Must Eat
Brains
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HEARTS OF DARKNESS

Putting 2+2 together I've come up with a theory
about why
Microsoft, who have included in every Windows version until Windows
8, a game of Hearts that increasingly ignores the rules. More to the point, why at some point, around
Windows 5, did the game increasingly cheat until now, with
Window's 7,
it's a joke. And even more to the point, why am I and others
still
playing it?
My hypothesis is that the Feds, maybe the NSA, maybe the
FBI, or even the DNC, payed Bill Gates to use it as a behavioral study
with the aim of seeing how players react after long periods of
abuse.
Do they quit at first insult, or even notice the renege? Do they
return? How often? The data are uploaded with every Windows
update; compiled, and
algorithms are developed that will quickly identify IQ, patience,
docility, and of course the player's identity. For what?
For the purpose of
finding tomorrow's useful idiots, and
likely stimuli to keep them happy
and functional until they are no longer needed.
I know what you're thinking, but no. I've kept at it as part
of
my doctoral thesis (if I ever need one) on how our culture is now so
rancidly immoral that even card cheating is accepted; its causes, and future ramifications. |
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Minesweeper. It's as addicting as crack.
ReplyDeleteTim
Damn, and I thought I was seeing things when the trick went where it shouldn't.
ReplyDeleteOh you think this is bad? Ha!
ReplyDeleteThe new version of FreeCell ... you can't lose at it. Can't. Lose. I'm at 100% win, for 13503 games.
The old game let you back out 1 move. The new version lets you back out all the way to the beginning. Worse, even if you do actually lose, it prompts you to back up and try again.
It's still addictive, and really simple. But the challenge is gone. Also, I understand they removed the impossible games from the mix.