Al Clark wrote:> "Jon Harris" <goldentully@hotmail.com> wrote in > news:2ibuq6FlfrnoU1@uni-berlin.de: > > >>"Tim Wescott" <tim@wescottnospamdesign.com> wrote in message >>news:10c02cf46g0aq5c@corp.supernews.com... >> >>>If I'm going to interview you for a job I'm going to be much more >>>interested in your ability to tackle _any_ DSP. So I'm not going to >>>be impressed if you seem tied to any one chip. I _am_ going to be >>>impressed if I see that you have programmed in more than one assembly >>>language, and if you can tell me with a straight face that you can >>>pick up a new one by reading the data books. >>> >>>I'm going to ask you questions that make sure that you stayed awake >>>during your high school algebra classes, that make sure you know how >>>a processor works and that you are aware of the implications of using >>>finite data widths. If you're going to program DSP's for me I'm >>>going to make sure that you know a little bit of signal processing. >>> >>>Most importantly, though, you'll have to know how to correctly >>>respond when your partner bids two no-trump when you're holding seven >>>spades to the 10 and have a hand that's otherwise a Mulligan. >> >>I was on track to get the job until that last paragraph! What card >>game is that? >> >> > > > Bridge, Partner has 21-23 high card points, at least 2 spades. You are > not going to make 6 spades and you might not have transportation to run > spades in no trump. Two no trump is not forcing to game, so three spades > is likely to be passed. Three clubs is probably not a good bid either > because Stayman doesn't really apply since you have so many spades. I > would bid 4 spades and maybe make one overtrick. > >And if partner is long in spades, and if he's got good first-round control, and if he trusts you to understand what he's doing the two of you may go into a round of cue bidding -- if you've got the right voids you could go to slam (and it's such a crime to bid game and make slam). -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com
recommendation on Floating Point DSP chip
Started by ●June 3, 2004
Reply by ●June 5, 20042004-06-05
Reply by ●June 5, 20042004-06-05
> > > > Bridge, Partner has 21-23 high card points, at least 2 spades. You are > not going to make 6 spades and you might not have transportation to run > spades in no trump. Two no trump is not forcing to game, so three spades > is likely to be passed. Three clubs is probably not a good bid either > because Stayman doesn't really apply since you have so many spades. I > would bid 4 spades and maybe make one overtrick. >Hi Al, Look up "Jacobi transfer". He would bid 4 hearts as a tranfer to 4 spades. You want the strong hand playing the contract for several reasons. -jim -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----
Reply by ●June 5, 20042004-06-05
Tim Wescott <tim@wescottnospamdesign.com> wrote in news:10c3v0dmq7r7u5c@corp.supernews.com:> Al Clark wrote: > >> "Jon Harris" <goldentully@hotmail.com> wrote in >> news:2ibuq6FlfrnoU1@uni-berlin.de: >> >> >>>"Tim Wescott" <tim@wescottnospamdesign.com> wrote in message >>>news:10c02cf46g0aq5c@corp.supernews.com... >>> >>>>If I'm going to interview you for a job I'm going to be much more >>>>interested in your ability to tackle _any_ DSP. So I'm not going to >>>>be impressed if you seem tied to any one chip. I _am_ going to be >>>>impressed if I see that you have programmed in more than one >>>>assembly language, and if you can tell me with a straight face that >>>>you can pick up a new one by reading the data books. >>>> >>>>I'm going to ask you questions that make sure that you stayed awake >>>>during your high school algebra classes, that make sure you know how >>>>a processor works and that you are aware of the implications of >>>>using finite data widths. If you're going to program DSP's for me >>>>I'm going to make sure that you know a little bit of signal >>>>processing. >>>> >>>>Most importantly, though, you'll have to know how to correctly >>>>respond when your partner bids two no-trump when you're holding >>>>seven spades to the 10 and have a hand that's otherwise a Mulligan. >>> >>>I was on track to get the job until that last paragraph! What card >>>game is that? >>> >>> >> >> >> Bridge, Partner has 21-23 high card points, at least 2 spades. You >> are not going to make 6 spades and you might not have transportation >> to run spades in no trump. Two no trump is not forcing to game, so >> three spades is likely to be passed. Three clubs is probably not a >> good bid either because Stayman doesn't really apply since you have >> so many spades. I would bid 4 spades and maybe make one overtrick. >> >> > > And if partner is long in spades, and if he's got good first-round > control, and if he trusts you to understand what he's doing the two of > you may go into a round of cue bidding -- if you've got the right > voids you could go to slam (and it's such a crime to bid game and make > slam). >You suggested a completely bust hand, with a void I might play it differently. We also didn't establish the surrounding game conditions. In duplicate, you might bid differently depending on your overall position. -- Al Clark Danville Signal Processing, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------- comp.dsp conference July 28 - Aug 1, 2004 details at http://www.danvillesignal.com/index.php?id=compdsp email: compdsp@danvillesignal.com Who says you can't teach an old dog a new DSP trick?
