jenniandboys

Twilight I was not very very successful on Thursday - glad that I hadn't created the question.
Now I have to wait 7 weeks for New Moons start in Germany. (damn small studio)

I wondered if Twilight I would be open for one more day here http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=twilight08.htm and I can ask how many millions can the movie add in one day. Maybe cross the 200m?

Thank you Jenni !

I want to create aquestion about the one day restart of Twilight I in 2000 Theaters Thursday next week. Will there be a BOM value for that to settle?

Jenni, what's the policy on Survivor these days? Are questions allowed only for the finale?

Last nite was amazing. As despicable as he is, I'm starting to like Russell. I was thinking of a question on whether he finds another idol.

you missed eyes and nose S-:

yep, you missed mouth and nose (-:

Sorry I'm slow. I just saw the shout you sent me 15 weeks ago. ....

Hi Jenny,

do you use Firefox? If yes, join the great chat kruijs created.
http://www.hubdub.com/e/Topic/Real_Chat_now_open__682

if i'm not mistaken dollhouse was on tongight (friday) i've watched it a few times. it was ok, but i didn't really know what was going on with the characters/story line. if you don't mind me asking why do you like it so much? i recorded it and going to try and watch it more often. some of the women are easy on the eyes. :O)

DD

Jenny,
Thanks for settling the Transformers question today. That freed up a lot of H$ for me.
Mike

I'll let you be the judge whether this is sufficient to count as "dating".

http://gone-hollywood.com/2009/08/kathy-griffin-and-levi-johnston-dating/

http://www.hubdub.com/m35756/Will_there_be_any_MSM_reports_of_Levi_Johnston_dating_anybody_besides_Bristol_by_September_1st

Hi!

I challenge you to create market responses to this question:
http://www.hubdub.com/m50720/Will_the_new_Teletubby_single_reach_1_in_the_UK_charts

How? See:
http://www.vanderkruijs.net/dev/userscripts/hubdub/marketresponses/doc/

Am I missing something? I requested settlement based on two new earthquakes, one 7.1, one 6.6 and the market hasn't been suspended. Background and settlement details say: both earthquakes must occur within a 24 period*

http://www.hubdub.com/m49349/Will_there_be_two_60_or_greater_earthquakes_in_the_same_day_before_Aug_28_2009_

Ok Jenni,

You are TAGGED: http://www.hubdub.com/m49368/LEGO_House_How_long_will_it_exist_after_opening_

Jenny, if there's no news by settlement date on this question: http://www.hubdub.com/m45755/Will_Neverland_Valley_Ranch_get_turned_into_a_amusement_parkmuseums_for_the_public
Will it settle as no, extend settlement date, or void?

Hey Jenni, u remember that Vibe magazine rapper question? They've posted Eminem as the winner on their website now - is there any way to get it settled accordingly? It cost me a lot of potential H$$$$$$$!!

http://www.hubdub.com/m43600/Who_will_be_named_Vibe_Magazines_2009_Best_Rapper_Ever

Thanks for the tag, challenge answered: http://www.hubdub.com/m47532/President_Obama_Primetime_Press_Conf_72209_How_many_of_the_newly_profitable_banks_will_he_name

Now you tell me! How do I know what a good question is? Gee, Jenni!

What happened with c2r and chargers ????

I suppose you know my email address ?!

HP was fantastic!! Well worth the wiat, but now I want the final 2 flicks...NOW!!! I hope you enjoyed Transformers just as well...

On Yes Men: yes pls wager back. TY

Congrads on your Dave L/Sara P guess of 4 times! You must have won a mint. I usually follow your lead ("Imitation is the best form.."), but thought for sure he'd ride it all week! Ah well..

Whoo whoo! Got my advance ticket for HP and the H-BP today! I can't wait. The reviews are stellar, as I knew it would be.

Jenny

I am not sure if the Michael Jackson TV audience question is one of yours but I do have a query which you may be able to push in the right direction - thanks.

