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- Jason Ruspini rebuts Eric Zitzewitz on the regulation of political prediction markets. — [COMMENT]
- Eric Zitzewitz petitions the CFTC in favor of real-money prediction markets about politics. — [TEXT]
- Global warming is a big scam. — [LINK]
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- Mitt Romney’s taxes — [LINKS]
- A critique of Apple’s multimedia iBooks. — [LINK]
- Does Apple lack “generosity”? — [LINKS]
- Apple Education Push — [LINKS]
- Water Crystals — [DOCUMENT]
- Apple’s e-book software will allow publishers to make textbooks more interactive. — [LINKS + VIDEO]
- Alain Soral is France’s most dangerous intellectual… (dangerous for the French plutocrats, that is). — [VIDEO]
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- NASA has finally understood the theorical basis of LENR (low-energy nuclear reactions). — [VIDEO]
Tag Archives: official
Google Knol is not bad, as a web publishing platform —but I still prefer WordPress and MediaWiki.
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Iraq War = “not necessary”, “a serious strategic blunder” — US News Media = “complicit enablers” in the manipulation of the public (“the propaganda campaign”) — George W. Bush turned away “from candor and honesty when those qualities were most needed.”
- Check what he wrote on Katrina and on Condoleeza Rice. – And, now, the clincher: [Scott McClellan] does not exempt himself from failings — “I fell far short of living up to the kind of public servant I wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Politics, Prediction Journalism
Tagged George W. Bush, Iraq, Jessica Yellin, liberal media, NBC, news media, official, President, Scott McClellan, Tim Russert, White House
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The economic model that BetFair Australia operates under does not compensate the industry for putting on the show.
… said some kind of horse racing official from Down Under. Via mister Betting Market.
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Business, Exchanges & Markets
Tagged BetFair, BetFair Australia, official, prediction markets
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BitGravity = video distribution network
BitGravity is the IT provider for the official Apple video feed of MacWorld 2008. Go to its frontpage, and stick there for 3 minutes to watch the awesome animals-in-the-wild video. Let’s hope that the videos on prediction markets will reach … Continue reading
Posted in Information Technology
Tagged Apple, BitGravity, CDN, content distribution network, official, video distribution network, videos
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The event futures contract on both Bin Laden and Musharraf at InTrade-TradeSports
InTrade-TradeSports: This contract will settle (expire) at 100 ($10.00) if BOTH of the following events occur before 11:59:59pm ET on the date specified in the contract: 1. Osama Bin Laden is captured or neutralised 2. President Pervez Musharraf departs as … Continue reading
The definitive proof that Burke Hansen of The Register does not know what he is talking about.
Burke Hansen of The Register: [...] Betcha.com, a peer-to-peer betting exchange similar to Intrade or Betfair but based in Seattle [...] There is no trading going on at Betcha, sir. The official Robin Hanson-critic comes out as totally misinformed and … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Mechanism Designs
Tagged Burke Hansen, official, Robin Hanson-critic, Seattle
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How can BetFair, the world’s market leader, produce such a piece of ****?
Betting @ BetFair – The Official BetFair News Site — … is a piece of ****. #1. The brand name of this sub-site is crappy. #2. The organization of the content is crappy. #3. The content is crappy. #4. Everything … Continue reading
Creating a Prediction Market on Inkling for the Women’s World Cup was Easy!
We’ve talked about setting up public markets on Inkling here before. I just set up a market for predicting the winner of the Women’s World Cup 2007 tournament, which is kicking off in China this weekend and wrapping up on … Continue reading
Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets
Tagged chief, China, Chris Masse, Editor, FIFA, FIFA RSS, football, official, World Cup
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Linden Lab has chosen to restrict gambling in Second Life.
Via Niall O’Connor, the Official Linden Blog (Wagering In Second Life: New Policy)
Posted in Betting, Gambling, Regulations
Tagged Linden Blog, Linden Lab, Niall O'Connor, official
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