actually he is right. the way casinos have it rigged now, the game is largely in their favor. by counting, you can push it over to being slightly in your favor.
but then the dealers also count, and they double deal (I forget the term, but I think that is it - it is when they get to a card in the deck that they like - an Ace most likely - then they hold it on top and then pull out cards from underneath it to deal out until they get to someone that they want to deal the good card to - either themselves or another player that is either casino affiliated or paying them off - if it is the latter, then they are likely to get hurt). also they will reshuffle frequently if they see you are counting (even with many decks).
if the casino was playing by the rules, then the game would have strict statistical routines - but they cheat - it will be in their favor over time.
all of the Vegas casinos track who you are and how often you are there and when you win and such (well, all of the big ones). they have shared access to a huge database of people that go through there. images, room data, game data, etc etc.
atlantic city was behind in getting to this - but they do it now.
the only casino that doesn't track you, as of within the past year or so at least, is Foxwoods (I think in CT). as long as you aren't coming in everyday and winning tons, they are pretty laid back about it.
actually, the article says that many of them dropped out in order to spend more time doing this and practicing.
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yeah - they said in the article even that they used Asian kids because they drew less attention than white kids throwing around money. the whole point was to not draw attention to their winnings. then in the pic they have a bunch of frat boys.
Beat the Dealer was written and that was all single deck - but the Wired Article is discussing the early to mid 90's with the MIT kids and they developed a system that would work on the 6 decks (involving several players that were to not look like they were in with each other).
Casinos will always catch on and prevent anything that is winning in their casino. They now have a few companies that have a database of people that they don't want in their casino, and then they can cross reference it with who these people checked in with, eat with, are seen with, etc. This way they can see if people are in groups or not, instead of just random players together.
you want to give your girl a diamond for that exact reason. they are so valuable because of all the people that get hurt or killed just to get them to you. it is an extreme honor for her to walk around with a symbol that showed that you were willing to go to great lengths and monetary devotion to ensure that people would be hurt and maimed for years all for her. she is so worth it.
once all 3 movies are released on DVD there will be a special box set with all kinds of new goodies in there as well. it is basically a hulking cash cow that I'm gonna feed like the dumbass I am. moo.
last I heard, any and all current US implementations of a "3G" system were only pseudo-3G in that they don't offer the full system capabilities. What they offer is still way faster than any other wireless phone out there, but not the true 3G offering - I didn't read the article or look into this further, but were Sprint truly the first one out, that would be a big surprise.
I can recall msnbc talking about this recently and I *think* they also said that it wasn't full 3G
I got one and was dumb enough to put in a few emails and then realized it had to be a system where they just then collect those addresses and spam them. I thought it was both ultra-sleazy, and also a bit clever.
with all the regEx stuff built into 1.4, I was happy when it finally started coming out of beta.
nothing you couldn't write yourself, but it is always nicer/easier if it is already built in.
as for the 10 points on that list, I have no issues with them, they wouldn't bother the programming that I do or have done, and making it all truly objects would be nice IMO
I did that in my company's facebook here (which nobody ever uses since we aren't growing but instead shrinking these days). I used the picture of the ape merged with a man's face and pigtails... a thing of beauty.
I let VoiceStream customer service know about it b/c I wasn't sure what the call was, then it happened again while I was around to answer and I understood.
if you don't care about getting the paper that says you took the class, then just go and sit in on a class. all of the college classes that I have been in, none (aside from the first day) took attendance and as long as it was large enough and had space, you wouldn't be noticed.
I have the luxury of living near both Harvard and MIT, but I don't have the luxury of the time to go to the classes since I work all day. otherwise, I would be all over it.
I'm guessing this is one of those statements that probably gets you laid a lot when it comes up in coversation? I have my own set of gems that make the women swoon and generally want in my pants, but this one is also quite excellent and I will have to remember that one if "I just shit my pants" doesn't work out.
I just don't get why they were all saying only his name. as he walked a hallway full of other people, the ads were only saying his name. I wouldn't care about the ads, but I don't really want things yelling my name as I walk around other people. I'm all about stealth and not being noticed. quite frankly.
when the movies cost that much to make and with his clout that nearly ensures that millions will watch it - the combo makes for the need for supplemental income and ads love the eyballs.
that was also the first thing that came to mind when I read this. I have written one that reads in a message board, builds the matrix, and then posts to it. it is fun to see how people reply. I've also written a Radiohead song generator using it, but the learning sample base (all their songs) is too small to get really good originality.
