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[orlando]

Thanks for heads up, sorry to say there is no handifast mt 8.1 app on the download?

[orlando]

utc. got it.
Orlando

[orlando]

UTC. quick ? how many races can one print on one page? only 1?
Orlando

[mmdorn]

Hi Orlando,

Only one race can be printed on one sheet of paper, and that is the current race on the screen. There is a pdf instruction file in the package. If you read it, it will tell you everything you need to know.

Thanks,
Mike

[orlando]

Hi, mmdorn, upthecreek, I want say thank you for your assist. lets see what

this baby can do.!

thank you

Orlando

[raybo]

Handi,

Have you thought about enabling the user to save many sets of weightings, by names they create, for different types of races, and then be able to select a specific saved weighting to be used for each race?

[DeltaLover]

I was able to successfully install and run the program under linux:



Is it open source and if yes where can I pull it from?

[Handiman]

Yes Ray I have been thinking about that actually. Have been talking to a friend of mine the last couple of days and that very subject has come up. Not sure yet how to tackle the problem, but am looking into it.

Handi

[Handiman]

Yes Delta it is open source. If you message me your email I will send you the code file.

It is written in Liberty Basic.

Glad you were able to get it up and running under Linux...very cool.


Handi

[DeltaLover]

Originally Posted by Handiman

Yes Ray I have been thinking about that actually. Have been talking to a friend of mine the last couple of days and that very subject has come up. Not sure yet how to tackle the problem, but am looking into it.

Handi

Pretty standard problem to tackle:

https://github.com/

[raybo]

Originally Posted by Handiman

Yes Ray I have been thinking about that actually. Have been talking to a friend of mine the last couple of days and that very subject has come up. Not sure yet how to tackle the problem, but am looking into it.

Handi

Cool! As you know, races are different, none are exactly the same, but many are very similar. So, if one can somehow do the required research to develop factor weighting models, then save those with a descriptive name regarding the race type s they apply to, and recall those models on demand, one would be in a much better position to exploit many aspects of the game. "Guessing" just doesn't get it. And, a set of weights that remains constant, won't get it either, unless you are just creating a fair odds line for exploiting underlays/overlays.

One of the first things that Harry implemented in the "AllDataBase" Excel program was the ability to research a large database of races, create models for different tracks, distances, surfaces, classes, ages, sex, etc., name them, and recall them to run against new races in Daily Play mode. We have about 60 different factors (and thousands of combinations of those factors) that can be run against a database of races, and the ability to segment the database to run against different sets of races from that database of races to see how the models do against several different sets of races. It takes a lot of time to do the research but you end up with some pretty good models/spot plays in the end.

[Handiman]

I understand completely Raybo. I know a guy that has a few thousand factor combinations available to his program. One thing I am wrestling with right now is the concept of Point of Diminishing Returns being reached in a modeling scheme.

Plus, the coding in Handifast, by me anyway, is not what you would call elegant. Defitnitely functional, but certainly not elegant. I am working on a flow chart now based essentially on object oriented proggramming. It's going to take me some time to get this done and then figure out how to implement it.

Will keep you up to date.

Handi

[douglasw32]

I am so very, very happy this still Lives on, HANDI you are amazing.

[raybo]

Originally Posted by Handiman

I understand completely Raybo. I know a guy that has a few thousand factor combinations available to his program. One thing I am wrestling with right now is the concept of Point of Diminishing Returns being reached in a modeling scheme.

Plus, the coding in Handifast, by me anyway, is not what you would call elegant. Defitnitely functional, but certainly not elegant. I am working on a flow chart now based essentially on object oriented proggramming. It's going to take me some time to get this done and then figure out how to implement it.

Will keep you up to date.

Handi

I was only asking if you had considered adding the option for adding more weighting models to the program, not that you should actually try to do it. At this late date, adding that capability might be quite a task. The proper time to have added this option would have been when you were creating the weighting models that exist now. Although I have no experience in traditional programming languages, the mere thought of adding that expanded capability to the program now, well, it would seem to me that it would be a monster task.

[Handiman]

I know Eaybo. To do that now with Handifast is beyound my capabilities.


Thanks Doug. It is cool that it's still alive.


Handi