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Forum: General Handicapping Discussion 05-12-2011, 10:47 PM
Replies: 238
Views: 18,542
Posted By yak merchant
Yes for a thread I checked almost daily to see if...

Yes for a thread I checked almost daily to see if anything new was posted this thread might have ended up being the biggest wait of my time in all my years of reading PA.
Forum: General Racing Discussion 04-29-2011, 02:43 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,194
Posted By yak merchant
Don't drink 20 mint juleps, and stay away from...

Don't drink 20 mint juleps, and stay away from the riot police when they come out of their cage on the wrangling missions. :cool:
Forum: Advance Deposit Wagering (ADW) 04-29-2011, 12:37 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 3,450
Posted By yak merchant
Platinum Level? That's like one step closer to...

Platinum Level? That's like one step closer to the champagne room! I'm in.
Forum: General Handicapping Discussion 04-28-2011, 08:09 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,712
Posted By yak merchant
If you are going to drag a laptop around the...

If you are going to drag a laptop around the paddock it is easy to add a drop down into excel. However, my guess is If you are serious about it, you'll probably end up wanting a tablet with a...
Forum: General Handicapping Discussion 04-27-2011, 04:48 PM
Replies: 137
Views: 16,155
Posted By yak merchant
I definitely can't keep up with all this, one...

I definitely can't keep up with all this, one minute something seems to make sense, the next I'm not sure if I'm doing significance calcs correctly. I have a sneaking suspicion it will end up with a...
Forum: Handicapping Software 04-20-2011, 03:47 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,005
Posted By yak merchant
Data file question.

So I historically have used charts to roll my own data, and PP. As a lot of that went away in the great computer crash of 2008. I'm going to start a new side project to start testing a theory or...
Forum: Interviews 04-20-2011, 02:45 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 15,742
Posted By yak merchant
Thanks to everyone involved, I haven't read the...

Thanks to everyone involved, I haven't read the interview as of yet, but I'm ordering the book just the same. I figure I learned enough from Randy's old site 10 years ago to easily justify the...
Forum: General Handicapping Discussion 04-18-2011, 02:03 PM
Replies: 137
Views: 16,155
Posted By yak merchant
Why? Human intent. Leading to almost instant...

Why? Human intent. Leading to almost instant chaos and skewed data. (Struggling through an Applied Chaos book now). If I do the whole Randy Giles pace profiling thing, and the data suggests there...
Forum: General Handicapping Discussion 04-18-2011, 02:00 AM
Replies: 137
Views: 16,155
Posted By yak merchant
This. The hard part is the "pace predictor" to...

This. The hard part is the "pace predictor" to understand the distribution of possible outcomes depending on the pace scenarios. Wouldn't hurt to throw in a data mining app for trainer patterns. ...
Forum: Advance Deposit Wagering (ADW) 06-19-2008, 06:36 PM
Replies: 112
Views: 8,619
Posted By yak merchant
What Couto really means is: "I will make it...

What Couto really means is:

"I will make it my legacy to kill horse racing as we know it. I have no concept of supply or demand, and think that all my customers are the scum of the earth and...
Forum: Advance Deposit Wagering (ADW) 04-24-2008, 02:19 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 8,561
Posted By yak merchant
I find it amusing also, and don't really care one...

I find it amusing also, and don't really care one way or another, and I'm sure this post will be long gone. However Mr. PA you walk a slippery slope. Removing a post because one person is offended?...
Forum: Advance Deposit Wagering (ADW) 04-23-2008, 02:59 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 8,561
Posted By yak merchant
Well mark my behavior down to being a product of...

Well mark my behavior down to being a product of society...
Forum: Advance Deposit Wagering (ADW) 04-23-2008, 12:51 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 8,561
Posted By yak merchant
Yes genius. If you own a gas station, and have...

Yes genius. If you own a gas station, and have competition up and down your street, offering gas from $3.50 a gallon to $5.00 a gallon. It makes perfect business sense to raise the price of your...
Forum: General Racing Discussion 04-21-2008, 04:12 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,968
Posted By yak merchant
Pretty much, that's the problem, the math against...

Pretty much, that's the problem, the math against making money at horseracing is all but stupid, but what I call the "dream" has been all but been removed from the betting end horseracing. Maybe...
Forum: General Handicapping Discussion 07-25-2007, 12:30 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,043
Posted By yak merchant
I would assume that was the idea, seeing how the...

I would assume that was the idea, seeing how the purse was $1
Forum: Selections 07-23-2007, 01:26 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,002
Posted By yak merchant
No worries, you could have picked every winner...

No worries, you could have picked every winner and due to my allergy to heavy chalk I probably would have lost money. It was too freaking hot to be outside and standing in the clubhouse, tearing up...
Forum: Selections 07-22-2007, 01:46 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,002
Posted By yak merchant
Any pace numbers would help. Yes I'm beggin now.

Any pace numbers would help. Yes I'm beggin now.
Forum: Selections 07-22-2007, 04:44 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,002
Posted By yak merchant
Help a brother out.

Going to Lonestar today with a few friends, and will have zero time to handicap (not that I can anymore) and no computer program in sight as I blew a power supply on my other computer. Hoping some...
Forum: General Racing Discussion 07-14-2007, 09:24 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,838
Posted By yak merchant
I don't know I'm going with him being a r-tard. ...

I don't know I'm going with him being a r-tard. Find the transcript where he was arguing against a professional gambler at the symposium. I believe it was 2003 and it was against Ron Nichol...
Forum: General Racing Discussion 06-19-2007, 03:29 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,105
Posted By yak merchant
Takeout Percentages--the other racing

Okay I know there are probably only 3 people on this board that even bet on the dogs.

but does anyone know where you can find a chart such as this one:
...
Forum: **TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL** 06-09-2007, 06:44 PM
Replies: 133
Views: 7,666
Posted By yak merchant
Awesome run by RTR. ABC/ESPN is a farking joke.

Awesome run by RTR. ABC/ESPN is a farking joke.
Forum: General Handicapping Discussion 06-02-2007, 04:34 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,204
Posted By yak merchant
It's definitely not about a stride unless it's ...

It's definitely not about a stride unless it's strides per second. As that "unit" alone could be happening at completely different rates. It's more related to velocity/acceleration, and I'm sure...
Forum: General Handicapping Discussion 05-07-2007, 04:29 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,201
Posted By yak merchant
While I agree our politicians don't give a flying...

While I agree our politicians don't give a flying crap about 99.99% of their constituents, and our whole fundraising makes the world go round political system is broke as hell, but voicing...
Forum: Handicapping Software 12-06-2006, 12:24 AM
Replies: 98
Views: 14,787
Posted By yak merchant
SJ, Yeah same function as mine. Any...

SJ,

Yeah same function as mine. Any differences in the long run would be due to 1 of 3 things. The way C and VB generate psuedo-random numbers Rndm() and Rnd() functions. I call the Randomize...
Forum: Handicapping Software 12-04-2006, 04:14 AM
Replies: 98
Views: 14,787
Posted By yak merchant
SJ, I'm no statistician, I definitely found...

SJ,

I'm no statistician, I definitely found the code on the internet, I just did it along time ago, when things were alot harder to find. As far as the results, How many iterations did you...
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