Wednesday, October 17, 2007

LAS VEGAS SPOILERS FOR SEASON 5

HERE IS THE SPOILERS FOR SEASON 5 OF LAS VEGAS

Episode 5.05:
Run, Cooper, Run!

A
irdate:
October 19, 2007

  • 09/30 - Danny and Mike arrive at Cooper's suite for a meeting, but instead find themselves walking into a murder scene. The two question Cooper who can't remember what happened and claims he is being blackmailed. When Danny and Mike start to investigate, Cooper suspiciously disappears making him look even guiltier. Piper helps the son of one of Sam's big Montecito whales learn how to be "cool" for his upcoming Bar Mitzvah. Meanwhile, Delinda's unconventional approach to parenting has the staff carrying around eggs. Source: NBC
  • 08/02 - Danny and Mike try to help Cooper find who killed a woman and set the scene so that he (Cooper) is the prime suspect. Sam takes care of Cy Lipshitz, known as Long Island's "Brisket King," and his wife wife Beth. The couple is throwing a Bar Mitzvah for their 13-year-old Hershel at the casino and Sam and Delinda will help. Sam enlists Piper's help to take care of Hershel. Expect the "baby-sitting" to not go smootly since Hershel wants to sleep with Piper or get a girlfriend; the kid wants to be a man. Delinda asks Beth some motherly advice. In order to somewhat test their parenting skills, Danny and Delinda each carry an egg around (it looks like other casino employees may play the game too). Source: SpoilerFix.com

Episode 5.06: When Life Gives You Lemon Bars
Airdate: October 26, 2007

  • 10/06 - In the spirit of Halloween, Piper dresses up in various costumes to try and scare her fellow staffers. Cooper insists on shadowing Sam for the day while she is trying to lure a new whale to the casino, but his presence scares the potential client away. In order to make it up to Sam, Cooper agrees to let her play in his annual exclusive poker game with his billionaire friends Roger (Roger Mosley, "Magnum P.I.") and Larry (Larry Manetti, "Magnum P.I."). Delinda discovers a wonderful new pastry chef that is sweet on the surface, but after a few days of her sour attitude she wants to fire her. Meanwhile, Mike thinks he has found the woman of his dreams, but when he discovers her past, he has reservations about them being together. Also starring Josh Duhamel. Source: NBC
  • 09/01 - This is an Halloween episode so don't be surprised if it's moved at the end of October. However, it was the 10th episode produced this season. Cooper wants to know more about Sam's work. To her displeasure, he wants to shadow her while she takes care of a whale who has been playing in another casino for the past 10 years and has agreed to give Sam a chance. Piper is really into Halloween and even dresses up as a ghoul. We discover that Mike has been dating a teacher named Carley Lauder. The two of them go on a double date with Danny and Delinda. Things go very well between Mike and Carley, to a point he may even think she's the one, but things turn sour when he discovers a secret she's been keeping from him. Will Mike forgive her when she explains why she lied? After Cooper fired Wolfgang Puck from the casino, Delinda tries to hire a pastry chef. Mitch also appears. Source: SpoilerFix.com

Episode 5.07: Adventures In The Skin Trade
Airdate: November 2, 2007

  • new 10/08 - Danny and Mike find themselves at a local strip bar for a birthday party, but things go awry when the club owner gets physical with one of the strippers. Always the do-gooder, Delinda begins a citywide campaign advocating for better rights for exotic dancers in Sin City. Elsewhere, Piper enlists Sam's help to find a racy video that she does not want anyone to see. Sam is willing to help, but only if Piper helps her with a whale. Also starring Tom Selleck. Source: NBC
  • 09/15 - The casino strippers go on strike! Led by Molly Sims' Delinda, because she thinks -- and we're quoting Thompson here -- "they're being screwed over." Source: Entertainment Weekly
  • 07/18 - Mike tries to educate Danny so he will be a better parent. While at a strip club with Mike and Mitch, Danny meets an old friend Angie Corbett. He got to know her when they were in junior high school. Angie now works as a stripper. Things turn ugly when Angie's boss arrives and says that she is late... again. Since Angie got fired and she was scared to go back home, Danny brings her and her 4-year-old son, also named Danny, to his condo. Let's say Delinda won't be too pleased at first but will soon warm up to Angie and her cause: get better work perks for strippers. Angie and her stripper friends will go on strike! Danny tries to help Angie get her life back in order. Sam takes care of a rich whale who dresses like a tire salesman. Sam will go shopping with her whale. Due to the strippers' strike, Sam tries to convince Piper to keep her whale company. Mike meets up with three married men who want to see strippers. Cooper also appears. Source: SpoilerFix.com
  • 07/18 - Delinda will soon experience what being a mother can be like when one of Danny's friends and her 4-year-old stay at the condo for a while. Also expect her to freak for a few minutes when she learns the 4-year-old is named Danny, after his father! But not to worry, it's a different Danny. Source: SpoilerFix BuddyTV Spoilers Chat
  • 06/26 - I hear a stripper moves in with Danny and Delinda. Source: Kristin on E!Online

