Comments on: End of Content? http://www.r2collective.com/content/2009/12/13/end-of-content/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:43:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: o_crunk http://www.r2collective.com/content/2009/12/13/end-of-content/comment-page-1/#comment-65 o_crunk Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:22:56 +0000 http://www.r2collective.com/?p=169#comment-65 I stand corrected on the proprietary nature of this tech and after reading the <a href="http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6204813.pdf" rel="nofollow">patent itself (.pdf)</a>, I wonder if there isn't a whole lot more useful handicapping data being collected by Equibase that hasn't been rolled out yet. Whether that data is accurate or not remains a question IMHO. Interference, packet loss, etc are a lot more of a problem today than 10 years ago (when this was accepted) with XX times as many devices fighting or straight up overpowering other, weaker signals. Interesting stuff, regardless. Installation, upkeep, etc probably aren't cheap either for Equibase, which makes one wonder if the data that could theoretically be collected and provided to players is *that* useful & accurate, why haven't they rolled out new tools to start getting back a return on their investment in Trakus? I stand corrected on the proprietary nature of this tech and after reading the patent itself (.pdf), I wonder if there isn’t a whole lot more useful handicapping data being collected by Equibase that hasn’t been rolled out yet. Whether that data is accurate or not remains a question IMHO. Interference, packet loss, etc are a lot more of a problem today than 10 years ago (when this was accepted) with XX times as many devices fighting or straight up overpowering other, weaker signals.

Interesting stuff, regardless. Installation, upkeep, etc probably aren’t cheap either for Equibase, which makes one wonder if the data that could theoretically be collected and provided to players is *that* useful & accurate, why haven’t they rolled out new tools to start getting back a return on their investment in Trakus?

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