Tag Archives: HTML

WordPress allows the Midas Oracle members to embed a chart widget or a YouTube video in their comments.

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

I have tested the comment system, and successfully embedded 3 chart widgets (InTrade, NewsFutures, and HubDub) in the comment area of my last post. Additionally, I embedded a YouTube video of a good piece of Jazz (WaterMelon Man by Herbie … Continue reading →

Posted in Information Technology, Midas Oracle Administration | Tagged chart widgets, code, comments, HTML, Midas Oraccle, WordPress, YouTube videos | Leave a comment

InTrade CEO John Delaney sends a good comment to the CFTC.

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

PDF file I have read it quickly, and he made very good points —though not in a legalese way, so to speak. – I have made the same points to the CFTC. You’ll see that soon. I’m off for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Regulations | Tagged CEO, CFTC, event derivative markets, event derivatives, HTML, InTrade, InTrade CEO, John Delaney, laws, prediction markets, real-money prediction markets, Regulations | Leave a comment

How to make a MILLION POUNDS on the rotting corpse of David Davis’s political career (to be used for ethical purposes only)

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Guest Author

1). For the form guide in this two-horse race, please see: a). THE PRESENT (SHAN OAKES, GREEN): http://shanoakes.blogspot.com http://shanoakes.typepad.com http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33635377720 b).. THE PAST (DAVID DAVIS): http://www.daviddavisforfreedom.com 2). Mainstream bookmakers such as Paddy Power are not currently putting prices on the … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Analysis (Market Calls), Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Politics | Tagged BetFair, David Davis, Emperor, GBP, Green Party, HTML, IAN BROWN, InTrade, Ireland, Islamic Republic of Iran, online button, Paddy Hedges Anti-Hedge Fund Manager, prediction markets, RAOUL VANEIGEM, SHAN OAKES, UK politics, United Kingdom | 20 Comments

Section 2.3 (k) of the BetFair API agreement says you can’t make a product which promotes any other prediction exchange. That’s evil, because it means we will never have any multi-exchange, order-entry and analysis software package for (real-money and play-money) prediction markets.

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair: TERMS AND CONDITIONS Software Vendor Special Terms: [e.g. waivers of prohibitions, consents, rights to use trade marks subject to guidelines, added warranties and/or indemnities and variations to the standard terms generally] (1) Subject to the due performance of his/her/its … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Software | Tagged analysis software, analysis software packages, API Permissioning Services, BetFair, Breaching Party, Chancellors Road, computer software, data owner, developers, duly authorised officer, entry-order software, faster access, GBP, Hammersmith Embankment, HTML, individual software application, Initiating Party, London, lost advertising, manager, normal banking, particular software application, prediction markets, prospective buyer, similar officer, skilled and experienced contractor, software applications, sub-contractor, The Sporting Exchange Limited, third-party applications, United Kingdom, User, Wales, Web services, Web Services Definition Language, web-formatting scripts, www.betfair, www.betfair.com, XML | 4 Comments

Google Reader has just censored Midas Oracle.

Posted on April 12, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

I have just published a blog post (The Best Blogging Software (WordPress) + The Top 60 WordPress Plugins) containing a PHP code line. Funny enough, Google Reader has discarded that item for the Midas Oracle feed it republishes. —maybe for … Continue reading →

Posted in Information Technology, Midas Oracle Administration | Tagged Best Blogging Software, censorship, feed reader, feeds, Google, Google Reader, HTML, Midas Oracle, PHP, security | Leave a comment

Mat Fogarty’s Xpree needs a mini Chris Hibbert.

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Company: Xpree – prediction market software Job Title: Senior Software Engineer Description: Xpree is a leader [*] in providing software to enable corporations to tap their collective intelligence.Â Using prediction market based technology , Xpree’s solution is a fun game … Continue reading →

Posted in Jobs - Careers - Hiring | Tagged architect, Chris Hibbert, DOM, engineer, experienced Software Engineer, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Prediction Market Software, prediction markets, Python, Ruby, Senior Software Engineer, United States, Unix system, web servers, Web services, XML, Xpree, XSLT, years software | 1 Comment

WordPress is the publishing software of choice for both blogs and newspapers.

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

As I said the other day: Donâ€™t be obsessed by defining what a blog is â€”it can be so many things (modern writings, or formal writings). Instead, focus your attention on the blogging software, which is more and more the … Continue reading →

Posted in Prediction Journalism | Tagged HTML, Matt Mullenweg, web publishing, web publishing tools | 2 Comments

Blogging Software = Freedom to write in any form and shape you want

Posted on October 27, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Harvard University professor Edward Glaeser: [...] Blogs and columns are quite different, and The Marginal Revolution illustrates what can make blogs exciting. Mr. Cowen and his collaborators post to the website with astonishing regularity. Their blog posts are often brief … Continue reading →

Posted in Prediction Journalism | Tagged author, blogging software, Cowen, Edward Glaeser, Felix Salmon, Harvard University, HTML, mainstream media, Professor, software packages, the New York Times, web publishing, web publishing tools | 1 Comment

The BetFair Galaxy

Posted on August 31, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair – (Hammersmith, London, England,Â United Kingdom, E.U.)Â â€” Alternate URLs:Â BetFair.co.uk & Flutter.comÂ â€” Described as “the eBay of peer-to-peer betting”. â€”Â BetFair is a prediction exchangeÂ that does not prominently display the last price. Instead, the “Express View” gives the best offer (i.e., ask … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets | Tagged Andrew Black, Australia, Austria, BetFair Europe, BetFair France, BetFair Ireland, BetFair Italy, BetFair Labs, BetFair Radio, BetFair Spain, BetFair USA, BetFair.co.uk, Broadcasting Limited, Chris Masse, Deutsche Sportwett GmbH, Dresden, eBay, Edward Wray, European, Germany, Hobard, HTML, Independent Betting Arbitration Service, London, Malta, official, South Africa, Tasmania, The Sporting Exchange Ltd., TV - TV, UK's Gambling Commission, United Kingdom, United States | Leave a comment

The truth of the source code

Posted on August 5, 2007 by George Tziralis

Call it Occam’s razor, minimization of information entropy, or just KISS principle. Call it ‘less is more‘, usability or just common sense. The question is, are the currently available prediction markets web services compliant with the era of attention economics? … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Exchanges & Markets, Information Technology, Software | Tagged HTML, Occam, Web services | Leave a comment