Comments on: Games People Play, Take 2 http://pokerati.com/2007/05/07/862/ Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas WSOP Poker Blog, now with PLO too! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tim B. http://pokerati.com/2007/05/07/862/comment-page-1/#comment-89165 Tim B. Tue, 08 May 2007 03:01:17 +0000 http://pokerati.com/2007/05/07/862/#comment-89165 oh yes... i read it the first time in 1985, and several times again since then. its on my top 10 list of best sci-fi books of all time (a shame the same cant be said of its sequels)... it was, in fact, one of the more presonally influential books ive read. ill never forget the part where he is attacked in the restroom after arriving at the school... he evaluated the situation, and realized that a little bit of extra brutality now would go a long way towards quelling any conflicts in the future... he thought something to the effect that he could win THAT fight, or he could win EVERY fight thereafter. so, he killed the boy :) that rang so true to me that its stuck with me ever since... and probably sheds a lot of light on my personality flaws :) oh yes… i read it the first time in 1985, and several times again since then. its on my top 10 list of best sci-fi books of all time (a shame the same cant be said of its sequels)… it was, in fact, one of the more presonally influential books ive read. ill never forget the part where he is attacked in the restroom after arriving at the school… he evaluated the situation, and realized that a little bit of extra brutality now would go a long way towards quelling any conflicts in the future… he thought something to the effect that he could win THAT fight, or he could win EVERY fight thereafter. so, he killed the boy :) that rang so true to me that its stuck with me ever since… and probably sheds a lot of light on my personality flaws :)

]]> By: DanM http://pokerati.com/2007/05/07/862/comment-page-1/#comment-89106 DanM Mon, 07 May 2007 23:38:49 +0000 http://pokerati.com/2007/05/07/862/#comment-89106 Tim, have you read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812550706?ie=UTF8&tag=thescrolldown-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0812550706" rel="nofollow">Ender's Game</a>?<img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thescrolldown-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0812550706" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> Very pokery (sorta) and Second Life futuristicky. <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/s/link-enhancer?tag=thescrolldown-20"> </script> <noscript> <img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/s/noscript?tag=thescrolldown-20" alt="" /> </noscript> Tim, have you read Ender’s Game? Very pokery (sorta) and Second Life futuristicky.


]]> By: Tim B. http://pokerati.com/2007/05/07/862/comment-page-1/#comment-88795 Tim B. Mon, 07 May 2007 16:05:13 +0000 http://pokerati.com/2007/05/07/862/#comment-88795 sigh... you know, this gay second life crap isnt exactly what i envisioned after reading neuromancer back in the 80s. but, it is what it is, i guess... and what it seems to be to me is a completely unmonitored, unregulated virtual currency market. if the justice department is concerned about terrorist money laundering, maybe they shouldnt fixate on online poker and take a closer look at second life. sigh… you know, this gay second life crap isnt exactly what i envisioned after reading neuromancer back in the 80s.

but, it is what it is, i guess… and what it seems to be to me is a completely unmonitored, unregulated virtual currency market. if the justice department is concerned about terrorist money laundering, maybe they shouldnt fixate on online poker and take a closer look at second life.

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