Monthly Archives: December 2010

J. Edgar Hoover asked the FBI to track Josephine Baker’s movements around the world because of a row she had in a NYC restaurant with a columnist who was Hoover’s best friend. – [VIDEO]

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

What a pig.

Posted in Ethics, History | Tagged FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, History, J. Edgar Hoover, Josephine Baker | Leave a comment

Fixed-Odds Betting Arbitrage

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Fixed-Odds Betting Arbitrage

Posted in Betting, Science | Tagged bets, Betting, betting arbitrage, fixed-odds betting, fixed-odds betting arbitrage | Leave a comment

Can you imagine apps for the Apple TV?

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Apple TV appstore coming? As an addendum, here’s a good post on the current IT scene. Must read.

Posted in Information Technology, Inventions & Innovations | Tagged Apple, Apple TV, Apple TV apps, Apple TV appstore, Information Technology, innovation, inventions | Leave a comment

A presentiment experiment done by Dean Radin, where the eye movement and pupil dilation of a subject are measured when she is looking at random calm or emotional pictures on a monitor. – [VIDEO]

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

“It looks like the subject’s eyes and body are reacting to the images about 3 seconds before they appear on the screen.” P.S.: I hold Dean Radin (and his psi research) in high esteem.

Posted in Precognition, Psychology, Research | Tagged Dean Radin, Precognition, premonition, presentiment, psi, psychics, Research, Science | Leave a comment

John Stossel: Top 10 politicians’s promises gone wrong – [VIDEO]

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Economics, Ethics, Philosophy, Politics, The Global Economy | Tagged Freedom, governments, John Stossel, libertarianism, libertarians, liberty, Politics, US government, US politics | Leave a comment

The Internet is full of harsh stories about BetFair “robbing” casino players over November’s “Happy Hour” promotion. – [VIDEO]

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

- Caruso on Midas Oracle: [...] the ‘Happy Hour’ bonus fiasco where they lost millions of pounds from an incompetently written promotion, only to grab all the funds back and accuse the players of wrongdoing. With so much money at … Continue reading →

Posted in Gambling, Regulations | Tagged BetFair, Betting, Casino, Gambling, marketing, promotion, Regulations, The Sporting Exchange | 4 Comments

Prediction Markets (in blue) vs. Forecasting (in red) – [CHART]

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in History | Tagged forecasting, Knowledge, prediction markets | Leave a comment

Jeremy Levine’s StarStreet on CNN – [VIDEO]

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

http://www.starstreetsports.com/ – “It is a game of skills, and not chance.” @JerLevine Best of luck to Jeremy Levine. StarStreet Trading Walk Through from Jeremy Levine on Vimeo.