Episode 5.08: My Uncle's a Gas
Airdate: November 9, 2007

  • 07/02 - Danny, who's been sleeping on his office couch for a while in order to catch up on some work, dreams that the casino is broke and that Delinda delivers a Baby Mike. Danny must deal with Bob Casey, a fire fighter who is there for an inspection as one of the Montecito's latest campaign broke a few fire codes. Since Danny is too busy, Delinda tries to convince Sam to come to some baby classes with her. There is a contest where participants have to keep one hand on a car for as long as possible in order to win it. One contestant may be cheating as after 55 hours she still looks refreshed. One of Danny's uncle is at the casino. Danny tries to find a way to throw him out. Cooper and Mitch also appear. Source: SpoilerFix.com

Episode 5.09: The High Price Of Gas
Airdate: November 16, 2007

  • 07/13 - The episode opens with people lying on the floor of the casino. They are just breathing, not moving much. When Danny comes to, he sees a fire fighter wearing a gas mask and telling him to stay on the floor until the doctors check him out. The casino was robbed and to do so, robbers used gas. Mike and Danny try to find the robbers. Later, Danny calls a meeting with the presidents of operations of other hotels and casinos as the gassing and robbery hurt more than just the Montecito. A few casinos have about 50% cancellations, the airport is empty, etc. Of course, Danny as an idea to resolve the situation. Cooper asks new surveillance tech Oscar to track down where Sam's biggest players like to go, in which room they stay, etc. Sam is at a concert with two rather young whales. Mike goes to the club to bring her back. It almost sounds like Sam is not working at the Montecito... The band Metal Skool may appear. Source: SpoilerFix.com

Episode 5.10: It's Not Easy Being Green
Airdate: November 23, 2007

  • 08/29 - One of the women will get a marriage proposal. Source: SpoilerFix BuddyTV Spoilers Chat
  • 08/11 - A matchmaker for the wealthy, Regina Fairmont, is at the Montecito. Sam tries to enlist Regina's help to get a rich man. Regina sets a date between Sam and a chubby little man named Bob Greene. The latter is immediately smitten but he's not Sam's style at all, plus Sam is not really looking for someone to be with. Danny and Mike keep an eye on a man named Peter Grant and the mysterious woman who is accompanying him. The woman has a past with Cooper. Two Secret Service agents are at the casino and it doesn't look like they are there for pleasure. If she hasn't been introduced in a previous episode, we will meet Danny's assistant, Andrea. Piper, Delinda and Mitch also appear. Source: SpoilerFix.com

Episode 5.11: I Could Eat a Horse
Airdate: November 30, 2007

  • 09/10 - Sam takes care of couple Sherry and Rodney. Sherry used to be slightly overweight like her husband but has lost many pounds since she decided she wanted to fit in her grandmother's wedding dress. When Sherry leaves Sam and Rodney alone, the latter admits to Sam that he doesn't think he can go through with the wedding because he prefers bigger women. Piper freaks out when William, a musician she knows, drops by the casino. Danny and Mike drive to stables where horses are to be auctioned. It looks like they are there to buy a horse for Cooper's ranch. Thing is Mike is allergic to horses! Delinda is still trying to find a chef to replace Wolfgang. Mitch also appears. Source: SpoilerFix.com

