I once witnessed a game in which the validity of a word was determined by the rest of the people around. As a result, mrt (as in Mr. T) was allowed because everyone decided it was funny. I think I died a little inside that night.
Quite a few people are unable to get it to work. It seems that they attempt to limit it to US and Canadian customers based on IP, but their filter has problems. I'm unable to use the service on my internet connection (Comcast), but using my neighbors wireless network it works great. They're on a different ISP, not sure which one. I submitted a support ticket and got this (somewhat entertaining) response:
"Thank you for writing to us. I appreciate the opportunity to assist you
with your questions today about the error you are receiving when you are
attempting to call a US number.
I am sorry to hear that you encountered this situation. It does appear
that this is an apparent issue. Our Engineers are working on to resolve
this. I really appreciate your information on this and your patience.
Your IP address will be further looked into.
In the meantime and would like to apologize for any concern or
inconvenience this is causing you. You may want to continue using
another computer to use your SkypeOut at the moment."
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This article says Nintendo has sold 1,250,000 Wiis in the Americas. Granted that's not just the US, but that's still a lot more than 50,000.
I once witnessed a game in which the validity of a word was determined by the rest of the people around. As a result, mrt (as in Mr. T) was allowed because everyone decided it was funny. I think I died a little inside that night.
Crap, someone beat me to figuring out step 2! There go my dreams of fabulous wealth.
Quite a few people are unable to get it to work. It seems that they attempt to limit it to US and Canadian customers based on IP, but their filter has problems. I'm unable to use the service on my internet connection (Comcast), but using my neighbors wireless network it works great. They're on a different ISP, not sure which one. I submitted a support ticket and got this (somewhat entertaining) response: "Thank you for writing to us. I appreciate the opportunity to assist you with your questions today about the error you are receiving when you are attempting to call a US number. I am sorry to hear that you encountered this situation. It does appear that this is an apparent issue. Our Engineers are working on to resolve this. I really appreciate your information on this and your patience. Your IP address will be further looked into. In the meantime and would like to apologize for any concern or inconvenience this is causing you. You may want to continue using another computer to use your SkypeOut at the moment."
That's so much more awesome than the genetic algorithms I worked with when I studied AI. Technology has come a long way in the past... few hours.