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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Tap The Collective — The Photos
The speakers: Our good friend Adam Siegel of Inkling Markets (his dress code: “you should dress”): Melody Hildebrandt: The speakers (minus Adam Siegel and Melody Hildebrandt): So, now that it is over you can tell me, what were Adam Siegel’s … Continue reading
US Senator Al Franken is a pragmatic and bipartisan politician. The gentleman from Minnesota can discuss with both sides of the health care reform issue.
Posted in News, Politics
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Are InTrade just a bunch of liars?
As of today, InTrade have not retracted their claim that IBM Smart Cities is a “prediction market”. It is not. InTrade are the least trustworthy people that I have ever encountered in this field. They are never to be trusted. … Continue reading
Somos el primer mercado de predicciones en Latinoamérica
http://bolsadepredicciones.com/ Best wishes to Andrea Chaves.
Posted in Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets
Tagged Bolsa De Predicciones, prediction markets
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Paul Krugman ridiculizes Justin Wolfers’s thesis advisor.
Paul Krugman – (How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?): [I]n a 2008 paper titled “The State of Macro†(that is, macroeconomics, the study of big-picture issues like recessions), Olivier Blanchard of M.I.T., now the chief economist at the International … Continue reading
How many people would use a FaceBook app featuring prediction markets?
ANSWER: A lot more than the BetFair and InTrade clients combined. FaceBook: Statistics General Growth * More than 250 million active users * More than 120 million users log on to Facebook at least once each day * More than … Continue reading
Posted in Information Technology, The Internet
Tagged FaceBook, social networking, The Internet
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Airbus chief executive Thomas Enders said on Friday that the European aircraft manufacturer was working towards replacing “black box” recorders with a system that transmits flight data via satellite.
How come they haven’t come up with this idea decades before? In many crashes, the flight recorders (“black boxes”) are never recovered.
Posted in Inventions & Innovations
Tagged Airbus, black box recorders, black boxes, satellite communications
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Women.
Posted in Humor
Tagged CrowdCast, Humor, internal prediction markets, Leslie Fine, prediction markets
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How did “Tap The Collective” fare?
- Did Melody Hildebrandt wear a dress? – If “yes”, which color? – What were Adam Siegel’s eggs filled with? – [Harsh spice? See next line.] – How did Robin Hanson’s corporate shepherd behave?