Episode 5.12: A Cannon Carol
Airdate: December 7, 2007

  • 09/16 - This episode will be a sort of A Christmas Carol or What a Wonderful Life, where "Christmas" versions of Sam and Piper as well as a spirit for Christmas to come show Mike what life at the Montecito would be like without him and what the Christmas spirit is all about. This adventure starts when Mike hits his head when falling down after trying to fix the star on top of his Christmas tree. Sam tries to bring back impulsive Linus Phelps, a 40-year-old whale, to the tables after Helen, a woman who is trying to get people to help the needy, convinced him to spend his money elsewhere. Piper and Delinda took care of the Christmas display in the casino and it is really popular, a little too popular (especially since their Santa is rather hot). The episode will also feature clips from past episodes. Mitch, Danny and Cooper also appear. Source: SpoilerFix.com

Episode 5.13: Secrets, Lies and Lamaze
Airdate: January 2008

  • new 10/09 - Piper takes care of an annoying family from Kansas who wants a picture with Piper in front of the slot machine just before they leave Vegas. They convince Piper to let the 18-year-old daugher pull the handle for the picture. They get a beautiful redhead to snap the picture, who turns out to be Lisa Eddy, a Gaming Enforcement Officer and old friend of Danny's. She tells him the Montecito has a choice of paying a $1 million dollar fine or firing Piper. Danny and Delinda attend parenting classes. They meet another couple there whom Delinda tries to befriend but when they have the couple over for dinner, everything about the other couple makes Danny and Delinda feel inferior, from past football experience to baby plans and housing. Sam confides in Cooper about something she feels guilty about. Mike also appears. Source: SpoilerFix.com

Episode 5.14: Guess Who's Coming To Breakfast
Airdate: January 2008

General spoilers:

  • 09/15 - You can also expect to see more musical guests, from Mims to Montgomery Gentry. Source: Entertainment Weekly
  • 09/15 - Show creator Gary Scott Thompson [dished] out on what's in store for season 5 [to TV Guide]. According to Thompson, the upcoming season is extra special since it will also include the 100th episode of the show. Source: BuddyTV

NEWS: VANESSA HUDGENS NUDE PHOTOS(PHOTOS INCLUDED)

HERE IS AN ARTICLE ON THE NUDE PHOTOS THAT WERE LEAKED OF VANESSA HUDGENS


Vanessa Hudgens may have a job as a photographer ahead of her. The H
igh School Musical eighteen year old pint-sized hottie rocked Disney's world with some racy photos that emerged on the internet earlier this month and now ex boyfriend Adam O'Neal claims that she sent him photos three years ago. If that proves accurate that would mean that she was only fifteen and she has a habit of snapping photos of herself nude and then e-mailing them to her boyfriends. Not a good move when you are a world wide star.
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The National Enquirer reports that they have spoken with the ex boyfriend and he delivered plenty of details. The Enquirer reports: Adam says he met Vanessa at an acting audition. "She was 15 and I was a year older," Adam told the weekly entertainment magazine. "I asked her out on a date and we went to a movie - . "Her parents were pretty strict, so we only got to hang out maybe three times a week, he continued. "We were together for three months and I quickly realized how ambitious she was. Becoming an actress was all that was on her mind."
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"Then, just before Christmas 2003 she came to a party at a friend's house — and dumped me. She told me she'd hooked up with an ex-boyfriend three days earlier." O'Neal added, "I was shattered when she told me she'd cheated on me. But she was a pretty crazy girl, and she played with me off and on for the res
t of the evening. One minute she'd tell me again it was over — the next she'd be kissing and touching me. "Finally I'd had enough. I told her, 'You broke up with me, and now you're toying with me. You need to go.'" The he claims that three weeks later she e-mailed him the snap and he was shocked.
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The most humorous thing of the story is Adam's response - he e-mailed back "Thank You!" Now the stunner - he says that the photo that is floating around is the same exact one she sent him - which would mean that she is only fifteen in the photo andnot eighteen as previously reported. The nightmare continues for Vanessa Hudgens.

