Machine Malfunction... Fishy Result!!

[Eduardo]

I am guessing a thread here is not what you think but can only guess. I have no idea how similar a video poker machine is to a dvr but I am guessing not much at all. Thread makes me think of memory or a processor. Seeing a thread number does no make me suspicious of predetermined hands, but to each his own.

[shadowman]

Threads are generally a way to run programs.They contain the control information associated with a running program. It sounds to me like enough information was logged (or still in memory) to determine exactly what was going on when the machine froze. All it was doing is restarting where it left off. It has nothing to do with RNGs.

[damule]

Damule... (BTW... Hello again! Hope you have continued to do well.)I have DirecTV and it has frozen before when I was watching a recorded program and I have had to turn it off and back on. My recording was still in my list of saved programs after the "reboot" as was everything else... but it did not come back on in the middle of my show. It came back on tuned to the last channel I was watching before I started watching my recorded program. Try it... you'll see....
You just reconfirmed what I stated. The DVR returned to the last channel and volume selected, not the "in progress" recorded show. Just like on the video poker game you were playing, it returned to the hand just as it was dealt, not the "in progress" playing hand with one of the deuces being held when the error occurred.You're reading too deep into this. All the technician did was perform a system reboot which returned your game to the most current restore point available, which was your last dealt hand. Once restored, the RNG spun up again waiting for you to hold cards and hit the draw button. End of story.

[rolanddude]

Like I referred to earlier Eduardo... I have a program at home called WinCraps...  Within that program the term "thread" is used to define separate sequences of dice rolls that have been produced by the systems RNG which are then stored within this program.  The list for the different threads is "Gargantuan" (very large).  When you start a new game (open the program) one of these "threads" is randomly loaded into the program and determines what the dice roll results will be.   When or if you roll enough times to come to the end of that particular thread it automatically loads in another randomly chosen thread from the list.  These RNG generated threads are anywhere from 150-5000 rolls long.   So at least in that PC program a thread is referred to as stated above... I am off to Hard Rock again with my sweetie...  Wish us luck and I will read any and all input on this subject in the morning... Bye y'all...

[Eduardo]

Maybe the thread refers to a piece of thread in the lining of your collar that the machine uses to measure your emotions to know what you will hold. Only speculation but I'm taking my shirt of next time just in case.

[damule]

Another thing... when I play (especially on single line play) a session at about 700 hands/minute and I press deal and the machine pauses for about a second or so before showing my hand... Could I have played to the end of one of these "threads" and it needs that extra little amount of time while loading in another "random" thread from within its database?... It's got me suspicious to say the least... LOL!!     This has been addressed on here many times over the years. It is merely the same thing your computer does when there's a delay and the cursor turns temporarily into an hour glass. The machine is simply pausing to format and store files, cookies, etc.

[faygo]

Maybe the thread refers to a piece of thread in the lining of your collar that the machine uses to measure your emotions to know what you will hold. Only speculation but I'm taking my shirt of next time just in case.

 
 
 
 
 

[backsider]

From what Im seeing here, since the machine would not work after holding the first 2, thats a machine malfunction, is it not? That should have therefore voided the play, rolandude should have received the amount of his bet back, and the screen should have been cleared. But do the Indians have their own overriding rules as I suspect they do?

I checked into "reboots" around here today, and the official information came back as some computers will completely clear the last application and go to startup, and some will in fact go right back to where you left off. At least thats the way the military computers operate.