dieseldog

BEING less serious the George Washington has docked over here
dragon has gone up to either inlist or stowaway?

Thanks DD,

I agree that HD needs something like this.. See my info, where i wrote a bunch of stuff.. maybe too much.. If you have any suggestions for improvement, let me know..
thx for comments..ken

<SO>i bet</SO>

I have become stuck on the level that I have achieved.
Like you, I am not betting on too many things right now.

Best wishes!

Hey DD,
I was happier when you crossed the 500K threshold, than when you passed me on the leaderboard.
But I am still happy for your success.
LOL

hi mate thanks for your concern about the old duck , she OK .(some times)
as for leaving i am waiting on a letter in reply to one i sent direct to the person so far not a thing !!!!!
as for dragon he wants to stay here he likes the weather its raining cats and dogs did not know he loved animals? ifyou want to know mor my email addy is .
zulu6@geo.net.au

Of course, I understand. I often just close my eyes and pick one and I watch the show! keep me in the loop on what's going on in your part of Hubdub! I'm finally recovering and able to be on line more often so I want to PLAY!

Sorry DD,
I am surprised to hear this,
ken

Damn DD,

All this time I thought we were friends. I was surprised the other day when I went to send you a shout, only to realize we weren't on each others friends list.

I have long considered you a friend. You help out others with good comments in forums and in questions, and greatly helped me out updating some questions I had posted for the NBA Playoffs.

Thanks again for taking the time to update some of the NBA questions this postseason.
It was a pleasant surprise each time I went to post updates, only to see you had beat me to it. Saved me time to do other things, so TY :o)

Dear friend,
I’ve become bored with Hubdub and moved on - goodbye and good luck!

Thanks for the kind words in the Boyle market, but I have to say, my sense of humor gets the better of me sometimes. I can't look at that market and not think "this market won't settle until the fat lady sings".

...I know, I know, I'm going to burn in hades for that one...

Thanks, but you know what they say... easy come, easy go.

Please read the \"about me\" on my home page and consider joining the effort. Many Thanks!

Wow! Congrats on a half mil...!!!!

D-Dawg,
Congrats on hitting 500K
Whoooo Hooooooo
:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Thanks Mark. that was truly appreciated be honest not the best that's why i don't come on here like i used too. i do not think she will ever be real good.
tomorrow i have to do the shopping in the morning, a well thanks for your thoughts .

you are a true friend

In this guy's case, I think it's a matter of what his voice is best suited for. What else would you do with that voice?

I do think the British show allows for a much more diverse range of styles whereas the US version eventually steers you toward pop.

I doubt you can make a question out of this one, but it's definitely shocking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-ZjOEk4-dI

I practically fell off the couch laughing, but ya gotta admit, the guy's got talent.

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I wouldn't say they bombed so much as the first one popped too quickly and the second one is going to take forever because everyone who wants to see the video has seen the video. This one seems undiscovered, but then again, who knows. It's only had about 250k views today, so it may not make a splash at all. On the other hand, all it takes is a few chain e-mails to go viral and it's off to the races.

I wouldn't call any question that makes $20k bombing. Not every question is going to pop six figures.

dd: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOeWz2k4tTI
Think this might warrant a new "when will it hit 10 million" market. Take a listen and I think you'll agree, this one will also go viral (already has 2 million views).

Obama's Apology Tour Parody Theme Song: I'm Sorry (So Sorry)
http://mfile.akamai.com/5020/wma/rushlimb.download.akamai.com/5020/New/I'MSORRY.asx

You didnt go to the tea party? Why not? They were tons of fun, i was flipped off at least 3 times and i got to piss off a lot of democrats. I couldnt think of a better way to spend my Wensday afternoon.

You protesting diesel? The tea party needs our support! My sign say's "Big Government=Big waste"

It's been a long while getting well enough to keep the numbers straight but it's fun to see the questions again. As to keeping jenniandboys in line? I try...:but it's really up to triathematician now...even though he is very busy with 'real' work...hummm. Maybe I should keep an eye on her..nah, sorry wouldn't work. Hasn't worked since she was 16, won't work now. I could threaten to smack her and we would both giggle. It's a a private joke. She's a wonderful daughter and mother. She really is as amazing as she seems on line...that from a totally unbiased observer! gg

leaving wednesday for the nhra southern nationals ,watch espn2 sunday 7 pm eastern i will be the one with john force shirt on.......lol

I'm fine -- thanks for checking on me :) I've been out of town for the past couple of months so this was my first weekend back home. Just enjoying myself a bit. Should be "back to work" this week though.

