I have read this expression in many forms and have often wondered about its root, but never did the research. Do you happen to know where this came from?
...Douglas Adams, in the "Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy".
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Wow, I just deleted one of my better efforts ever, and to bad really, it was very well written with just the right amounts of bravado and charm. It's probably for the best but I did enjoy writing it. Very cathardic.
You say I lack civility and that I scoff at the simple truth. Look up your posts over the last twenty four months. Go on, do it. Without fail they are simple one liners, two liners, or no liners at all; just a quick ten or twelve words of smart ass attorney speak or emptiness.
(That is not meant to be mean, it's just what it is. I'm a smart ass to sometimes, but I try to give what I can on this site. I participate. I wonder why you even bother.)
Green Chip is another story I'm sure. No doubt you regale each other with much wisdom and insite. But here, nothing.
You weighed in twice in this discussion, once to illuminate us that private property owners can not invent their own law and once in an effort to marginalize me. Again, nada.
So I'll ask again, you think DM is a card cheat? I do.
Do you think the casino's 'make the law?' I don't.
I think the federal, state, and local rat bastard politicians and their staffers, comittees, and commissions do, even the courts now and then. But not the casinos.
I don't have much in the way of facts regarding Morse's situation, so I don't feel it is appropriate to condemn or excuse. But I think it is fair to say that cuts are offered in an attempt to randomly start the next shoe. If it is foul play for a casino to attempt to cut out the good cards, I suppose they could argue that any attempt to cut them in is also not kosher. As long as neither side uses a device (such as Mindplay) to choose the placement of the card, it seems there is little difference, except that, as with a preferential shuffle, a casino selectively cutting out good cards has changed the nature of the game, offering the same "unfair" shoe to all players, not just those who are aware due to an ability to count cards.
Night Owl posted a portion of the "State of New Jersey Casino Act and Commission Regulations" a day or two ago. I'm assuming that this Act and the resulting Commission and regulations are, at a minimum, alive as a direct result of the state Legislature's actions and/or a vote of the people of that state.
Is that wrong?
Are you asking for the process in which these regulations become law? If so, I do not know, as I am not familiar with how New Jersey formulates such regs. I would suppose a commission is appointed by either the governor or a legislative body, such as a committee, which then promulgates regulations which may or may not be approved by an elected legislature. I say "may" because I don't imagine legislatures know more than the first thing about the rules and therefore defer to the "expertise" of the gaming industry. Would this process result in regulations which are casino-biased. Most assuredly. I read nothing more than the section on cutting, which is obviously in favor of the casino. The portion allowing a re-cut "if he or she determines that the cut was performed improperly or in any way that might affect the integrity or fairness of the game" gives sole discretion to the casino to require unlimited re-cuts until it is satisfied. The phrase, "performed improperly" is so vague as to be meaningless. If the small portion I read is representative, it is apparent that the casino industry controls the wording of the regs.
This will most likely be the last from me on this.
> Are you asking for the process in which these regulations become law?
No, but the point is they are law, for better or worse, and they got there through some process the great state of New Jersey put in place.
> If the small portion I read is representative, it is apparent that the casino industry controls the wording of the regs.
No argument from me. Sounds like the very same way it works when any other industry specific legislation gets pushed and passsed. Ignorant, uninformed, and lazy politicians rely on lobbyist and staffers to make the law just like your doctor relies on the drug salesmen to tell him what drug to give you. And it's the graft that grease the wheels.
ETF, if this is your definition of casinos 'making law' you have my agreement and my apology. I just can't single them out for working the system. Hell, everybody in Arkansas is against illegal aliens swamping the work force, but just listen to Tyson Chicken scream when the INS rolls up on their property.
I have seen the enemy and it is us.
:) I still think good ole' DM got what was coming his way. Like I said, to bad really. If he'd been more judicious in his application I might be his biggest fan.
If he tried to recruit you, he must be brighter than the guy I saw repeatedly doing something clearly illegal with a $35 bet out :-)
Just to make it clear, Morse never tried to recruit me. The guy who tried to get me involved was known as imliquid over at the CCCafe. He may post here under another handle, I don't know. He seemed like a good guy, sharp and creative.
Bill Haywood wrote up the story of the syndicate on bjf a while back, didn't end well and Bill didn't seem too happy with Morse's behaviour. I think the best we can say about Morse is that he is of the Lawrence Revere school of ethics. (Which still makes me trust him more than casino personnel).
