TC --- If you Google "palpably false" you find it was used correctly
Bob
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> THAT IS PALPABLY FALSE
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You can palpate a tumor or a prostate, but not a hypothesis. If you could, your words might mean a falsehood that could be felt by squeezing. (Hopefully, it would not ooze.)
Perhaps you meant to say "patently" ( openly, plainly or clearly).
I've always felt that those who can't be bothered to check their grammar likely can't be bothered to check their facts.
Of course it's palpable I'm wrong.
TC
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Mike is WRONG. With the example I gave, a 96.5% game approximately, there is simply NO WAY a random game with such a small jackpot ($4000 royal) that hits only about 1 in 40,000 can make up the approximate $7,000 expected loss. MAYBE in a short run, but over an extended period of time, your odds of coming out ahead would be worse than the powerball lottery.
I've silently read the posts on this site for years, and never commented, but I would like to thank Michael Shackleford and Bob Dancer for the hard work and great advice. I'll take skill over blind hope any day.
I also seriously believe that some of the writers who criticize them may actually work for a casino and desire to spread disinformation. I can't imagine anyone who really understands the math would suggest you could come out ahead in the long run on a 6-5 game--THAT IS PALPABLY FALSE
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, ken orgera wrote:
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> I don't understand the criticism towards dancer
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The gratuitous criticism of Bob is just human nature at work. There is nothing Bob can do about it, so he shouldn't sweat it. Every person of note has detractors. That's just the way it is. Their motives can be as pure as the driven snow, and they can bend over backwards to please everyone, but there will always be someone who takes exception to them. That's just the nature of human beings. Even Mother Theresa took heat.
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> Actually if you are betting on coin flips and it comes up 10 in a row the same side, I would ask for another coin. Can't hurt and if the coin is biased it might save you a lot of money.
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> Trish
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Hi, Trish. I was referring to an unbiased coin. I would never fall for a biased coin trick. But it's really besides the point I was making. I make thousands of bets a day. Every video poker hand, every video keno game, every spin on a line game or advantage slot, is a bet. I lose the majority of those bets. But the minority of bets I make that are winners well outrun the losing bets.
"Luck is the intersection of skill and opportunity."
Tex Sheahan
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Glad it was full. I went last spring, it was empty. He even made an appeal saying that family friendly stuff is in danger.
I regret not buying the magic kit.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, misscraps@... wrote:
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> When we went to see Mac King a few months ago there was no distinction
> between people with coupons and those paying full price. Show was fullish but I
> didn't see anyone being turned away, so obviously conditions can vary from day
> to day. Sorry to hear you were turned away.
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> If you are a Diamond Card member, you should be able to show that and get in
> line earlier (it is supposed to be a line pass).
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> Harrahs comp policy is weird - if you have the $6.95 ticket and try to get a
> comp, you have to pay full price with your comp (I think $24.95 or something
> like that). They will take the full price out of your comps and will not be
> able to use the special ticket price.
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> At the Rio for Lucas show there is a separate line for Diamond Card members.
> Similarly Rio will take full comp price if you try to use comp for show.
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> Both shows are heavily promoted with the $6.95 special coupons or other
> coupons so you are advised to arrive early.
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> I also hate standing in lines, so I usually take my chances and arrive late
> for shows....which is usually successful.
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We went to the total rewards booth and asked for the free tickets, the only thing required was the one drink purchase per ticket. It's a great deal, and the drinks were actually good as well.
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>Actually if you are betting on coin flips and it comes up 10 in a row the same side, I would ask for another coin. Can't hurt and if the coin is biased it might save you a lot of money.
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>Trish
Pragmatism has its valid points. The only measure of the legitimacy
of a theory is results.
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On Jan 12, 2013, at 10:38 AM, "Dave" haaljo@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sci-Fi Author Larry Niven in his "known space" series conceptualizes:
> "The idea that luck is a genetic trait that can be favored by selective breeding."
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Incomplete sentences don't "conceptualize" anything.
The idea that .... is laughably absurd, maybe?
Sent from TC's iPad
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I have been looking for Teela Brown all my life (wiki):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teela_Brown
"...Teela was a member of the crew recruited by Puppeteer Nessus for an expedition to the Ringworld. Her sole qualification was that she was descended from "lucky" ancestors, six generations of whom were born as a result of winning Earth's Birthright Lottery..."
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> That is what the Puppeteers did, i.e., they looked for "lucky" people down though continuous blood lines.
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> .....BL
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Dave" wrote:
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> > Sci-Fi Author Larry Niven in his "known space" series conceptualizes:
> > "The idea that luck is a genetic trait that can be favored by selective breeding."
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That is what the Puppeteers did, i.e., they looked for "lucky" people down though continuous blood lines.
.....BL
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> Sci-Fi Author Larry Niven in his "known space" series conceptualizes:
> "The idea that luck is a genetic trait that can be favored by selective breeding."
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, ezfromnwon@... wrote:
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> It's also the quickest way to get rid of, you know, customers. Long
> before I learned AP, I had learned enough basic stuff to know not to play
> anything below 8/5 Bonus. In the 1990s I wouldn't have touched a 7/5 BP machine,
> and I knew very little about VP. They can get away with that garbage on
> the Strip. A dump like that? Buh bye.
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That was my first thought, what's left after the 8/5 Bonus Poker is gone? Sure, they've got a 9/7 DB Progressive at the two bars, but that makes it pretty slim pickins. It's technically "off-strip", what is going to be the attraction? And I don't think any APs are getting rich off their slot club/promos/bounceback with 8/5 Bonus Poker anyway, so what are they afraid of? No one's going to go there to play 7-5 BP. Stupid move. They'll find out. Maybe.
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Actually if you are betting on coin flips and it comes up 10 in a row the same side, I would ask for another coin. Can't hurt and if the coin is biased it might save you a lot of money.
Trish
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I certainly agree with that! I would like never to have a drunken pilot in the cockpit when I am on the plane.
..... BL
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> Sure, but other than rock stars, most of us if given the choice would take the "sober experienced pilot" over the "drunk first time pilot".
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