King Of Kong Movie
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Ok thanks. I guess it is time to to get this movie and see what all of the fuss is about.
And now, something almost completely irrelevent. (slow day at work)
There appear to be a lot of questionable "facts" about Billy Mitchell. There is a myth that Billy is a restaurant entrepreneur and major player in the world of hot sauces. It's even in Wikipedia:
The truth seems to be a little different.
I can find no evidence that Billy Mitchell owns a chain of Rickey's restaurants or the Hollywood location in particular. The location in the photo below at 4799 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood FL is owned (as of 1980) by Karren Harrington (President, Vice President) and/or Michelle Zumadio.
Who really owns this restaurant?
It does appear that Billy owns Rickey's World Famous Hot Sauces. I can't find the link now but I recall seeing some business data that showed something like $20,000 gross annual sales.
Rickey's Hot Sauce website: http://800hotsauce.com/
The claim at the above site of selling over 550,000 lbs. of wings per year appears to be a reference to the sum total from the international chain of Rickey's restaurants which are located in the US and Canada.
Link:
http://www.corporationwiki.com/Florida/Hollywood/rickey-s-restaurant-and-lounge-inc-4079537.aspx
Maybe somebody here can clear this up, assuming anybody cares! LOL
There appear to be a lot of questionable "facts" about Billy Mitchell. There is a myth that Billy is a restaurant entrepreneur and major player in the world of hot sauces. It's even in Wikipedia:
wikipedia.org said:
The truth seems to be a little different.
I can find no evidence that Billy Mitchell owns a chain of Rickey's restaurants or the Hollywood location in particular. The location in the photo below at 4799 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood FL is owned (as of 1980) by Karren Harrington (President, Vice President) and/or Michelle Zumadio.
Who really owns this restaurant?
It does appear that Billy owns Rickey's World Famous Hot Sauces. I can't find the link now but I recall seeing some business data that showed something like $20,000 gross annual sales.
Rickey's Hot Sauce website: http://800hotsauce.com/
The claim at the above site of selling over 550,000 lbs. of wings per year appears to be a reference to the sum total from the international chain of Rickey's restaurants which are located in the US and Canada.
Link:
http://www.corporationwiki.com/Florida/Hollywood/rickey-s-restaurant-and-lounge-inc-4079537.aspx
Maybe somebody here can clear this up, assuming anybody cares! LOL
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Sweet I didn't know about the history button. I went back and found the greatest KLOV releated Wiki hack
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flynn54321
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One thing that I did find interesting was the fact that this record wasn't even made on a dedicated DK machine! And the Guiness World Record attempt was made on a DK machine that didnt even have side art... Wow! I guess I will just throw out there - that if anyone wants to come and set a world record on one of my RESTORED machines - they are welcome to do so!
This being said - who knows what stipulations are placed on the authentic aspect of such an attempt.
This being said - who knows what stipulations are placed on the authentic aspect of such an attempt.
paulliadis
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Well, the DK Jr. might've been a DK at some point in its life, right? Aside from the so called magical "goop" on the board that TG said could've allowed Weibe to set the record.
bradd, bradd, are you o.k.? You were pretty passionate about this KOK crap just making sure you didn't have a heart attack or something
yeah i am fine, my wife started summer classes this week and i was up until 4:30am helping her with homework... and staring at a computer screen reloading the same six websites over and over.
Well, the DK Jr. might've been a DK at some point in its life, right? Aside from the so called magical "goop" on the board that TG said could've allowed Weibe to set the record.
I'm now selling "Donkey Kong Sticky Substance®". Worth at least 120,000 points. Top secret formula.
paulliadis
Well-known member
PM sent on the sticky stuff!
I feel so embarassed. The chip must have a "gummy substance" applied, not a sticky substance.
[url="http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/a1/the-king-of-kong-script.html]Transcript from King of Kong[/url]
The gummy substance acts as a dielectric, collects a static charge off the monitor, thereby creating a stable polarizing flux within the random number generator. This fixes a single hexadecimal code that is read by the Z80, but that RNG code is exactly the same every time. Wild barrels no longer loop into different variances; they'll always come down the same way. That knowledge can be used by the player to avoid kills on the barrel levels. On the rivets and pies, they will always release fireballs in faithfully repeated sequence, making those levels patternable. Even the elevators become predictable; a long, high spring followed by a short, low one will always occur at the same moment, but the player must still exercise accurate timing to make it up the ladder and complete the level.
It's almost too easy.