The London Times saysthe TV audience for Jacko was 6.5m in Uk and Guardian 6 - 7m. Television audience for funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales peaked at 32.78m UK viewers, country's highest viewing figure ever. BBC1 drew 19.3m viewers and ITV 11.7m. (http://www.allbusiness.com/retail/retailers-miscellaneous-store-retailers-video/7539368-1.html)

I would respectfullly suugest there may be an error in this settlement

Ian

Jenny, regarding this question: http://www.hubdub.com/m45752/Will_Michael_Jacksons_doctor_be_charged
Would this include disciplinary action by a medical board? If not, would it be alright if I added a question regarding whether any of Michael's medical professionals will be disciplined by any medical governing body as a result of Michael Jackson's death. It would have to have a longer settlement date, perhaps October or November since these types of licensing boards tend to move slowly. Your thoughts?

thanks so much for your help. My life can get back to more normal for me, Hubdub at various times during the day, Netflix at night and coffee tomorrow morning with my gay boyfriend. No more crying and hammering my head against a computer which kept rejecting me. That's such a distressing feeling, rejection.

whoo whoo! I finally crawled back up to psychic!! It has been 2 months, but your questions have helped me regain my true status! teeheeteehee

jenni, please forgive me for declining all your entertainment challenges, but I don't watch TV, only listen to classical music and hardly ever go to the cinema, so I don't know squat about any of it. Nothing personal.....

Yah, I'll just remake/copy and paste it.

Yah, I'll just remake/copy and paste it.

Ummm, I think it is broken, it just says "This market has already been created to replace the void one
". Not sure if it was something I did...

K, thanks!

In regards to the question "When will New Super Mario Bros. Wii be released?", I would say:

Prior to Q4: 5%
Oct: 25%
Nov: 30%
Dec: 35%
Jan +: 5%

Nintendo is often late, but I think they'll shoot for a Christmas release, so the closer to the end of the year, the better the chance. I forgot it was Q4, thanks for the reminder.

Hi Jenny,

I hope you are still stalking my shouts. You are always welcome and I appreciate your input! Kind Regards, John

Hi Jenny, not quite sure how this works but I figure you will! I see Miss California has lost her crown again as of the 10th of June. I can't recall how the question was worded but perhaps some of us will be eligible to get our HD$ back. :) Thanks

Open Letter to Management of HUBDUB

I have had a fun time for a while with your website. I really believe you have a very good workable and innovative concept here. The unfortunate thing is that some of the people that function as category editors are killing it. There are some genuinely good ones, Tisha Dejmanee, Jim Pettit and especially Jenni Peterson and John Neblett, to name a few. Unfortunately, there are others that are chronically late with settlement, do not communicate with players and, most infuriatingly, void questions for arbitrary and sometimes bizarre reasons.
For a site that heavily depends on users’ willingness to make it work, it is not smart to piss such people off for no reason. It is very frustrating to spend time creating questions only to have a juvenile who can’t even spell, construct a cogent sentence or understand basic concepts of probability void them (yes, I’m talking about Jacobs). I will give you an example of what I’m talking about. My market asked the high/low/neither question for high temp and set the starting odds at 40% for hitting the high limit of 92 degrees at a time when the forecast called for a high of 90 (2 degrees below). My reasoning was that if the forecast calls for 92 degrees, chances are 50-50 of actually getting there. So, when they call for a high 2 degrees below the high limit of my market, the odds must be somewhere below that 50-50. The CatEd voided my question arguing the odds should have been 60%! I quote his explanation: “The odds when the market was initially put up should have been much closer to 60% for reaching 92, this even though it might not reach 92. This is because 60% odds don't represent anything certain either but are much closer to the probable reality of the situation” (note the elegant turn of phrase) How can the odds of something predicted NOT to happen be greater than 50%??? http://www.hubdub.com/m39743/What_will_the_high_temp_in_Washington_DC_do_next_Will_we_hit_92_degrees_or_60_degrees_F
The last void was also annoying and what makes it worse is that he lies afterwards about having communicated about the issue previously. There is no comment from him on my previous rain related markets, nor can I find an e-mail. He is hurting your business and you need to take decisive action before he ruins it. A site that depends on the goodwill of its users needs to enhance the user experience, not annoy users needlessly. I created 195 markets, some with over H$200,000 wagered, posted 460 comments and earned over a million H$ in under 6 months. You have a limited number of active players, why would you risk losing them? My friend randburg, 3rd on the leaderboard has also reached his limit and is about to go elsewhere. Others before him have done the same. Randburg’s suggestions on how to improve the site and those of others have been ignored. I felt compelled to post this letter because I truly believe that there is great potential for this site to grow and thrive, but only if you listen to the words of your customers, something any successful business knows it must do. The future of hubdub is in your hands.
Respectfully,
Martin, AKA Tuff_sledding

