Quotes

[Norm]

"Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine."

-- St. Thomas Aquinas

[Aslan]

“Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.”

-- Jean-Paul Sartre

[Norm]

"It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows."

- Epictetus

[Jabberwocky]

Capitalism operates on the principle of THE Golden Rule; whomever has the most gold, makes the rules.

[mickeymouse]

This one has special meaning for this community:
"It does not matter whether the cat is black or white; as long it catches mice, it is a good cat.?- Deng Xiaoping

[Aslan]

I like to play blackjack. I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semi-circle. --Mitch Hedberg

PS-- This is my story and I'm sticking to it!

[Rudy]

"The better the gambler, the worse the man."

Publilius Syrus.

[Blitzkrieg]

The essence of an advantage is an illusion.

Blitzkrieg

[Aslan]

The essence of an advantage is an illusion.

Blitzkrieg

I hope this one is not true.

[Blitzkrieg]

I hope this one is not true.

Oh it seems very true as it's a two way street from the houses perspective (mathematical edge in games), and the players perspective (techniques to take down the house). So the essence of an advantage is an illusion.

[Nikky_Flash]

"There are only kings or pawns" -

Napoleon (line from the remake-movie "Count of Monte Cristo")

[Aslan]

Oh it seems very true as it's a two way street from the houses perspective (mathematical edge in games), and the players perspective (techniques to take down the house). So the essence of an advantage is an illusion.

I get your meaning now.

[Three]

Those who can, do; those who can't, teach.

Prov. People who are able to do something well can do that thing for a living, while people who are not able to do anything that well make a living by teaching. (From George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman.)

There is a similar one in the computer field:
Those that can do. Those that can't teach.

It was so obvious that the professors where not that good in practice when you gat a teacher come in to teach a class at night that primarily worked in the field. The night teacher was so much more well versed in actual practice than the professors which is why some classes were only taught at night by teachers that primarily worked in the field.