Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[tikay]

Perfectly serious - I had genuinely & honestly never heard of Mr Euler until this morning, so I have no idea what he did & did not do, discover, invent, find or prove. Right now I'm trying to figure what that spinning disc has to do with maths, but don't tell me, I need to find out myself. I believe things when I find them myself. If people tell me things, I'm apt to question it. I question EVERYTHING!

one other teeeeeny spoiling thing (already alluded to) -- you'll find it easier to get the answer if you broaden your search to include physics, as well as maths

No doubt, but if it would help if I knew the difference.

My (imaginery) Degree was in something called Common-Sense, I never got above that.

If we could live our lives again, eh?

[Tal]

Gluons are my favourite. It's a physics gag (I hope) because they are the binding particles - they help things gluon to other things.


Also reminds me of a Chris Addison joke. Scientists have announced they have discovered the origins of the quark.

It is the sound made by a posh duck.

[Marky147]

Have you sorted out your Vegas dates yet Tikay? Virgin have a sale on until Tuesday, the flights are very cheap and I've done myself out of >£200 by booking early

No, I keep dithering.

I chatted on the 'phone with Thewy about it this morning, too.

The Virgin Sale ends tomorrow?

I SO want to do Vegas this year, I lie in bed dreaming about it. No, honestly, I do.

I see myself sitting there, playing PLO8 or whatever, maybe even a PLO8 WSOP Event or two, time after time. And Starby's on tap, colossal sticky buns, Caesars Poker Room, Venetian, Binions, Golden Nugget, Fremont Street & all those amazing bands & atmo......

I gather you will be at the Monte Carlo this weekend? Lets chat. Last time we chatted we were sharing tables at Golden Nugget & there was that chap from xxxx.com who could not see his cards properly.....

Perfect excuse to dither no more then:)

The site says until Tuesday, but I'm unsure if that is inclusive and couldn't see confirmation anywhere.

I was unsure if I would be able to go this year, but thankfully things have worked out ok, and I'll be plotted up downtown for at least 2 weeks from the 21st!

The Golden Nugget has based their schedule around non holdem games this year, apart from the main obviously and you have 2 Starbucks for the price of one there too!

Binions also has a few O8 tournaments, their tournaments start at 2pm to the 12 of the Nugget in order to pick up the early bustouts...

Won't be at DTD this weekend unfortunately, the only probably won't be travelling anywhere further than Bournemouth until the summer now. There is a GUKPT in Portsmouth during May that I may make the journey for, but that's still only a small possible.

Shame because DTD really is the best card room anywhere, and I so wish I lived closer than the 200 miles away I am, but Vegas is only 2 months away anyway. I think I remember the guy you're talking about, worked for the IOM firm and must have thought we were playing the 72 bounty game early doors?

[AndrewT]

My favourite has to be the quark family, which consists of the following sub-divisions.....

Up

Down

Top

Bottom

Strange

Charm

PS - Note the punny adjective. particular. Almost proud of that.

Top and Bottom used have the much better names of Truth and Beauty

[mulhuzz]

Perfectly serious - I had genuinely & honestly never heard of Mr Euler until this morning, so I have no idea what he did & did not do, discover, invent, find or prove. Right now I'm trying to figure what that spinning disc has to do with maths, but don't tell me, I need to find out myself. I believe things when I find them myself. If people tell me things, I'm apt to question it. I question EVERYTHING!

one other teeeeeny spoiling thing (already alluded to) -- you'll find it easier to get the answer if you broaden your search to include physics, as well as maths

No doubt, but if it would help if I knew the difference.

My (imaginery) Degree was in something called Common-Sense, I never got above that.

If we could live our lives again, eh?

it is at least arguable (and those smarter than me will correct me, I'm sure) that all physics is maths, but not all maths is physics. I suppose, in a way, I should have told you to narrow your search, not broaden it

I don't even think it's at all arguable that common sense >>>>> specific knowledge -- I know a lot of seemingly smart people (myself included, I suppose) who have not a single iota of common sense and our lives are poorer for it.

If you google 'Euler's laws' you may get somewhere though.