why are you guys letting Jacobs mess up this otherwise great site???
He keeps voiding questions for ridiculous arbitrary reasons.
I am out of here!!!!

I am SO ready to get back to psychic and my #150 spot (I have slid bigtime down to.. well, way down..) via your excellent Tony awards questions and the latest Reuters article. I have my fingers crossed for Sunday (or else I shall visit Sweeney Todd!) teeheeteehee

Hello Jenni. I continued our conversation in the comment section of the Susan Boyle hospital question rather than on our personal profile pages. Hubdub Category Editors should get extra compensation for all of the Hubdub litigation they oversee! :-)

http://www.hubdub.com/m43077/Will_Susan_Boyle_be_admitted_to_hospital_by_the_end_of_June

Hello Jenny, It looks like the void time was miscalculated on the Susan Boyle hospitalization question. The first news story reporting that Susan Boyle was taken to a hospital did not post until 1:25 am (London Time) and yet the void time was set for 6 pm (a full 7 hours before the first news story was published confirming her hospitalization).

http://www.hubdub.com/m43077/Will_Susan_Boyle_be_admitted_to_hospital_by_the_end_of_June

No worries! Thanks!

Hey Jenni, why was this market settled the way it was: http://www.hubdub.com/m42737/Which_network_will_have_the_most_viewers_on_Sunday_night_?

According to http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/06/01/sunday-ratings-nbc-red-wings-stanley-cup-finals-win-again/19753#more-19753, CBS had the most total viewers. Thanks!

Thanks jenni, that does at least provide some rationale, even if I don't agree with it. I am not a linguist, but by Friday always meant no later than Friday.....
And now that I went and checked my e-mail, there is a nice note from John that soothes the pain. I did come out short by a few K on the settlement, but c'est la vie.
BUT REALLY, do you expect folks to actually READ THE RULES? :-)

I am so disappointed..but I wish Susan had sung a different song- she might have been seen as a one note wonder... and those dancers were very, very good. I keep sinking lower and lower- agh!!!

Great job on all the "B.G.T." questions! I still feel Susan will win... So long ago this all started!!

It's spelled "Britain" not "Britan" ... not to nitpick but people cannot find your question by searching if it is misspelled

Hey Jenni, Thanks for posting the Adam/Queen video. Still makes me stand up! How does he do that? Fk!

BTW I live in San Diego. Saw an outstanding performance of Madama Butterfly at SD Opera last Sunday. Going to KIFM Smooth Jazz Festival in Gaslamp Quarter this Saturday. Previous weekend: Gator Fest (zydeco/blues). Following weekend: Fleetwood Mac in San Diego Sports Arena. Went to New Orleans Jazz Fest for third time, late April. Guess I love music huh!

Thanks again!
Wendell

I can't believe you!!! what were you even doing betting on Italy v Serbia tennis???? I should have known as soon as I saw your bet to get out of town.

jenn,

why can't u settle now?

Many thanks for that

What, my $15k on your question isn't enough, so you have to send out another invite?

LOL, I already make up 2/3rds of the market.

Did you manage to look at the Eurovision question again?

Cool, thanks for sending those links thru :D

Whoo whoo! Your Tony questions and my fast fingers are gonna get me out of the dulldrums (and back to level 13)! Merci :)

http://www.hubdub.com/m41722/How_many_points_will_the_UK_Eurovision_entry_get

The settlement details refer to predictions made after 1.30pm BST being voided and unless I made some kind of mess of the suspend time (which is not outwith my capabailities!) then it looks like a mistake

Thanks for looking into it

Ian

Jenny

Are you sure you haven't made a wee error with my Eurovision points question?

