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  1.                    FOOTBALL OUTCOME PREDICTOR
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  3.      Wheε ╔ starteΣ m∙ ne≈ teachinτ job¼á ╔ sooε discovereΣ tha⌠ ì
  4. somσ oµ m∙ collegue≤ werσ runninτ ß "foot∙ pool"«á  Thσ school'≤ ì
  5. compute≥ wa≤ ß regula≥ participan⌠ iε thσ pool¼á anΣ man∙ oµ thσ ì
  6. othe≥á contestant≤ seemeΣ t∩ enjo∙ comparinτ thei≥ succes≤á witΦ ì
  7. tha⌠á oµá thei≥ silicoε rival«á  Thσ computer'≤ overal∞á succes≤ ì
  8. rate¼ ╔ migh⌠ add¼ wa≤ amazingl∙ closσ t∩ fift∙ pe≥ cent«  Afte≥ ì
  9. severa∞ enquiries¼ ╔ learneΣ tha⌠ onσ oµ thσ poo∞ organiser≤ haΣ ì
  10. beeε flippinτ ß coiε t∩ determinσ thσ "compute≥ predictions".
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  12.      ╔á coulΣ no⌠ le⌠ m∙ collegue≤ g∩ oε predictinτ outcome≤á iε ì
  13. thi≤ primativσ way¼ s∩ ╔ pu⌠ togethe≥ thσ program¼ FOOTBALL.MWB«  ì
  14. I⌠á i≤á  designeΣá t∩á producσá ßá pre-gamσá predictioεá oµá thσ ì
  15. weekend'≤ spheroida∞ joviality«  No⌠ onl∙ wil∞ i⌠ producσ ß ver∙ ì
  16. attractivσ anΣ entertaininτ harΣ cop∙ oµ thσ results¼ i⌠ i≤ ablσ ì
  17. t∩ s∩ witΦ n∩ les≤ accurac∙ thaε thσ coin.
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  19.                               Pau∞ Shannon
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