Author Archives: Nicolae Sfetcu

The usual economic sense, the labor is a remunerated activity which allows the production of goods and services. With the capital, it is an economy factor of production. It is mainly provided by the employees in exchange for a wage. … Read More

In poker, we call the blind when forced bets are made before any distribution of cards. It is therefore a ‘blind pot”, hence its name. The presence of two blinds is currently the most widespread, the small and big blind, … Read More

(The internationalization and localization process (according to a charter of LISA web site.)) Internationalization and localization efforts have to focus on the following characteristics: Language The text encoded by computer Alphabets/writing characters – most newer systems use the Unicode standard … Read More

Justification National measure Compatibility with EC law, in particular with the principle of proportionality Public order, money laundering, crime Section 1 of the Act of 20 April 1977 prohibits the operation of games of chance in the Grand Duchy of … Read More

Translation in real time, in reality “near real time”, carried out by specialized software, is aprocess not yet operational, requiring simultaneously control in three main steps to be performed for each group of spoken words in a few tenths of … Read More

Push technology (push server) is a client-server communication mode in which the dialogue is initiated by the server. This technique is therefore opposed to the “classic” operation of web transactions where the customer opens the dialogue, and pulls to him … Read More

As part of the terms of reference of this Report, alternative scenarios for the future of the various sectors of the market for gambling services in the Member States of the EU are put forward. Based on the information gathered … Read More

Software localization is the translation of the user interface software in other languages by adapting it to the users cultures by region. Before any software is localized, it must have been internationalized, that is to say, written to be translated. … Read More

Bilateral cooperation agreements More recently Member States’ regulators have started to enter into bilateral cooperation agreements. On 28 June 2011 the French and Italian gambling authorities signed a first crossborder cooperation agreement. The purpose of the agreement is to improve … Read More

Joomla is a popular Content Management System platform. Joomla package consists of several parts, which are built to be as modular as possible, allowing extensions and integrations to be made easily.

The internationalization of software (abbreviated as i18n) is to prepare its adaptation to different languages and cultures. Unlike regionalization, which requires especially language skills (translation), internationalization is essentially a technical work of programmers. The goal is to produce a program … Read More

Problem or pathological gambling can be broadly defined as “an impulse control disorder consisting of consistent and recurrent maladaptive gambling behavior that disrupts family, personal, or vocational pursuits. (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV). Washington, D.C.: … Read More