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Comment Re:I'm surprised. (Score 1) 257

No my point was simply that unless you *know* that the results shown in the instant search are only a subset of the ones you'd get if hitting enter, it's (perhaps semi-unintentional) censoring the results. When you simply get no results and have to hit enter to see anything at all, fair enough - but in the example I quote, it's unreasonable to assume that everyone would realise that the results for "murder" are any different to "murder + CRLF"

Comment Re:I'm surprised. (Score 2, Interesting) 257

is it censorship when they still allow you to search the terms?

Yes, in some cases - FTFA:

However, even when your request isn't blacklisted, you're not getting the SAME results that you would get by hitting return. Entering "murder" into the search bar gets you suggestions of mostly band names. It's only after you hit return that you can learn the other sinister meaning of the word.

Comment Re:Mistake my ass. (Score 1) 479

Yes that does make sense, but whilst the lottery result you quote is a one-off event with unlikely results, the (G?)GP's post indicated that people cheating an imperfect Kino machine were caught early doors because the ratio didn't match. If the aim of the machine is simply to have hard-coded probabilities that by their nature will cause the payout level over infinite time to be, say, 97% then a payout level of 105% over a week, or even two weeks just isn't necessarily cause for concern - ditto the period where the payout level is 90% What I'm meaning is that in a constantly repeated series of non-rigged probability-based games being played, on what grounds could you say 'this is being cheated' given that the payout ratio must by definition vary all over the place?

Comment Re:MS should... (Score 1) 239

But that's it, they don't have you by the balls. If it was your oxygen supply, they'd have you by the balls. As it is, it's a (highly priced) luxury consumer item you don't need.

There's a difference between wanting something and the supplier having you by the balls - the latter requires that it's essential you have it, which isn't the case for this or any other game.

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