Tag Archives: Chris Masse

If you need to contact me…

Chris. F. Masse’s e-mail address: – chrisfmasse@gmail.com Midas Oracle: – http://www.midasoracle.org/ – @midasoracle

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Let’s use Google Wave to interact with all the prediction market fanboys.

chrisfmasse ++++++AT++++++ googlewave )))DOT((( -com- I am trying to learn how to use Google Wave. First impression: Very weird. For the Google Wave invite, I thank Martin Frindt of http://www.crowdpark.de/. UPDATE: Jed says I will get the invite wave in … Continue reading

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Did someone else notice that?

Jed Christiansen: My question for Chris is to understand what standard he considers an “expert”. (ie, academic credentials, blog Google PageRank, industry experience, etc.) That’s mainly because I think his standards vary depending on who he wants to criticize on … Continue reading

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One hundred poll respondents lied to InTrade.

3. What would you likely use as an alternative if InTrade.com were no longer available? I probably wouldn’t use an alternative. –> 65% It is a lie. They would use BetFair USA instead —or another service. Come on. And Chris … Continue reading

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Please, be my friend on FaceBook.

Our good friend George Tziralis has 505 friends on FaceBook. Our good friend Mike Linksvayer has 762. I have only 61. I feel ridiculous. I am sure people laugh at me in my back about that low number. I need … Continue reading

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Why I unsubscribed to John Delaney (InTrade) and Jed Christiansen at Twitter

I try to “follow” as many prediction market people on Twitter as I can (click on “following”), but I had to unfollow these 2 persons because: – I like Jed a lot, but he often tweets about his private life. … Continue reading

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Could prediction markets help solve a crime?

I have been asked many times by Kruijs on HubDub to update people about the prediction markets created about moi. So, here it is. But, first, a little background. Since the beginning of this year, I have adopted a new … Continue reading

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Chris Masse appears in a fly-by analogy.

Here: http://www.haloscan.com/comments/caveatbettor/3098722113787876052/

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Statement about Midas Oracle

A spat of free publicity for Midas Oracle appeared recently on the PMIA’s e-mailing list, which could be sum up like this: “For the prediction market industry, Midas Oracle is both indispensable and pesky.” I usually don’t comment on what … Continue reading

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The truth about (enterprise) prediction markets

Paul Hewitt: [...] In virtually every case, the prediction market forecast is closer to the official HP forecast than it is to the actual outcome. Perhaps these markets are better at forecasting the forecast than they are at forecasting the … Continue reading

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