Monthly Archives: February 2009

Nate Silver at TED 2009

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

- Racism.

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James K. Galbraith on Max Keiser’s The Oracle

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

- – - – - James K. Galbraith -

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Connect With Fans (CwF) + Reason To Buy (RtB)

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

= The Business Model ($$$$) – - Download this post, if you don’t see the embedded video in your feed reader. -

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Ten VCs did reject the BetFair business plan, in the late nineties.

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Here. -

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Wrong Question

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

HudDub is not useful (this time around): Will Michael Phelps be arrested for smoking pot? – Breaking News: – Kellogg’s dumps Michael Phelps for smoking pot! – Los Angeles Times – Phelps Gets 3-Month Ban After Being Shown Using Marijuana … Continue reading →

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Panos Ipeirotis’s research on Mechanical Turk

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

… is A-W-E-S-O-M-E. -

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Barney Frank is going to try again to free Internet betting and gambling in the U.S.

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Via Smarkets, the FT. The FT. PS: Contra Jason Ruspini, I have always said that the CFTC route is the wrong route. The U.S. should establish a kind of “Gambling and Betting Commission”, like in the U.K., in my view … Continue reading →

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Open-Source, Free-Of-Charge, “Constitutionally Open” Prediction Exchange

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Mike Linksvayer again. -

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James K. Galbraith on Max Keiser’s The Oracle

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Friday. Check your local time. Don’t worry, I will publish the YouTube and Blip.TV videos on Saturday, for those who can’t catch BBC World News. -

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How a Blog Might Have Stopped Bernard Madoff

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Excellent point. Via the excellent Felix Salmon. -

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