No prob. DD. I just wanted to make my friends aware of the question so they could get in early if they wanted. I'm not real good at following up with challenges myself, as I'm not spending too much time on the site these days. Involved in too many projects and this site is too distracting.

Thanks for reminding me about that issue though. I went and got it cleared, as it fits within the guidelines.

Thanks for the shout! Yeah, hopefully it will last! Too bad it's H$
I expect to see you there soon too!

I havent heard that. But im not suprised. Tree huggers and hippys are rampant in this state. I did some volunteer work for the local republican committee here, and one morning when i showed up, some punks had graffitied all over the front of the building about how we were racist because we didnt support Obama. That and the fact that im not allowed to fire guns in the streets is why my state is one of the worst. What about you? How do you feel about your state?

Thanks for making the press conference questions! They look great. Although I do wish he could find another day of the week to speak on rather than screwing up the American Idol schedule every time!

Hi DD. I left a note to you after the pompous ass candelario mentioned you.
http://www.hubdub.com/m25168/Will_the_US_close_the_military_prison_camp_at_Guantanamo_Bay_in_2009

And more importantly, im no longer allowed to argue with SU and admins? NO!!!!!!!!!!

c2r and jsevigny supported not banning death questions? Finally something we agree on. Im glad i was gone otherwhsie i probably wouldnt be here today. Has c2r left and just not had his account deleted or did he relent?

Hey what happened to jesivgny? I glanced at a comment he wrote and its not lighting up anymore. Did he leave hubdub?

Hey dd. I read your comment but i havent changed my mind. Nice picture.

Cracking top 20 proved nearly impossible...relatively speaking. I have to be so agressive to move up the ladder....no doubt I am walking on thin ice with every wild wager I make. It will be interesting how high up the leaderboard o will get before i crash.

Hi DieselDog
Just a friendly note saying how much I appreciate your participation on Hubdub.

Your friend - Mark

cheers, you as well.

Thanks....I have been sweating these questions out ALOT! I need to tone my wagers back a bit or I will suffer from heart failure. I have been on quite a roll lately....I am just waiting to get suckered into something and lose it all.....I am sure it is ony a matter of time. Good luck on your wagers!

Thanks, and right back at you. Keep up the good work.

DD,

Not too nosy at all. My job constraints were keeping me from playing on HD as much as I had in the past, I went a couple of weeks without flagging any questions and so my status was removed, no harm/no foul. Actually I feel a little less encumbered expressing my opinions now anyway, honestly creating questions and forums are the areas I enjoy more than policing anyway.

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Loving your Westminster market! Thanks for taking the time to write it. Should be a great one to run in-play :)

Oregon huh? Damn hes closing in on me!

NOOOO!!!! My membership to the right wing party has been revoked????? Please let me back in!

Wow, I didn't realize you weren't on my friends list until I tried to send a message today. Thanks for the daily counts on the hockey questions. I also really appreciated your response on the recent forum. Great to hear some support from the user's perspective. Keep up the good work!

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I have decided to take a break for a while from hubdub, but hope to come back at a later date. Hubdub management has no intention of fixing the void problems at this time including (but not limited to) excessive voids, unreasonable voids based on starting odds, and inability to reopen voids. I hope to return when I hear these things are fixed. Meanwhile, I wish my many friends on hubdub The Very Best!

Hey Mark! You're doing really well! You're just about to cross 400K. Keep it up!

Thanks for the kind words. I know it's not visible but I lost 75K two nights ago on the People's Choice Awards. Somehow the people and I just don't pick the same people. LOL. Just when I thought maybe I was gettin' to be a people! You just never know...

thanks diesel...yeah some things have changed for sure. I am not one to put a bunch of personal stuff (real opinions) on the net for all to see. feel free to email me at letmewinplees@yahoo.com

thanks letme. i think you and tater both make HD a better place and more enjoyable. i also have a sense that neither of you are to happy with HD. i could be wrong...just a gut feeling. i hope whatever the case is that you find more time to spend on HD. i know that i miss ya both, and i'm sure others do as well.