You have refunded all bets made "before 1.30 BST Saturday" as "that was when the result could be known"

The voting on the contest only commenced at 10pm BST Saturday (which was why I set the suspend time as 9.30pm BST) and ended around 11.10pm BST

I am delighted to have my losing bets back but feel there may be an error here

Kind regards

Ian

It's all good!

Hey Jenni!

I was confused when I created all those HSX markets about what exactly "four weeks" was. I didn't know if it included the handful of weekdays after the 4th weekend, but I thought it would be kind of weird for the cut-off date to be on a Tuesday or Wednesday. I couldn't find anything on HSX about it either. So I decided that "four weeks" probably meant "four weekends". But if you and hfl say otherwise, that's fine! I'm glad for the clarification!

Thanks for not voiding all of my markets! WHEN I create the next batch (very soon!), I'll be sure to account for four calendar weeks for the cut-off date. Thanks!

I like this challenge for entertainments #1 - go Jenni ! Today American idol gave me 5K (first success after judges save).

The next weeks don´t look so bright for me.

thanks I have used the billboard website reviews, but unfortunately they dont publish the averaged list til the end of the year and i want a faster settlement!! O well....patience patience :D

hey jenni, two massive albums are out this month - green day and eminem and i was thinking of doing some sort of head to head type question...i want it to be reasonably short term so not like number of #1 hits within a year, more like sales or average critic ratings or countries the album has reached number one in a month or something like that...can you think of any good tracking websites i could use for settlement/info?

Thanks!!

My goodness! You're up at 5:00a.m. brewing your coffee? Awesome.

I'm tempted to go 5,000 large, although I could be under the influence - my partner's a dedicated Trekkie. Not sure I'm thinking straight. $100m isn't a particularly substantial threshold given the opening weekend records involved Sci-Fi of some kind. http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/#wideopening. Nerds are global, although the main casts aren't, plus Dark Knight & Spiderman all released prior to the "credit crunch" being coined.

Looks like you may have joined the mile high club! I accept donations by the way!

Are you tempted to bet large on Star Trek's opening weekend?

i just read the hubdub info, and it does not sound like a bad idea to only allow live shows to be bet on. I have a question on the Apprentice. I do not know if the ending stuff is live or not. I guess likely not live, but i think they must really keep the info as private as they can (hopefully), but they are not the CIA or anything.. Well thanks for the info.. . I have gotten into some of those reality shows..
thx, ken

hi jenni,
I saw ladylara's shout about shows being leaked. I am one of the naive ones who does not know about such things. What's the scoop?
thx, ken

You are always welcome in my shouts! And thank you for the kind words. Yes, there are a lot of very interesting things going on in the shouts that don't always make it to comments or questions. I tend to find it "accidentally"...I'm sure that you have noticed the same...

We have such interesting people on hubdub. Some seem a bit (maybe a lot) acerbic at first, but are very interesting and friendly as you come to know them. We also have a lot of very widely varying viewpoints, but most get along remarkably well (most of the time)...

I guess you have noticed that I have been campaigning with Nigel and Tisha for an ADMINS AND SUPERUSERS APPRECIATION DAY. I think it would be fun to have a day (or even a week) when we could express our appreciation (and maybe even have some kind of event in their honor) whereby we can say thanks for all the hard work "you guys" put into hubdub for us. We don't always agree with what you do and might have an occasional disagreement, but 99.99% of the time hubdub runs pretty smoothly and efficiently due largely to all the terrific efforts of our Admins and Superusers. I keep getting told "great idea" and "soon"...?

Thanx for the Idol challenge, but I have never watched it. I love how good and thorough you are across the breath of this stuff (hence your super admin ability!). I'm more like a tiny bug jumping from one arena to the next... and my $ shows it! have a good day.

I had no idea about shows being leaked. Really, I have watched "Amazing Race" as a nail-biter all these seasons! Geesh, I am naive....

