Poker Bug
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A bug in poker is a limited form of wild card. One or both jokers are often added to the deck and played as bugs. The bug is played as an ace unless is can be used as missing card … Read More
Double Down Interactive CEO Greg Enell finalist for Entrepreneur Of The Year
SEATTLE, June 15, 2012 -Tonight, Ernst & Young will honor one of 18 finalists, including Double Down Interactive CEO Greg Enell, as Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2012. Enell represents the only social gaming company recognized as a finalist in the … Read More
A new EC proposal on e-identities and e-signatures
On 4 June 2012, the European Commission published a new draft regulation on e-signatures and e-identities that is meant to extend the existing e-Signatures Directive to include new services such as e-stamping or e-seals that would guarantee the origin and … Read More
Civil Society concerns over Internet regulation and ITU
With the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) to take place during 3-14 December 2012 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and the World Summit on the Information Society Forum (WSIS) 2012 having taken place in Geneva between 14-18 May 2012, … Read More
EP Committees to vote on ACTA next week
After months of machinations, delays and politics, it appears that there is no more scope for delay and all four of the Committees giving Opinions on ACTA will finally vote next week. This will be a “make or break” moment … Read More
The rules of American football
The Tennessee Titans and the Houston Texans in formation before a play Game play in American football consists of a series of downs, individual plays of short duration, outside of which the ball is dead or not in play. These … Read More
IEEE CSE/EUC 2012: Call for Papers
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The 15th IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (IEEE CSE 2012) The 10th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (IEEE/IFIP EUC 2012) 3-5 October 2012, Paphos, Cyprus *** EXTENDED DEADLINE: 10th June 2012 … Read More
The 13th International Conference on Web Information System Engineering (WISE 2012)
posted in: Computers, Press Release
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November 28th-30th, 2012, Paphos, Cyprus *** EXTENDED DEADLINE: 22nd June 2012 *** *** CALL FOR PAPERS AND RESEARCH DEMOS *** The aim of this thirteenth edition of the conference series on Web Information Systems Engineering is to provide an international … Read More
H.O.S.E
posted in: Poker variants
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H.O.S.E(aka S.H.O.E) is a term used for playing a mixed game of poker consisting of four different poker games. H stands for Hold’em, O for Omaha Eight or Better, S for 7 Card Stud and E for 7 Card Stud … Read More
Context filtering
posted in: Stopping e-mail abuse
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Context filtering is an anti-spam / mail policy method that does not deal with the contents of the mail but rather uses the context of the SMTP connection to decide whether a mail will be accepted or not. This method … Read More
Public switched telephone networks
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The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is the concatenation of the world’s public circuit-switched telephone networks, in much the same way that the Internet is the concatenation of the world’s public IP-based packet-switched networks. Originally a network of fixed-line analog … Read More
International real estate terminology and practice
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Real estate as “real property” in the U.K. In British usage, “real property”, often shortened to just “property”, generally refers to land and fixtures, while the term “real estate” is used mostly in the context of probate law, and means … Read More