How many games?
June 4th, 2012 at 2:08:37 AM
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Is there a reliable way to determine how many games of video poker are dealt in Nevada over a period of time?
Single-line, 100-line doesn't matter. How many deals? Reliable estimate okay.
I'm trying to develop a Vegas-themed method of comparing being dealt a royal against someone brute-forcing a 128-bit crypto key.
Single-line, 100-line doesn't matter. How many deals? Reliable estimate okay.
I'm trying to develop a Vegas-themed method of comparing being dealt a royal against someone brute-forcing a 128-bit crypto key.
June 4th, 2012 at 4:50:35 AM
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Since slot machine revenue is such a key figure in the state budget, I'm sure the Gaming Board collects much more data than it publishes, but the focus is on coins in and coins out and the tax that is due. You might try them and see if there is a "games played" counter on the machines as well.
June 4th, 2012 at 8:08:50 AM
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How about "you are thousands of times more likely to be dealt six royal flushes in a row than to correctly guess a 128-bit string"?
"In my own case, when it seemed to me after a long illness that death was close at hand, I found no little solace in playing constantly at dice."
-- Girolamo Cardano, 1563
June 4th, 2012 at 8:22:20 AM
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Quote: MathExtremistHow about "you are thousands of times more likely to be dealt six royal flushes in a row than to correctly guess a 128-bit string"?
What if you had a (hypothetical) quantum computer with a (speculative) FTL processor? :P
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June 4th, 2012 at 8:47:24 AM
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DUHHIIIIIIIII HEARD THAT!
June 4th, 2012 at 9:17:01 AM
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Quote: NareedWhat if you had a (hypothetical) quantum computer with a (speculative) FTL processor? :P
There are small working Quantum processors, like this one. Quantum computers are no longer hypothetical.
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June 4th, 2012 at 9:30:32 AM
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Quote: dwheatleyThere are small working Quantum processors, like this one. Quantum computers are no longer hypothetical.
Not to nitpick, but a working processor with limited capabilities is not quite a computer. Not that it isn't impressive. I'd no idea things had advanced to that point already.
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June 4th, 2012 at 12:49:35 PM
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Is Sam Beckett around here somewhere?
Gambling calls to me...like this ~> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nap37mNSmQ
June 4th, 2012 at 12:50:54 PM
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Quote: TIMSPEEDIs Sam Beckett around here somewhere?
If he's Leaping, he should be everywhere all the time, right? ;)
Donald Trump is a fucking criminal
June 4th, 2012 at 9:13:50 PM
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Is there a reliable way to determine how many games of video poker are dealt in Nevada over a period of time?
On any day, more than 1, less than 237 Gazillion. Plus or minus 1.37%
On any day, more than 1, less than 237 Gazillion. Plus or minus 1.37%
June 4th, 2012 at 10:29:24 PM
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Quote: NareedWhat if you had a (hypothetical) quantum computer with a (speculative) FTL processor? :P
Then I'd be using it for latency arbitrage and I'd be so rich I wouldn't care about royal flushes.
"In my own case, when it seemed to me after a long illness that death was close at hand, I found no little solace in playing constantly at dice."
-- Girolamo Cardano, 1563
