At 04:17 PM 07/29/2003 -0700, Tim May wrote:
>Doing this aboveboard, and doing it with the collusion of the
>actors who can alter the outcome, is asking for trouble:
>* violation of gambling laws...as I said in other articles,
>betting on the death of the King of Jordan is not different
>from be
ork bellies are not fungible.
MacN
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On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 03:24 PM, Steve Schear wrote:
At 16:20 2003-07-29 -0700, John Young wrote:
Tim May wrote:
>Yes, a bunch of "ideas futures" markets have existed for nearly a
>decade. An acquaintance of mine, Robin Hanson, was actively promoting
>such things in the late 80s and may h
On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 04:20 PM, John Young wrote:
Tim May wrote:
Yes, a bunch of "ideas futures" markets have existed for nearly a
decade. An acquaintance of mine, Robin Hanson, was actively promoting
such things in the late 80s and may have been involved in some of the
Extropians-type m
Tim May wrote:
>Yes, a bunch of "ideas futures" markets have existed for nearly a
>decade. An acquaintance of mine, Robin Hanson, was actively promoting
>such things in the late 80s and may have been involved in some of the
>Extropians-type markets which arose a few years later (I recollect
>s
Yeah, too bad, I would have liked to bet that Poindexter runs for
President or at least VP by 2020 And that if he does make it, by
2024 we'll all be speaking fluent Mandarin...
Hey, after Nixon, Carter, Reagan, two Bushes and a Slick Willie, why the
hell not just vote for an outright crimina
On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 11:49 AM, Trei, Peter wrote:
Tim May[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 09:26 AM, Bill Stewart wrote:
Also, NYT Article was
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/29/politics/29TERR.html?th
But it sounds like they've chickened out, because various peopl
> Tim May[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 09:26 AM, Bill Stewart wrote:
>
> > Also, NYT Article was
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/29/politics/29TERR.html?th
> >
> > But it sounds like they've chickened out, because various people
> > freaked
> > about the impl
On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 09:26 AM, Bill Stewart wrote:
Also, NYT Article was
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/29/politics/29TERR.html?th
But it sounds like they've chickened out, because various people
freaked
about the implications. (And they only got as far as it being
"an incentive to
