The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is poised this week to reject plans for so-called political event contracts, a lucrative derivative deal that would allow firms to wager on Congressional races as well as the presidential battle, the people briefed on the matter said. The agency is expected to decide, in part, that such trading amounts to gambling — and that it could unduly influence election results.
bah, sucks!
Isn't that what intrade is for?
Or most sports books. In Vegas you'll find a place to make a wager on just about anything.
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i saw an eagle or maybe a falcon or something attack another bird mid-air one time
it was awesome
the one smaller bird was trying to get away and then the raptor grabbed him and they kind of just plummeted towards the ground together and at the last second the raptor pulled up and flew away with his (now dead) lunch
so at some point during the fall he killed his lunch i guess
Ice fucking cold.
there used to be a hawk that lived on campus, if you got lucky you got to see it kill and eat a pigeon, squirrel or rat
it was a cool hawk
it was called hawkmadinejad
named after the man who visited our campus and caused a stir
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is poised this week to reject plans for so-called political event contracts, a lucrative derivative deal that would allow firms to wager on Congressional races as well as the presidential battle, the people briefed on the matter said. The agency is expected to decide, in part, that such trading amounts to gambling — and that it could unduly influence election results.
bah, sucks!
Isn't that what intrade is for?
Or most sports books. In Vegas you'll find a place to make a wager on just about anything.
I, uh, haven't actually watched Total Recall. I did read We Can Remember It For You Wholesale but I don't remember any focus on oxygen.
Total Recall is a very, very loose adaptation.
Very.
In Total Recall some business magnate has a monopoly over the equipment that produces oxygen. He uses this to extend and enforce his political power. He also owns access to alien technology that, when activated, will produce enough oxygen to make Mars inhabitable.
It is not, I think, the same sense in which the SA D&Der conceptualizes the means of production (to which he has some specific idea of formal ownership of factories, etc.).
In the case of Stalinism, ownership of the factories belonged to the State and the workers acted similar to employees of the State.
Aside from that, is it really the case that Marxist theory typically regards the impact of capital as being principally political? Have the economic theories here of Marx himself been generally discarded? Orthodox economics has, of course, its own understanding of the commons and sees enclosure as necessary.
What do you mean specifically by necessity and enclosure of the common?
Marxist theory has "evolved" so to speak. Lenin's answer was the NEP. Small scale entrepreneurship and trade were not only allowed, but encouraged. It was, however, strictly controlled and limited to town/region. There was no method of expandibility. Mao adopted the theory of "New Democracy". Kadar with "goulash Communism". Capital is principally political as anyone who has a monopoly on Capital holds power.
I do not think that this distinction of personal and private property is sensible; any sufficiently low standard of "necessary" to exclude a bed mattress is not going to be high enough to include the house. It might grant you a heated room but not the building.
I agree. I think it's a hasty method to explain the turn that Eastern Europe made towards focusing on consumer goods instead of the majority of work for production of steel, oil, etc. Maoism distinctly rejected this turn (it was an undercurrent of the Sino Soviet split).
I think the concern over property relations can probably be better summed up than "personal" and "private".
The concept of "common entities" is also applied to television, music, forms of entertainment, etc. Largely on the basis that once something enters the lexicon/Zeitgeist of public consumption, the necessity for it's protection is less important compared to what society may or may not get out of it. Society itself decides how much of a monetary value exists on an item at some point. Popular Musician A may make $100,000 off a single song the week it releases but then it's pirated more than purchased. Since data can't be over produced and it can't exactly be destroyed, the dynamics change. An MP3 can't sit on the store shelf until it expires. An outlet will either return a physical item it for destruction if it can't sell it and I can't make a copy of it. If no one wants it, or it's out dated, then it's destroyed.
Data and information, obviously, are different. Piracy benefits it's creator in a manner of prevalence in society and it benefits society in other ways.
Where as the RIAA, DRM, etc do nothing but harm society in their attempts to destroy the concept of ownership.
I think old school Marxists would oppose the RIAA for both of these reasons, even though they are contradictory.
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is poised this week to reject plans for so-called political event contracts, a lucrative derivative deal that would allow firms to wager on Congressional races as well as the presidential battle, the people briefed on the matter said. The agency is expected to decide, in part, that such trading amounts to gambling — and that it could unduly influence election results.
bah, sucks!
Isn't that what intrade is for?
Or most sports books. In Vegas you'll find a place to make a wager on just about anything.
Except this, of course
I know Wynn was pushing for regulation changes to allow for non-sporting events gambling. I know he got approval for the World Series of Poker and was looking to do the Oscars. I could have sworn this was one of his ideas.
I am pretty sure it is our largest cultural export.
h8rs gonna h8
Way better than the turkey.
