The Fox content at Hulu was restored when they realized they didn't have the capability to block only Cablevision customers in the area. All of the NY/Philly area was blacked out, when their beef is only with one ISP.
Indian casinos that run anything beyond electronic bingo have to enter into a compact with the state where their reservation's within. Typically, the deal is that they get to operate slots and maybe tables in exchange for a percentage of profits or a lump sum going to the state, as a sort of "tax", since Natives living on Tribal land aren't subject to income tax.
However, patrons at Indian casinos are subject to income tax, and all wins over $1200 are documented and the winners get themselves a nice n' shiny new W2G.
As for the age thing, it depends on the tribe's compact.
Oh ye of little knowledge on here.:-P
Here's the scenario as I see it, as I've seen progressive jackpots get hit and reset.
The jackpot meter was displaying $1627.82 before it was hit. The player then hit the jackpot combination. I don't doubt in the least that this combination was hit. At this point, the machine should have locked up, since per US law all single-bet wins over $1200 have to be documented for tax purposes. A casino employee at this point should have written down the amount and prepped a W2G for the client. Afterward, the employee would unlock the machine (via key switch on the machine's exterior) and the reset value would then display. At this point, the $11 million jackpot would appear.
My hypothesis is that whichever casino employee that first configured the slot machine set the reset value of the progressive jackpot wrong. The machine would show a jackpot value that was more in line with the wagering scheme up until that jackpot was actually hit.
Is the casino liable? I believe so.
My dad had an Atari 2600. So before I was out of diapers I was playing Pitfall, Breakout, and yes, ET.
Of course, video games didn't consume my soul until I was 4 and my dad got an NES. Damn you, Mario! Damn you and your delicious mushrooms!
"We're not out to replace World of Warcraft"
Now I saw the Warhammer Online booth at the NY ComicCon. That interface they used looked strikingly familiar somehow...
As far as traditional solid state electronics goes, we are reaching a bit of a threshold as to what we can do. Current tech uses 65 nm length transistors. The next generation will be using 45 nm transistors, which is at a point that it becomes very intolerant to faults due to cosmic rays causing noise. As a result, hardware design is focusing a lot more on fault tolerant designs, which are slower.
In relation to computer science, I got a huge boost from linear algebra, probability & statistics, and a very discrete level of calculus material like riemann sums, taylor/maclaren series, root-finding algorithms (newton's method), etc. I also found that taking a logic course was very beneficial. It was from a philosophy standpoint, but was mathematical in nature, and boolean algebra was developed out of it after all.
My uni also has a discrete math course which covered things like the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, set theory, counting laws, graph theory, and some other things useful in comp sci.
Also, aside from a lack of North American ports of their games, they needed Segata Sanshiro. He was probably the bestmarketingcampaign for a video game console ever.
In my experience, it really helped me in the long run to not have IDEs in introductory programming classes. The first programming class I took (C/C++), we wrote our assignments in text editors, compiled them, and prayed that they would work. It really helped to get the common kinks out early, and even today I don't make the stupid simple mistakes because I learned to spot and get rid of them early on.
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The Fox content at Hulu was restored when they realized they didn't have the capability to block only Cablevision customers in the area. All of the NY/Philly area was blacked out, when their beef is only with one ISP.
Indian casinos that run anything beyond electronic bingo have to enter into a compact with the state where their reservation's within. Typically, the deal is that they get to operate slots and maybe tables in exchange for a percentage of profits or a lump sum going to the state, as a sort of "tax", since Natives living on Tribal land aren't subject to income tax.
However, patrons at Indian casinos are subject to income tax, and all wins over $1200 are documented and the winners get themselves a nice n' shiny new W2G.
As for the age thing, it depends on the tribe's compact.
Oh ye of little knowledge on here. :-P
Here's the scenario as I see it, as I've seen progressive jackpots get hit and reset.
The jackpot meter was displaying $1627.82 before it was hit. The player then hit the jackpot combination. I don't doubt in the least that this combination was hit. At this point, the machine should have locked up, since per US law all single-bet wins over $1200 have to be documented for tax purposes. A casino employee at this point should have written down the amount and prepped a W2G for the client. Afterward, the employee would unlock the machine (via key switch on the machine's exterior) and the reset value would then display. At this point, the $11 million jackpot would appear.
My hypothesis is that whichever casino employee that first configured the slot machine set the reset value of the progressive jackpot wrong. The machine would show a jackpot value that was more in line with the wagering scheme up until that jackpot was actually hit.
Is the casino liable? I believe so.
The Milgram experiment in real life, countered with a domino-tumbling win over, in a fashion not unlike Asch's conformity experiment.
......to think I can remember psych 101 from way back but can't remember where I left my iPod.
Snop.....hey, wait a minute!
My dad had an Atari 2600. So before I was out of diapers I was playing Pitfall, Breakout, and yes, ET. Of course, video games didn't consume my soul until I was 4 and my dad got an NES. Damn you, Mario! Damn you and your delicious mushrooms!
"We're not out to replace World of Warcraft" Now I saw the Warhammer Online booth at the NY ComicCon. That interface they used looked strikingly familiar somehow...
Stop sending email! The tubes are clogged!
As far as traditional solid state electronics goes, we are reaching a bit of a threshold as to what we can do. Current tech uses 65 nm length transistors. The next generation will be using 45 nm transistors, which is at a point that it becomes very intolerant to faults due to cosmic rays causing noise. As a result, hardware design is focusing a lot more on fault tolerant designs, which are slower.
In relation to computer science, I got a huge boost from linear algebra, probability & statistics, and a very discrete level of calculus material like riemann sums, taylor/maclaren series, root-finding algorithms (newton's method), etc. I also found that taking a logic course was very beneficial. It was from a philosophy standpoint, but was mathematical in nature, and boolean algebra was developed out of it after all. My uni also has a discrete math course which covered things like the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, set theory, counting laws, graph theory, and some other things useful in comp sci.
Also, aside from a lack of North American ports of their games, they needed Segata Sanshiro. He was probably the best marketing campaign for a video game console ever.
You mean that Unified Modeling Language I spent a semester learning and to this day can't stand cause the professor was a knucklehead?
In my experience, it really helped me in the long run to not have IDEs in introductory programming classes. The first programming class I took (C/C++), we wrote our assignments in text editors, compiled them, and prayed that they would work. It really helped to get the common kinks out early, and even today I don't make the stupid simple mistakes because I learned to spot and get rid of them early on.
So how long till .hack?