Hey buddy- thanks for the comment on my question. You have always been one of my favorite hubdubbers. I always remember when you took up for me (back in the day) and have always appreciated it :^)

Hey diesel- Thanks for the shout (and concern!). Had a very nice Christmas. Just been very busy with holiday activities, family events, working odd hours, etc. I am still trying to do as much as i can for hubdub but havent been able to put as much time in to it. I am excited to see what kind of NFL questions will be created and i am eager to bet on them! As far as Tater goes, he has been even busier than me. He got a little frustrated with some things on here but he still enjoys making bets and helping out with questions (when time allows). Hope your holiday was nice and best wishes for the new year! ~~Patti

Hi Mark =- Yeah, I'm enjoying my holidays and lessening my online presence while I'm living on a rickety laptop at my Mom's house. Even worse, I was without internet access for the last two days! Very scary for me :) I should be around a little more the next week or so and expect to spend most of the 1st online settling the 80 "will X happen by 2009" questions in my category! Hope you had a very merry Christmas and an excellent new year to come!

What happened to our friend DragonXL? I don't see any movement there...? I can't imagine that anyone actually "got" to him? Well, yes I can...

HI Friend! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you! I have been away the last ten days visiting relatives and friends in Nebraska and Iowa. Boy, I have seen a lot of snow and ice. Texas is warm by comparison, but I had a very nice Christmas. What did you do for Christmas?

Thanks again for thinking about me: I really appreciate it.

John

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HI There Mark!

I'm always better for a chat with you. You are welcome to email me at chrisjohn@att.net. I should be around most of the next 12 hours, and will try to answer your email quickly. Hope you are having a great Sunday!

John

Hi Friend,

You won't believe what is going on!! Look again at your question:

http://www.hubdub.com/m23203/Will_the_Supreme_Court_take_the_case_againest_Presidentelect_Barack_Obama

Got a little tired of all the flack on percentages. Can start again if you think it's worth it.

Hi DD,
Thx for the congrats!
Have a beautiful day,
FoF

K i got it. Ill use it!

Try copy image url

really it didnt work? Are you using a mac or a pc?

LOL! No worries dieseldog. In an ideal world, we should be able to easily filter out friends based on geography/likes/dislikes, but currently it's manual and I don't always have the time to do it properly. Please forgive me for spamming you ;-) I guess most people don't have a gazillion Hubdub friends.
Recovered from the excitement/disappointment of last night yet?!

K, heres what you do. You right click on the picture, click on copy image source then post the source on my account! And yes i have been busy, first it was halloween, busiest day of the year for my company, and then i was doing as much volunteer work for the republican party as possible. However judging by whats happening my efforts were unsuccessful!

When I orginally set the odds it was rare for the NASDAQ to move more than a couple of digits per day. With this active market maybe the odds should be more equal. This is orginally Jenni's question and she asked me to make the odds in a bell curve orginally. More input from the players

Thanks for the heads up about jsevigny! i think i set him straight! http://www.hubdub.com/m20054/Will_Barack_Obama_win_at_least_80_of_the_vote_in_Cook_CountyChicago

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No problem. Its about time im on a roll with somthing.

Well ive made about 17 dollars in income. Under Obamas tax plans that he is proposing for when the economy gets better, that would make my taxes about.... 56 dollars!

thats ok mate at leaset you replied
you should try it once and again may get you going

Hey, thanks! I've been struggling a bit with the big 3-0.. I kinda liked being in my twenties! Oh well, guess we haven't figured out how to stop time yet, eh? (too bad..)

Hey dd! Thanks for the shout and compliments! The duplicate one (47.5) was supposed to be Colts @ Packers(I even had that picture there LOL). I suspended that one and reposted the new one. I appreciate you bringing it to my attention :)

Ha ha, i would have said as long as a Obama's morales but it was you. I think it might work on others. Of course the only people who knew about this(that i saw using it at least) were people who were admins for this site so it may just be a hubdub thing.

I dont truly understand how it works. I know about html but i never thought to apply it to hubdub. Most of the codes i know are either way obsolete or dont work. My real question is, does this work on other sites such as comments on blogs or something?

How did you do the underlines ?

Ha ha your getting into the spirit!

I think you just might have it!

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Me and my giant letters!

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hmm that <SPAN CLASS="bigletters">big<SPAN>

This is a really <SPAN CLASS="bigletters">big</SPAN> idea!

palin for prez in 2012

liberals are very confusing on a good day

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i dislike higher taxes

I really like this idea.

ok i tried it

damn. Ok one more time you do a < then a b then a r then a >
And for italics its a < then a I then a >

Oops. For the last one i didnt put enough spaces. its

= bold

Sure. You have a few options. You can....
A: take a 5 month course on how to construct websites with html
B: google html codes on the internet and look for the one that says bold.
C: < h 1 > Whatever < / h 1 > =bold = Italics = paragraph

can you explain how to do it?

