Not only have we lost Mr Chips......

[gizmotron]

No matter how hard I try, I can't see the dancer turning anti-clockwise. Also, I'm left-handed (the right brain is supposed to control the left side of the body, and vice versa). Any other lefties here? - Spike?

I'm like Sam. I got her going both directions always facing you, clockwise, and counter clockwise. The trick is to watch the foot and the shadow.

[TwoCatSam]

Giz

At least we're in the same boat on something!!   

Peace

Sam

[ryan08]

So you are saying that if i play the same event, with more rules then one, depence on the situation, then this is non mechanical system.

Example:

Mechanical = 2 dimensional

123 -->rule 1
231 -->rule 1
312 -->rule 1
132 -->rule 1
321 -->rule 1

Non mechanical = 3 dimensional

123 -->rule 1
231 -->rule 2
312 -->rule 3
132 -->rule 4
321 -->rule 5

So correct me if im wrong, but for me these are both mechanical selections, because you always follow the same rules and non mechanical system is guessing.

Cheers

no, thats not what i ment you have sort of missed the point completely, for a mechanical system to work it would have to profit in any and every situation (i dont think such a thing exists). a non mechanical system can only profit in certain situations and you cannot have a rule to tell you when its ok to play and when  not to, so you cant call it mechanical as you only have your intelligence to go on to decide whether its good to play at that time or not.

all you have done above is have 5 mechanical systems rather than one.

so to put it simply in the dimensions of the system again, the 2 dimensional represents the rules of the system and the 3rd dimensional part represents the gamblers intelligence. and i dont believe a '2 dimensional' system can work.

hope that makes it abit clearer for you

[Spike]

There's something in it, of that I'm certain, but the logical, analytical side (left brain) is very very suspicious of this. >>>

You should try betting it in a casino. You are basing your bet on nothing you can point to, its all a matter of trusting your experience and instinct. I've tried and tried to translate it to mechanical betting and it just doesn't work.

[gizmotron]

...its all a matter of trusting your experience and instinct.

I think that a person hones that instinct by winning in real play, when it can emotionally effect you if you get side tracked by your own internal dialog. It comes down to executing your plan & by remaining focused too. All that is reinforced by your experience. I have discovered that every rule has a breaking point. Perhaps there is an instinct to avoid the breaks. I certainly have a gift for not walking into bad downturns.

[Spike]

How many past decisions do you look at before you make your next bet? or does it vary?>>>

There   Are   No   Rules

Like squirrel hunting, no rules. Except I'm hunting P's and B's.

[Herb]

Are using a shotgun when you hunt those suckers?

How are you cookin em?

[TwoCatSam]

Two Okies went squirrel hunting.  Jim noticed Bob had no .22 rifle. 
"What do you hunt with?", he asked. 
"I ugly 'em down.", replied Bob.
Soon they came upon a squirrel.
"Watch this", said Bob.  He then made a face so ugly the squirrel died and fell from the tree.
"Good Lord!", said Jim.  "I've never seen anything like that.  Can anyone else do it?"
Bob spat a mouthful of tobacco juice.  "Yeah, the wife can but she tears 'em so bad there ain't much left to eat."

[Spike]

He then made a face so ugly the squirrel died and fell from the tree.>>>

Thats exactly how I beat bac..

[TwoCatSam]

Spike

I may have seen you at a table in Tunica, Mississippi!

<------------?

Sam

[Spike]

Maybe, but everybody in MS is ugly as a board fence..

[Spike]

The dancer goes clockwise for me. My wife see's it switching every 10sec or so. I saw it switch a couple times but it made me dizzy to try.

[gizmotron]

So now we are experienced in visual, left and right or left or right spins of a silhouette of a naked dancer. We never discussed left brain or right brain leanings. What about how that tends to lead a person's ability to see the clustering illusion?

[Spike]

Right brain people:

Holisitc: Processing information from whole to part; sees the big picture first, not the details.
Random:  Processing information with out priority, jumps form one task to another.
Concrete: Processes things that can be seen , or touched - real objects.
Intuitive: Processes information based on whether or not it feels right know answer but not sure how it was derived.
Nonverbal: Processes thought as illustrations.
Fantasy-Oriented: Processes information with creativity; less focus on rules and regulations

[gizmotron]

Try your whole brain, get back on track.

nolinks://nolinks.singsurf.org/brain/rightbrain.php
Left Brain, Right Brain, Whole Brain?

>>>"Brain scientists will tell you that the idea of a rigid divide is a popular myth. They even have a word for the public's enthusiasm for the subject: 'dichotomania'. Like 'modern phrenology' the word is a put-down, intended to imply that the real situation is far too complex for simple conclusions to be drawn." , emphasis mine.<<<

When asked if I would rather write a paper on the planets of the solar system or a story about an ant that saved the ant farm. I chose to write about the ant that pushed the planets back into orbit, to save the world of the ants.

[gizmotron]

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