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actually he is right. the way casinos have it rigged now, the game is largely in their favor.
by counting, you can push it over to being slightly in your favor.
but then the dealers also count, and they double deal (I forget the term, but I think that is it - it is when they get to a card in the deck that they like - an Ace most likely - then they hold it on top and then pull out cards from underneath it to deal out until they get to someone that they want to deal the good card to - either themselves or another player that is either casino affiliated or paying them off - if it is the latter, then they are likely to get hurt).
also they will reshuffle frequently if they see you are counting (even with many decks).
if the casino was playing by the rules, then the game would have strict statistical routines - but they cheat - it will be in their favor over time.
all of the Vegas casinos track who you are and how often you are there and when you win and such (well, all of the big ones).
they have shared access to a huge database of people that go through there. images, room data, game data, etc etc.
atlantic city was behind in getting to this - but they do it now.
the only casino that doesn't track you, as of within the past year or so at least, is Foxwoods (I think in CT).
as long as you aren't coming in everyday and winning tons, they are pretty laid back about it.
actually, the article says that many of them dropped out in order to spend more time doing this and practicing.
yeah - they said in the article even that they used Asian kids because they drew less attention than white kids throwing around money.
the whole point was to not draw attention to their winnings.
then in the pic they have a bunch of frat boys.
bastards.
actually no - it didn't.
Beat the Dealer was written and that was all single deck - but the Wired Article is discussing the early to mid 90's with the MIT kids and they developed a system that would work on the 6 decks (involving several players that were to not look like they were in with each other).
Casinos will always catch on and prevent anything that is winning in their casino. They now have a few companies that have a database of people that they don't want in their casino, and then they can cross reference it with who these people checked in with, eat with, are seen with, etc.
This way they can see if people are in groups or not, instead of just random players together.
you want to give your girl a diamond for that exact reason.
they are so valuable because of all the people that get hurt or killed just to get them to you. it is an extreme honor for her to walk around with a symbol that showed that you were willing to go to great lengths and monetary devotion to ensure that people would be hurt and maimed for years all for her.
she is so worth it.
I was watching the page load (well... try to load, and then fail) - and I misread it as a goatsex url...
yeah.
once all 3 movies are released on DVD there will be a special box set with all kinds of new goodies in there as well.
it is basically a hulking cash cow that I'm gonna feed like the dumbass I am.
moo.
I hope that shady dentists that are trying to torture information out of me will quickly adapt this new technology.
last I heard, any and all current US implementations of a "3G" system were only pseudo-3G in that they don't offer the full system capabilities.
What they offer is still way faster than any other wireless phone out there, but not the true 3G offering - I didn't read the article or look into this further, but were Sprint truly the first one out, that would be a big surprise.
I can recall msnbc talking about this recently and I *think* they also said that it wasn't full 3G
I got one and was dumb enough to put in a few emails and then realized it had to be a system where they just then collect those addresses and spam them.
I thought it was both ultra-sleazy, and also a bit clever.
isn't that what they said about cowboyneal?
with all the regEx stuff built into 1.4, I was happy when it finally started coming out of beta.
nothing you couldn't write yourself, but it is always nicer/easier if it is already built in.
as for the 10 points on that list, I have no issues with them, they wouldn't bother the programming that I do or have done, and making it all truly objects would be nice IMO
he must be really proud
I did that in my company's facebook here (which nobody ever uses since we aren't growing but instead shrinking these days).
I used the picture of the ape merged with a man's face and pigtails... a thing of beauty.
I let VoiceStream customer service know about it b/c I wasn't sure what the call was, then it happened again while I was around to answer and I understood.
if you don't care about getting the paper that says you took the class, then just go and sit in on a class. all of the college classes that I have been in, none (aside from the first day) took attendance and as long as it was large enough and had space, you wouldn't be noticed.
I have the luxury of living near both Harvard and MIT, but I don't have the luxury of the time to go to the classes since I work all day.
otherwise, I would be all over it.
working there that is... too bad I'm in boston and not moving to MD.
really working anywhere than my Office Space world right now would rule rule RULE!!!
I'm guessing this is one of those statements that probably gets you laid a lot when it comes up in coversation?
I have my own set of gems that make the women swoon and generally want in my pants, but this one is also quite excellent and I will have to remember that one if "I just shit my pants" doesn't work out.
I just don't get why they were all saying only his name.
as he walked a hallway full of other people, the ads were only saying his name.
I wouldn't care about the ads, but I don't really want things yelling my name as I walk around other people.
I'm all about stealth and not being noticed.
quite frankly.
when the movies cost that much to make and with his clout that nearly ensures that millions will watch it - the combo makes for the need for supplemental income and ads love the eyballs.
there are a few books written on the "mole people" of the NYC abandoned subway shafts.
I think someone needs to write a book about the random homeless encounters in the Vegas sewer system.
that was also the first thing that came to mind when I read this.
I have written one that reads in a message board, builds the matrix, and then posts to it. it is fun to see how people reply.
I've also written a Radiohead song generator using it, but the learning sample base (all their songs) is too small to get really good originality.
fun stuff.
but HANDJOBS for EVERYONE!!!
(Forward, never backward,
upward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling...)
I suppose that would then make my current issues with this job of mine a moot point.