Card counting has never really been about memorizing exactly which cards have been dealt out of the deck. Very few people would have the ability to do that.
Well, probably you don't - but every average bridge player is able to memorize every singly card from a bulkload of card packages. Actually almost everybody can learn that - it's just a question of training. I'm sure no single SlashDot reader would have a problem with that. Bridge players do a lot more, they recognize bids, gestures, movements - and they are no elite, believe me.;-)
If you ever visited a bridge tournament you will easily recognize buks of people talking about hands they (or others) have played years ago...
And yes, successful card counting is exactly about that. All this talk about the "easy formula of adding and deducting, and take care not to get cought" is FUD, spread and supported by the only people who make money from a casino, the owners.
What I'm doing every day since a very long time is - simply put - the following:
1) Go there and understand what they really need.
2) Give everybody there the feeling switching to Linux is good for them (for several different reasons, some of them strange and not logical).
3) Wipe all other operating systems and install Linux on every single piece of hardware that pretends to be able to calculate 1+1=2.
4) Put all nicely together and fix some transitional problems.
5) Show everybody that you can still use your mouse and download porn (or that you're still able to forbid that).
6) Help them planning for the future - and cash my check.
My clients are not just businesses, but also artists, non-profits, administrations or whatever.
I never came around a single person who did not finally find their reasons to free themselves from locked in and closed source operating systems and applications. Because it's simple to understand: Your intellectual property, your documents, your art, your personal stuff - all that should be under your control only in the future. Because you never know; you never know about your plans, and you do not about theirs.
Some of them even started to contribute to the open source world some of their money, time, knowledge and time. So, I am a very happy person. I make friends every day, I do something useful, I have fun, I make good money.
I joined Slashdot because I expected to meet clever people and less wanna-be geeks. Those who explain why they love, but still not really use Linux, and why they think it's still not ready for them (or they are not ready for it).
I am hopefully looking forward to this "Golden Age" in just a few billions of years, when our biggest problem definitely will be the fact, that the moon would be reclassified as a planet under the new IAU definition.;-)
Greetings,
Chris
SEcurity is very important - even more since several CMS integrate forums, up/download facilities, online chat and mailers. Here is the most recent Secunia report an my favorite CMS PostNuke: http://secunia.com/product/350/
Greetings,
Chris
1) Real multilingual Support for all modules/themes/blocks - at least the core system must provide that out of the box
While most CMS system work well in monolingual environments, the real challenge is the multilingual use. That starts with correct browser language detection, goes further with solving the character set complications for output & input, continues with taking care for multilingual people, and finally ends at providing a choice of language in case of not translated parts. Most CMS I came around are sumb English centered and don't care for more.
2) A serious and configurable caching system that enables the webmaster to react to traffic and load related problems
Most CMS are designed with small low traffic sites in mind. That's ok, but some of the fortunately grow. Unfortunately you're mostly alone then. Reacting to a Slashdot (well, that's how I learned to tweak sites for traffic peaks), or a download rush, or accidentially all search engines crawl your site the same time - all that happens and needs solutions.
3) Security features that integrate with corporate policies
That's where almost all of them fail - but actually it'S not that complicated to use LDAP, SSH, SSL for log-in processes.
4) A theming engine that encourages designers' creativity
While all CMS provide a browser bases interface to edit themes (do you know a good designer who really works that way?), most of them fail when it comes to providing API and documentation a designer person would understand.
I definitely forgot to mention other important features - those are just the first coming in my mind. While working with several different CMS systems every day, I feel most comfortable with the mix of features PostNuke http://postnuke.com/ provides. It is far from perfect, but at least provides a good portion of the features I mentioned above.
Ah, did I mention interoperability/compatibility between CMS systems?;-)
I have successfully installed and tested it on most recent Debian Sid/Kanotix with kernel 2.6.17 - http://kanotix.com/. Creating and deleting folders (even in root directory), adding more than 100 files to a folder and deleting them again, removing some 100 temporary files, copying a 1,7Gb sized iso-file and moving it around - all that was possible whithout any error.
A very promising initiative from a developer to get things moving again in this mine field of myths. As he is a true open mind he contacted first the existing ntfsprogs-project and handed all his work over to them - just a pitty that the head developer there recently started to work for Apple, and announced that he is not interested in getting a solution for Linux out, before he finished the same for his new employer next year.
I would be more than happy to support the ntfs-3g developer getting his own project running, and also finding sponsors in order to solve this nasty hardware problem. Anybody interested in helping?;-)
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Card counting has never really been about memorizing exactly which cards have been dealt out of the deck. Very few people would have the ability to do that.
