[spearmaster]

Originally Posted by kengam

Spear,

What exactly did you talk about with English Harbour folk at the conference? Did they say anything at all about the code they sent you? Did they tell you why they sent you more of the code than they did to their own auditor? (Wiz)

You have yet to go into any detail of what was talked about other than the crappy burger and mooched fries. I am curious to here anything they had to say.

Fair question.

I remember shooting the shit the first few minutes as we pored over the menus, and then discussing whether or not hamburgers had to be well done in Montreal (normally, yes, but in this particular case they made them "special" but they still sucked).

They then asked me if I was ready with a statement, to which I replied that I needed verification of a few more things. They asked me if I needed any more information, and I said "nothing more at the moment".

I also asked if only EH was affected by the bug, or all Odds On casinos, to which they responded EH was primarily affected, with a few at other casinos not within their group. That was Mitch's question.

They then opined that they would like to see this resolved as soon as possible, as it was understandably affecting their business.

Other than that, as far as I can remember, it was complaints about the crappy burger, the quality of women in Montreal (said to really know how to dress well), teasing the waitress quite a bit about her accent (Meister thought she was suggesting Spaghetti with Raspberry Sauce when she was saying Spaghetti with Asparagus). A little side BS about English football and hockey and golf, and then we all ran off to our next appointment.

Maybe Meister can remember some more - to be honest, there was really very little said about the issue other than what I have said above.

Why did I get more code than the Wiz?

The Wiz was given what he asked for - I don't know how much he did with his analysis so I can't comment further - but in order for me to try and determine exactly what happened in code, I required at least one more module than he did plus a math model (which is really insignificant to the problem but for me I wanted to be as exact as possible).

It's possible he actually got more code - but he did say something about 9xx lines, and I'm sure I have more than that.

on a side note and not trying to criticize you but I have noticed one thing. You have stated numerous times that they have entrusted you with the code...even more of the code than the Wiz. You are the only one who has been granted access to this amount of code. Going on and on about that simple fact is enough to make the casual observer feel that there is no way you are acting as a neutral party. When you are accused of being biased it may be because of what you say yourself. Just a thought.

One cannot be objective without access to as much code as required to obtain the most complete answer possible. But in any case, the additional code I asked for was one they thought they had sent - and had zero effect on the result - I just needed it to be able to completely trace the path of the procedure calls that were being used.

Getting more code does not have any effect on neutrality - if anything, it provides a more complete picture and thus would enhance neutrality.