Steve Wozniak's comments to me about the movie and book

Rating: 8/10 (15 May 2008)

From: Steve Wozniak Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:21 AM Subject: Re: 21
The book was cool, I'm sure. I'd read the same book about 20 years before, based on a 'team' that took down an Atlantic City casino that wouldn't even kick out open card counting during the last weeks of waiting for its license to be approved. A programmer working for me, Ron Karr, had been on that team and they listed the team members' real names at the end of the book. It was the same story, with counters and betters and side stories and back stories.
I didn't like the movie turning into such a different story but the ending was just clever enough for me to actually give it a thumbs up from me.
This guy Ron Karr programmed for my CORE remote control. He had lived in Vegas for 7 years making his living playing 21. He had done disguises and hit casinos everywhere he could in the world. He made a lot of money but spent it too while doing this. Eventually he got bored of it.
What a thrill to read the book about his 'team' experience and then to see his name on a page at the end of the book. --
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