Just one of so many things that made Ben Franklin awesome.
The first documented occurrence of American Trolling.
A little known fact about Franklin: He once told Thomas Jefferson "Hey Tom, your mom loudly and forcefully declared independence at my place last night, like 5 times". Jefferson's response was not audible amid the general din of laughter at the 2nd Continental Congress.
You know, maybe I should hold my tongue until the details start dropping about the game and there is a lot more shit-storm potential, but this double fine backers forum is actually probably one of the most civil and well-tempered forums I've seen on the internet so far. There's a lot of people who want to give a lot of input and not all of it is very good, but everyone seems very agreeable about it, and people keep trying to head off any nastiness with lots of "Hey, we don't get to make the game and shouldn't feel entitled, ect" but it doesn't seem like anyone disagrees with them and they're all really reasonable about it.
Like I said, though, once we see the first concept art we'll see if 30% of the posters suddenly feel disenfranchised and want their money back.
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had to present a paper to professor david nutt today
thought it would go shit
he was so pleased he said i could have got a phd for it
Recently they have done a string of pretty excellent ones.
I thoroughly enjoy how they've gotten pretty creative with the format ala when they showed an event that took place in the past with Gabe's original art style.
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Also, yeah, a large portion of Marxist economic theory has been discarded. The strict labor theory of value is out the door, especially with modern mechanization and the emphasis on the service and healthcare industry in this country.
That's not to mean that we shouldn't consider labor in regards to it's relation to profit, though.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is poised this week to reject plans for so-called political event contracts, a lucrative derivative deal that would allow firms to wager on Congressional races as well as the presidential battle, the people briefed on the matter said. The agency is expected to decide, in part, that such trading amounts to gambling — and that it could unduly influence election results.
when are you getting air freighted to England? My brother is going to start a tour in Dubai for 6 to 9 months and then maybe Singapore after that. I'm going to be taking care of his dog (Gus' sister) for an indeterminate amount of time. Hope they still get along. They used to have playdates but the last one would have been like 6 years ago. Gonna be a big change for both of them. anyhoo.
not sure when
my goal is to get into a more permanent situation with the g/f before that happens
i saw an eagle or maybe a falcon or something attack another bird mid-air one time
it was awesome
the one smaller bird was trying to get away and then the raptor grabbed him and they kind of just plummeted towards the ground together and at the last second the raptor pulled up and flew away with his (now dead) lunch
so at some point during the fall he killed his lunch i guess
Ice fucking cold.
there used to be a hawk that lived on campus, if you got lucky you got to see it kill and eat a pigeon, squirrel or rat
it was a cool hawk
it was called hawkmadinejad
named after the man who visited our campus and caused a stir
what was the man's name?
bob hawk
dont know him
Lincoln Hawk?
but how would a hawk wear a backwards hat
scratch that
can you imagine how awesome a hawk wearing a backwards hat would be
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when are you getting air freighted to England? My brother is going to start a tour in Dubai for 6 to 9 months and then maybe Singapore after that. I'm going to be taking care of his dog (Gus' sister) for an indeterminate amount of time. Hope they still get along. They used to have playdates but the last one would have been like 6 years ago. Gonna be a big change for both of them. anyhoo.
not sure when
my goal is to get into a more permanent situation with the g/f before that happens
we are opening an office in London that is going to do Oil & Gas ibanking there and they are looking for dudes to populate it while they build up a local presence
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ThomamelasOnly one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered Userregular
So the World of Darkness MMO is going to have Princes played by players who will be able to declare open season on other players leading to permadeath. Right, gonna need to start buying popcorn in bulk. Gooey, I want all of the popcorn futures as well.
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So the World of Darkness MMO is going to have Princes played by players who will be able to declare open season on other players leading to permadeath. Right, gonna need to start buying popcorn in bulk. Gooey, I want all of the popcorn futures as well.
Well a WoD MMO does need more drama than a conventional one.
Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
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I think the most recent edition isn't actually bad mechanically compared to the earlier clusterfucks, but the userbase is still the bottom of the barrel.
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So the World of Darkness MMO is going to have Princes played by players who will be able to declare open season on other players leading to permadeath. Right, gonna need to start buying popcorn in bulk. Gooey, I want all of the popcorn futures as well.
Well a WoD MMO does need more drama than a conventional one.
I thought they pretty much fired everyone working on it, also, it's CCP so there's sure to be plenty of drama.
I think the most recent edition isn't actually bad mechanically compared to the earlier clusterfucks, but the userbase is still the bottom of the barrel.
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Or most sports books. In Vegas you'll find a place to make a wager on just about anything.
Lincoln Hawk?
Except this, of course
oh my god
They're not exactly Redford and Newman.
