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Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew?

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On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 19:24:58 +0000
Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> wrote:

> On 17/01/2016 15:14, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> > On Sun, 17 Jan 2016 14:20:10 +0000
> > Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 17/01/2016 10:23, M. John Matlaw wrote:
> >>> The thing that piqued my interest was someone figuring out a way to
> >>> increase their chances in roulette.  Wouldn't have thought that
> >>> possible.
> >>>
> >>> <http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/18/edward-thorp-father-of-wearable-computing/
> >>>>
> >>>
> >> The trick was to bet after the ball was thrown. When and how hard the
> >> ball is thrown produces most of the randomness in roulette. There after
> >> it is simple mechanics.
> >
> > 	It reads like they were timing the ball against the wheel and
> > predicting which segment of the wheel the ball would land in by way the
> > timing was changing. The uncertainty caused by the way the ball kicks
> > at the end would prevent certainty but a boost in probability should be
> > easy like that. I wonder if someone with a good sense of rythm could
> > learn to do this without aid - any drummers here want to try ?
> >
> The casinos learnt to close the table before throwing the ball so this 
> method no longer works.
> 
> The computer in the shoe needed to know the speed of the ball, the speed 
> of the wheel and the location of the wheel.

	Yes all this from a single timing pulse.

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wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2016-01-17 05:23 -0500
  Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-17 14:20 +0000
    Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-17 15:14 +0000
      Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-17 19:24 +0000
        Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-17 20:15 +0000
  Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2016-01-17 10:25 -0800
  Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-17 23:12 -0500
    Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-01-18 10:01 +0000
      Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-18 15:28 -0500
        Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-01-19 03:58 +0000
          Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 23:16 -0500
        Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-01-19 00:22 -0600
          Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 06:58 -0500
            Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-01-19 08:32 -0600
              Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-19 15:48 +0000
          Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-19 15:44 -0500
        Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-19 07:36 -0500
          Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-19 15:46 -0500
            Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-01-19 16:37 -0600
  Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Sbez <Sbez742@gmail.com> - 2016-03-04 07:19 -0600
    Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-03-04 16:24 +0000

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