Re: cricket commentary (hopelessly off topic)

Caroline Jarrett wrote:
> Jane wrote
>> Another UK-centric, cricket-focused posting, I'm afraid!
>>
>> When watching international matches at Lord's and the Oval, I have TMS
>> on my radio. My DAB radio gives me much better reception than my old
>> long-wave one (and uninterrupted transmision), but it is annoying that
>> the commentary is so far behind the action. At home, I have cricket on
>> Sky with the sound turned down, and TMS on the radio. If I use long-
>> wave
>> radio, the commentary is sometimes about 5 seconds (as I count it,
>> anyway) in advance of the picture on TV; the time difference seems to
>> vary.
>>
>> If this is progress, it all seems a bit wrong to me.
> 
> No, no, it's all a cunning plan to help you tune up your cricket-watching
> skills. 

Given the small-but-consistent difference in the arrival times of
sporting information via different media, I'm thinking "The Sting"
for the 21st century.

There has to be an opportunity here for quants freshly available from
City brokers, and looking for a way to practise their real-time betting/
analytical skilz, particularly given their track record of leveraging us
all into stupendous wealth using speed, computers and PhDs.

Oh, wait.
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