HERE ARE THE PHOTOS
























BLU-RAY VS HD DVD FROM ENGADET

Here is an article on Blu-Ray Vs HD-DVD from Engadet.com


Well, as far as HD DVD vs. Blu-ray goes, it looks like we've pretty much passed the point of no return now; with each passing day it seems less and less likely that a compromise will be reached on a next-gen format. The ongoing peace talks between the two camps, which have been on-again, off-again for months now, seem to have finally dissolved. It's disappointing, but however you feel about the fact that the HD DVD and Blu-ray factions squandered countless chances to make it right and come together, it looks like in just a few short months they're going to be duking it out mano a mano right in our livingrooms. There may not be a lot we can do to fight back - apart from refusing to adopt either format out of sheer spite of their pigheadedness - but no matter what we might as well at least arm ourselves with the knowledge necessary to understand the nature of the situation at hand.

Here's the background:

Philips's development of the Laserdisc in 1969 yielded many of the technologies Sony carried over and adopted when they partnered with Philips to create a little something called the CD way back in '79. Both companies were hard at work together once again in the early 1990s on a new high-density disc called the MultiMedia Compact Disc (MMCD-original name, guys), but their format was eventually more or less abandoned in favor of Toshiba's competing Super Density Disc (SD), which had the vast majority of backers at the time, such as Hitachi, Matsushita (Panasonic), Mitsubishi, Pioneer, Thomson, and Time Warner.

The two factions cut a deal, brokered by IBM president Lou Gerstner, on a new format: DVD. Toshiba wound up on top after the dust settled in 1995/1996, and Sony and Philips, who weren't cut in on the standard (and royalties) nearly as much as they'd have liked, immediately started work on a next gen system. The Professional Disc for DATA (aka PDD or ProDATA), which was based on an optical disc system Sony had already been developing in the side, would eventually become the Blu-ray disc. Toshiba, not to be outdone by the pair, also started work on a next gen system, the Advanced Optical Disc, which eventually evolved into the HD DVD. After thirty-five years of optical audio/video disc development we're back where we were years ago: two money-grubbing factions fighting each other and threatening to wreak havoc on the consumer electronics industry. Apparently history really does repeat itself.

So here's the technical nitty gritty before we drop the graphs n' charts on ya. Both systems use the same kind of 405nm wavelength blue-violet laser, but their optics differ in two ways. Since the Blu-ray disc has a tighter track pitch (the single thread of data that spirals from the inside of the disc all the way out—think grooves on a 12-inch vinyl single vs. an Elvis Costello full-length album), it can hold more pits (those microscopic 0s and 1s) on the same size disc as HD DVD even with a laser of the same wavelength.

The differing track pitch of the Blu-ray disc makes its pickup apertures differ, however—0.65 for HD DVD vs. 0.85 for Blu-ray—thus also making the two pickups technically incompatible despite using lasers of the same type. HD DVD discs also have a different surface layer (the clear plastic layer on the surface of the data—what you get fingerprints and scratches on) from Blu-ray discs. HD DVD use a 0.6 mm-thick surface layer, the same as DVD, while Blu-ray has a much smaller 0.1mm layer to help enable the laser to focus with that 0.85 aperture.

Herein lies the issues associated with the higher cost of Blu-ray discs. This thinner surface layer is what makes the discs cost more; because Blu-ray discs do not share the same surface layer thickness of DVDs, costly production facilities must be modified or replaced in order to produce the discs. A special hard coating must also be applied to Blu-ray discs, so their surface is sufficiently resilient enough to protect the data a mere 0.1mm beneath—this also drives the cost up. The added benefit of keeping the data layer closer to the surface, however, is more room for extra layers.

Still with us? No? Blu-ray discs are more expensive, but hold more data—there, that's all.

So now that you know why Blu-ray discs cost more and why Sony/Philips and Toshiba are all harshing on one another so much, we can get to the really important stuff: the numbers, and who's supporting who.

