Originally Posted by Half Smoke View Post
Originally Posted by redietz View Post
Originally Posted by Half Smoke View Post




why don't you brag - once again - how many times now have you done this now_____________3________???______________4_______ _____????______ about how you and your capping buddies can be found in some obscure
article thru the "Wayback Machine"



as if___________there are 3 people in the entire world who give a flying fuck



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Just helping you with your research, Half Smoke. Here's that wayback link: https://web.archive.org/web/20101014...itysports.com/



the link that your so proud of means nothing - 120 games - short run - any Bozo the Clown could get lucky for 120 games - kinna like Alan rambling about quitting while ahead and stopping his losses


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Not sure which link you're referring to or specifically what you are referring to. That's the thing about research -- you kind of have to explain what you're talking about.

Half Smoke is a flagship example of kids playing on the internet.

Here's some questions for Half Smoke.

1) How long did you research the subject? How much time did you spend?
2) When you googled, how many pages did you read? How many references?
3) Did you follow-up by researching what you found and cross-referencing? Did you call or email anyone regarding the handicappers listed? Did you track down expert opinions?
4) Did you call or email anyone who might be considered expert regarding the subject? If not, why not? Don't you want to know?
5) Did Half Smoke even read the McCusker Report listing posted in the Retro Road Trip thread, or did he skip reading anything that might support my credibility?
6) If he didn't read threads available here, why?


This is the problem with youngsters these days. They google, read what agrees with them, read the first two or three googled pages (which are delivered to you via algorithms not of your making), and then decide they know something or they have some grasp of the subject. They assume expertise where there is none. They think they "know" something about the subject or the person.

It's all ignorance, hubris, and narcissism.

For example, one could have checked the "Handicappers' Hall of Fame" listing Half Smoke provided and then called or emailed the top 10 people on it, "Have you heard of a Bob Dietz running something called Integrity Sports? He claims he's been doing it since 1980." And lo and behold, when you got to Jim Feist, he would have said "Yes."

But that kind of simple legwork is beyond Half Smoke. He's a googling expert, and he's content with that.