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  • question

    Brooks asked a question in Hubdub on April 17, 2009 16:09:

    Brooks
    Why is cash-in disabled for some predictions I make?
    Why is it that occasionally, after making a prediction, my "Cash-Out" button is grayed out for some time, saying "too soon". These are not my questions, I'm talking about those created by others!
  • problem

    Brooks reported a problem in Hubdub on May 01, 2008 23:11:

    Brooks
    California $4 gas settlement suggestion
    Ok... this one should be settled, and I'll give my reasons why:

    http://www.hubdub.com/e/Market/Will_t...

    There's a bit of a time disconnect, I admit, wherein the question asks for the value as it will be on April 30 ... yet the provider of the data specifically to be used for settlement only gives weekly results, and the latest was April 28. My thinking is that this question should be settled as NO, because the latest available data point (April 28) is the only one that can be considered according to the settlement rules link. And that data point was clearly less than $4.00. Therefore, on April 30, the PRICE LISTED ON THE LINKED SITE was less than $4.00, and voila... the answer resolves to "NO".
  • question

    Brooks replied on April 21, 2008 21:25 to the question "Problem Settlement: New Dehli Torch Rally - was it peaceful?" in Hubdub:

    Brooks
    I suppose we can parse this and debate it to death. Personally I don't view it as a peaceful event, but then the wording in the settlement ... I think my head's going to explode. I've got so few H$ in this it shouldn't matter, but then how this is resolved may lead to either a) clearer guidelines for question wording/settlement definition, or b) cause users like me (time-constrained and perhaps a bit lazy) to have to read such things extremely carefully to try and figure out for ourselves where the line is to be drawn when things are somewhat grey. I vote for Void on this one, but I don't vehemently disagree with anyone's arguments presented here either way.
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  • star

    jakob's reply to "Problem Settlement: New Dehli Torch Rally - was it peaceful?" was just promoted to the most useful! Brooks and 2 other people think it's one of the best replies.

    jakob
    Of course the torch relay was not as violent as others before, but i have quite a different perception of a peaceful relay. When several dozens of protesters are being put into custody and all the pictures you see where the people are almost fighting with police it's not peaceful in my opinion.
    Just because they did not get closer to the torch, I don't know.
    Only because for example G.W. Bush doesn't see violent protesters who are one or two kilometers away it doesn't mean that it was peaceful.

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