No! And for thinking it sounded like one, you shall now be sued for patent infringement!

Stand on the street corner, *just* off the casino's property on the public sidewalk / shoulder of the road / etc. Hold a huge sign stating nothing but the facts of the case: We played the slots, the machine said we won big, the casino claimed technical difficulties and reneged on the large payout for a comparatively minuscule one. Stand there quietly with the sign, don't harass anyone approaching the casino, and only respond purely factually to any questions that any would-be patrons or other passers by might ask. Embelish nothing; use simple, unemotional, declarative statements. Say nothing that could vaguely be interpreted as opinion or that would be impossible to verify.

Say nothing untrue, nothing emotionally charged, stay *off* the casino's property, and do nothing to block anyone or prevent them from going about their business as they see fit.

See how long that takes to get at the very least a settlement offer. I'm guessing the casino manager would have legal on the phone in under 10 minutes and an offer made in under an hour. Might have to sweat them a little longer to hold out for a *reasonable* offer, but they'd definitely walk away a fair bit richer than the insult the casino gave them.

All of our servers are based on Greek or Roman mythology. We have a high-availability failover box for one of our more important servers. The server MUST absolutely be "up at all times".

The HA failover for it is named Priapus.

And in case you need it spelled out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priapus

Above link *might* be marginally offensive if you can't handle tasteful paintings of ancient Greek schlongs...

"Your rights end where mine begin".

True to a point, but hardly absolute. I have a right to breath. If I have a cold and sound like Darth Vader and that annoys you, the fact that my right to breath has annoyed you (quite possibly infringing on your right to sit in peace and quiet) does not in any way grant you the right to terminate my breathing.

In this case, Federal law says that air waves are public and that I have a right to use them. There is no Federal law that protects you from listening to me talk in a restaurant. In this case, my legally protected rights trump yours. Sorry... If you don't like it, write your Congresspersons.

That said, as every responsible cell user before me has posted: Use vibrate, use the phrase, "Hi! Can I call you back in a minute?", and that should about do it.

I'm quite certain that my reaction to finding a jammer in use would be to simply take it and destroy it. Go ahead. Call the police on me. Which charge is more likely to stick: My destroying your property which is in fact ILLEGAL to even possess, or you violating Federal law operating an unlicensed transmitter device with the express intent of interfering with licensed communications.