Capacity
Blu-Ray
HD DVD
ROM single layer:
ROM dual layer:
RW single layer:
RW dual layer:
Highest test:
Theoretical limit:
23.3 / 25GB
46.6 / 50GB
23.3 / 25 / 27GB
46.6 / 50 / 54GB
100GB
200GB
Single layer:
Dual layer:


Highest test:
Theoretical limit:
15GB
30GB


45GB
60GB
Codecs
Blu-Ray HD DVD
MPEG-2
Microsoft Video Codec 1 (aka VC1, WMV HD, etc.)
H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC
MPEG-2
Microsoft Video Codec 1 (aka VC1, WMV HD, etc.)
H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC
Security
Blu-Ray HD DVD
Mandatory HDCP encrypted output
ROM-Mark watermarking technology
BD+ dynamic crypto (physical layer)
Advanced Access Content System (AACS)
Mandatory HDCP encrypted output (for HD)
Volume identifier (physical layer)
Advanced Access Content System (AACS)
Studios (movie and game) listed as supporting members
Blu-Ray HD DVD
20th Century Fox
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Electronic Arts
MGM Studios
Paramount Pictures
Sony Pictures Entertainment
The Walt Disney Company
Vivendi Universal Games
Warner Bros.
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
New Line Cinema
Paramount Pictures
The Walt Disney Company
Universal Studios
Warner Bros.
Format founders
Blu-Ray HD DVD
Sony Corporation
Royal Philips Electronics
Toshiba Corporation
Hitachi Corporation
Companies listed as Members of the Board or Managing Members
Blu-Ray HD DVD
Apple Computer Corp.
Dell, Inc.
Hewlett Packard Company
Hitachi, Ltd.
LG Electronics Inc.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Panasonic (Matsushita Electric)
Pioneer Corporation
Royal Philips Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Sharp Corporation
Sony Corporation
TDK Corporation
Thomson
Twentieth Century Fox
Walt Disney Pictures and Television
Memory-Tech Corporation
NEC Corporation
Sanyo Electric Co.
Companies listed as Members, Associate Members, or Contributors
(may include duplicates and/or subsidiaries, major companies are bolded, major companies common to both camps are also italicized)
Blu-Ray HD DVD
3oh!5 Creative, Inc.
Adobe Systems
Almedio Inc.
Alpine Electronics Inc.
AMC Co. Ltd.
Anwell Technologies USA
Aplix Corporation
ArcSoft Inc.
Asahi Kasei Microsystems Co.
ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG
ATI Technologies Inc.
AudioDev AB
B.H.A. Corporation
Bandai Visual Co. Ltd.
BASF AG
BenQ Corporation
Broadcom Corporation
Canon Inc.

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc.
CMC Magnetics Corporation
Coding Technologies GmbH
Conexant Systems Inc.
Cryptography Research Inc.
CyberLink Corp.
D&M holdings, Inc.
Daewoo Electronics Corporation
Daikin Industries
DATARIUS Technologies GmbH
Degussa
Deluxe Media Services Inc.
Digital Theater Systems Inc.
Dolby Laboratories Inc.
Eclipse Data Technologies
Electronic Arts Inc.
Elpida Memory, Inc.
ESS Technology Inc.
Expert Magnetics Corp.
Fuji Photo Film Co.
Funai Electric Co.
Horizon Semiconductor
IMAGICA Corp.
Imation Corp.
Infomedia Inc.
Intersil Corporation
InterVideo Inc.
Kadokawa Holdings Inc.
Kaleidescape, Inc.
Kenwood Corporation
Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
Laser Pacific Media Corp.
Lead Data Inc.
LEADER ELECTRONICS CORP
Linn Products Ltd.
LINTEC Corporation
LITE-ON IT Corporation
LSI Logic
M2 Engineering AB
Maxim Integrated Products
MediaTek Inc.
Memorex Products Inc.
Meridian Audio Ltd.
Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co. / Verbatim
Mitsui Chemicals Inc.
Mitsumi Electric Co.

Moser Baer India Limited
MX Entertainment
Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
Nero
Newtech Infosystems Inc.
NEXAPM Systems Technology Inc.
Nightjar LLC
Nikkatsu Corporation
NTT Electronics Corporation
nVidia Corporation
Onkyo Corporation