Now I must trademark "Donkey Kong Gummy Substance" and change all the product labeling. Doh!
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LeeB99
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I don't remember the following information in the movie. Does someone SERIOUSLY believe that having a "gummy substance" on the outside of a chip would change the actual LOGIC of the code and how the hardware functions? This reminds me of how some audiophiles believe that they can HEAR a difference when they upgrade their speaker cables to ones that cost $1,000 PER METER...
[url="http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/a1/the-king-of-kong-script.html]Transcript from King of Kong[/url]
The gummy substance acts as a dielectric, collects a static charge off the monitor, thereby creating a stable polarizing flux within the random number generator. This fixes a single hexadecimal code that is read by the Z80, but that RNG code is exactly the same every time. Wild barrels no longer loop into different variances; they'll always come down the same way. That knowledge can be used by the player to avoid kills on the barrel levels. On the rivets and pies, they will always release fireballs in faithfully repeated sequence, making those levels patternable. Even the elevators become predictable; a long, high spring followed by a short, low one will always occur at the same moment, but the player must still exercise accurate timing to make it up the ladder and complete the level.
It's almost too easy.
Now I must trademark "Donkey Kong Gummy Substance" and change all the product labeling. Doh![/QUOTE]
[url="http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/a1/the-king-of-kong-script.html]Transcript from King of Kong[/url]
The gummy substance acts as a dielectric, collects a static charge off the monitor, thereby creating a stable polarizing flux within the random number generator. This fixes a single hexadecimal code that is read by the Z80, but that RNG code is exactly the same every time. Wild barrels no longer loop into different variances; they'll always come down the same way. That knowledge can be used by the player to avoid kills on the barrel levels. On the rivets and pies, they will always release fireballs in faithfully repeated sequence, making those levels patternable. Even the elevators become predictable; a long, high spring followed by a short, low one will always occur at the same moment, but the player must still exercise accurate timing to make it up the ladder and complete the level.
It's almost too easy.
Now I must trademark "Donkey Kong Gummy Substance" and change all the product labeling. Doh![/QUOTE]
There was nothing in K of K to that effect. I made it up. The actual quote from Wayne's World was:
Garth Algar said:
I thought the same thing as you when I watched King of Kong--wouldn't SOMEBODY who knows a little tech say "uh... you can't change the processing code by smearing something on the chip and no tech would tamper with a chip and then smear stuff on it." The nuttier something is, the more likely it is that people will believe it (see the end of the world last May 21st and the IRenew Bracelet that improves your balance--so long as you let the guy pull you over backwards when you're not wearing it. I digress).
Your $1K/M speaker cable is a perfect example that strikes a chord with me. I was in a Circuit City store and had just bought a receiver. The dude was pushing me to buy the monster cable speaker wire at something like $100 for 50 feet. *approximate transcript follows*
I said "no thanks, I'll stop by the hardware store and buy zip cord for about 10 bucks." He said "ok, but that'll have a lot of distortion." I said "dude, audio output is low voltage/high amperage. The reason for HUGE cable is if you're driving very low impedence speakers, say 1 ohm. Then even a tenth of an ohm cable resistance will pull down the power significantly. But I'm not going to expect to have all 400 watts--I'm not going to listen to anything at ear bleed." So he said "but it will pick up lots of distortion too." I said "no, that happens on the low power input cables where RF can induce a proportionately higher signal that becomes amplified. It's a drip in the ocean on the output side. Besides, your monster cable is unshielded as well so it'll pick up just as much RF--which you can't hear anyway." He said "whatever, but I can hear the difference like night and day."
I realize there's mutual inductance between speaker wires and that the physical separation of the conductors may be a factor. But I also realized I had better things to do and left.
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stu
Active member
Please don't bring up May 21st.... I've seen enough RV's.
yaggy
Well-known member
Guaranteed to slow down the barrels! Brilliant!
"On June 3, 2007, Kuh broke 16 different world records on the first day of the annual Funspot tournament. The 16 games for which records were broken[2][3][4] were:
1943
Smiles
The Real Ghostbusters
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Kill Screen
Lethal Enforcers
L.S.A. Squad
Lunar Rescue
Taking a poo
Paperboy
Rampage
Squirts 2
Starship 1
Diaper Patrol
Turdo
Vs. Super Mario Bros.
Xenophobe"
I followed the link and as soon as I started reading the names of the games I could not stop laughing. I don't know which game I like better, Taking a Poo, Diaper Patrol, Turdo or Squirts 2!!!