Choose Your Own Chat 1 Choose Your Own Chat 2 Choose Your Own Chat 3
Very.
In Total Recall some business magnate has a monopoly over the equipment that produces oxygen. He uses this to extend and enforce his political power. He also owns access to alien technology that, when activated, will produce enough oxygen to make Mars inhabitable.
In the case of Stalinism, ownership of the factories belonged to the State and the workers acted similar to employees of the State.
What do you mean specifically by necessity and enclosure of the common?
Marxist theory has "evolved" so to speak. Lenin's answer was the NEP. Small scale entrepreneurship and trade were not only allowed, but encouraged. It was, however, strictly controlled and limited to town/region. There was no method of expandibility. Mao adopted the theory of "New Democracy". Kadar with "goulash Communism". Capital is principally political as anyone who has a monopoly on Capital holds power.
I agree. I think it's a hasty method to explain the turn that Eastern Europe made towards focusing on consumer goods instead of the majority of work for production of steel, oil, etc. Maoism distinctly rejected this turn (it was an undercurrent of the Sino Soviet split).
Those of you who recall my impassioned post on the double fine backers forum about why there should be a female main character:
The poll is now 249/215 in favor of female. I changed it into a 5 point lead!
Or, you know, that was going to happen anyway, but again, I would like to believe in the amazing mind changing power of my oratory.
i like that gabe was especially uncharitable in his self-interpretation
I don't want a girl game winky
stop trying to get MLP: The Game made
The concept of "common entities" is also applied to television, music, forms of entertainment, etc. Largely on the basis that once something enters the lexicon/Zeitgeist of public consumption, the necessity for it's protection is less important compared to what society may or may not get out of it. Society itself decides how much of a monetary value exists on an item at some point. Popular Musician A may make $100,000 off a single song the week it releases but then it's pirated more than purchased. Since data can't be over produced and it can't exactly be destroyed, the dynamics change. An MP3 can't sit on the store shelf until it expires. An outlet will either return a physical item it for destruction if it can't sell it and I can't make a copy of it. If no one wants it, or it's out dated, then it's destroyed.
Data and information, obviously, are different. Piracy benefits it's creator in a manner of prevalence in society and it benefits society in other ways.
Where as the RIAA, DRM, etc do nothing but harm society in their attempts to destroy the concept of ownership.
I think old school Marxists would oppose the RIAA for both of these reasons, even though they are contradictory.
I know Wynn was pushing for regulation changes to allow for non-sporting events gambling. I know he got approval for the World Series of Poker and was looking to do the Oscars. I could have sworn this was one of his ideas.
The first documented occurrence of American Trolling.
A little known fact about Franklin: He once told Thomas Jefferson "Hey Tom, your mom loudly and forcefully declared independence at my place last night, like 5 times". Jefferson's response was not audible amid the general din of laughter at the 2nd Continental Congress.
Like I said, though, once we see the first concept art we'll see if 30% of the posters suddenly feel disenfranchised and want their money back.
thought it would go shit
he was so pleased he said i could have got a phd for it
lulz
DA SIKNEZZ
Could have.
BUT DIDN'T
back to the paper mines
Recently they have done a string of pretty excellent ones.
I thoroughly enjoy how they've gotten pretty creative with the format ala when they showed an event that took place in the past with Gabe's original art style.
im da best
its just str8 fax
Also, yeah, a large portion of Marxist economic theory has been discarded. The strict labor theory of value is out the door, especially with modern mechanization and the emphasis on the service and healthcare industry in this country.
That's not to mean that we shouldn't consider labor in regards to it's relation to profit, though.
they're trying to securitize movies too you know
Neat!
Also how much do you know about ADHD/schizophrenia/antisocial disorder?
not sure when
my goal is to get into a more permanent situation with the g/f before that happens
*unlocks basement, dusts off chains*
Choose Your Own Chat 1 Choose Your Own Chat 2 Choose Your Own Chat 3
?
Because I just finished, and it was excellent.
but how would a hawk wear a backwards hat
scratch that
can you imagine how awesome a hawk wearing a backwards hat would be
switch her birth control out with tic tacs.
if I want it yeah
we are opening an office in London that is going to do Oil & Gas ibanking there and they are looking for dudes to populate it while they build up a local presence
What did EA do?
Do you have a few hours?
also mmo permadeath is aaaawesome
yup, pretty good
although some parts of the plot weren't explained very well
I think the most recent edition isn't actually bad mechanically compared to the earlier clusterfucks, but the userbase is still the bottom of the barrel.
I thought they pretty much fired everyone working on it, also, it's CCP so there's sure to be plenty of drama.
twitch.tv/tehsloth
is it even more goth than VtM?