Easy peasy. You use

html.

I didnt get this tell i viewed it through my cell phone.

I know! First russia losing to Hitler in ww2, now this! Never trust a commy!

RE: "looks like obama taxed you pretty good at the start of this quarter."

yeah, LOL... he hasn't even won yet and he's already taxing me 8^)

Uh... Have a nice day to you to then! Yes i am a christian but dont worry my stating god has nothing to do with god himself. "God damn it" merly means that i want god to put a dam over there! For economic and environmental reasons.

Hey, Thanks! (Don't I wish it was REAL money...?)

Unfortunetly my stock portfolio is falling faster than my hubdub portfolio. Damnit washington mutual why! I bought at around 150 and last time i checked it was at 5 dollars.

Well if i succeed at predicting i fail at what this site is actually about: News predictions. I just keep losing and losing!

thank you very much! I am not sure about keeping him under control though...

Thanks for the shout. I'm having a hard time getting past that last 20K to get over 1M...but I hope to make it in the next week or so.

Newswrangler, myself, and many others were missing from the leaderboards there for a while. I just checked wrangler's page, and he hasn't left comments for the last week. Perhaps he is on vacation? Just a thought...As you say, he is fair, consistent, and a worthy SU. Hope you are well! We are having perfect fall weather 82 -- 62. It will last about three weeks in the spring and in the fall. Hope you are having the same! It's such a relief from our miserably hot summer here...

At last! I'm back: Thank you...

For a moment there, I thought they were giving me a gentle hint...

I thought yoiu were already on my Friends list, but recently couldn't find you, so I resubmitted my request.
Not sure what is going on with the Leaderboards, but you are right. I have been missing in action for about a week now.
Tisha said I was not alone and they were working on it.

Happy Hubdubbing

I just posted the following comment in agreement with you:

"I agree with dieseldog...In the process of firing up the audiences at BOTH conventions, some very respected keynote speakers said atrocious non-truths to get their constituents to BOIL...and they did.

I agree with dieseldog that however Joe Biden treats Sarah Palin, SOMEBODY is going to scream sexist and we can't presume that the comment is fair or justified. I'm not going to participate in this question either "as it stands now". Considering Joe Biden's fine reputation for ethics, the starting odds are WAY OFF, unless we EXPECT irrational accusations from someone who is a Republican Pundit. In other words, as it is set up now, this question is not about Joe Biden or Sarah Palin at all: it is about unpredictable and possibly irrational comments from either party. IMHO, this is not "fair game"..."

thank you dd, I spoke up in comments, shouts and email and let them know that I didnt appreciate the way things were handled. I received apologies (from the admins/SUs that were involved)as well as some compliments and alot of encouragement from the staff. Most of what I got back was positive and alot of people (hubdubbers and staff involved) agreed the original pictures that question creators post should be left alone (unless offensive or if they ask permission to change them). I decided to post the o/u questions for monday night. I hope that from this point on, things will continue on the right path. Thanks again for the support and for speaking up when you saw something unfair. ~~Let

hi diesel,
I can see why you're upset in the letmewinplees case. I agree that destry did make changes which letme gave a feeling of being a dumb ass. But please believe me when I say that his intentions are good. What I can imagine is that he sounds kind of rude when he writes messages. But that is more a problem of internet communication than of his personality. I cannot judge the "lying" part of your message but I don't really think I want to anyway.
But for the sake of being a community: Hopping on any occasion to comment a comment written by destry in that tone you were using the last days spoils the fun of the game for all of us reading them - they cause such a bad aura (maybe we should ask lucid, where has he been lately btw?). So if you really have such a big problem with one of the admins, you should use the contact form (or even email nigel directly) and inform the staff (if you haven't already done so). Be assured that your voice will be heard, but I do not expect destry being moved out. He's doing a great job - alltogether.
Regard,

kruijs

hey dd, I wanted to say tyvm for your shout, comments and continuing to support the voice of hubdubbers. We all (common HDrs) try to do our best to make this site one of the great ones. We really are the "blood" of this site and I think its important for us to speak up when we dont like how something is being handled, so thanks for doing just that. As far as what happened with the o/u questions, I thought I was doing a pretty good job at those and I really enjoyed making them. I think if the admin wants to ask "favors" (by asking us to tag a certain way, use certain wording or whatever it may be to make their jobs easier) from us, they should do that a little differently than what was done. I would have been more than willing to put whatever tags they wanted there if they actually took the time to give me the reason. Instead it was just requested without explaination (and part of the reason I got so frustrated with it). I was also ticked off to see every picture had been changed. I think anyone would have been. If they had a problem with the pictures, they should have given me a heads up or asked me if I mind before they changed them. Felt kinda like a slap in the face for all the time I spend creating those. Anyhow, thanks again~~letmewinplees

Thanks

Thanks, I'm flattered not mad.

