I don't get it. You have some 15 yro's that go and murder someone, and they have hangups about trying them as adults, yet a teen girl, acts up in class....and she get slapped with charges by the police? How fsked up is that? Geez...give her some detention, but, it doesn't sound like she committed any offense that required being charged with a crime?!?!?
Have they never seen anyone lay down while they talk on the phone. I'd be pissed if I was laying down, heard the phone ring, picked it up, and when I said hello, I heard the fscking thing taking pictures of my ear.....
"While that is true if all players at the table are playing basic strategy, I wonder how many deviations from BS it would take for the house to have a +EV, no matter the count. Does the guy at the table, who never splits his eights, reduce his EV enough to drag the EV for the whole table down? Does "average play", not basic strategy, ever have a +EV, even with a good count?"
It doesn't matter what the other players do...it is only YOU against the dealer. It matters not what they play, the only thing that concerns you about them is what cards they play (regardless of if it is BS or not), so that you can keep a count of what the deck is. I see people get ticked at other players...but, it really matters not what they play, they do not affect your statistical advantage/disadvantage against the dealer.
"This kind of statements never cease to amaze me. Why in the world did you enter a marriage where things you like are taken away from you?"
Dude, from what I've heard from just about EVERY married man I've talked to...both friends and strangers, it is TRUE. They have to give up a multitude of things, sexual fun often included. I think if most men knew what they were truly getting themselves into, they'd not tied the knot.
I thank God I was lucky enough (upon reflection) to basically dodge marriage twice and remain single. I get to 'upgrade' to a newer model chick periodically so nothing gets stale, and I don't risk losing half my shit every time I do so....
"This is designed to get people off of their couch and out shopping!"
But, most people don't have money to buy anything....
I do, however. I was at Sam's club the other day, and surprised to see one of the latest Samsung 52" LCD 120hz flatscreen tv's for like $1789 or thereabouts. Wow..that looked nice, and I need a nice tv for my bedroom. I'll hook it to my mythtv box I'm rebuilding.
Hey..speaking of mythtv, I've got a question. I'm currently renting, and wanting to go do the mythtv client server route in the house. I was at this point (renting) hoping to avoid running cat5 all over the place. Can wireless work fast enough now for a myth client server system? For HD content? I've got my server with a HDHomerun pulling QAM off the cable, and ATSC over the air...
I've been seeing dual channel wireless stations going for about $100...not sure what the cards cost. Would this be fast enough to stream content throughout the house? Do any of the dual channel cards work well with current linux drivers?
"Somebody trying to get a job in a field that requires a SSN? Maybe I'm in the wrong field, but I've had to supply my SSN at every job I've held in the past 20 years...something to do with illegal immigration and that sort of thing?"
But that is given after you GET the job.....not on the freakin' application?!?!?
Sure, I give it out when filling out the employment docs.....I've also had to show birth certificates...etc, but, the citizenship verification is after the job offer on every job I've done.
So, no...I've never been asked to give my SSN for merely applying for a job.
"Here's some background on Obama's Attorney General, Eric Holder.
Intellectual property piracy: "This is theft""
Heck if you 'like' Holder for those views, during the Clinton administration, he promoted that Free Speech should be limited. Heck, there are even videos of him on YouTube speaking about to this....
"We chose Obama because he is a step in the right direction, a step towards openness, a step towards making friends with the rest of the world, and I would even say a step towards cleaning up corruption (that's the point of openness, right?)."
Goodness, I wish I had your youthful optimism about the world.
*Sigh*....well, just give it a few years, with experience and seeing how it all works, that optimism and hope for the world fades. Enjoy it while you have you illusions. After that, you learn to just look out for yourself.
"it's probably a bad idea to script the publication of porn of unknown origins. While the folks hosting the news group may get some legal protection, it's pretty conceivable that you could end up distributing porn that isn't legal where you live."
Yeah...I'd thought of that....I figured I'd scan through the images picked up daily, delete anything that looked legally questionable....
