Chris Knight at Pacific Tech discovered this laser technology years ago..

The act of identifying and exchanging the tickets alone would prevent this from being exploited for the most part as it represents a sufficient transaction cost. And I'm not really sure this is technically arbitrage per se.

"There are four ways in which you can spend money. You can spend your own money on yourself. When you do that, why then you really watch out what you’re doing, and you try to get the most for your money. Then you can spend your own money on somebody else. For example, I buy a birthday present for someone. Well, then I’m not so careful about the content of the present, but I’m very careful about the cost. Then, I can spend somebody else’s money on myself. And if I spend somebody else’s money on myself, then I’m sure going to have a good lunch! Finally, I can spend somebody else’s money on somebody else. And if I spend somebody else’s money on somebody else, I’m not concerned about how much it is, and I’m not concerned about what I get. And that’s government. And that’s close to 40% of our national income."

1) You can spend your own money on yourself. When you do that, why then you really watch out what you’re doing, and you try to get the most for your money. 2) You can spend your own money on somebody else. For example, I buy a birthday present for someone. Well, then I’m not so careful about the content of the present, but I’m very careful about the cost. 3) I can spend somebody else’s money on myself. And if I spend somebody else’s money on myself, then I’m sure going to have a good lunch! 4) I can spend somebody else’s money on somebody else. And if I spend somebody else’s money on somebody else, I’m not concerned about how much it is, and I’m not concerned about what I get. All government spending falls into the fourth type.

No, my thought was that people who bought tablets other than iPads don't end up using them because they suck. Hence, they account for less traffic then their purchases would indicate.

Yes, but they then had a legal right to that innovation. Which is not the same as simply copying it.

The only random numbers this service is generating are 404 and 500.

North Korea describes fantastic bridge you can buy.

From the article: Shepherd compared three digital music files, including a Red Hot Chili Peppers song downloaded in the Mastered for iTunes format with a CD version of the same song, and said there were no differences. Apple or someone else needs to step it up here and offer some true 'CD quality downloads.' So let me get this straight, this guy compared the Mastered for iTunes format with the CD version and found no differences. Then the headline says someone needs to "step it up here and offer some true 'CD quality downloads". So given the first statement, it seems to be that Apple is in fact offering 'CD quality downloads'. Am I missing something here?

I have a BluRay player and I like it. I can notice the difference in quality even on my 5 year old 720p DLP TV. However, the load times are insane. From putting in the disc to finally starting the play button takes around 3 minutes. Just loading the disk takes almost 1 minute. Then you have to putz around with the previews and hopefully the disc lets you skip them. Whereas with Netflix on my Wii, I can click on a show or a movie and have it play withing 5 seconds with no BS previews or menu crap. So even at 480p, I prefer it. And once the new Wii comes out with HD support, forget it. I'll be done with disc-based players. Oh, and I don't have to worry about scratching the discs. Or losing them. Or putting them back in the boxes. Streaming is so much better.

I find the irony of any oraganization associated with MySQL criticizing someone else as being "Defective By Design" completely hillarious. Judging by the quality of MySQL itself, it seems to me that "Defective By Design" is in fact their own software development mantra. --The Dan