Jon Hirschtick and the movie 21

Apr 10, 2008 18 Replies

I didn't realize what I was hearing when I witnessed Vic Leventhal's presentation at the Tri-Valley SolidWorks User Group (T-VSWUG) kick- off meeting. He made a comment about Jon Hirschtick (co-founder of SolidWorks) and the movie 21 almost in passing.



RockSolid Persepctives has a recent article goes into how Jon Hirschtick was apart of the MIT Blackjack project that the movie 21 is about; and the T-VSWUG meeting with Vic Leventhal's comments was kinda in the middle of recent buzz in the SolidWorks community. What makes this post so awesome is that there is a reply reportedly by Jon himself about the matter:

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(My full article about this event is here:
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Matt Lorono
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Banquer, you're a real dumbass. Sorry folks, had to break that "no crap" rule for just a minute.

He was. I saw Jon in a Discovery (? maybe History?) Channel program about the team. There is no 'supposedly' about it. From the show it looked like he might have been more involved in the investment side to stake the players, though I understand he is a killer Blackjack player and (theory) might have been behind developiong some of the strategy. I've heard some interesting stories from lower level SolidWorks employees about the issues involved in getting SolidWorks World into Vegas Casinos, seeing that Jon is banned. Neat stuff. Ed

Jon,

Exactly what problem Jon?

Even your article above says "Problem Solved". All you need is to see enough value in the add-in to buy it.

Tom

I can second those "stories" at a past SW World Jon walked into a casino in New Orleans with a group of VAR and SW employees and security all but met him at the door. Security welcomed him to the room but politely asked him to stay away from the tables.

This is old news. It has even been discussed on the newsgroup years ago. I believe McEleney was in on it too. There was a comment made at SWW in LasVegas the first time SW was there by one or the other that they were not welcome there. How much you want to bet that SW has more than paid back Las Vegas by holding SWW there.

TOP

Banquer, you once again prove how much of a loser you are. There is no problem with history-based modelers. The problem is what is missing between your ears: a brain! Go out and get a life, and leave the poor denizens of comp.cad.solidworks alone! Nobody here cares about Siemens PLM Software!!! If we did, we would be hanging out at comp.cad.unigraphics or comp.cad.solidedge or comp.cad.seamless-hybrid-unified-bullcrap-plm.

He might have skipped a few of the videos.

Tom

Try watching your videos again...it may help you.

Tom

How about you post a link to your quote above so we can read the original.

Tom

Jon, you should really golf on fridays.... you could -borrow- some demo balls and REALLY bust some balls around the course all afternoon, =2E....instead of wacking off while trying to type with one hand.

are you a lefty or a righty?

before you reply, I just want to say; duhhhh to any reply from you.

CC

No Jon, that would be a forged quote from you again. Lets see your wife was convicted and spent years in prison for forgery and identity theft. And here you are in cyberspace where you forge quotes and post under fake identities, seems you make a good couple.

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[ Franco Folini

UPDATE -- July 8, 2007 -- I had to close this blog post to further comments and to remove the personal attacks between Jon and some other newsgroups readers. Before the interview, I made an agreement with Jon about the style of the interview and the way to handle it. Jon didn't respect our agreement, posting comments under fake names. Jon's authentic and fake comments are all posted from the same IP address,

72.199.251.224. I can now see that my trust in Jon was misplaced. ]

Tom

Jon,

Well, since you can't post the original source of your quote it must be another of your forgeries or the original source in context does not support your position.

Which one is it Jon?

Tom

Jon, you should really golf on fridays.... you could -borrow- some demo balls and REALLY bust some balls around the course all afternoon, .....instead of wacking off while trying to type with one hand.

are you a lefty or a righty?

before you reply, I just want to say; duhhhh to any reply from you.

CC

Of course jon "micro-phallus" banquer can't really fondle himself while typing, he has to spend too much effort locating "tiny" between keystrokes.

So what ON TOPIC posts have you made to this group lately?

Jon came in on a visit a few months back and said that his character was not portrayed in the movie, and it is highly fictionalized. He shared some other tidbits, and reminisced on some of his blackjack days.. Awesome guy for sure.

Jon told us that he basically had nothing to do with where solidworks is going. I would point fingers at the CEO. not founder.

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