Oh, I'm definitely not mad! After losing a ton of money today on McCain's Vice Presidential nominee, your great vote of confidence absolutely made my day, and I want to genuinely thank you.

Actually I was asked in the first wave of superusers, and I was probably the only person who declined...I was concerned that a part of the objective was to divide and conquer: to take away several of our strongest members to stop Spitzer-like protests and "the Satyaki strike", etc. I think that is pretty much what has happened, and the general atmosphere today on hubdub is more peaceful, but less interesting and less thought provoking...much fewer discussions...

While I am honored and appreciative of your recommendation, I think in hindsight that I did the right thing: I want to enjoy hubdub with everyone else (with comments, compliments, and occasional criticism -- as before).

And I want to thank you again for being a friend...!

Hey mate sorry about the double challenge!

Maybe Hurricane Fay hit D's keyboard and now every time it's used it results in Voids.

Just kidding, I also thought there was some inconsistency, but I don't want mc or anyone else to start thinking "that" is a way to get results.

Um.. oops. Yes, I was totally obsessing about the VP markets yesterday. Thanks for the note! I wonder if anyone else would even notice :)

Yeah I do to. But I talked the market into staying open. Groans.....

@dd .. There's no hard and fast rule. But once a question has been open for "a while" you don't want to make changes to it because then anyone that had bid on it might be upset. If there's only one or two people, no big deal. But with 20 bets, that's a lot. Hope that helps... its really just a judgement call.

Entertainment. Yeah more movie questions :)

I'm hoping that picture isn't your car??

Ha! That's hilarious! Nice work.

That's ok. You're always welcome to decline a challenge I (or anyone really) sends you. No hurt feelings whatsoever. I know not everyone is interested in the same topics!

I hope that helps a bit!

Performance this quarter
Gain: +9,619
Leaderboard: #20
Best category: General (#6)
Worst category: Science (#740) 7-06-08 2:15 pm EST Net worth: H$183,473

Performance this quarter
Gain: +12,091
Leaderboard: #17
Best category: Politics (#4)
Worst category: Science (#254) 7-06-08 3:18 am EST Net worth: H$185,925
the "gain" this is referring to is my quartley gain. i never lost $2,472 over night. is this saying my "cashin" value (on my open predictions) increased by $2,472 over night? if so my networth shouldn't have went down..correct? only thing i see consistent is science is my worse catagory.



Yes, these quarterly gains are going to be driven by the value of your predictions. If you put a 10,000 bet on something and no one agrees with you, your 10,000 may drop to have a cash in value of only 100. This would cause your Predictions and your Net Worth to drop by 9,900 h$.

Ok.. gonna give this a try..

You: "if i add my settled predictions for 365 days + my cashed in predictions for 365 days + $20 for every day i've logged in + the $1,000 i started with + $300 for friends who signed up + the cash i have bet (open predictions) just the bet not the cashin value....would that not be close to what my net worth would be?"

Me: No, you end up double counting if you do it that way. Your networth is only your cash on hand and the money you currently have in predictions. The thousand you started with and the 20$ a day, etc have likely been invested in other things, so you end up double counting them if you try to count them separately. Also, when you look at the money you have in predictions, it is important to look at the cash in value, not the amount that you bet in the beginning.

sorry, i'm not ignoring you.. but I'm going to be out of the house most of today, so it will probably be tomorrow before i can think through it properly and respond to you.

No problem....to each his own...thanks

gotcha this time....I'll try to make sure I leave ya off the group when I send these out...if I goof up, my apologies in advance...thanks

Of course, no sweat, not my favorite either, I'd rather deal with things that I feel like I know SOMETHING about, rather than stock markets which seem so random to me.

haha, I suspect it's already the worst kept secret on Hubdub!

That's OK....I didn't get to either....woulda won too....lol