Author Archives: Nicolae Sfetcu

Purpose of visit Scopul vizitei 1. Mr/MreaMiss/Ms…- is anxious, to improve his/her knowledge of… and therefore decided to seek an appointment in… 2. He/she wishes to obtain information on… /to study the…system/to introduce a new patent/to establish business contacts/to form … Read More

Forming the crib There are certain cards and card combinations that are likely to be beneficial to a hand, so a non-dealer should try to keep them in his hand and the dealer should try to keep any good combinations … Read More

The term adware frequently refers to any software which displays advertisements, whether or not it does so with the user’s consent. Programs such as the Eudora mail client display advertisements as an alternative to shareware registration fees. These classify as … Read More

Although same-language subtitles and captions are produced primarily with the deaf and hard-of-hearing in mind, many hearing film and television viewers choose to use them. This is often done because the presence of closed captioning and subtitles ensures that not … Read More

In poker, the probability of many events can be determined by direct calculation. This article discusses how to compute the probabilities for many commonly occurring events in the game of Texas hold ’em and provides some probabilities and odds[1] for … Read More

Messaging spam, sometimes termed spim (a portmanteau of spam and IM, short for instant messenger), makes use of instant messaging systems, such as AOL Instant Messenger or ICQ. Many IM systems offer a directory of users, including demographic information such … Read More

Transfer Transfer 1. We have pleasure in letting you know that our bankers … have been instead to transfer to you… in payment for…/ in settlement of your invoice. 2. Please transfer the equivalent in sterling/ swiss francs of….to…in favour…debiting … Read More

The basic meaning of gambler’s ruin is a gambler’s loss of the last of his bank of gambling money and consequent inability to continue gambling. “Gambler’s ruin” is also sometimes used to refer to a final large losing bet placed … Read More

Google was started by two PhD students at Stanford University, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and brought a new concept to evaluating web pages. This concept, called PageRank, has been from the start important to the Google algorithm [1]. PageRank … Read More

In the context of this article, a metric will be understood as a measurement. A metric for the evaluation of machine translation output is a measurement of the quality of the output. The quality of a translation is inherently subjective, … Read More

Caribbean Stud Poker differs slightly in the United Kingdom, and most parts of Europe, from the US. The game is officially known as “Casino Five Card Stud Poker”, and not all casinos have the jackpot prize. Those which do have … Read More

   Paying people to hold signs is one of the oldest forms of advertising, as with this Human directional pictured above Commercial advertising media can include wall paintings, billboards (outdoor advertising), street furniture components, printed flyers, radio, cinema and television … Read More