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World Cup Trading

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from Simon, Tue 21st May, 12:50pm

Virtual "betting" (no real money involved) on the world cup - including on the outcomes of games while they are in progress. Anyone planning on working on a city trading desk can practice their skills here...

by Simon - Tue 21st May 2002, 12:51pm

NB 1st & 3rd in no way condones gambling.

by ccsi2 - Wed 22nd May 2002, 3:06pm

This looks awesome although probably necessitates hours of time each day to be any good. I suspect a superfast Net connection is essential as well.

Well that seems to be a double fit with being a student. Come on guys, surely the satisfaction of beating a Bank of England employee is enough incentive.

by Simon - Thu 23rd May 2002, 8:01am

ccsi2 said: Come on guys, surely the satisfaction of beating a Bank of England employee is enough incentive.

Oi! I have work to do and don't have time to dedicate the time to this that it deserves - so beating me at this doesn't count!

Btw, I'm doing a 2k on Saturday morning. Regular viewers who know my form (both recent and historical) are invited to spread bet on my time...

by not a regular viewer - Thu 23rd May 2002, 8:38am

Simon said: Btw, I'm doing a 2k on Saturday morning. Regular viewers who know my form (both recent and historical) are invited to spread bet on my time...

6:47.4

by not not not a regular viewer - Thu 23rd May 2002, 9:05am

5:46.2

by gf - Thu 23rd May 2002, 9:18am

08:15.

Or perhaps, to allow breakfast to go down, you'll wait until 09:30?

by Mike - Thu 23rd May 2002, 2:03pm

Simon said: Btw, I'm doing a 2k on Saturday morning. Regular viewers who know my form (both recent and historical) are invited to spread bet on my time...

What rating will you be doing it at?

by Simon - Thu 23rd May 2002, 2:25pm

Mike said: What rating will you be doing it at?

I'm not tempting fate by specifying... again, closest guess wins.

by Mike - Thu 23rd May 2002, 3:23pm

Simon said: I'm not tempting fate by specifying... again, closest guess wins.

OK. I'll guess a slowish time for you, as you have been suffering from injuries recently. 6:41.5.

by Dubya - Fri 24th May 2002, 8:55am

Simon said: I'm not tempting fate by specifying... again, closest guess wins.

6:49.4

that would be slower than me, so be careful

by gf - Fri 24th May 2002, 9:00am

Simon said: I'm not tempting fate by specifying... again, closest guess wins.

6:38.6

by Sarah - Fri 24th May 2002, 9:38am

Simon said: I'm not tempting fate by specifying... again, closest guess wins.

6:36.2

by Missing maths - Fri 24th May 2002, 9:59am

Simon said: again, closest guess wins.

7:36 -2r

where r is the rating

by Mike - Fri 24th May 2002, 10:24am

Missing maths said: 7:36 -2r

where r is the rating

So all Simon needs to do is rate at something like 60 strokes per minute, and he'll break the world record. Smart!

by gf - Fri 24th May 2002, 10:52am

Mike said: So all Simon needs to do is rate at something like 60 strokes per minute, and he'll break the world record. Smart!

Unfortunately, if he goes off too fast, he could reach 88mph and end up with a negative value of r.

by RTT - Fri 24th May 2002, 10:59am

Missing maths said: 7:36 -2r

where r is the rating

But this implies that an arms only 2k is likely to be much faster than one at full slide. Simon, have you been doing lots of beach weights recently while your knee's been injured?

by ccsi2 - Fri 24th May 2002, 11:20am

Missing maths said: where r is the rating

OK, I forgot to define my parameters: It should have read:

"...where r is the rating at full slide"

I challenge someone (over 5 foot tall) to rate 60 at full slide for 2k.

by Doc Brown - Fri 24th May 2002, 1:32pm

gf said: Unfortunately, if he goes off too fast, he could reach 88mph and end up with a negative value of r.

Great Scott!

by gf - Fri 24th May 2002, 1:50pm

I challenge someone (over 5 foot tall) to rate 60 at full slide for 2k.

Easy, so long as the 2k can be done in a sufficiently long series of instalments.

by RTT - Fri 24th May 2002, 1:54pm

ccsi2 said: I challenge someone (over 5 foot tall) to rate 60 at full slide for 2k.

I've already done it. Put a splash top over the fan. It should take you in the region of 3:30 - 4:00 to do 2k, and you'll rate about 75.

by gf - Fri 24th May 2002, 2:14pm

RTT said: I've already done it. Put a splash top over the fan. It should take you in the region of 3:30 - 4:00 to do 2k, and you'll rate about 75.

Where can I find a suitably transparent splash top to take to the BIRC?

by Mike - Fri 24th May 2002, 3:01pm

RTT said: I've already done it. Put a splash top over the fan. It should take you in the region of 3:30 - 4:00 to do 2k, and you'll rate about 75.

He said someone over 5 foot tall...

by RTT - Fri 24th May 2002, 3:39pm

Mike said: He said someone over 5 foot tall...

D'oh! I thought he said wide. My mistake.

by Simon - Sat 25th May 2002, 10:20am

Sarah said: 6:36.2

Lots of winners here.
Sarah gets the prize for the closest guess - I did 6:36.9 (ow!) (and have just realised that that's the first 2k I've done for 19 months).

Chris' maths is quite good as well - I rated, on average, 28 - so he's 3.1 seconds out.

And Graham wins as well - I did allow breakfast to go down, and started at about 9:35am.

You all win the right to get a brand new five pound note for the knock down price of 4.99!

by Simon - Tue 28th May 2002, 11:14am

Simon said: You all win the right to get a brand new five pound note for the knock down price of 4.99!

Which in hindsight was a better prize than it may have seemed on Saturday...