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   From: rubrum@pacbell.net   
      
   In article , Dutch    
   wrote:   
      
   > Rupert wrote:   
   > > On Oct 9, 9:55 pm, Dutch  wrote:   
   > >> George M. Middius wrote:   
   > >>> CheeseHusker dos wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>>> I don't the title of this thread - why would anyone want to make   
   > >>>> sausage from vegetarians?   
   > >>   
   > >>> Not speaking from experience, but they're reputed to make a very tasty   
   > >>> sausages.   
   > >>   
   > >> I imagine they'd be bland and tasteless.   
   > >   
   > > Why; have you tried them before? If not, then how would you know?   
   > >   
   >   
   > It was an attempt at humour Rupert, lame, I know..   
   >   
   > While I have your attention, do you know of any good layman's text on   
   > randomness? I have been curious about the nature of randomness and it's   
   > appearance to the human mind for a long time. I take from own experience   
   > playing cards that luck appears to be noticeably clumpy rather than   
   > following something that I would perceive as random. For example when   
   > playing Rubber Bridge it seems most often the case that one player or   
   > team will be dealt good cards more or less continuously over a whole   
   > evening more often than the luck swinging back and forth from player to   
   > player or team to team. In poker streaks of good and bad luck take place   
   > over quite long periods, sometimes months, that seems counter-intuitive   
   > to me. Also, in almost every hold'em poker tournament I play in there is   
   > one wild player who wins hand after hand after hand despite having the   
   > odds against him in almost every case. Despite my belief that   
   > superstition should play no role in gambling, I feel like I want to to   
   > avoid going against such a player even when the odds are in my favour.   
   > So far my only conclusion is that human intuition simply doesn't apply,   
   > and randomness is inexplicable.   
      
   You rely on your memory. You need to record every card   
   over that time. Maybe you do not play your good hands   
   as well as others do. Maybe people are cheating.   
      
   --   
   Michael Press   
      
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