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Video Slot Machine Patent Filed February 3rd, 1976
An early attempt by Bally to design a successful video-based one-armed bandit. More than thirty years later, the old-school mechanical ones still seem more popular than video ones.
(via Patentmania: The Golden Age of Electronic Games | Technologizer)

Video Slot Machine Patent Filed February 3rd, 1976

An early attempt by Bally to design a successful video-based one-armed bandit. More than thirty years later, the old-school mechanical ones still seem more popular than video ones.

(via Patentmania: The Golden Age of Electronic Games | Technologizer)

Jan
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Starting today you can feel good about buying a car, despite these current times. If you find that you cannot make your payment because of a covered life changing event, we’ll allow you to return your vehicle and walk away from your loan obligation - and in most cases we will cover most, if not all of the difference.
Dec
31st
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Google Apps Premier Edition (GAPE)
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We give people choice, but we don’t point them in a recommended direction. We should. The thinking goes that more options are OK if you help direct someone to a default choice. But more options without a recommendation just lead to decision paralysis, uncertainly, and buyer’s remorse.
Dec
30th
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Dec
29th
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How to buy a light rail pass (via Light-rail opening: What needs work)
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Time and again, riders who were standing were startled by the train’s frequent stops and starts. Despite the presence of grab bars all over the train, people kept lurching into one another whenever the train stopped or started.
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Dec
24th
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‘I need a whole new set of friends.’ … If you’re wondering whether or not you’ll be on my shitlist, the numbers aren’t in your favour.
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Thank you for your e-mail. I will be out of the office from Wednesday, December 24 through Tuesday, December 30. I will respond to your email when I return. Happy Holidays!
— Out of Office of reply that thanks you for an email…nice.
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Accept and Install…perfect.
Accept and Install…perfect.
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I love my iMac.
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Dec
22nd
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Bar owners, patrons and even members of Mothers Against Drunk Driving are scratching their heads over Metro light rail’s decision to put the trains to bed at 11 p.m. rather than running them past 2 a.m. when bars close. Starting Monday, the last trains on most nights will finish around 11:45 p.m. Some say it doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Dec
16th
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Reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow (SIM’-en-now) replaced 80 percent of a woman’s face with that of a dead female donor.