Monthly Archives: November 2009

The P2 experiment ended up in a total fiasco.

P2 sucked too much of the server resources. P2 is out. And I have plenty of technicalities to address.

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US Treasury and US Federal Reserve delay implementation of Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

“Treasury and the Fed had decided to push back implementation of the act for six months, until June 1.” Via Emile Servan-Schreiber of NewsFutures and Andrew Goldberg

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Dennis Gartman: Dubai’s problems are very serious.

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The Chinese real estate bubble

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Paul Hewitt doubts. — REDUX

Paul Hewitt: The real question is whether it can be generalized to more complex, real-world situations.

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Explosive Risk

[(Leverage + Short Term Funding)*Opaqueness]^Hubris = Explosive Risk

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How to use P2 on Midas Oracle

I have modified things a bit so you, guys, don’t post (as Niall has just done) using the quick blog editor on the frontpage. I want you to use the blog editor, inside WordPress. (The quick blog editor on the … Continue reading

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Midas Oracle is thankful for P2 — a new WordPress theme (a.k.a., blog layout) that smoothes the reading and writing of comments.

- On the frontpage and on the tag/category pages, the comments will appear listed below the post. No need to download the post to read the (favorable or unfavorable) comments. – If you are a registered user and have just … Continue reading

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Prediction market pioneer and Wall Street outcast Max Keiser is frequently searched on Google since the start of the 2008 financial burst.

Addendum: Max Keiser’s blog

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Paul Hewitt doubts.

Paul Hewitt: Finally, we need to know if this was only possible, because it was a fairly simple experimental model. Will the same decision-maker’s ability exist in extremely complex public policy markets?

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