Stanford related stuff--I just got back from Thanksgiving holiday in NJ with my mom and her new husband, and a visit to my brother and SIL's house for the holiday itself. SIL's niece (a Stanford grad) just got married last summer, so they showed me the DVD of her wedding pics (gorgeous outdoor wedding on a mountaintop in Idaho--beautiful pics!).
While talking about the wedding, SIL and her sisters were telling me about the couple's refusal to play blackjack if they go to a casino. Apparently, they are both math majors who are so talented that they automatically count cards while playing, and they can't turn their minds off when they start gambling. Since they're so ethical, they just refuse to play.
My fever just came back.
It's msbelle's fault, right?
NO!
I wanted you to go home and go to bed in order to get better. I think it is THE MAN'S fault.
Huh, that "giant scorpion" is more like an overgrown horseshoe crab. Which do come ashore to deposit eggs. You'd only be in danger if you fell asleep sunbathing on the wrong dune.
So very much not clicking on the giant scorpion link.
I need to stop by target and get a new microwave tonight. Don't wanna. But need to.
If it's a squeamishness issue, it's just a technical drawing, not a modeled life-simulating painting or anything.
I wanted you to go home and go to bed in order to get better. I think it is THE MAN'S fault.
I want that too, and I will, as soon as 4 hours and 20 minutes have passed.
Apparently, they are both math majors who are so talented that they automatically count cards while playing, and they can't turn their minds off when they start gambling. Since they're so ethical, they just refuse to play.
It might be more that the casino folks will throw you out if they catch you counting cards.
I don't think counting cards is unethical. Casinos just exercise their right to throw out people who do. I am surprised that they can, though, unless they use the method detailed in the MIT book.
