I never involved my beliefs at all. i wrote my message using nothing but a conservative christian belief system as a point of reference, referring to god's love as the love of his christian god.
You're a fucking retard who likes to impose his chosen belief system on others, blindly believing that YOUR religion and beliefs are better than those of the billions of non-christians on this planet.
Basically, you're a relic. A useless intolerant judgemental fuck who does not understand god's love. You blame your hate on your god, and you ignore his love and his word.
Heaven will be a lot hotter than you expected if you do not accept other people's choices with love in your heart.
This is slashdot, your response is supposed to be to download unlicensed mp3s of all 8 tracks, including the 6 that suck, download a 'FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION' divx copy of the movie, and then whine about how you'd pay for these things if they didn't suck.
I hope you know that by reading a book, and going outside, you may lose your posting privileges.
Actually, the one really nice thing about this system is that it can detect dealers who don't pay bets correctly, dealers with a tendancy to misdeal and other such common screwups.
Anybody who has been to the casino more than a few times knows that you need to make sure the dealer is good before you stop paying attention to the dealer.
Casinos don't really care what happens each time you sit down at the table. They're smart enough to realize that even 1000 hands of blackjack is, statistically speaking, a fairly small sample. What they want to know is: a) what are your games? b) what are your average bets? c) how long do you play?
Once they know that, they have a pretty good idea on how much money you're losing at the casino.
the odds in blackjack do favor the house unless you're counting cards, and even then they usually still favor the house.
As far as "wayy more money than you win", blackjack basic strategy will have a player losing approximately $500 per $100,000 of bets. Craps pass line bets will have a player losing $1,300 per $100,000 of bets. (those figures are excluding short-term variance)
Casinos do want you to win some of the time, otherwise you won't go back.
They already have trouble telling the difference between card counters and semi-random bettors. I get bored at the blackjack table and my bets will change from $25 a hand to $100 or $200 a hand, which often leads to pit bosses who think I'm counting cards, especially if I raise my bets mid-shoe and then proceed to win.
Well, if you're ever in a European casino, I suggest you play roulette, as with their rules it's one of the least unfavorable games in the house. Europe also lacks the incredible addiction to the slot machine which makes the majority of American casinos so incredibly obnoxious. (They exist, but not in anything resembling the quantity seen in any American casino)
We can't set laws for general society by what the least responsible among us do. Should we criminalize extramarital sex, because some girls are self-destructive sluts who use sex as a substitute for love?
Should we criminalize ice cream, because some lardasses can't stop eating pint after pint of chunky monkey?
Should we criminalize marathons, because many habitual runners end up with a variety of debilitating injuries?
I understand that gambling addiction is terrible, but the answer is for the addicts to stop gambling, not for the world to be baby-proofed such that nobody can ever do anything fun, for fear of abusing that fun.
Well, the lines aren't set by an analyst who figures out who they think will win the game, it's simply done by attempting to even the money on both sides of the bet, so that no matter who gets paid, the book made money. Thus, you simply need to be smarter than the average dollar that was bet.
Roulette isn't neccessarily a terrible game, with a single-zero wheel, and en prison the house edge is about 1.3%, though standard american roulette is about a 5% game, though american roulette with surrender is about half that.
Blackjack, craps and baccarat are indeed the least unfavorable odds-wise, but a lot of gamblers don't know or care about the math. They're interested in games where they can put down a small amount of money and pick up a large one. The smart bets in blackjack, baccarat and craps don't offer that potential large return on investment.
Entourage doesn't suck! It provides a distinctive Microsoft experience, right down to crashing for no apparent reason when attempting to send mail, or at other seemingly random times. It really makes me forget that I'm not using Outlook anymore.
Bush said that Iraq had developed weapons with an 800 mile range.
Bush said that we would find weapons of mass destruction as soon as we had control of the country.
Bush said that inspections were not keeping the Iraqis from reconstituting their nuclear program.
Bush said that we had senior iraqi officials with proof of the reconstituted program.
Bush said Iraq and Al-Queda work together.
Bush said Iraq has 1000 tons of chemical weapons that it will use.
Bush said local commanders had been given chemical weapons for use in the defense of Iraq.
