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Comment Re:Antecedent - Behavior - Consequence (Score 0) 512

by quite_sick on Friday November 23, 2007 @02:17PM (#21455293) Attached to: Why Do Games Still Have Levels?

As an example to support your argument, think of the software that runs modern slot machines. Just enough (small) rewards along the way to keep you interested, so that you spend as long as possible entertained and feeding the machine money (the long term loss is some pre-programmed percentage of the money you sat down at the slot machine with).

Submission + - Google Phone is Coming !

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 10, 2007 @01:17PM

An anonymous reader writes: Google Inc has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in its cell phone project and is courting U.S. and European mobile operators, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Anian, a Reuters company that tracks industry trends for institutional investors, reported last month that Google had engaged Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp to design a Linux software-based Googlephone for launch in the first quarter of 2008.

Submission + - Admins accuse Microsoft of Draconian Hotmail cap

Submitted by kurmudgeon on Wednesday October 10, 2007 @01:15PM

kurmudgeon writes: The Register is fielding reader tips that Hotmail has placed Draconian limits on the number of Hotmail recipients who can receive an email. The first 10 Hotmail addresses included in a mass email go through just fine, according to these reports. But any additional addresses are returned to sender with a message that reads: "552 Too many recipients." (Microsoft denies it has placed any such restriction on the number of senders.) This would appear to be a violation of RFC 2821, which states: "Rejection of messages (for excessive recipients) with fewer than 100 RCPT commands is a violation of this specification.

Submission + - Intel Rolls Out New X38 Chipset

Submitted by ThinSkin on Wednesday October 10, 2007 @01:14PM

ThinSkin writes: Two years after their previous chipset, Intel has finally begun rolling out their new X38 architecture, designed to capture the hearts and minds of the computer enthusiast with better performance and room for overclocking. Loyd Case at ExtremeTech has reviewed and benchmarked a pair of X38 motherboards from ASUS and Gigabyte, and has also included a brief primer explaining the X38 chipset. From the article: 'What these boards deliver is potential. They have the potential of pushing memory and CPUs harder than any previous Intel chipset. Both boards have flexible BIOS setup options, stable voltage regulation sections and external heat spreading technology built onto the printed circuit board. Toss in the added headroom Intel is offering in X38, and we could see some spectacular overclocking results in the future.'

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