You know..for that matter...I'm starting to think there actually has to be a LOT of decent looking girls out these days, that really have no problem taking their clothes off, and even having sex on camera. Maybe it would be worth it to just get a HD camera (movies and stills), and an ad in craigslist...and see what you get. Seems it would be fun, you get to meet lots of naked chicks...and maybe make a buck or two out of it over the web.
"It's often part of the screening to do to make sure that they're not going to be embarrassed by web information. I don't think the practice will continue into the future, especially in light of the fact that it's going to be increasingly difficult to avoid candidates that are completely clean or non-existent online."
You know...they used to use the same argument about drugs and drug testing...that it would be increasingly hard to find those that had been totally 'clean'.
Yet, even today....even with admittedly relaxed views on drug use (like pot)...it still can be used as a reason to remove you from consideration, or get you fired.
If you can't pass a piss test in many place...you're out.
Pictures of you on facebook sucking a skullbong...discarded resume from the pile, not even considered.
"uhm, whut? It's somewhat trivial to recycle PC equipment. Following your first port of call, there are a number of schemes that will take those PC's for you. For components that are entirely defunct, the local council will take them off your hands and safely recycle the materials for you."
Well, with big stuff...it isn't worth it on eBay. Shipping ends up costing more than the product. The Freecycle thing looked interesting, but, when I went to the page for my area (NOLA) I had to go to some yahoo page and they want you to register. I was hoping for an open point and click listings set like on craigslist. I'm not close to the africa thing...and would be too much to ship to africa or the UK.
So...to the trash it goes.
When I throw out gear like that tho...It rarely makes it into the garbage truck. I put it out at night....usually on top of the trash pile...during the night, most of the time..someone comes by and takes it themselves.
"...and it's illegal to give weapons to strangers..."
Where do you live that it is illegal to give guns to strangers? I can't imagine anyone wanting to just give one away, but, if you can sell a gun to a perfect stranger, why can you not just give one to them?
Do you have some special law in your state that prevents this? I've bought my guns all as private citizen sales...no trace of the transfer. I've bought guns (last one was a nice.44 magnum) from private individuals at gun shows, and they never knew who I was...and all cash transaction.
So...not sure where you get it is illegal to give a gun to a stranger from...
I collect older server hardware, and use it to play with at home. I've got a sunfire 280R awhile back, for like $70 shipped. I ordered some used harddrives for it,and after finding the dvd drive didn't work, I learned how to jumpstart it from a linux box to install Solaris. I'm currently about to figure how to get it running with a T3 raid array I got for about $80. I have a home business cox cable isp account...and figure why not play with doing some local hosting for people. I don't figure I'll make a ton of money, but, if I could host single pages for $10/mo...get 100 people going on that...that's a quick $1K a month. I've gotten things like a compaq proliant 7000....for like $12. I bought about 35 used drives for maybe $9 apiece...put linux on it, and that is my personal webserver....I've done the same with older sun boxes...one for an email servers, etc.
Sure, it is a little overkill for personal stuff, but, it is a fun learning experience too. I host stuff for friends on occasion. And I'm working on ideas for stuff to try to host to sell for a buck or two on the side. I am incorporated, so I get to write off everything....
Too much power? I've not run into that really. Sure it gets a little warm in my office/server room during the summer and the AC runs a little higher, but, it isn't gonna break the bank.
Hell...at the very least, I figure there are a ton of people out here that don't know you can get free porn on USENET...why not write a script to scrape naked chick images off there, and serve them to idiots for $10/month? Just because someone else does it doesn't mean you can't do it and make $$ off it. Heck,, maybe even try to do a little of the domain parking thing, and collect money off google ads or whatnot.
No..none of it will make you rich, but, certainly you can use this older equipment to make a little money, and it is a fun opportunity to learn on what used to be top of the line equipment.
"Card counting really doesn't work that well in Vegas casinos unless you go with a distributed ring: its pretty obvious when an individual is card counting, if you miscount slightly the casino ends up winning big, and the casions can really mess you up, from shuffling more to "backrooming" you and intimidating the F-outta you."