Bush said Iraq has unmanned drones capable of delivering biological agents worldwide.
Bush said so damned many lies I can't try to list them all.
if you didn't hear the millions of people who marched against this invasion, it's because you didn't want to. People don't like the idea that they're indirectly invading a country, killing thousands of innocent civilians in that country, failing to provide peace, security, or even water and electricity to those people.
People want Bush to be honest, and the war to be a success, but both of these things are simply not the truth.
As far as what he knew at the time... which option do you prefer, a leader who lies to you to get what he wants, or a leader who is so stupid that he can be convinced to go to war with evidence that millions of people clearly saw was false and inadaquate?
please stop comparing bill clinton lying about a blowjob to the bush administration working in unison to lie about hundreds of dead americans, thousands of dead iraqi civilians, and billions of dollars of unneccessary expense.
Well, thank god we killed over six thousand Iraqi civilians and tens of thousands of Iraqi soldiers to keep... hmm... actually yes, we upped the death rate.
And as far as Afghanistan... I supported that war and was pissed that we stopped before we were finished, just so we could go to a more politically expedient war. The Taliban has control of southern afghanistan, and al queda wasn't stopped
Stop watching fox news and think, maybe you'll realize that you've been played.
I'm guessing you were watching HorsepowerTV, since they always feel the need to make puns, and then followed that up with Trucks, which is sometimes really good, and sometimes is just an infomercial, hawking all sorts of annoying shit, like custom gibson guitars.
You think that's bad? I did the same thing... found a great deal on a floor model Panasonic 34" TV... They said they couldn't ship it for a few days, so I called a friend and promised beer. The damned TV was 170 pounds, all of it on the screen side, all of which made it want to flip onto it's side, a lot.
I'm still not sure how the hell we didn't earn the tagline 'hilarity ensues'.
Bluetooth solves a major problem... when you're driving, the phone rings, and you realized your phone is in your pocket and you haven't yet wired your earpiece. That used to be a dangerous thing to do, but since I got a bluetooth car phone, now I just push a button that was added to the dash to receive the call, I don't even have to take my handset out of my pocket.
Alternately, when I answer a cell call at home, I just toss on a headset without having to deal with a wire dangling between my ear and the phone.
espn carries advertisements for a product that promises to increase the size of "that special male area" late at night, as do a number of other non-porn channels.
You should read the link, when you're busy complaining about people who don't get it.
If you had, you'd realize that she had asked for $20,000 to cover the costs associated with third-degree burns on 16 percent of her budy, skin grafting, therapy and long-term disability. McDonald's told her to fuck off. THEN they asked for more money, since McDonald's was behaving in a completely intolerable manner.
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Why must the world share my beliefs?
I never involved my beliefs at all. i wrote my message using nothing but a conservative christian belief system as a point of reference, referring to god's love as the love of his christian god.
Basically, you're a relic. A useless intolerant judgemental fuck who does not understand god's love. You blame your hate on your god, and you ignore his love and his word.
Heaven will be a lot hotter than you expected if you do not accept other people's choices with love in your heart.
I hope you know that by reading a book, and going outside, you may lose your posting privileges.
Anybody who has been to the casino more than a few times knows that you need to make sure the dealer is good before you stop paying attention to the dealer.
Once they know that, they have a pretty good idea on how much money you're losing at the casino.
As far as "wayy more money than you win", blackjack basic strategy will have a player losing approximately $500 per $100,000 of bets. Craps pass line bets will have a player losing $1,300 per $100,000 of bets. (those figures are excluding short-term variance)
Casinos do want you to win some of the time, otherwise you won't go back.
They already have trouble telling the difference between card counters and semi-random bettors. I get bored at the blackjack table and my bets will change from $25 a hand to $100 or $200 a hand, which often leads to pit bosses who think I'm counting cards, especially if I raise my bets mid-shoe and then proceed to win.
Well, if you're ever in a European casino, I suggest you play roulette, as with their rules it's one of the least unfavorable games in the house. Europe also lacks the incredible addiction to the slot machine which makes the majority of American casinos so incredibly obnoxious. (They exist, but not in anything resembling the quantity seen in any American casino)
Should we criminalize ice cream, because some lardasses can't stop eating pint after pint of chunky monkey?
