Sounds like Google did “-announce”- —-as opposed to “-launch”-. Sense the nuance?
And so the HubDub prediction market will expire as a “-NO”- —-as I understand it.
Well, at least, one aspect of the prediction markets.
Uniited States Patent Application:
CONTINUOUS BETTING INTERFACE TO PREDICTION MARKET
Abstract
A user participates in trading securities in a prediction market which represent different outcomes of an event, using an interface which allows the user to understand a trade in terms of a bet. The interface also allows the user to explore different bet amounts while receiving feedback on potential payoffs in real time. In one approach, a tool is used which is moved in one direction by the user to indicate a larger trade for an outcome, or in the opposite direction to indicate a larger trade against the outcome. A bet for an outcome can be translated into a purchase of a corresponding security which represents the outcome. A bet against a particular outcome can be translated into a purchase of securities which represents all other outcomes. The user interfaces hides complexities of the market from the user while surfacing relevant information.
Inventors: BERG- HENRY G.- (Redmond, WA) – PROEBSTING- TODD A.- (Redmond, WA)
I won’-t comment on this, because I believe that the US patent system is broken, generally speaking.
MicroSoft’-s Steve Ballmer:
My parents thought I’-d lost my mind to drop out of Stanford Business School to go to a company that makes software. My dad said “-what the heck is software?”- and my mother said “-why the heck would a person need a computer?”-.
A good (and sometimes hilarious) article from Apple Insider, which highlights the P.R. problems that MicroSoft auto-create each time the Redmond folks try to bash the Macintosh via fake ads…- disingenuous ads.
If you use some great software packages (utilities or applications) missing in this list, let me know. Thanks. Appreciated.
UPDATE: Chris Hibbert lists his favorite software packages for Macintosh in the comment area. (I used his tips to update the listing above.)
The best thing I read this Friday morning.
Don’-t you love the Web? Blogging employees can rat on their boss —-for our information or entertainment.
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Awesome slides in bold.
Brought to you by Koleman Strumpf (circa November 2007):
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Henry Berg, Microsoft <-slides>-
Discussant: Robin Hanson (George Mason Department of Economics) <-slides>-
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Christina Ann LaComb, GE (The Imagination Market- abstract is free, text is gated) <-slides>-
Discussant: Marco Ottaviani (Kellogg School of Management, Management and Strategy) <-slides>-
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Dawn Keller, Best Buy (Best Buy’s TAGTRADE Market) <-slides>-
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Bo Cowgill, Google (Putting Crowd Wisdom to Work) <-slides>-
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Jim Lavoie, Co-Founder and CEO, Rite-Solutions <-slides>-
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David Perry, Co-Founder and President, Consensus Point <-slides>-
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Mat Fogarty, Founder and CEO, Xpree Inc <-slides>-
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Tom W. Bell, Chapman University School of Law <-slides>-
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Dixit Henry Berg’-s boss.
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Right-click this link, open it in another browser tab, and you’-ll get why.
[Jed’s observation.]
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