FTA: "[...]abused its dominant market position. [...] prioritizing its services in search results, scraping content from rival websites, tying advertisers in with exclusivity clauses [...] making it difficult to move advertising campaigns away from its sites."
Often times they are people that do it for recreation or fun knowing full well that they're losing money.
Also, you could be lucky. Save some spare money (one maxim of gambling money management: Don't gamble with money you can't afford to lose) each month and in your old age you could have a pile of money. Or play slots/lottery and you could have a pile of money now.
An overseas gambling institution doesn't have a reason to handle problem gamblers, those just mean more money flowing in.
A provision in a regulated environment could be that they (regulated licensed gambling sites) would have to provide handling of that issue.
As we have in Sweden. To play poker on the state-run site (Svenska Spel), you have to enter limits on how much you can lose and how many hours you can play - per day, week and month. Lowering the limits is in effect immediately, raising the limits has a wait period. If you hit those limits, you're blocked from play. Of course you can enter that you may play 24 h/day and lose one million crowns. You can also voluntarily block yourself from playing - weeks, months or indefinitely. You can also block yourself from playing at the four state-run brick&mortar casinos (who are not allowed to promote themselves much, no comps, kickbacks or free drinks). No other online gambling institution is allowed to operate from Swedish soil, but they can operate on Swedish soil, although there has been murmurings of doing something similar to UIGEA. Yeah, that worked flawlessly, dontcherthink?
The out of the box initial configuration of some models of Silicon Graphics workstations could be done in a VRML interface, flying from billboard to billboard.
The big downside of VRML was that it was not tactile and not very interactive. If I recall correctly, you couldn't collide with objects and most interaction was "I click this cube and a URL opens in a web browser". It seemed half-done.
I remember that White Sands Missile Range FTP site. In university 1992-1993 I used to connect to it via a DOS FTP client from NCSA (National Center for Supercomputing Applications) which by default used green text on black background (as a proper CLI should). Just for show, getting funny looks from anyone seeing the names.
At at least 2 airlines I've flown, you will see them write one "S" on your ticket for each flag you set off, which increases your likelihood of being "randomly" selected.
Wow. I got four S'es on my ticket for a return flight from US to Europe. Staff at the first security/ticket check line I passed pointed out "But you've got four S'es on your ticket. You should go to Line 19." as if I should know this. They do this all day, they work there, but for me this is/was the first time I made a round trip to the US. So I start looking around, somewhat bewildered, for this legendary Line 19 but apparently not quick enough. "Do? You? Speak? ENGLISH?!", he asked me. Had I reacted a little faster I might have made a sarcastic remark with seldom used multisyllabic words from Webster's Dictionary but bit my tongue since I spotted the line.
The extra security check was nothing much, just swiping items from my carry-on with some white pads put in a sensor of some sort, no interview or "Please bend over. This won't hurt. Much."
I think whis was random, since it was a return flight after a ten days stay, tickets bought four months in advance, lone white male with all papers in order, not deviating from the travel plan.
However, this was my first time in the US. Maybe next time, when I'm "already in the system", it will go smoother.
Or the (Swedish) collgege I work at, Blekinge Institute of Technology", which has one education programme "Digital Games" giving a B. Sc., or "Game Programming" (also B. Sc.). Since 2004!
I have a Mustek DV-5000, of which I've written a short review.
Uses AA batteries, not built-in chargeables.
I'm still impressed by what it can do, with that size and at that price.
The DV-5000 is midrange, there are the simpler DV-3000 and -4000 and then the DV-5500 with tiltable screen and some more functions (like configurable (not auto) white balance I think).
Pity you mentioned a price, otherwise I'd suggest a Boblbee hardshell like the People's Delite or Megalopolis that goes for about twice or four times more than you were thinking. I have one, a People's Delite (actually I have two, found one at a flea market). Maybe if you can find one on sale or used?
Good points about it:
It's hardcase. I slipped on ice with my Boblbee on with a laptop inside and landed on my back and nothing happened. I've wrecked a laptop and damaged other things when using a soft backpack but the Peugeot slamming into me on my bicycle could also have something to do with it.
They (Boblbee) have accessories, like a computer equipment organizer insert.
It's comfortable and ergonomic, with cushioning and molding, not just a bag with two shoulder straps. It's built, not just sown together.
Looks really cool. (I've seen it in Dark Angel and Charlie's Angels)
I was kind of amazed that they've been able to develop this stealth vessel at all
"They" being...?
It's not the navy that has developed this, it's Kockums. They're also trying to sell this class of ship elsewhere (U.S. Coast Guard considered it) and they're also gaining R&D and selling the composite material technology. It's not just welding and gluing the pieces together.
Don't say that, somebody will do it, like the crazy norwegians that actually implemented the April Fools RFC 1149 - Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams on avian carriers.
Actually you almost already can. There are programming environments where you can write programs on a Pocket PC, and those have handwriting recognition. It would scratch and stain the touch-sensitive display if you used a fountain pen instead of a plastic stylus though.
