Comments on: Why Midas Oracle will have to drop InTrade http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/07/12/why-midas-oracle-will-have-to-drop-intrade/ Prediction Markets For All Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:56:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: medemi http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/07/12/why-midas-oracle-will-have-to-drop-intrade/#comment-20596 medemi Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:09:55 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=7500#comment-20596 I didn't take it that way. We're ok. - “you’re not a real reporter after all” (There it is again, sorry Chris) :-D - This was just a confirmation of my own beliefs - that real reporters in the purest sense don't exist IMO. Maybe even a philosophical note. When seen within the context I put it, that should (might) become obvious. When quoted seperately out of context, it looks differently and might be conceived as a personal remark, from me. That's all there is to it. I didn’t take it that way. We’re ok.
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“you’re not a real reporter after all”
(There it is again, sorry Chris) :-D
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This was just a confirmation of my own beliefs - that real reporters in the purest sense don’t exist IMO. Maybe even a philosophical note. When seen within the context I put it, that should (might) become obvious. When quoted seperately out of context, it looks differently and might be conceived as a personal remark, from me. That’s all there is to it.

]]> By: Caruso http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/07/12/why-midas-oracle-will-have-to-drop-intrade/#comment-20594 Caruso Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:55:36 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=7500#comment-20594 Medemi, I wasn't trying to be remotely personal, nor do I think the comments come across as such. I'm sorry you took it that way. Medemi, I wasn’t trying to be remotely personal, nor do I think the comments come across as such. I’m sorry you took it that way.

]]> By: medemi http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/07/12/why-midas-oracle-will-have-to-drop-intrade/#comment-20535 medemi Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:46:13 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=7500#comment-20535 <em>saying “you’re not a real reporter after all” is a bit stiff in my opinion - </em>You are being stiff. I take into account other people's views more often than the average person. When I mix them with my own it sometimes looks like there is a discrepancy. This has never been a personal issue and I don't need you to make it one by quoting me out of context. saying “you’re not a real reporter after all” is a bit stiff in my opinion
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You are being stiff. I take into account other people’s views more often than the average person. When I mix them with my own it sometimes looks like there is a discrepancy. This has never been a personal issue and I don’t need you to make it one by quoting me out of context.

]]> By: Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/07/12/why-midas-oracle-will-have-to-drop-intrade/#comment-20533 Chris F. Masse Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:15:55 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=7500#comment-20533 @Caruso: BB = Bad Behavior It's an anti-spam plugin for WordPress. - You didn't do anythign wrong. :-D @Caruso: BB = Bad Behavior
It’s an anti-spam plugin for WordPress.
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You didn’t do anythign wrong. :-D

]]> By: Caruso http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/07/12/why-midas-oracle-will-have-to-drop-intrade/#comment-20531 Caruso Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:50:44 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=7500#comment-20531 Who is BB? Did I do something? - Medemi, OK. However, saying "you're not a real reporter after all" is a bit stiff in my opinion if a real reporter doesn't exist. Not being what can't be is OK, LOL. Who is BB? Did I do something?
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Medemi, OK. However, saying “you’re not a real reporter after all” is a bit stiff in my opinion if a real reporter doesn’t exist. Not being what can’t be is OK, LOL.

]]> By: Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/07/12/why-midas-oracle-will-have-to-drop-intrade/#comment-20524 Chris F. Masse Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:46:59 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=7500#comment-20524 @Caruso: Folks, I disabled "Bad Behavior" and re-enabled "WP Spam Free", because this night I had 60 spam comments. I have e-mailed the author of BB. - If you have trouble commenting, tell me by e-mail. Thanks. @Caruso: Folks, I disabled “Bad Behavior” and re-enabled “WP Spam Free”, because this night I had 60 spam comments. I have e-mailed the author of BB.
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If you have trouble commenting, tell me by e-mail. Thanks.

