General Update
A recent computer crash has kept me out of service for a while but I am now back 
. Will restart the Greyhound and other Developments shortly.
Betting Strategies, A Warning
For several years now I have had a side interest away from computing and technology (well, there is still maths involved, and Excel, Web Sites....ok, so not totally devoid of computing and technology).
Betting strategies fascinate me and, like many I am sure, I spend time trying to find a selection of consistent strategies to ultimately provide an income. Until then I guess its the 9-5 for me . Much money, time and research has been pumped into this goal by many and I have had my fair share of this. Being realistic, determined and testing, testing, testing before commiting hard moolah is the name of the game.
In the early days I was very naive regarding 'sold on the net' betting strategies and took some hard hits. Determined to beat this I stepped back and learnt as much as I could about bookmaking, the maths behind it, strategie and statistical analysis of racing in general. With a better foundation I have progressed further in developing my own strategies and am (slowly) edging my way towards the ultimate goal of making a living.
I mentioned a warning in the title and this comes back to my early days of buying and trying sold on the net strategies. It started a few days ago when I got an e-mail regarding a new software program that guarentees profits (don't they all). The product in question (although this could relate to many of the online products promising similar wealth) is 'Racing for Green'. It sells itself as a guarenteed way to make profits. The first rule of betting is that there is next to no guarentee of profits other than a good bookmaker producing a good percentage return book, that is balanced, bet upon and without error (but even this still happens and the bookie gets shafted).
What frustrated me most about this product is that it is being sold for £27 to produce calculations that can be made in an Excel (or similar) spreadsheet in a few minutes. Fundamentally, it is taking the 'snapshot' prices of all the runners and increasing the price by a percentage to produce an 'underround' or potentially profitable book. The big issue with this - the higher bets have to be taken to complete the book. Its suggested that the bets are left InPlay so that the fluctuations allow for the increase. Even though I knew the answer I dry tested this with several UK horse races InPlay. It is simply a case of luck to get all the bets placed. When the favorite leads out to the end you will lose as the price tends not to drift upwards in this case.
Apologies if I have waffled but having been stung in the early days by things like this it gets me annoyed. A little knowledge goes a long way, so be wary of people bearing promises of wealth.... Dedication, time, experience and knowledge are the ways to enjoy betting and make some money, not quick fix solutions...
Let me know your experiences in this area or if you have any comments on this.
Battlefield 3 Update
The Christmas Holiday did afford me some hard earned gaming time which allowed me to finally reach the rank of Colonel Service Star 2, with over 170 Hours of gameplay to date. Here are my key BF3 preferences;
Weapon: USAS-12
Soldier: Assault
Game Types: Conquest and Team Deathmatch
Fav Maps: Grand Bazaar, Metro, Seine Crossing, Oman (B2K) and Sharqi (B2K)
Headers fixed for IE9 Users
Have now applied a fix to the site that should now show the post and page headers to users of Internet Explorer 9. This was a known issue with the Lightword Theme I am using.
Hopefully the New Year has started well for you all, I know it has for me, so lets hope the rest of the year is great !
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Signing off for the holidays so wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year !!!
Christmas Holiday Gaming….
Only a few days now until the Christmas Holiday is upon us. Personally I love Christmas, spending time with the family, carols, snow (occassionally) on the ground ...... wait ....... who am I kidding! A week off work, loads of food, drink and gaming 
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Have been playing BF3 on my PS3 since release and find it one of the best online multiplayer FPS I have played (not going to get into a BF3/MW3 war here ). I am currently a Rank 39 "Chief Warrant Officer Five" and hope to crack Colonel (45) by the New year. My ranking has definitely sped up since acquiring the MAV under recon (sorry to all opposing TDM players ).
Let me know your gaming preferences for the holiday season....
P.S. To the family - Only joking about above, of course I am looking forward to spending lots of time with you .
Atari Jaguar Page Available
Just a quick updated to let you know that my Atari Jaguar page is now live. This has information and links to my Atari Jaguar Emulator "Jagulator" and my Atari Jaguar Assembler and Linker Tools, SMAC and SLN. See 'Pages' section in the sidebar.
Not Just an OpCode…
With my varying interests and limited free time its been a challenge to run an maintain any one of my sites, let alone all of them, so I made the decision to bring it all under one roof, SUBQMOD.COM.
In time I will be throwing up various pages covering the specifics of some of my interests and software releases with the first being my Atari Jaguar page. This will cover 'jagulator' my Atari Jaguar Console Emulator as well as SMAC and SLN, an Atari Jaguar Assembler/Linker toolset that I wrote in recent years.
I have chosen WordPress as a foundation to this site to allow others to directly comment of provide updates to the site. Historically, I haven't always had the time to trawl through the considerable numbers of e-mails I receive so at least this way I can directly respond to posted information.
So, what other areas will I be covering on this site. Well, I have a general love for emulation and developing emulation technology from my early days working on elements of UltraHLE through Assassin, UltraSAT and Jagulator. I also enjoy betting, or more precisely betting strategies so that will certainly be an area for discussion. Any free time I have is usually spent gaming (although with a family and three kids there isn't a huge amount of that ). Currently, I am heavily involved in Battlefield 3 Online Multiplayer (username: SubQMod) so if you see me online come and have a battle or two .