Monthly Archives: December 2008

Happy New Year… from Google

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Google has updated its PageRank system. Check your website(s). -

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The Open Institute Of Prediction Markets

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

To get informed about our attempt at creating, in 2009, “The Open Institute Of Prediction Markets“, you should: - be a member of the LinkedIn group on Prediction Markets (we are 192 197, whereas John M’s group is only 77) —I … Continue reading →

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Prediction markets react to polls.

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Learning in Investment Decisions: Evidence from Prediction Markets and Polls – (PDF file) – David S. Lee and Enrico Moretti – 2008-12-XX In this paper, we explore how polls and prediction markets interact in the context of the 2008 U.S. … Continue reading →

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Mario Galea and the Malta Lotteries And Gaming Authority: the continuing corruption of this puppet online gambling licensing body

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Caruso

This is a follow up to the previous Malta LGA article I wrote for Midas Oracle earlier this year, and a re-working and extension of the Mario Galea and the LGA article on my own site a few weeks ago. … Continue reading →

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Improving startup virality using prediction markets to estimate failure probability?

Posted on December 27, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Improving startup virality using prediction markets to estimate failure probability?

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Collective Intelligence – Prediction Markets – NewsFutures

Posted on December 26, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

I am republishing those YouTube videos, because now I know how to make them appear in the feed readers (e.g., Google Reader). So I hope that, this time, my 1,000+ feed subscribers will watch those videos. – Emile Servan-Schreiber of … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.7, the embedded YouTube videos, and the feed readers

Posted on December 26, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

This is an update. The WordPress guy came back to me with answers. It is a dual problem: a HTML validity issue and an invalid tag issue in TinyMCE. One way to solve the problem would be to use the … Continue reading →

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Google FriendSense inside each prediction market webpage?

Posted on December 26, 2008 by Chris F. Masse
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Would enterprise prediction markets have predicted the complete collapse of the market for corporate jets?

Posted on December 25, 2008 by Chris F. Masse
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Where do you get most of your national and international news?

Posted on December 25, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

“From the Internet” … is in red:

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