They're not gonna backroom you like they did in the old days....they don't need to. They can just simply refuse your play, and if a problem, ban you from that casino, where if you do reenter, you are legally trespassing and they let the law deal with you.
There are ways to count, even as a single person with no team. There are plays that you 'can' make, which are usually very stupid, but, at times can be made and not really lessen your edge you get by counting properly. I was reading one awhile back that where in a strategy, you actually did at times split 10's....a generally stupid move, but, if done at certain times, sparingly, it would not mess with your edge badly, yet it would definitely throw off the casino watching you as a 'serious' counter. I'm sorry I don't have the book around to cite the source, but, it is out there.
Team play is definitely the best way to go, but, most casinos know that MOST people who think they can count cards...will mess up. So, unless you are making huge swings in bets with VERY high denominations of checks...you're likely not going to be harassed. They only really start looking at you if you start taking serious money from them.
"The bigger ones use card shuffling machines that I think continuously reshuffle the deck."
Well, if you want to play blackjack...you avoid these tables like the plague!!
I've not been out there in a couple years or so...but, are you saying ALL the major casinos use the continuous shufflers only? I know they tried those at the Harrah's down here in NOLA, and they did not go over well. Most blackjack players..can't / don't count cards...but, using that machine took away the illusion they had that they could win.
I thought the continuous shufflers pretty much went away due to players bad responses to them...?
Card counting on your own, isn't that hard. Sure, it takes a bit of practice, but, it isn't rocket science.
I played with it awhile...I just made sure I first memorized basic strategy....the set play for everything based on your cards vs the dealer.
Once you get that down like 2nd nature...you start going with the +1 -1 for the low and high cards showing up on the table...divide the count by number of decks used to that point..etc.
Not rocket science, but, it does take some practice.
Even if you were using this iPhone app...you'd still have to have basic strategy memorized.
Why do they need to make a NEW tax every time? Why not start looking where to cut spending?!?!
Geez, do we really need a city to provide more than fire, police, streets, schools...and other basic infrastructure? Cut out all the other crap and I think you'd find a deficit would quickly turn into a surplus!!
"Rabbit ears are back (at least in my house)! I am one who has realized that me and my family mostly watched "network shows". I am one who canceled my cable service and traded it for rabbit ears."
Interesting...I find that I'm pretty much the opposite. The only thing I watch on network is the news, both local and national to mix in with cable news.
Other than that...I'm mostly cable only...new shows on Discovery, History and sometimes the Food Channels (food is going downhill of late tho)....and often reruns of Family Guy, etc on TBS or FX.....
All I see to be on network is mostly reality shows or americal idol, neither of which do I ever watch...
I think one problem is, that people that have good jobs, don't really want to have to ride on the bus with the type of people that typically ride a bus.
A guy in a business suit or lady dressed for a real job, isn't gonna ride next to Freddy the freeloader..smelling of urine and last nights cheap wine.
I think bad hygiene alone keeps regular people off mass transit in many cases.
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I don't get it. You have some 15 yro's that go and murder someone, and they have hangups about trying them as adults, yet a teen girl, acts up in class....and she get slapped with charges by the police? How fsked up is that? Geez...give her some detention, but, it doesn't sound like she committed any offense that required being charged with a crime?!?!?
Have they never seen anyone lay down while they talk on the phone. I'd be pissed if I was laying down, heard the phone ring, picked it up, and when I said hello, I heard the fscking thing taking pictures of my ear.....
Or emerge......
It doesn't matter what the other players do...it is only YOU against the dealer. It matters not what they play, the only thing that concerns you about them is what cards they play (regardless of if it is BS or not), so that you can keep a count of what the deck is. I see people get ticked at other players...but, it really matters not what they play, they do not affect your statistical advantage/disadvantage against the dealer.
