scobee 1: Effects of Co-variance and Overbetting Your Bank

[scobee 1]

> P.S. Check the change in your title. :-)

Maybe I was talking about les femmes Francaise..... :-)

articles and pronouns always fry my french. I miss getting my grammar corrected on a daily basis by the owner of that little corner patisserie on Rue Cler. Maybe that is one reason why I like hanging out here.

while you are here listening....any advice in general for my scouting trip to Atlantic City next week? Should I ramp earlier since the games are pretty poor with increased variance, or use your time-tested hopper techniques? I will be with my civilian brother for a brief recreational venture...weekday. I am told that if the AC critters suspect skilled play they just break the shoe or limit you to one hand. I consider this trip a chance to satisfy my curiosity more than a profit play.

scobee

[Norm Wattenberger]

> V?rit? means truth, I read somewhere
> recently.

I don?t believe Cinema V?rit? is a real french idiom. It is a direct translation from the Russian Kino-Pravda. Kino-Pravda referred to the style of filming documentaries during the Russian Revolution. Actual events were filmed instead of staged re-enactments as in WWI documentaries. The term refers to ?showing reality? as opposed to ?explaining reality.? I adopted the term as I was attempting to make the software transformation from a description of a casino to the experience of a casino.

But it?s a lot easier to just say ?truth? on my website

[scobee 1]

> I don?t believe Cinema V?rit? is a real
> french idiom. It is a direct translation
> from the Russian Kino-Pravda. Kino-Pravda
> referred to the style of filming
> documentaries during the Russian Revolution.
> Actual events were filmed instead of staged
> re-enactments as in WWI documentaries. The
> term refers to ?showing reality? as opposed
> to ?explaining reality.? I adopted the term
> as I was attempting to make the software
> transformation from a description of a
> casino to the experience of a casino.

> But it?s a lot easier to just say ?truth? on
> my website

While I was in my twenties and discovering the 'city of light' for the first time, I had a friend who worked in the MPAA offices near the George V hotel. He arranged a meeting with Henri Langlois's widow at the Cinematheque Francais for me, even though the museum was closed to the public. Why it was closed, I can't remember now. I was (and still am to a lesser extent) a great fan of the French cinema, especially New Wave directors like Godard, Bresson, and Truffaut. She opened up the museum for me and for two unforgettable hours I had the run of the place to myself. I remember the George M?li?s exhibit the most....just amazing how inventive the early pioneers of film were. The complete other end of the scale from cinema verite....everything was trompe d'oleil.

Somehow I hooked up with some Brazilian independent filmmakers later and the group of us went to Montparnasse for drinks at Le Cupole followed by a dancing binge at La Palace...which was at the time the 'Studio 54' of Paris. Unfortunately, my attempts to find work in Paris never quite panned out and I slunk off to Cannes for the film festival before eventually flying back to New York.

One day in Nice, I met some American stewardesses at a sidewalk cafe. We all rented a car together and took a daytrip touring the C?te d'Azur...from Cap D'Antibe to Monaco. My entr?e to gaming in a casino was playing a slot machine at the Monte Carlo Resort, where I won twenty francs. I wanted to play baccarat, but I wasn't dressed properly for the tables. My success with the stews was also minimal on this foray, but that is another story entirely.

I have found that if I am determined enough to search French sites, I can cut and paste some words with proper punctuation. Like most things francais, it makes for more work than necessary.

scobee

[Norm Wattenberger]

I think there's a MacDonalds a block west of George V now.

[Don Schlesinger]

> Maybe I was talking about les femmes
> Francaise..... :-)

I thought of that, but rejected it because, then, you would have written "Les Francaises," in the plural! :-)

> while you are here listening....any advice
> in general for my scouting trip to Atlantic
> City next week? Should I ramp earlier since
> the games are pretty poor with increased
> variance, or use your time-tested hopper
> techniques? I will be with my civilian
> brother for a brief recreational
> venture...weekday. I am told that if the AC
> critters suspect skilled play they just
> break the shoe or limit you to one hand. I
> consider this trip a chance to satisfy my
> curiosity more than a profit play.
Remember: there is a lot of "No mid-shoe entry" on the floor, and it's impossible to back-count in the smaller pits.

Don

[scobee 1]

> I think there's a MacDonalds a block west of
> George V now.

I do remember a Mickey D's on the Champs D'Elysee. One one cold rainy day in April instead of watching Italian films V.O., I decided to have an American day in Paris. I had lunch at MacDonald's and watched American Graffiti three times consecutively. The translations of Valley idioms to French street vernacular were a hoot. They couldn't figure out why the American was laughing so much during the dramatic moments.

Doesn't anyone talk about Blackjack here?

Sorry, I couldn't resist. I will be back with some 'meat and potatoes' soon. Perhaps Don will be able to reference this last remark from Stanford's tribute at the GC party.

Thanks, guys, for a very pleasant chat.

Regards,

scobee

[Don Schlesinger]

> I think there's a MacDonalds a block west of
> George V now.

There has been a McDonald's on the Champs-Elysees for many, many years.

Don

[Norm Wattenberger]

[Master]

Dear Norm
As I often have to use both French and English via email can you please explain exactly hot to set this uo in windows?.