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FTA: "[...]abused its dominant market position. [...] prioritizing its services in search results, scraping content from rival websites, tying advertisers in with exclusivity clauses [...] making it difficult to move advertising campaigns away from its sites."
What do you accidentally the whole disappoint?
Reminds me of Interface.
Often times they are people that do it for recreation or fun knowing full well that they're losing money.
Also, you could be lucky. Save some spare money (one maxim of gambling money management: Don't gamble with money you can't afford to lose) each month and in your old age you could have a pile of money. Or play slots/lottery and you could have a pile of money now.
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Don't use the return key so much and use the shift key and punctuation some more.
An overseas gambling institution doesn't have a reason to handle problem gamblers, those just mean more money flowing in.
A provision in a regulated environment could be that they (regulated licensed gambling sites) would have to provide handling of that issue.
As we have in Sweden. To play poker on the state-run site (Svenska Spel), you have to enter limits on how much you can lose and how many hours you can play - per day, week and month. Lowering the limits is in effect immediately, raising the limits has a wait period. If you hit those limits, you're blocked from play. Of course you can enter that you may play 24 h/day and lose one million crowns. You can also voluntarily block yourself from playing - weeks, months or indefinitely. You can also block yourself from playing at the four state-run brick&mortar casinos (who are not allowed to promote themselves much, no comps, kickbacks or free drinks). No other online gambling institution is allowed to operate from Swedish soil, but they can operate on Swedish soil, although there has been murmurings of doing something similar to UIGEA. Yeah, that worked flawlessly, dontcherthink?
My signature is its commandments.
The out of the box initial configuration of some models of Silicon Graphics workstations could be done in a VRML interface, flying from billboard to billboard.
The big downside of VRML was that it was not tactile and not very interactive. If I recall correctly, you couldn't collide with objects and most interaction was "I click this cube and a URL opens in a web browser". It seemed half-done.
We're working on it. Send more women.
XOXO,
Sweden
Rouge?
Yes, yes, I know I'm going to get -1 Redundant on this but...
There they stand, redfaced.
I remember that White Sands Missile Range FTP site. In university 1992-1993 I used to connect to it via a DOS FTP client from NCSA (National Center for Supercomputing Applications) which by default used green text on black background (as a proper CLI should). Just for show, getting funny looks from anyone seeing the names.
Couldn't they give them away in a jingle-writing contest?
In Soviet Sweden, inter-governmental cooperation and involving outside competence makes a Beowulf cluster.
Wow. I got four S'es on my ticket for a return flight from US to Europe. Staff at the first security/ticket check line I passed pointed out "But you've got four S'es on your ticket. You should go to Line 19." as if I should know this. They do this all day, they work there, but for me this is/was the first time I made a round trip to the US. So I start looking around, somewhat bewildered, for this legendary Line 19 but apparently not quick enough. "Do? You? Speak? ENGLISH?!", he asked me. Had I reacted a little faster I might have made a sarcastic remark with seldom used multisyllabic words from Webster's Dictionary but bit my tongue since I spotted the line.
The extra security check was nothing much, just swiping items from my carry-on with some white pads put in a sensor of some sort, no interview or "Please bend over. This won't hurt. Much."
I think whis was random, since it was a return flight after a ten days stay, tickets bought four months in advance, lone white male with all papers in order, not deviating from the travel plan.
However, this was my first time in the US. Maybe next time, when I'm "already in the system", it will go smoother.
"Hi there, I'm the owner of the the cafe across the road there, are you plugged into my wireless connection?"
To which he can truthfully answer "No".
"It's rolling out to all Gmail accounts within the next few weeks."
Or the (Swedish) collgege I work at, Blekinge Institute of Technology", which has one education programme "Digital Games" giving a B. Sc., or "Game Programming" (also B. Sc.). Since 2004!
I have a Mustek DV-5000, of which I've written a short review.
Uses AA batteries, not built-in chargeables.
I'm still impressed by what it can do, with that size and at that price.
The DV-5000 is midrange, there are the simpler DV-3000 and -4000 and then the DV-5500 with tiltable screen and some more functions (like configurable (not auto) white balance I think).
Good points about it:
Or one, two, three, many, many-one, many-two, many-three, many-many, many-many-one...
Don't abuse the word misogynist.
Going to www.aftab.com on the other hand, could maybe cap its bandwidth limits if it's on some webhosting server.
Not everybody run a webserver on their own computer, you know...
It's not the navy that has developed this, it's Kockums. They're also trying to sell this class of ship elsewhere (U.S. Coast Guard considered it) and they're also gaining R&D and selling the composite material technology. It's not just welding and gluing the pieces together.
and sitting there with grid paper, converting to hex.
Hill Climber, Hunt the Wumpus... I even had the speech synthesizer addon.
Twenty years... WHOA!
Don't say that, somebody will do it, like the crazy norwegians that actually implemented the April Fools RFC 1149 - Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams on avian carriers.
Actually you almost already can. There are programming environments where you can write programs on a Pocket PC, and those have handwriting recognition. It would scratch and stain the touch-sensitive display if you used a fountain pen instead of a plastic stylus though.