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Comment: Re:Gambling online is completely fucking stupid (Score 1) 296

by Henry Pate (#31755886) Attached to: Mass. Gambling Bill Would Criminalize Online Poker
Online poker sites take a rake just like a normal casino. Why would an online casino jeopardize their entire business by rigging games when they get paid whether you win or lose?

If they ever get caught they lose all their credibility and likely their future profit, just like what happened to UltimateBet and Absolute Poker.

Comment: Re:repurpose, refill (Score 1) 970

by Henry Pate (#30318862) Attached to: What Do You Do When Printers Cost Less Than Ink?

You could just go buy an ink refill kit and refill existing cartridges

Unless you have something like an Lexmark Z1300 which contains a chip on the ink cartidge that tracks the ink level, you can refill it all you want but it won't recognize the ink unless you figure out some way to reset the chip.

I got the printer for around $25 bucks so I certainly got what I paid for, I think I'll be going with a Canon next time.

Comment: Re:Redbox buying DVDs (Score 5, Informative) 545

by Henry Pate (#29890591) Attached to: Film Studios May Block DVD Rentals For One Month

Couldn't they just make bulk orders through a distributor such as Ingram Micro? Or is Ingram Micro being prohibited from selling to Redbox?

That's exactly what they did.

But... what happened now is that these studios (Fox, Universal and Warner Bros.) told not just the distributors (Ingram and Video Product Distribution) but also retailers like Best Buy and Wal-Mart to not sell to Redbox. That's restraint of trade. The studios have every right not to sell videos to whomever they want -- but those distributors and retailers can then sell to whomever they want. The studios should have no say in the downstream sales of the videos once they've been sold to the distributor, wholesaler or retailer. That's where the antitrust issue is. The studios are successfully controlling downstream sales.

Source - TechDirt

Comment: Re:Let them play WOW (Score 1) 356

by Henry Pate (#29831469) Attached to: Volunteers Wanted For Simulated 520-Day Mars Trip

The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe is an excellent book about the early days of the Mercury program. The first astronauts were test pilots but they felt the Mercury program made them glorified monkeys sitting in a can. The flight of the rocket was computer controlled and they were only along for the ride, test pilots were on the bleeding edge of flight where they had control.

When Chuck Yeager was trying to beat the previous speed record of Mach 2 he managed to get to Mach 2.44 then lost aerodynamic control at 80,000ft, the airplane tumbled down 51,000ft in 51 seconds before he was able to regain control. He managed to land the plane safely.

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