Ono Sokki Co.
OPT Corporation
Optodisc Technology Corporation
Pixela Corporation
PoINT Software & Systems GmbH
PowerFile
Prodisc Technology Inc.
Pulstec Industrial Co.
Ricoh Co.
Ritek Corporation
Sanyo Electric Co.
SDI Media America
ShibaSoku Co. Ltd.
Shinano Kenshi Co. Ltd.
Sigma Designs Inc.
Singulus Technologies
Sonic Solutions
Sonopress
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
ST Microelectronics
STEAG ETA-OPTIK GmbH
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sunext
Taiyo Yuden Co.,
Tao Group Limited
Targray Technology International Inc.
Teac Corporation
Teijin Chemicals Ltd.
Toei Video Company Ltd.
Toho Company
Toppan Printing Co.
TOPTICA Photonics AG
Ulead Systems Inc.
UmeDisc Ltd.
Unaxis Balzer AG
Universal (inc. Music , Vivendi Games, Pictures)
VDL-ODMS
Victor Company of Japan (JVC)
Vidiom Systems Corporation
Visionare Corporation
Yamaha Corporation
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
ZOOtech Ltd.
Zoran Corporation
Acer Inc.
Almedio Inc.
Alpine Electronics, Inc.
Altech Ads Co.
Arcsoft, Inc
B.H.A Corporation
Bandai Visual Co.
Canon Inc.
Cyberlink Corp.
D&M Holdings Inc.

Daikin Industries
Daiko.Co,Ltd.
Digion, Inc.
Digital Site Corporation
Digital Theater Systems
Disc Labo Corp.
Diskware Co.
Ebistrade,Inc.
Enteractive Gmbh
Entertainment Network Inc.
Expert Magnetics Corp.
Finepack . Co.,Ltd
Fuji Photo Film Co.
Fuji Seiki Co.
Funai Electric Co.
The High-Defition Marketing Company
Hitachi Corp.
Hitachi Maxell

Hoei Sangyo Co.
Imagica Corp.
Imation Corp.
Interchannel
Intervideo, Inc.
Itri
Jp Co., Ltd
Justsystem Corporation
Kadokawa Holdings, Inc.
Kaleidescape, Inc.
Kenwood Corporation
Kinyosha Printing Co.
Kitano Co.
Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
M2 Engineering
Mcray Corporation
Memory-Tech Corporation
Mitomo Co., Ltd
Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co. / Verbatim
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

Moser Baer India Ltd
Nec Corporation
Nec Electronics Corporation
Nec Fielding

Nero
Nichia Corporation
Nihonvtr Inc.
Nikkatsu Corporation
Omnibus Japan
Onken Corporation
Onkyo Corporation
Paramount Home Entertainment

Pico House Co.,Ltd
Pixela Corporation
Pony Canyon Inc.
Ponycanyon Enterprise Inc.
Prodisc Technology Inc.
Pryaid Records Inc.
Pulstec Industrial Co.
Q-Tec,Inc.
Ricoh Co.
Ritek Corporation
Sanken Media Product Co.
Sanyo Electric Co.
Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation
Sonic Solutions
Sumitomo Heavy Industries. Ltd
Super Vision, Inc.
Taiyo Yuden Co.
Teac Corporation
Teijin Chemicals Ltd.
Toei Video Co.
Toho Company, Limited.
Tokyo Laboratory Ltd.
Toppan Printing Co.
Toshiba Corporation
Toshiba Digital Frontiers Inc.
Toshiba Entertainment Inc.
Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation

Toshiba-Emi Limited
Toyo Recording Co.
Transmix Co.
Trendy Corporation
Tri-M, Inc.
Ulead Systems, Inc.
Unaxis Balzers Ltd.
Universal (inc. Music , Vivendi Games, Pictures)
U-Tech Media Corp.
Vap Inc.
Video Tech Co.,Ltd.
Visionare Corporation
Warner Home Video Inc.

Other interesting facts:

  • The Nichi Corporation, who holds the design patents to the Blu-ray's laser system, sits as an associate member of the HD DVD Promotion Group.
  • Even though Apple sits on the Blu-ray Board of Directors, its DVD Studio Pro software supports authoring HD DVD media.
  • Blu-ray, unlike HD DVD, requires a hard coating on its discs because it's 0.5m closer to the surface. The polymer coating it uses, called Durabis, was developed by TDK and is supposedly extremely resilient and fingerprint resistant.
  • The Java platform is mandatory on Blu-ray as it's the standard for menus/multimedia (i.e. all Blu-ray systems must support JVM)
  • Though Microsoft has not officially sided with either format, it has a number of long-standing IP cross-licensing deals with Toshiba. HD DVD systems will run Windows CE; the standard is currently the only next-gen optical standard with announced support in Longhorn, and an HD DVD version of the Xbox 360 is rumored for the future.
  • The first consumer Blu-ray device in the US market is expected to be the PlayStation 3.

