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Re:Finding an ATM Skimmer: It pays to be paranoid by salmon30salmon on Friday June 24, 2016 @09:52PM (#11974805)
Please keep comments constructive. This does not help the original questioner, who may not understand why it isn't a fantastic analogy. Please either refrain from the negative commentary, or enhance the conversation by clarifying why you feel it is lacking.
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Re:Finding an ATM Skimmer: It pays to be paranoid by placeybordeaux on Friday June 24, 2016 @10:01PM (#11974832)
In this case the poker analogy is terrible because in this case flush is talking about a physical surface being unbroken while poker is talking about a collection of items all being the same.
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Re:Finding an ATM Skimmer: It pays to be paranoid by cglace on Friday June 24, 2016 @10:51PM (#11974968)
Wouldn't that be a very similar meaning? An unbroken chain of cards of the same suit? Makes sense to me.
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Re:Finding an ATM Skimmer: It pays to be paranoid by xapata on Saturday June 25, 2016 @04:24AM (#11975664)
I think a flush in poker may have been more inspired by the sense of being full -- "flush with cash".
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