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To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (79845)	4/18/2000 4:36:00 PM
From: BGR	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Wayne, You should start a business betting on horses if you have a sure shot method. -BGR.

To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (79845)	4/18/2000 4:50:00 PM
From: Zach E.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

EMH Theorist: "It was a three sigma event, pure luck." non-EMH Theorist: "Actually, we've done the calculations, and it turns out that for the returns to be explained strictly by chance, it would have to be twenty sigmas." EMH Theorist: "I guess that it would take many billions of years for that to be expected to happen purely by chance." <pause> EMH Theorist: "That is one lucky guy!" Zach (Actually, I have no idea what the probabilities involved are, but I certainly agree with the substance of your argument.)