;-)
...
Well, probably you don't - but every average bridge player is able to memorize every singly card from a bulkload of card packages. Actually almost everybody can learn that - it's just a question of training. I'm sure no single SlashDot reader would have a problem with that. Bridge players do a lot more, they recognize bids, gestures, movements - and they are no elite, believe me.
If you ever visited a bridge tournament you will easily recognize buks of people talking about hands they (or others) have played years ago
And yes, successful card counting is exactly about that. All this talk about the "easy formula of adding and deducting, and take care not to get cought" is FUD, spread and supported by the only people who make money from a casino, the owners.
Greetings,
Chris
Well, is that sublimal: no girl? ;-)
Greetings,
Chris
What I'm doing every day since a very long time is - simply put - the following:
1) Go there and understand what they really need.
2) Give everybody there the feeling switching to Linux is good for them (for several different reasons, some of them strange and not logical).
3) Wipe all other operating systems and install Linux on every single piece of hardware that pretends to be able to calculate 1+1=2.
4) Put all nicely together and fix some transitional problems.
5) Show everybody that you can still use your mouse and download porn (or that you're still able to forbid that).
6) Help them planning for the future - and cash my check.
My clients are not just businesses, but also artists, non-profits, administrations or whatever.
I never came around a single person who did not finally find their reasons to free themselves from locked in and closed source operating systems and applications. Because it's simple to understand: Your intellectual property, your documents, your art, your personal stuff - all that should be under your control only in the future. Because you never know; you never know about your plans, and you do not about theirs.
Some of them even started to contribute to the open source world some of their money, time, knowledge and time. So, I am a very happy person. I make friends every day, I do something useful, I have fun, I make good money.
I joined Slashdot because I expected to meet clever people and less wanna-be geeks. Those who explain why they love, but still not really use Linux, and why they think it's still not ready for them (or they are not ready for it).
Damn - how dead wrong I was.
Greetings,
Chris
I am hopefully looking forward to this "Golden Age" in just a few billions of years, when our biggest problem definitely will be the fact, that the moon would be reclassified as a planet under the new IAU definition. ;-)
Greetings,
Chris
SEcurity is very important - even more since several CMS integrate forums, up/download facilities, online chat and mailers. Here is the most recent Secunia report an my favorite CMS PostNuke: http://secunia.com/product/350/ Greetings, Chris
1) Real multilingual Support for all modules/themes/blocks - at least the core system must provide that out of the box
;-)
While most CMS system work well in monolingual environments, the real challenge is the multilingual use. That starts with correct browser language detection, goes further with solving the character set complications for output & input, continues with taking care for multilingual people, and finally ends at providing a choice of language in case of not translated parts. Most CMS I came around are sumb English centered and don't care for more.
2) A serious and configurable caching system that enables the webmaster to react to traffic and load related problems
Most CMS are designed with small low traffic sites in mind. That's ok, but some of the fortunately grow. Unfortunately you're mostly alone then. Reacting to a Slashdot (well, that's how I learned to tweak sites for traffic peaks), or a download rush, or accidentially all search engines crawl your site the same time - all that happens and needs solutions.
3) Security features that integrate with corporate policies
That's where almost all of them fail - but actually it'S not that complicated to use LDAP, SSH, SSL for log-in processes.
4) A theming engine that encourages designers' creativity
While all CMS provide a browser bases interface to edit themes (do you know a good designer who really works that way?), most of them fail when it comes to providing API and documentation a designer person would understand.
I definitely forgot to mention other important features - those are just the first coming in my mind. While working with several different CMS systems every day, I feel most comfortable with the mix of features PostNuke http://postnuke.com/ provides. It is far from perfect, but at least provides a good portion of the features I mentioned above.
Ah, did I mention interoperability/compatibility between CMS systems?
Greetings, Chris
I have successfully installed and tested it on most recent Debian Sid/Kanotix with kernel 2.6.17 - http://kanotix.com/. Creating and deleting folders (even in root directory), adding more than 100 files to a folder and deleting them again, removing some 100 temporary files, copying a 1,7Gb sized iso-file and moving it around - all that was possible whithout any error. A very promising initiative from a developer to get things moving again in this mine field of myths. As he is a true open mind he contacted first the existing ntfsprogs-project and handed all his work over to them - just a pitty that the head developer there recently started to work for Apple, and announced that he is not interested in getting a solution for Linux out, before he finished the same for his new employer next year. I would be more than happy to support the ntfs-3g developer getting his own project running, and also finding sponsors in order to solve this nasty hardware problem. Anybody interested in helping? ;-)