Thanks a lot for that great movie market resource, Jenni! I will get on creating those markets in the next few days. I have finals and term papers coming up (I'm a college student) so it might take me longer than normal. But I promise they will be there soon!

Should I/you change my new Susan Boyle question's suspension date? It goes right down to the last of the 10 guesses, which gives people time to keep moving their bets... or is that how it goes?

I know what you mean about the new vs old crew... Thanks for remembering me :) I am tickled my question is so popular, and Hubdubbers are as excited as I am for this wonderwoman. I did get to hear the other song- "Wow" just isn't enough! Lost a lot on CNN vs. Ashton K , tho..

I am so glad you, too, are excited by the Susan Boyle phenomenon! I appreciate your adding her full YouTube site. I have watched umpteen times already, and still tear up.
It is...comfortable.. being back into Hubdub chatting. Thank you.

Sorry about that.. dont know:D

Hey jenny. can you change the suspend date on my question about pacquiao n hattons match?

Hubdub is overwhelmed with questions by Jenni! I logged on tonight to see the homepage displaying 9 of your questions. Impressive!

great work on the Bubble Shows predictions! Great idea and great data!

r u ok? i get worried when one of the sane people goes missing. haven't seen u around lately. hope all is ok. maybe trimath finally let you take the hot bath with a glass of wine. :)

So what did u have in mind about the questons??

Have not been able to make questions. Is it just me?

no problem on creating the press conference questions. i was glad to see obama break "tradtion" and do the leno show. i'm on pins and needles on the house question. thats the only show i watch on a regular basis.

OHHH....I just thought the 'featured' bit was what was always rotating on the home page! Huh....I guess that is a bit more 'special'.
There are still so many things I don't know about this site! It's kind of like....reading the Bible in a way. Just all these delicious layers under layers. Except without the spiritual discovery.....still, very cool. Thanks.

While I have great respect for you as a fine hubdub admin -- one of the fairest of all -- I must strongly disagree with the void on the "Oscar Jewels" question.

The whole purpose of a boycott is to MAKE SURE that everyone knows that you are boycotting something...If there is no mention whatsoever of a boycott, this question should have settled as NO.

Are we really waiting for Winslet and Cruz to tell us that they are NOT boycotting anything for this question to settle as NO??

Thanks for you attention on the question.

Regarding the Rihanna case, if there's no trial but it's resolved via plea bargain will the question be voided or does that settle as a Rihanna does not testify.

Thanks for the real-time Oscar updates! I didn't have to watch the show, just refresh my email to see what had settled :)

picture update ;-)

I sincerely hope your Mom has a speedy recovery. Am sorry to hear that was your family emergency.

jsveginy is gone!

this precious little site is losing oppugner due to this stupid death policy, J has been scrubbed and I have a heart growing cold with hate....

can you tell me what is going on here suddenly? is it the objective of your bosses to drive out all the fun, free thinking individuals here, cuz that's what's happening.

Say, just wanted to stop by and see if everything is ok for you now...new week and all....

Hey Jen The site has been sooo slow all week do you now whats going on?? Just wondering??? Thanks EJ

Hey jenni! I just saw your msg re:the uk #1 single charts.I'm sorry, but I haven't had much time for that, plus I'd have to do compromise to a weekly delivery. Someone should do it, though. I'm totally passing the mantle. And we also need Billboard 200 questions. You can't have enough chart questions!

Thanks, I thought it was sad too. They just don't 'get it'.

You know, as I climb in winnings I am starting to wonder if the site loses a bit of it's charm (or maybe the word is urgency w/ regard to monitoring bets). I'd almost babysit a Q's outcome round the clock when I had less $ cuz a 100 loss or win was such a big deal.

Now I can relax a little, let my $ work for me and take hits I previously couldn't.

Course, I'm writing this on only a 5 hour break from here so maybe I just think I'm less obsessed.

I was getting hollered at here for messing around with my inplay sessions and making everybody sit thru me hitting the dvr to catch plays I'd missed!

