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Lesley replied on March 09, 2008 21:11 to the problem "Question incorrectly voided - Ohio Snow" in Hubdub:

Thanks for this Truthwrangler. I'll look into it and get back to you as soon as I can.

Lesley.

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Lesley replied on March 02, 2008 21:43 to the idea "Leaderboards by Percent Gain?" in Hubdub:

Thanks for this Infernalmachine. I agree that the % change leaderboard is necessary and it's already on the product roadmap. We're aware of the issues around quarter end, not less the fact that everyone will have outstanding predictions, and are currently working on solutions to solve them.
Thanks for your suggestion.

Lesley replied on March 02, 2008 21:35 to the idea "Invite HubDubbers to a question by Username, rather than just email." in Hubdub:

This is a great idea Skipper. Thanks. We'll add it to the ideas file for future releases.

Glad you're enjoying the site!

Lesley replied on March 01, 2008 21:48 to the question "Escalation: Got some rock to sell on eBay?" in Hubdub:

Based on all the feedback here, we've decided to void the question. We will look into updating the Rules around posting questions on eBay auctions and will be in touch soon.
Thanks for all your help with this one.

Lesley set one of Lesley's replies as an official response to "About the settlement on the earthquake in the South America" in Hubdub

Lesley replied on March 01, 2008 21:40 to the problem "About the settlement on the earthquake in the South America" in Hubdub:

The reference you make, infernalmachine, is to a coastal country's Exclusive Economic Zone which extends 200 nautical miles from the coastline. A coastal country has exclusive rights to all resources within this area of sea (such as fishing, mining) but not to passage (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territor...). A country's continental shelf extends to a similar distance.

This earthquake occurred 80 nautical miles offshore, which would mean it was still within Chile's EEZ although outwith it's territorial seas (which extend only 12 miles). There is an argument either way as to whether this constitutes "South America".

Looking at the market fluctuation, it is obvious that nobody was clear about the definition, so I therefore think the fairest option has to be to void it and to amend the Rules to reflect it. (I'm thinking something along the lines of: unless otherwise stated, in questions regarding an earthquake occuring in a specific country, the earthquake must occur on land - within the country's geo-political boundry - or within it's territorial waters (12 nautical miles offshore).

I would appreciate your thoughts and comments on this suggestion.

Lesley.

Lesley set one of Lesley's replies as an official response to "Escalation: Got some rock to sell on eBay?" in Hubdub

Lesley replied on February 29, 2008 23:57 to the question "Escalation: Got some rock to sell on eBay?" in Hubdub:

OK, let's try to settle this question finally and fairly...

The question asked, will an ebay auction "claim" to offer a piece of the satellite.
http://www.hubdub.com/e/Market/Will_t...

The ebay auction states that they have an item which is "probably" a piece of the satellite.

It continues that "unfortunately we can ́t take any responsibility for the correctness of those information"

Does this satisfy the question and "claim" to offer a piece of the satellite?

Please reply stating either
- Yes, it's a claim
- No, it's not

And please also state whether you've made a prediction on it.

Personally, I think it should be settled as Yes, but it's up to the users on this one.

Thanks!

Lesley replied on February 29, 2008 10:37 to the discussion "hubdub addiction" in Hubdub:

Check out the latest blog post on Hubdub addiction!!

http://blog.hubdub.com/2008/02/28/top...

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Lesley replied on February 27, 2008 06:50 to the discussion "hubdub addiction" in Hubdub:

Number 10 is SOOO true! I used to hide from my kids to play it!

Lesley replied on February 27, 2008 06:48 to the discussion "hubdub addiction" in Hubdub:

I went to bed 5 hours ago laughing and woke up this morning and am still laughing! These are so funny! And so true!!! I had most of these symptoms before we launched and I was banned from participating....boo hoo!!!

Lesley replied on February 26, 2008 23:28 to the discussion "hubdub addiction" in Hubdub:

true or not?

;-)

Lesley replied on February 26, 2008 23:11 to the discussion "hubdub addiction" in Hubdub:

Hey - I'm really worried about you guys....hope you're remembering to eat.....the laundry can wait tho!

I'm writing a blog post about ways to know if you're a Hubdub addict, and would LOVE your input...here's what I've got so far:

1. It’s the first website you open on your computer when you boot up
2. You check the weather forecast in Angola (when you live in LA)
3. You forget to eat
4. You follow every second of every speech made by Clinton (you have a wager on whether she will cry or not) and Obama (how many times will he say “change”)
5. You hear a news story about a missing child and think – do I have a wager on that?
6. You read every section of the newspaper
7. You have sleepless nights about losing too many Hubdub dollars
8. You race home from work/college just to catch the latest headlines
9. You dream about making it onto the leaderboard

Lesley replied on February 26, 2008 21:06 to the question "Settlment question" in Hubdub:

No Skipper, if it's not released by end of Feb, it will be settled as a "no".

Lesley replied on February 21, 2008 00:39 to the question "Incorrect questions: to flag or request settlement? that is the questions" in Hubdub:

You've made a good point. We've changed the flagging functionality this week so that the Hubdub admins can now get a list of flagged questions and can see the reasons they've been flagged. Request Settlement really should only be used for, well, requesting settlement...!

Lesley replied on February 20, 2008 12:39 to the problem "Settlement resolution: washington temp" in Hubdub:

Absolutely, anyone spotting any of these ambiguous words should flag it immediately! Will save us all a lot of bother!

Lesley replied on February 20, 2008 12:37 to the problem "Settlement resolution: washington temp" in Hubdub:

The final decision is "No",i.e. "break" means to go above the figure.

Re what truthwrangler said about the source used:

"the "Official Rules" state that NOAA (noaa.gov also found at weather.gov) is the definitive source to use in the US."

The Rules state:
"Questions regarding the weather for a specific area must be clearly defined and listed in NOAA (www.noaa.gov/wx.html) or in the equivalent organisation in countries outside the USA "

This doesn't say that NOAA is the definitive settlement source, just that the location must be listed in NOAA. I agree with nubbins that NOAA isn't the greatest website!