[AndrewT]

Perfectly serious - I had genuinely & honestly never heard of Mr Euler until this morning, so I have no idea what he did & did not do, discover, invent, find or prove. Right now I'm trying to figure what that spinning disc has to do with maths, but don't tell me, I need to find out myself. I believe things when I find them myself. If people tell me things, I'm apt to question it. I question EVERYTHING!

one other teeeeeny spoiling thing (already alluded to) -- you'll find it easier to get the answer if you broaden your search to include physics, as well as maths

No doubt, but if it would help if I knew the difference.

My (imaginery) Degree was in something called Common-Sense, I never got above that.

If we could live our lives again, eh?

it is at least arguable (and those smarter than me will correct me, I'm sure) that all physics is maths, but not all maths is physics. I suppose, in a way, I should have told you to narrow your search, not broaden it

Click to see full-size image.

[tikay]

My favourite has to be the quark family, which consists of the following sub-divisions.....

Up

Down

Top

Bottom

Strange

Charm

PS - Note the punny adjective. particular. Almost proud of that.

Top and Bottom used have the much better names of Truth and Beauty

Really? Awesome!

[mulhuzz]

Click to see full-size image.

i was so hoping somebody would post this.

excellent work.

that's my second favourite xkcd, the first being:



In my job, I get this one out <a lot>

[tikay]

Have you sorted out your Vegas dates yet Tikay? Virgin have a sale on until Tuesday, the flights are very cheap and I've done myself out of >£200 by booking early

No, I keep dithering.

I chatted on the 'phone with Thewy about it this morning, too.

The Virgin Sale ends tomorrow?

I SO want to do Vegas this year, I lie in bed dreaming about it. No, honestly, I do.

I see myself sitting there, playing PLO8 or whatever, maybe even a PLO8 WSOP Event or two, time after time. And Starby's on tap, colossal sticky buns, Caesars Poker Room, Venetian, Binions, Golden Nugget, Fremont Street & all those amazing bands & atmo......

I gather you will be at the Monte Carlo this weekend? Lets chat. Last time we chatted we were sharing tables at Golden Nugget & there was that chap from xxxx.com who could not see his cards properly.....

Perfect excuse to dither no more then:)

The site says until Tuesday, but I'm unsure if that is inclusive and couldn't see confirmation anywhere.

I was unsure if I would be able to go this year, but thankfully things have worked out ok, and I'll be plotted up downtown for at least 2 weeks from the 21st!

The Golden Nugget has based their schedule around non holdem games this year, apart from the main obviously and you have 2 Starbucks for the price of one there too!

Binions also has a few O8 tournaments, their tournaments start at 2pm to the 12 of the Nugget in order to pick up the early bustouts...

Won't be at DTD this weekend unfortunately, the only probably won't be travelling anywhere further than Bournemouth until the summer now. There is a GUKPT in Portsmouth during May that I may make the journey for, but that's still only a small possible.

Shame because DTD really is the best card room anywhere, and I so wish I lived closer than the 200 miles away I am, but Vegas is only 2 months away anyway. I think I remember the guy you're talking about, worked for the IOM firm and must have thought we were playing the 72 bounty game early doors?

You got the chap, yes.

Those little daily jobbies at Golden Nugget & Binions are perfect, honestly, I could sit & play them back to back & be perfectly happy, & not at all out of my depth. $200 & $400 a throw is not so bad, even if I ran really badly.

Would I make a profit? Just depends how well I ran. Last year I ran obscenely well, so maybe it will tip the other way this year.

I want to play a couple of the WSOP PLO8 Events too, there are two x $1,500 & 1 x $3,000 if I happen to run well.

I think that Nugget Cardroom is much underestimated. I really took to it last year. And in the Breaks, I can escape the "bad beat break stories" & go for a wander down Fremont Street. On the Strip, when we play at, say, Caesars, Venetian, or The Rio, there is no escape, & I really can't bear it.

So I had.......and the flop came........and I pot it......and guess what he called me with?

There is only so much you can convey via body language, but some folks just can't read it, & nothing on earth will stop them telling their tale of woe. The weird thing is, it does not occur to them that we know the ending.

Shame you won't be at DTD this weekend, so many mates are going to be there. I'm not going to be playing, so I'll doubtless be bad-beat story target # 1. I'll send them across to Gosney I think.

