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dontpanicbobby said:
I was pretty good at Zaxxxon and Glaxian. Nowhere near that 7 figure level though. How many quarters do you think it took to get you there?
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Not that many... if any at all.

Those were in my Navy days when, as an Electronics Technician, I was one of two people charged with maintaining the game machines in good working order. A shipmate & I went through the game's schematics and found that if a certain chip's pin was grounded, it would produce a test game credit. So - being freaking brilliant - we ran a wire from that pin socket through the internal wiring harness to a small rivet on the game's outer chassis. All we had to do was carry a small piece of wire around with us in our pockets and, whenever we wanted to play, we'd simply ground out that rivet and BOOM! One credit coming up! We played for free, baby! Call it "maintenance fees" or whatever :D :D :D
 
galaga games...

we found that if you flip a penny up the coin return socket.. I would it something... and give us a credit.

also .. in college we found... on most older coke machines..
if you poke a hold in the plastic cover over the coin slot...
spray in a salt water solution.. it shorts it out.
and just lets you empty all the cans out. :P
 
rootabaga said:
Big ol' fireball in the Northeast last night a bit before one am. It's amazing how it lights up the sky.

Lots of clips compiled by WMUR at this link for your viewing pleasure...

http://www.wmur.com/weather/space/best-videos-of-the-fireball-over-new-england/39590618
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Myself & a couple of co-workers saw something similar about 8-9 years ago,late at night,but,it was so overcast,that you couldn't make out any detail,just the bright flashing.
We were absolutely certain that it was not lightning & the display lasted a good 2-3 minutes.
We looked at each other with the biggest WTF faces you'd ever seen & never heard anything about it in any media outlets.
Didn't know what to make of it,as we were on a military installation at the time,but,now all these years later,I see this & am convinced this was probably the same thing.

THX for posting,very cool indeed. :thumbsupdroid:
 
http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/17/11686296/art-camera-google-cultural-institute

wow.. it would make gigapixel image and would take all day to do 1 pic!!!!
Googles' new Art Cameral only take 30mins... that is still slow!!! but cool.

Google is doing it free!!!! lending out this equipment for free!!! (really great and cool for the world).
a third party company was charging clients to do this around the world...
Google just put some company out of business!!!! (that sucks)
 
just more photoshopping work and editorial license to misreport anything to try and garner some Clicks and get sales up.
 
The_Chief said:
Talk about jumping the gun - Android N isn't even out yet and Moto's already talking Android O!

http://axeetech.com/2016/05/22/android-o-leaked-in-moto-g4-advertisement/

o_O
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It wouldn't exactly be a 1st for Moto,they did something similar with the Photon,promising 4.0 ICS,& I don't believe it was even formally announced or,in previews on the Nexus program.
That one didn't go over particularly well,bit 'em on the arse,as the phone never got past Gingerbread,SMMFH.................. :paperbagdroid::paperbagdroid::paperbagdroid:
 
last week.. Thursday night.. on my BMW moto.. with my GF..
Traveling straight on a major 3 lane street (NOT at an intersection)... at about 45 -50 mph (speed limit is 45)
a black Merc heading in the opposite direction decides to do a U-turn.
they turn right at me .. towards my lane..
they came to a stop just before hitting me...
IT WOULD of BEEN A BAD T-BONE!!!!!

I slowed down .. to about 20mph..
they come UP next to me... .
and started to yell and confront me!!!!!

how the hell did this become my fault?????
this black couple calls out to us out of their window of the black Merc..
to pull the F_CK over...

I was scared about the almost accident .. with my GF...
now.. I am pissed!!!!!

I pull in front of them.. and slow down .. and signal to pull over....
as I cross the bridge and get into the next commercial parking lot...
they make a quick right and go off a side round-about to get on the service road.

I so wanted to kick his face and make him spit some teeth!!!




yes yes.. yes.. I was also wrong .. to have been part of this road-rage.
but ..... gggggrrrrrrrrr
 
The_Chief said:
$4000 for a TV and they want to put ADVERTISING on it??? I think someone's a little greedy! :mad:
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I don't use the "smart" features on either of my TV's as-is.
If the rest of the industry follows suit,I'll take a step "back" & get my next TV sans smart features & put that $ toward a bigger-better display/sound.
 
rootabaga said:
Just don't enable WiFi and don't plug in the NIC, and it's just a regular TV. That's how mine is and surprisingly it hasn't broken yet! :D :D
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I got that,but,hindsight being 20/20,if I woulda known I wouldn't care for the smart features,I wouldn't have bought a Smart TV to begin with.

Also,don't be surprised if Samsung tries to dip its toe in the water w/these shenanigans on their phones.
After all,they are partnered up w/Cheetah Mobile already.
Who do you think they're gonna send your viewing habits to.............................
Should Samsung continue the Spy/Spamfest,I may be spending my future electronics $$$ elsewhere.
Vote with your wallet people,or you can count on more of this crapola to be served up.
 
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