Should we criminalize marathons, because many habitual runners end up with a variety of debilitating injuries?
I understand that gambling addiction is terrible, but the answer is for the addicts to stop gambling, not for the world to be baby-proofed such that nobody can ever do anything fun, for fear of abusing that fun.
Well, the lines aren't set by an analyst who figures out who they think will win the game, it's simply done by attempting to even the money on both sides of the bet, so that no matter who gets paid, the book made money. Thus, you simply need to be smarter than the average dollar that was bet.
Blackjack, craps and baccarat are indeed the least unfavorable odds-wise, but a lot of gamblers don't know or care about the math. They're interested in games where they can put down a small amount of money and pick up a large one. The smart bets in blackjack, baccarat and craps don't offer that potential large return on investment.
I bought the non-expandable, but quiet computer. After all, I don't upgrade computers, I replace them.
Entourage doesn't suck! It provides a distinctive Microsoft experience, right down to crashing for no apparent reason when attempting to send mail, or at other seemingly random times. It really makes me forget that I'm not using Outlook anymore.
you're wrong.
Bush said that we would find weapons of mass destruction as soon as we had control of the country.
Bush said that inspections were not keeping the Iraqis from reconstituting their nuclear program.
Bush said that we had senior iraqi officials with proof of the reconstituted program.
Bush said Iraq and Al-Queda work together.
Bush said Iraq has 1000 tons of chemical weapons that it will use.
Bush said local commanders had been given chemical weapons for use in the defense of Iraq.
Bush said Iraq has unmanned drones capable of delivering biological agents worldwide.
Bush said so damned many lies I can't try to list them all.
if you didn't hear the millions of people who marched against this invasion, it's because you didn't want to. People don't like the idea that they're indirectly invading a country, killing thousands of innocent civilians in that country, failing to provide peace, security, or even water and electricity to those people.
People want Bush to be honest, and the war to be a success, but both of these things are simply not the truth.
As far as what he knew at the time... which option do you prefer, a leader who lies to you to get what he wants, or a leader who is so stupid that he can be convinced to go to war with evidence that millions of people clearly saw was false and inadaquate?
mmmm.... la fin du monde....
There is no comparison. None.
Well, thank god we killed over six thousand Iraqi civilians and tens of thousands of Iraqi soldiers to keep... hmm... actually yes, we upped the death rate. And as far as Afghanistan... I supported that war and was pissed that we stopped before we were finished, just so we could go to a more politically expedient war. The Taliban has control of southern afghanistan, and al queda wasn't stopped Stop watching fox news and think, maybe you'll realize that you've been played.
I'm guessing you were watching HorsepowerTV, since they always feel the need to make puns, and then followed that up with Trucks, which is sometimes really good, and sometimes is just an infomercial, hawking all sorts of annoying shit, like custom gibson guitars.
You think that's bad? I did the same thing... found a great deal on a floor model Panasonic 34" TV... They said they couldn't ship it for a few days, so I called a friend and promised beer. The damned TV was 170 pounds, all of it on the screen side, all of which made it want to flip onto it's side, a lot.
I'm still not sure how the hell we didn't earn the tagline 'hilarity ensues'.
Bluetooth solves a major problem... when you're driving, the phone rings, and you realized your phone is in your pocket and you haven't yet wired your earpiece. That used to be a dangerous thing to do, but since I got a bluetooth car phone, now I just push a button that was added to the dash to receive the call, I don't even have to take my handset out of my pocket.
Alternately, when I answer a cell call at home, I just toss on a headset without having to deal with a wire dangling between my ear and the phone.
and if you do that, he'll be the one living in your house after his lawyer takes it from you for assaulting him.
espn carries advertisements for a product that promises to increase the size of "that special male area" late at night, as do a number of other non-porn channels.
If you had, you'd realize that she had asked for $20,000 to cover the costs associated with third-degree burns on 16 percent of her budy, skin grafting, therapy and long-term disability. McDonald's told her to fuck off. THEN they asked for more money, since McDonald's was behaving in a completely intolerable manner.
Anyway, eat a bag of dicks.