]]> By: medemi http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/07/12/why-midas-oracle-will-have-to-drop-intrade/#comment-20446 medemi Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:31:49 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=7500#comment-20446 <em>Can’t real reporters report an opinion based on the facts? </em>- To be able to answer that question you'll first have to ask yourself "what are facts ?". I can make my case on a certain issue and give you a shitload of facts, and the result can be an extremely one-sided view. And then one can unleash a personal opinion on top of that, which will usually be in line with the facts presented. A good example is David Icke. But that's ok, he has a good reason for offering an opposing view. And that's what it is, a view. Despite all the facts he's presenting. - My point is that true journalism doesn't exist. We have a selective mind, so we will report selectively as well. All we can ask for from a journalist is valuable information. And hopefully a view that isn't one-sided all the time. That goes for everyone btw, hence, true journalism does not exist IMO. Can’t real reporters report an opinion based on the facts?
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To be able to answer that question you’ll first have to ask yourself “what are facts ?”.
I can make my case on a certain issue and give you a shitload of facts, and the result can be an extremely one-sided view. And then one can unleash a personal opinion on top of that, which will usually be in line with the facts presented. A good example is David Icke. But that’s ok, he has a good reason for offering an opposing view. And that’s what it is, a view. Despite all the facts he’s presenting.
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My point is that true journalism doesn’t exist. We have a selective mind, so we will report selectively as well. All we can ask for from a journalist is valuable information. And hopefully a view that isn’t one-sided all the time. That goes for everyone btw, hence, true journalism does not exist IMO.

]]> By: Caruso http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/07/12/why-midas-oracle-will-have-to-drop-intrade/#comment-20423 Caruso Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:53:32 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=7500#comment-20423 Medemi: <em>- So, you’re not a real reporter after all - objectively presenting the facts as they come within your reach. I think that’s a healthy conclusion as long as you’re aware of it yourself. And your readers are too. Because there is no such thing. </em>- Can't real reporters report an opinion based on the facts? - Oh, BTW: Betfair isn't semi-OK. LOL. They may have good widgets (sounds fun) but they have a few too many other issues currently to be "OK". Medemi:

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So, you’re not a real reporter after all - objectively presenting the facts as they come within your reach. I think that’s a healthy conclusion as long as you’re aware of it yourself. And your readers are too. Because there is no such thing.
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Can’t real reporters report an opinion based on the facts?

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Oh, BTW: Betfair isn’t semi-OK. LOL. They may have good widgets (sounds fun) but they have a few too many other issues currently to be “OK”.

]]> By: medemi http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/07/12/why-midas-oracle-will-have-to-drop-intrade/#comment-20416 medemi Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:27:11 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=7500#comment-20416 Well, we are not alone. - <strong><em>NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Sunday that it and other regulators are firing up new examinations to prevent stock-price manipulation by short sellers and others. <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/sec-others-further-probe-short-selling/story.aspx?guid=%7BF79B3068%2DEF9F%2D4D85%2DBCE8%2D943DF1DAC5B1%7D&dist=hplatest" rel="nofollow">http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/sec-others-further-probe-short-selling/story.aspx?guid=%7BF79B3068%2DEF9F%2D4D85%2DBCE8%2D943DF1DAC5B1%7D&dist=hplatest</a></em></strong> Well, we are not alone.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Sunday that it and other regulators are firing up new examinations to prevent stock-price manipulation by short sellers and others.
http://www.marketwatch.com/new.....t=hplatest

]]> By: medemi http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/07/12/why-midas-oracle-will-have-to-drop-intrade/#comment-20412 medemi Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:08:17 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=7500#comment-20412 So, it would be fair to conclude that 1) We have sort of become used to rumors in the marketplace 2) There is usually some truth to them - That's not a sound foundation on which we will have to enter next weeks troubled marketplace, and I would personally hate to put a figure on the odds of a complete economic meltdown next week. 2 % ? So, it would be fair to conclude that
1) We have sort of become used to rumors in the marketplace
2) There is usually some truth to them
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That’s not a sound foundation on which we will have to enter next weeks troubled marketplace, and I would personally hate to put a figure on the odds of a complete economic meltdown next week. 2 % ?

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