Posts by giovanni tiso
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If the mere name "Xanadu" is enough to constitute credit, then there's Citizen Kane I suppose.
Now excuse me while I go and wash my eyes.
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Seriously, though, I didn't mean to mock you at all. Honest.
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Yes, but also the Rush song Xanadu. They cancel each other out to say the least.
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(I use "memorable" as opposed to "good" advisedly. People are always impressed that Coleridge - if he is to be believed - composed Kubla Khan in a dream. I believe him. It shows. It's awful!)
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Plus maybe 1775 poems is a lot for a modern poet, but not for earlier ones. In the Divine Comedy alone (which is not Dante's only poetic work) there are just under 15,000 lines of poetry, for instance.
I blame the romantics for instilling into us this idea that you can produce few memorable poems and still be considered a giant. Also, what's with all the dying at a young age? Lack of commitment, that's what it is.
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(I assume 3410 was referring to the odds for outright win, otherwise obviously there's no odds discrepancy to exploit.)
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Those odds exclude extra time. And the draw is more favoured than a Dutch win simply because Spain go in as the favourites.
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(ops, wrong thread. carry on.)
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Thee-way odds ought to balance out. But I've covered myself in ridicule already once on this page, why make rash statements?
Really the question becomes: why doesn't everybody do it? It really is risk free.
(Although seeing as in NZ there's only one betting agency, a New Zealander would have to take some currency risk to exploit the system.)
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Apaprently it's called exploiting arbs, and you can do what I suggested above - bet with different agencies based on the differing odds.
(They also do it on capital markets. Ahem.)