirm Vote' screen until the voter was long gone. It is a security flaw if you can rig the machine so instead of the ATM logging you out in 10 seconds someone changes it to 60. Why should this be a changeable feature?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Navigator Dontcha just love that thick plastic frame? :D
I didn't read all of the comments so if this has been suggested already, sorry. I want someone to start Mac Un-Update. If a person submits an idea for the iPhone it is then listed until Apple approves of it. It is then linked to the download page for one month. After that, the item is removed from Mac Un-Update's list. If Apple turns the program down, we at least have a listing of what was created and is not available to us. I wouldn't think this would be against the NDA since you are telling people about it before submitting it to Apple.
I'm sorry, but it really bugs me when people refer to Star Trek TNG when refering to a Holodeck. But totally ignore the fact that Ray Bradbury's The Veldt described the very same thing decades earlier. Oh, and the guy that wanted Cindy Crawford⦠DON'T DATE HOLOGRAMS!
Why shouldn't they be liable? I mean, I've never understood this.
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If I download a song from usenet and the RIAA finds out I'm sued.
But if that song is on an independent Usenet server owned and operated by AOL why aren't they the ones being sued?
I mean, it's on 'their' server. They are hosting an illegal file.
And don't give me this crap about 'oh, we're such a big company it would be an inconvenience to check everything that goes on our systems.'
I'm sure peophiles use that all the time only to get scoffs, laughs, and criminal prosecutions from law enforcement officials.
The point is AOL, and most large ISPs, for years have refused to be accountable and have passed the buck on to the consumer.
I, myself, have contacted AOL 'four' times in the past two years over a copyright violation. They have not only refused to return an e-mail. They've refused to return a phone call.
Maybe this needs to become a class action lawsuit.
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"Stick with Twain, boy. He'll never steer you wrong."
- Emile Francis Bendictson (Played by Ralph Bellamy in the Twilight Zone (1986) story "Monsters!"
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Tell them, "At least I had a longer run than Stephen King's "Carrie: The Musical"?
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The first word processor I ever used and loved was Magic Windows on the Apple II. It was the top word processor in 1981 as well as being in the top 20 overall for the computer system that year.
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And even though it was text based, it had pull down menus.
Pull down menus...has Windows in the name...
Hmmm... maybe someone should inform its creator they may have a case.
Source of 1981 info was taken from...
http://apple2history.org/history/appy/ah
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