[tikay]

Perfectly serious - I had genuinely & honestly never heard of Mr Euler until this morning, so I have no idea what he did & did not do, discover, invent, find or prove. Right now I'm trying to figure what that spinning disc has to do with maths, but don't tell me, I need to find out myself. I believe things when I find them myself. If people tell me things, I'm apt to question it. I question EVERYTHING!

one other teeeeeny spoiling thing (already alluded to) -- you'll find it easier to get the answer if you broaden your search to include physics, as well as maths

No doubt, but if it would help if I knew the difference.

My (imaginery) Degree was in something called Common-Sense, I never got above that.

If we could live our lives again, eh?

it is at least arguable (and those smarter than me will correct me, I'm sure) that all physics is maths, but not all maths is physics. I suppose, in a way, I should have told you to narrow your search, not broaden it

Click to see full-size image.

You could SO easily remove "Mathematician" & replace it with Accountant. I was going to say Actuary, but my very good friend xxxx is one. He's an exception, obviously.

I plead guilty to stereotyping & generalisation, but when I was in Business, I had more rucks with Accountants than enough. They always think they are right about everything. Whereas of course it was me who was always right. Clearly.

You don't understand

No, YOU don't understand

Clever buggers though, as it was they who held the cheque books, & paid the wages.

Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity, cash is king, or whatever.

To be fair, it was Accountants who taught me a golden lesson, that unprofitable companies with good cash controls & discipline can survive almost indefintely, whereas many a profitable Company goes tits up if it cannot manage cash & cash flow properly. Bit like poker players really. All of us, I mean.

[tikay]

Perfectly serious - I had genuinely & honestly never heard of Mr Euler until this morning, so I have no idea what he did & did not do, discover, invent, find or prove. Right now I'm trying to figure what that spinning disc has to do with maths, but don't tell me, I need to find out myself. I believe things when I find them myself. If people tell me things, I'm apt to question it. I question EVERYTHING!

one other teeeeeny spoiling thing (already alluded to) -- you'll find it easier to get the answer if you broaden your search to include physics, as well as maths

No doubt, but if it would help if I knew the difference.

My (imaginery) Degree was in something called Common-Sense, I never got above that.

If we could live our lives again, eh?

it is at least arguable (and those smarter than me will correct me, I'm sure) that all physics is maths, but not all maths is physics. I suppose, in a way, I should have told you to narrow your search, not broaden it

I don't even think it's at all arguable that common sense >>>>> specific knowledge -- I know a lot of seemingly smart people (myself included, I suppose) who have not a single iota of common sense and our lives are poorer for it.

If you google 'Euler's laws' you may get somewhere though.

Can't believe I was scared by it, so so easy. Next lesson please.

Piece of piss this.

PS - Remind me who "e" is please? How big is "e"? Why can't he be "E" instead of "e"?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler's_laws

[mulhuzz]

Can't believe I was scared by it, so so easy. Next lesson please.

Piece of piss this.

PS - Remind me who "e" is please? How big is "e"? Why can't he be "E" instead of "e"?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler's_laws

'e' is about 2.72 -- I couldn't write it down though, as it is infinite and unrepeating -- an irrational number, like pi.

in theory, e is actual the solution to this equation:



Euler wasn't the first to 'discover' e, but he (probably) was the first person to call it 'e' as a special number and realised it's importance in lots of interesting ways. Read about some here -- including how to calculate the likelihood of winning at dem slots machines in Vegas

Conventionally, 'e' is not 'E' because of, well, convention (so far as I can tell...any advances?)

E doesn't stand for Euler, even though it's sometimes called Euler's number....it's just a letter

[Tal]

Generally wouldn't use an uppercase letter for a constant number, I don't think...

Doesn't e come from Exponential? Always assumed that's what it was, although that might just have been my brain's way of remembering it!

[mulhuzz]

Generally wouldn't use an uppercase letter for a constant number, I don't think...

Doesn't e come from Exponential? Always assumed that's what it was, although that might just have been my brain's way of remembering it!

had much the same thought, but couldn't be sure, given that e started life as b, became c, and finally e ^^

[Tal]

Tikay, that delicious but worrying equation above can be summarised slightly more basically by saying...

1+¹/_(1x2)+¹/_(1x2x3) + ¹/_(1x2x3x4) +.... And so on forever