Dominos is an American pizza chain that offers a variety of food. Its main products are pizza, appetizers, pastas, cakes and more. It has more than 18,000 stores worldwide and is a major player in the fast-food industry. Its business model focuses on providing quick and efficient service to its customers. It also emphasizes localization and its core values. This strategy is reflected in the company slogan, Think Global, Act Local. Dominos is known for its customer satisfaction, which is a major factor in its growth and success.
When a domino is toppled, it creates a pulse that moves at the same speed regardless of the size of the triggering domino. This energy is transferred to the next domino in line, similar to how a nerve impulse travels through a neural network. The Domino effect is a simple yet powerful phenomenon, and it has many applications for technology and science.
Like playing cards, of which they are a variant, dominoes have an arrangement of spots, or pips, on one side and are blank or identically patterned on the other. The pips on a domino are usually marked with numbers, but some sets use more recognizable Arabic numerals to make it easier to identify the number of pips on each tile.
The rules of domino vary widely, but all games begin with drawing a hand of tiles from the stock according to the rules of the game being played. Depending on the game, the player making the first play may be referred to as the setter, downer or lead. The player must then make a play, placing his tile face up on the table, and possibly completing a sequence of plays, depending on the rules of the game.
After a player has made a play, any extra tiles remaining in his hand should be passed to the player on his left or to the right. The player on his left may choose to buy the extra dominoes from the stock, as described in the section on Passing and Byeing, or he may return them to the stock without looking at them. In any case, the excess dominoes must be reshuffled before anyone else draws their hand.
Sometimes, none of the players are able to make another play. When this occurs, the game is blocked and the player on the left can not make a move. In this situation, the player must decide to either redraw his hand or to forfeit the game. Blocked games are common, especially in games of skill, such as chess, where the opening position is often critical to the outcome. The blocking process in these kinds of games can become quite complex, and there are many strategies to employ.