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In the near future, if Vegas games are ingeniously scam proof, then the heists have to be too, in this imaginative and whip smart story by the New York Times bestselling author of The Martian.An IT whiz at the Babylon Casino is enlisted to upgrade security for the game of keno and its random number generator The new quantum computer system is foolproof But someone on the inside is no fool For once the odds may not favor the house unless human ingenuity isn t entirely a thing of the past Andy Weir s Randomize is part of Forward , a collection of six stories of the near and far future from out of this world authors Each piece can be read or listened to in a single thought provoking sitting. Download Randomize by Andy Weir – kino-fada.fr 2,5 This was just a big meh story for me.This was the sixth of the six stories inPrime s Forward Collection, free to those withPrime membership I read them all yesterday, as they average about an hour in length This was my least favorite I m not sure what the point is or the technological issue, if there was one.The IT supervisor at a casino has shut down Keno, telling his boss that it is because any quantum computer can hack their supposidly random number generator at will He advocates that the casino get a quantum This was the sixth of the six stories inPrime s Forward Collection, free to those withPrime membership I read them all yesterday, as they average about an hour in length This was my least favorite I m not sure what the point is or the technological issue, if ...50% will not finish Randomize is about a futuristic Vegas where gambling seems to be evenin the house s favor than before But people are smart, and they will figure it out Maybe it was because I was listening to this although I did try reading this and found pretty much the same problem but the dialogue just wasn t very good It felt stunted and a little on the dumb side I do confess that I have not read The Martian, but I hope that that story has better dialogue than this one. I j 50% will not finish Randomize is about a futuristic Vegas where gambling seems to be evenin the house s favor than before But people are smart, and they will figure it out Maybe it was because I was listening to this although I did try reading this and found pretty much the same problem but the dialogue just wasn t very good It felt stunted and a little on the dumb side I do confess that I have not read The Mar...OK, this was a lot less SF, and a lotcomputer nerd than I expected, but that absolutely didn t detour me away from enjoying the heck out of this short story The IT guy reminds me of a certain author hmmm, I wouldn t be surprised to find that Andy Weir wrote himself in as a character In fact, I ve seen Andy Weir wearing the very same shirt as the IT guy oh and it s a Star Trek shirt, btw HahahaAnd WOW, Janina Gavankar gave a GREAT performance Even though this is just a short st OK, this was a lot less SF, and a lotcomputer nerd than I expected, but that absolutely didn t detour me away from enjoying the heck out of this short story The IT guy reminds me of a certain author hmmm, I woul...Too Far Fetched Unbelievable UnfortunatelyThis was a short story about a very smart lady who ran a scam, got caught and then a twist I personally didn t care for the ending Having watched a number of the FBI Files shows, I know Vegas has a Gambling Commission and no casino wants to lose their license Vegas was partially founded by mob connections, hence the Gambling Commission and stringent law enforcement would never allow the ending in this book A number of real life brilliant folks Too Far Fetched Unbelievable UnfortunatelyThis was a short story about a very smart lady who ran a scam, got caught and then a twist I personally didn t care for the ending Having watched a number of the FBI Files shows, I know Vegas has a Gambling Commission and no casino wants to lose their license Vegas was partially founded by mob connections, hence the Gambling Commission and stringent law enforcement would never allow the end...High Tech Heist Review of the Audible Audio edition 2019 of theOriginal Kindle eBook 2019 This is a fairly straightforward heist thriller with the twist that it is taking place in a future work of random number gener...Interesting premise, but rather glib treatment I love stories about Vegas scams and heists, and the premise here how to steal from a casino with quantum computing generating true random numbers was intriguing But the characters aren t muchthan rough outlines and th...A short caper story with some satisfying last minute twistiness Worth reading because its free if you are anPrime member and fun, but you have to be prepared to work your way through some horrible expository dialog and...The author of The Martian presents a story centralizing around quantum physics An engaging tale that does a pretty decent job of trying to dumb down some of the complicated science around quantum processing, Randomize is a short and pleasant heist story Using a topic that is a hot ...One of sixOriginal Stories About the Collection For some, it s the end of the world For others, it s just the beginning With brilliant imagination, today s most visionary writers point to the future in a collection curated by bestselli...

Randomize
  • English
  • 10 May 2017
  • Kindle Edition
  • 28 pages
  • Andy Weir
  • Randomize