Reply by ●June 5, 20042004-06-05
jim <"N0sp"@m.sjedging@mwt.net> wrote in news:40c1ffd2_3@corp.newsgroups.com:> >> > >> >> Bridge, Partner has 21-23 high card points, at least 2 spades. You >> are not going to make 6 spades and you might not have transportation >> to run spades in no trump. Two no trump is not forcing to game, so >> three spades is likely to be passed. Three clubs is probably not a >> good bid either because Stayman doesn't really apply since you have >> so many spades. I would bid 4 spades and maybe make one overtrick. >> > Hi Al, > Look up "Jacobi transfer". He would bid 4 hearts as a tranfer to > 4 spades. > You want the strong hand playing the contract for several reasons. > > -jim > >Jim, I know what a Jacoby transfer is but I have never actually played with anyone that used it. I read too many bridge columns in the newspaper. I think the response would be 3 hearts for Jacoby. I agree that in most cases the strong hand should play the hand but I'm not sure that we will find 4 spades which I think is the place to play these hands. If you bid three hearts, many players will pass since you are generally promising squat. I think that the weak hand will still make 4 spades even with the strong hand in dummy and I doubt there is a slam available. in rubber bridge, this is an easy decision since overtricks don't mean much. In duplicate, we probably have stronger players and we certainly would have established if we play Jacoby, Stayman, etc. Moving on to the joys of convolution..... -- Al Clark Danville Signal Processing, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------- comp.dsp conference July 28 - Aug 1, 2004 details at http://www.danvillesignal.com/index.php?id=compdsp email: compdsp@danvillesignal.com Who says you can't teach an old dog a new DSP trick?
Reply by ●June 5, 20042004-06-05
Al Clark wrote:> > > I think the response would be 3 hearts for Jacoby. I agree that in most > cases the strong hand should play the hand but I'm not sure that we will > find 4 spades which I think is the place to play these hands. >Yeah, your right 3 hearts would be the classic Jacoby transfer. A bid of 4 hearts is a refinement of the convention also known as "Texas transfer" .Its designed for just this sort of hand. -jim -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----
Reply by ●June 7, 20042004-06-07
jim <"N0sp"@m.sjedging@mwt.net> wrote in message news:40c25eb5_5@corp.newsgroups.com...> > > Al Clark wrote: > > > > > > I think the response would be 3 hearts for Jacoby. I agree that in most > > cases the strong hand should play the hand but I'm not sure that we will > > find 4 spades which I think is the place to play these hands. > > > Yeah, your right 3 hearts would be the classic Jacoby transfer.Is that anything like a Jacobian determinant?
Reply by ●June 7, 20042004-06-07
Al Clark wrote:> jim <"N0sp"@m.sjedging@mwt.net> wrote in > news:40c1ffd2_3@corp.newsgroups.com: > > >>>Bridge, Partner has 21-23 high card points, at least 2 spades. You >>>are not going to make 6 spades and you might not have transportation >>>to run spades in no trump. Two no trump is not forcing to game, so >>>three spades is likely to be passed. Three clubs is probably not a >>>good bid either because Stayman doesn't really apply since you have >>>so many spades. I would bid 4 spades and maybe make one overtrick. >>> >> >>Hi Al, >> Look up "Jacobi transfer". He would bid 4 hearts as a tranfer to >> 4 spades. >>You want the strong hand playing the contract for several reasons. >> >>-jim >> >> > > > Jim, > > I know what a Jacoby transfer is but I have never actually played with > anyone that used it. I read too many bridge columns in the newspaper. > > I think the response would be 3 hearts for Jacoby. I agree that in most > cases the strong hand should play the hand but I'm not sure that we will > find 4 spades which I think is the place to play these hands.Then the bidding goes 2NT, 3H, 3S, 4S and play (or cue-bid, depending on the 2NT hand, or your partner)> > If you bid three hearts, many players will pass since you are generally > promising squat.Only once, then you will explain the importance of _never_ passing on a Jacoby to them. Then they'll either understand the importance of recognizing a Jacoby transfer or you'll bury them someplace out of the way. This is probably urban legent but there was supposed to have been a case in the 1920s when bridge was _very_ popular where a couple of husband-wife teams were playing a friendly game of bridge. The host's wife muffed the bidding, and when dummy was laid down the host quietly got up from his chair, went to the bedroom, got his revolver and shot his wife. When the case came to trial the defense team showed the jury the hand and the bidding sequence -- it was ruled justifiable homicide.> > I think that the weak hand will still make 4 spades even with the strong > hand in dummy and I doubt there is a slam available. in rubber bridge, > this is an easy decision since overtricks don't mean much. In duplicate, > we probably have stronger players and we certainly would have established > if we play Jacoby, Stayman, etc.Incredibly weak hands can make incredible slams, if the cards are just right. In this case if partner has the top spades and a good fit with the side suits there's a good chance at slam. This is, of course, what cue bids are for. In fact if you're holding seven spades to the 10, your partner has A-Q-K of spades, aces in all the side suits and you have at least one card in the other three then you'll always make a grand slam -- you just take the first trick in partners hand, run trump, transfer to one of partner's remaining 2 aces and take the last trick. There are similar sure-thing plays if you have voids where partner has aces, as long as you can get to partner's hand for the end game.> > Moving on to the joys of convolution..... > >-- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com