Dude, from what I've heard from just about EVERY married man I've talked to...both friends and strangers, it is TRUE. They have to give up a multitude of things, sexual fun often included. I think if most men knew what they were truly getting themselves into, they'd not tied the knot.
I thank God I was lucky enough (upon reflection) to basically dodge marriage twice and remain single. I get to 'upgrade' to a newer model chick periodically so nothing gets stale, and I don't risk losing half my shit every time I do so....
Interesting...I've done hourly, salary...contract...etc. work. Never had to give SSN on the application.
But, most people don't have money to buy anything....
I do, however. I was at Sam's club the other day, and surprised to see one of the latest Samsung 52" LCD 120hz flatscreen tv's for like $1789 or thereabouts. Wow..that looked nice, and I need a nice tv for my bedroom. I'll hook it to my mythtv box I'm rebuilding.
Hey..speaking of mythtv, I've got a question. I'm currently renting, and wanting to go do the mythtv client server route in the house. I was at this point (renting) hoping to avoid running cat5 all over the place. Can wireless work fast enough now for a myth client server system? For HD content? I've got my server with a HDHomerun pulling QAM off the cable, and ATSC over the air...
I've been seeing dual channel wireless stations going for about $100...not sure what the cards cost. Would this be fast enough to stream content throughout the house? Do any of the dual channel cards work well with current linux drivers?
But that is given after you GET the job.....not on the freakin' application?!?!?
Sure, I give it out when filling out the employment docs.....I've also had to show birth certificates...etc, but, the citizenship verification is after the job offer on every job I've done.
So, no...I've never been asked to give my SSN for merely applying for a job.
Intellectual property piracy: "This is theft""
Heck if you 'like' Holder for those views, during the Clinton administration, he promoted that Free Speech should be limited . Heck, there are even videos of him on YouTube speaking about to this....
Goodness, I wish I had your youthful optimism about the world.
*Sigh*....well, just give it a few years, with experience and seeing how it all works, that optimism and hope for the world fades. Enjoy it while you have you illusions. After that, you learn to just look out for yourself.
Yeah...I'd thought of that....I figured I'd scan through the images picked up daily, delete anything that looked legally questionable....
You know..for that matter...I'm starting to think there actually has to be a LOT of decent looking girls out these days, that really have no problem taking their clothes off, and even having sex on camera. Maybe it would be worth it to just get a HD camera (movies and stills), and an ad in craigslist...and see what you get. Seems it would be fun, you get to meet lots of naked chicks...and maybe make a buck or two out of it over the web.
Err...who in their right mind puts a SSN on an job application?!?!
Hell...I don't know that I've ever seen them ask for a SSN on a job application, and they need that to do a credit check.
I don't give that out until I'm filling out employment forms directly concerned with SSN taxation needs.
You know...they used to use the same argument about drugs and drug testing...that it would be increasingly hard to find those that had been totally 'clean'.
Yet, even today....even with admittedly relaxed views on drug use (like pot)...it still can be used as a reason to remove you from consideration, or get you fired.
If you can't pass a piss test in many place...you're out.
Pictures of you on facebook sucking a skullbong...discarded resume from the pile, not even considered.
Well, with big stuff...it isn't worth it on eBay. Shipping ends up costing more than the product. The Freecycle thing looked interesting, but, when I went to the page for my area (NOLA) I had to go to some yahoo page and they want you to register. I was hoping for an open point and click listings set like on craigslist. I'm not close to the africa thing...and would be too much to ship to africa or the UK.
So...to the trash it goes.
When I throw out gear like that tho...It rarely makes it into the garbage truck. I put it out at night....usually on top of the trash pile...during the night, most of the time..someone comes by and takes it themselves.
Where do you live that it is illegal to give guns to strangers? I can't imagine anyone wanting to just give one away, but, if you can sell a gun to a perfect stranger, why can you not just give one to them?
Do you have some special law in your state that prevents this? I've bought my guns all as private citizen sales...no trace of the transfer. I've bought guns (last one was a nice .44 magnum) from private individuals at gun shows, and they never knew who I was...and all cash transaction.
