Online play isn't really poker. It's a trainer for hand strength. In that venue, analytical people can use their pattern matching skills to profit.
I have to say that at my regular bi-weekly game the three worst players (of 12) are geeks. Their people reading sucks and their manipulation skills are poorly developed. They have a hard time sucking the more socially experienced players into a hand...
However, that's a broad generalization. I am a network weenie and I am a strong third place at the table, but I get out a lot for a geek, and I had to work closely with sales droids while consulting. Maybe some of their sliminess rubbed off.
I do both, 8yrs in network/security admin and about 3yrs as a print/fitness model.
Note: I am straight and currently the Network Operations Manager for a well-known studio.
So it's not that far a stretch.
Actually the whole POE principle came about as a outgrowth of VoIP. Hence Cisco doesn't sell non-powered modules for the 6500 and I beleive all of the distribution and access level switches do POE as well.
And as a corollary, DRM enforced through EULA's that allow remote connectivity for "software updates" and other purposes deemed necessary by Bill will.
It will be a happy day for ??AA when they can purchase an MS service that allows them to scan hosts for context meta-data and determine each file's copyright friendliness.
Interestingly I have been researching digital watermarking technology for a studio, and found that there are companies already out there attempting to track DWM-tagged media as well as cripple P2P systems via various means... the most prevalent seems to be a DoS that emulates a user with a lossy connection and a very small TCP window size.
So I may not be far off the mark... ^shrug^
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Online play isn't really poker. It's a trainer for hand strength. In that venue, analytical people can use their pattern matching skills to profit. I have to say that at my regular bi-weekly game the three worst players (of 12) are geeks. Their people reading sucks and their manipulation skills are poorly developed. They have a hard time sucking the more socially experienced players into a hand... However, that's a broad generalization. I am a network weenie and I am a strong third place at the table, but I get out a lot for a geek, and I had to work closely with sales droids while consulting. Maybe some of their sliminess rubbed off.
I do both, 8yrs in network/security admin and about 3yrs as a print/fitness model. Note: I am straight and currently the Network Operations Manager for a well-known studio. So it's not that far a stretch.
Actually the whole POE principle came about as a outgrowth of VoIP. Hence Cisco doesn't sell non-powered modules for the 6500 and I beleive all of the distribution and access level switches do POE as well.
And as a corollary, DRM enforced through EULA's that allow remote connectivity for "software updates" and other purposes deemed necessary by Bill will. It will be a happy day for ??AA when they can purchase an MS service that allows them to scan hosts for context meta-data and determine each file's copyright friendliness. Interestingly I have been researching digital watermarking technology for a studio, and found that there are companies already out there attempting to track DWM-tagged media as well as cripple P2P systems via various means... the most prevalent seems to be a DoS that emulates a user with a lossy connection and a very small TCP window size. So I may not be far off the mark... ^shrug^