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In the avenue of poker playing, there is no greater way to increase your chances of winning than with the use of a poker robot, which constantly calculates the hand you have in relation to the opposite player along with your chances of winning. The software written to do these mind blowing calculations of winning are tested in the World Series of Poker Robots in Los Vegas, Nevada. This union of science and gambling has also opened up an interesting avenue for researchers to investigate artificial intelligence, and the poker robots are an excellent avenue for this research.
The World Series of Poker Robots is a playing ground for artificial intelligence, and puts the various efforts of individuals and companies to the test at the highest level in games such as No Limit Texas Hold'em. The days of reading your opponent's moves, body language, and facial expression to gauge their next play has been duped to a degree with on-line gambling, which is perfect for the endless calculating that this software does. An example of this is the current winner named PokerProbot, which took for its creator a net winnings of $100,000.
In the past, IBM used its Deep Blue to beat a renowned chess champion in the nineties, exciting the industry with the possibilities of this type of software. The new goal to overcome the best in the poker field has expanded this interest, but create for a unique problem: how do create software that can lie and cheat with the best of them? The software designers have come to the conclusion that to do this, you have to teach the robot to see a variety of options alternate to the card it has and to choose one. Essentially, this alternate choice is the computer's form of a bluffing.
This tournament was a chance to really test the software in the public eye, but there are fears rising on both sides of the line. Online gambling sites do not want the Poker Bots to put other players at a disadvantage, getting more of the big prizes, whereas the software designers do not want to put their work on public display so that the code behind it might be exposed. If exposed, the online companies could put up more blocks to its use, making the robots less effective. But, despite these hesitations, it does deter either from going forward with their determination to use and to block the robots.
Poker bots are normally in the background, being used in such a way that they are undetected online during a game. The software has been found to be so good at times that it has the potential to compete with a human player effectively for near a thousand hands. This makes for a bigger challenge to online players who do not have the advantage of poker robot software, and for the companies running the games.
The World Series of Poker Robots, though seen in different ways by many, offers new opportunities in the scientific endeavors of artificial intelligence research. Teaching a computer to cheat and mislead is a huge jump in the ability of computers to mimic human thought and behavior patterns. Though they are currently legal to use, there is question as to this continuing in the future. How much of an advantage this gives to the player using it will depend on the quality of the software creation, and the closer it comes to being accurate, the more concern will crop up in the gambling industry.
The current competition in Las Vegas publicly displays the potential that computer science has come to in this challenging field, and we begin to walk on moral grounds as to the definition of limitations of its use. This makes the World Series of Poker Robots not only showcase of new technology, but questions as to its future.
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These days, HP is a common name as far as printers and the related technology are concerned. HP laptops as well as tablet PCs have been winning hearts of people in the last few years. In the year 2002, Compaq Inc. went on to merge with Hewlett Packard, thereby forming the single-biggest entity in the industry of computers. Through this acquisition, HP has surpassed Dell and IBM/Lenovo computers. After some difficulties following the merger and some marketing realignment and restructuration, HP has done a superb job in presenting attractive laptops and establishing their leadership in the marketplace.
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Today, HP has divided its home and small office laptop offering in four broad categories in order to reach their different targets. We are going to briefly summarize the specifics of each of these lines:
• Versatile performance. These are your standards laptops, the ones that you are most likely to find at most retailers. They are equipped with a 15.4" screen, the hardrives vary in between 120 GB and 320 GB, RAM goes from 1GB to 4 GB. They come with the standard wifi and Bluetooth elements. They weight around 7 pounds. Their prices vary from $500 to $1,100. The laptops included in this line are the followings: HP Pavilion dv5z, HP Pavilion dv6700t and HP Pavilion dv5t.
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The above-mentioned HP laptops are available along with multiple customized features. HP laptops fall in the category of high-end models with the most recent features and configurations. There are various accessories provided for the business purposes. Every notebook comes with Business Edition of Windows Vista and the other business-related software pack.
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