So...not sure where you get it is illegal to give a gun to a stranger from...
Recycle? Where do you live? We just throw them in the trash and let the garbage men haul them away, like anything else....
Sure, it is a little overkill for personal stuff, but, it is a fun learning experience too. I host stuff for friends on occasion. And I'm working on ideas for stuff to try to host to sell for a buck or two on the side. I am incorporated, so I get to write off everything....
Too much power? I've not run into that really. Sure it gets a little warm in my office/server room during the summer and the AC runs a little higher, but, it isn't gonna break the bank.
Hell...at the very least, I figure there are a ton of people out here that don't know you can get free porn on USENET...why not write a script to scrape naked chick images off there, and serve them to idiots for $10/month? Just because someone else does it doesn't mean you can't do it and make $$ off it. Heck,, maybe even try to do a little of the domain parking thing, and collect money off google ads or whatnot.
No..none of it will make you rich, but, certainly you can use this older equipment to make a little money, and it is a fun opportunity to learn on what used to be top of the line equipment.
They're not gonna backroom you like they did in the old days....they don't need to. They can just simply refuse your play, and if a problem, ban you from that casino, where if you do reenter, you are legally trespassing and they let the law deal with you.
There are ways to count, even as a single person with no team. There are plays that you 'can' make, which are usually very stupid, but, at times can be made and not really lessen your edge you get by counting properly. I was reading one awhile back that where in a strategy, you actually did at times split 10's....a generally stupid move, but, if done at certain times, sparingly, it would not mess with your edge badly, yet it would definitely throw off the casino watching you as a 'serious' counter. I'm sorry I don't have the book around to cite the source, but, it is out there.
Team play is definitely the best way to go, but, most casinos know that MOST people who think they can count cards...will mess up. So, unless you are making huge swings in bets with VERY high denominations of checks...you're likely not going to be harassed. They only really start looking at you if you start taking serious money from them.
Well, if you want to play blackjack...you avoid these tables like the plague!!
I've not been out there in a couple years or so...but, are you saying ALL the major casinos use the continuous shufflers only? I know they tried those at the Harrah's down here in NOLA, and they did not go over well. Most blackjack players..can't / don't count cards...but, using that machine took away the illusion they had that they could win.
I thought the continuous shufflers pretty much went away due to players bad responses to them...?
Card counting on your own, isn't that hard. Sure, it takes a bit of practice, but, it isn't rocket science.
I played with it awhile...I just made sure I first memorized basic strategy....the set play for everything based on your cards vs the dealer.
Once you get that down like 2nd nature...you start going with the +1 -1 for the low and high cards showing up on the table...divide the count by number of decks used to that point..etc.
Not rocket science, but, it does take some practice.
Even if you were using this iPhone app...you'd still have to have basic strategy memorized.
I always wondered who the guy was that actually did that!!
Nice to meet you!
Geez, do we really need a city to provide more than fire, police, streets, schools...and other basic infrastructure? Cut out all the other crap and I think you'd find a deficit would quickly turn into a surplus!!
Also, how did you mount this to your roof? Is there a mounting kit? How difficult is this? Did you DIY or hire someone?
How did you run the wire from the antenna into the house? Does it go into some kind of splitter to go out to the different tvs in your house?
Do you have to somehow ground these things?
Interesting...I find that I'm pretty much the opposite. The only thing I watch on network is the news, both local and national to mix in with cable news.
Other than that...I'm mostly cable only...new shows on Discovery, History and sometimes the Food Channels (food is going downhill of late tho)....and often reruns of Family Guy, etc on TBS or FX.....
All I see to be on network is mostly reality shows or americal idol, neither of which do I ever watch...
A guy in a business suit or lady dressed for a real job, isn't gonna ride next to Freddy the freeloader..smelling of urine and last nights cheap wine.
I think bad hygiene alone keeps regular people off mass transit in many cases.