HERE IS AN ARTICLE ON THE ODDS OF WINNING MCDONDALDS MONOPLY CONTEST

HERE IS AN ARTICLE ON THE ODDS OF WINNING THE MONOPOLY GAME PIECES AT MCDONALDS


Your 2007 Mcdonalds Game Odds, Scarier Than You Think



This Mcdonalds Monopoly Blog entry is for those who wanted a more comprehensive follow up to my first 2007 Mcdonalds Monopoly Game Odds. This Blog contains the complete 2007 Mcdonalds Monopoly game odds for the various pieces.

As it turns out that your decision of whether to order that extra burger or fries should not really come down to a simple coin toss. In Fact your odds of getting that one mcdonalds monopoly game pieces that you really want are surprizingly remote. To put this in perspective according to statistics found on the the National whether service the Odds of getting hit by lightning in any given year 1 in 400,000 are better than winning many of these prizes. So my advice for October 2007 is to stay out of the rain and enjoy your meal, or find a better way to make money online fast.


Mcdonalds Monopoly Game Odds of winning



Instant Win $1 million - 1 in 557,111,800 Odds of winning
Instant Win $25,000 - 1 in 111,422,360 Odds of winning
Instant Win $50 - 1 in 74,282 Odds of winning
Instant Win food prizes - 1 in 6 Odds of winning

$50 Purple Stamps - Mediterranean Avenue Piece (Stamps#801) & Baltic Avenue Piece (Stamp #802) - 1 in 33,616 Odds of winning

$100 Railroad Stamps - Reading Railroad Piece (Stamp #823), Pennsylvania Railroad Piece (Stamp #824), B&O Railroad Piece (Stamp #825) Short LinePiece (Stamp #826) - 1 in 2,094,076 Odds of winning

$500 Light Blue Stamps - Oriental Avenue Piece (Stamp #803), Vermont Avenue Piece (Stamp #804) Connecticut Avenue Piece (Stamp #805) - 1 in 33,752,584 Odds of winning

$1000 Maroon Stamps - St. Charles Place Piece (Stamp #806), States Avenue (Stamp #807), & Virginia Avenue Piece (Stamp #808) - 1 in 33,752,584 Odds of winning

$5000 Orange Stamps - St. James Place Piece (Stamp #809), Tennessee Avenue Piece (Stamp #810),Piece New York Ave (Stamp #811) - 1 in 168,762,143 Odds of winning

$10000 Red Stamps - Kentucky Avenue Piece (Stamp #812), Indiana Avenue Piece (Stamp #813) Illinois Avenue Piece (Stamp #814) - 1 in 56,069,351 Odds of winning
$25000 Yellow Stamps - Atlantic Avenue Piece (Stamp #815), Ventnor Avenue Piece (Stamp #816)Piece Marvin Gardens (Stamp #817) - 1 in 186,829,657 Odds of winning

$50000 Green Stamps - Pacific Avenue Piece (Stamp #818), North Carolina Avenue Piece (Stamp #819) & Pennsylvania Avenue (Stamp #820) - 1 in 186,829,657 Odds of winning

$1 Million Blue Stamps - Park Place Piece (Stamp #821) Boardwalk rare piece (Stamp #822) - Odds of winning approximately 1 in 184,698,474. Odds of winning

$500 Toys”R”Us Gift Card Odds of winning 1 in 1,436,253.
$250 Foot Locker Gift Card 1 in 1,436,253.

$5 Toys”R”Us Buck 1 in 43.
$3 Toys”R”Us Buck - 1 in 29.
$1 Toys”R”Us Buck - 1 in 2.

Foot Locker 10% Discount 1 in 5.
Foot Locker 20% Discount odds are 1 in 5.

For more info online visit the Official Macdonalds Monopoly Game Rules Site


The Canada Mcdonalds Monopoly Game



If you thought you would move to Canada to increase your chances of winning, you should think again. The Mcdonalds Monopoly Game Odds in Canada are just as remote, the prizes are smaller, and their dollar is worth more making the food purchases more expensive.