Tag Archives: Internet Explorer

Mozilla FireFox users, do you have trouble downloading academic papers (as PDF files) from SSRN?

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

I do. I notice that PDF file downloads work fine with MicroSoft Internet Explorer. But when I download a PDF file from SSRN with my Mozilla FireFox, it says that the PDF file is corrupted when I try to open … Continue reading →

Posted in Information Technology, Internet Usability | Tagged Adobe, FireFox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, MicroSoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla FireFox, Social Science Research Network, SSRN | 5 Comments

VIDEO — BetFair’s Mark Davies croaks like a frog.

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- To watch Mark Davies speaking French: Internet Explorer —no FireFox. Latest Flash. Go to M6 Replay. Select “magazines”. Scroll on the right to go to “Enquete Exclusive”. Select Sunday, May 1, 2008 — Paris sportifs: Quand la Mafia s’en … Continue reading →

Posted in Betting, Ethics, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged BetFair, BetFair HQ, CEO, David Yu, Directeur General, French TV, Internet Explorer, M6, Managing Director, Mark Davies, MicroSoft Windows, Paris, prediction markets, TV | 2 Comments

BetFair’s Mark Davies speaks French —or, at least, tries his very best to impersonate a frog.

Posted on June 1, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- That’s the only interesting bit of information I got from watching M6′s news report. It was a shallow report. All insinuations and un-documented pseudo evidence; no hard facts about the alleged corruption of sports by the Mafia. Shallow journalism … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged BetFair, French TV, Internet Explorer, M6, Mark Davies, Napoleon, Paris, prediction markets, TV | Leave a comment

BetFair Malta outputs a simplistic prediction game (about the 2008 European soccer tournament). I’m not impressed at all.

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- Simplistic enough. Sounds more like a promotion trick than a real game. The Sporting Exchange has outsourced the development of this game (and others) to a Swedish team. The Swedish people won a “multi-year” contract. I don’t understand which … Continue reading →

Posted in Betting, Forecasting (Science & Practice) | Tagged BetFair, BetFair Malta, corporate site, Euro Score Picker, Internet Explorer, Jadestone, prediction markets, soccer | Leave a comment

Search engine futures!

Posted on January 25, 2008 by David Pennock

Cross posted from Oddhead Blog. I am happy to report that on my suggestion intrade has listed futures contracts for 2008 search engine market share. Here is how they work: A contract will expire according to the percentage share of … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Finance | Tagged Ask, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Google, Internet Explorer, Internet searches, InTrade, Microsoft, prediction market proposals, prediction markets, search, Search Engine, Search engine futures, search engine market share, search share rankings, United States, web search engines, Yahoo! | 17 Comments

CNN Political Market = soon, the Planet Earth’s most traded play-money prediction exchange —after HSX.

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

— Introduction The goal of CNN Political Market is to combine the opinions of a diverse group of people to try and predict the probability of an event occurring or the value of something. Why is this important? Because more … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Explainers | Tagged bank, CNN, CNN Political Market, diverse group, Inkling, inkling markets, Internet Explorer, Mac OS X, online trading community, prediction markets, USD, Windows XP | Leave a comment

Google Reader is a better feed reader than BlogLines.

Posted on September 5, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Read and Write Web: After doing some testing of both Bloglines and GReader over the past week or so, I still think Google Reader is better. UPDATE: Google Reader has added search capability. More info: – Google Blog – Matt … Continue reading →

Posted in Information Technology | Tagged added search capability, author, Blog Bridge, Chris Masse, Google, Internet Explorer, Matt Cutts, Microsoft, open-source software, PC, Web-based feed reader, Web-based feed readers, YouTube | 4 Comments

Feed Readers + Blogging Professors + Subscription News Sites

Posted on February 10, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

From Professor Bainbridge dot com (a UCLA law professor, and also an open-minded and Bush43-critic conservative for whom I have the deepest respect): #1. FEED READERS. I renew my advice: read your site feeds with a Web-based feed reader as … Continue reading →

Posted in Information Technology | Tagged Google, Internet Explorer, Jakob Nielsen, law professor, online website, Professor, Steve Bainbridge, The Wall Street Journal, UCLA, Wall Street Journal, Web-based feed reader | Leave a comment

The Merits of Site Feeds

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

About Tyler Cowen’s rant against RSS —a technology that brings all of the blog posts in one place, called a “feed reader”. #1. Try it. Don’t listen to me or Tyler Cowen. Go to Google Reader (the best “feed reader”), … Continue reading →

Posted in Information Technology | Tagged good economist, Google, Information Technology, Internet Explorer, open-source software, RSS technology, social bookmarking services, Tyler Cowen, Web-based feed reader | 1 Comment

Tom W. Bell blogs less… and wishes visitors turn into subscribers.

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Law professor Tom W. Bell is right: – Blog subscribers who read inside a feed reader don’t mind anymore about publication frequency. Their (PC-based or Web-based) feed reader (which is a piece of software that downloads the feeds) has freed … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce | Tagged Google, Internet Explorer, law professor, Microsoft, Tom W. Bell, Web readers, Web-based feed reader | Leave a comment