Can't tell ya how the folks in this house hate hubdub inplay Q's right now!!! And oddly enough, nobody...NOBODY cares a whit about my fake money increase.

Thank you!!!! I am in 7th heaven....can't wait to find out where the chips fall but I think I nailed close to 4 grand on this game.

Right down to the WIRE!!! I couldn't have asked for anything else.

http://www.hubdub.com/m29933/If_Heath_Ledger_wins_best_Supporting_Actor_for_2009_who_will__collect_his_Oscar

you are too quick. If he does win? (one of the choice)

jenni - thanks for your kind genlte enlightenment on the dow dollar difference question...i think i shall go back to bed now... since i obviously left the brain sleeping this morning.
Thanks again

Hey, my 'latest activity' screen quit updating over 4 hours ago and it no longer charts what I've done or said or anything.

Technical Glitch going on here tonight?

Thank you so much!!

hey jenni, i made a booboo in the question i created but i don't know how to fix it. in the first sentence it should be "last week" not "last year" could you fix that for me? thanks a bunch!! http://www.hubdub.com/m29964/Will_the_mortgage_interest_rate_for_30_year_fixed_drop_to_or_below_47_by_the_end_of_Feb_09

Hey Jenni glad to hear about your $14K win on Gillebrand!

So you're official position is that you are not an agent provacateur, but instead just an ordinary citizen rubbing her hands gleefully together over the thought of 2 extremists engaged in verbal combat?

I suppose I can fulfill this fantasy.....

Ahem....care to explain what this is all about?

"Hiya dragon. I can't wait to see you and c2r mix it up, I think you guys will like each other (in a hate-y) kinda way. Glad to see you back :)"

You working the crowd to get me tossed off this site, Jen?

Thanks for the Ce La Vie video. It's nice, and puzzling. Hmmm... what happens after I get tied up? Ooh! Do I get to be 16 years old again and now, surrounded by young women? Way cool!

Classy lady! GL in Oscars!!! Rise like the Phoenix!!!

Hey Jenni, you classy babe, so sorry about outcome of Obama oath Q! ;) Here's a song that has helped me (a little) through more serious troubles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HD3Sqlcm3o It's one of those songs that sticks in my mind in a good way.

Your friend,
Wendell "Cheesenips"

Ha ha, something to look forward too! ;)

Ok.

So, as a purely academic comment, since you didn't actually settle the question or anything like that, and since Destry is going to come back and really upset everyone (so that you won't have to be responsible for his question any longer):

Thank Goodness Barack Obama has proven by the way HE handled this question, that he is a better man than us lowly hubdubbers attempting to handle this question...

But we know more than the news sources that we are trying to predict anyway...Right? (I guess that NBC's Brian Williams couldn't possibly have been right). So Barack Obama should have echoed the incorrect "YOU" to the Chief Justice who flubbed his lines....It just gets "curiouser" and "curiouser"...And as fast as I can get my hubdub portfolio reset, I am going to take another week off. Obviously last week was not enough...

Thanks for the reply.

It's still settled incorrectly. If "so help you God" & "so help me God" is the basis for the settlement, it was a trick question to start with, with wrong starting odds. Odds should have been 100% on impossible to repeat correctly. If the president-elect had repeated so help YOU God identically, referring to the Chief Justice in the process, it would have shown astounding stupidity on the part of the new President. If this is the situation, maybe the question should be voided entirely as impossible to settle? What kind of oath administered as "so help YOU God" is going to be repeated by the oath taker as "so help YOU God"? What is the logic in that? The oath GIVER is NOT the oath taker. What's going on here? Valor writes excellent questions: I am sure that he didn't have a trick question in mind.

Hi Jenni,

I forgot to add to my comment just now that my source for my opinion on the Presidential Oath Mistake is: BRIAN WILLIAMS ON THE NBC NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST, 5:30 pm CST this evening. Here is my posting again:

As per valor's requirements for this question: "To recap, I'm looking for a precise, exact, verbatim echo of the Chief Justice's spoken words by the new President."

Obama repeated what the Chief Justice said, UNTIL it became totally clear that the Chief Justice stuffed it up. Then Obama STOPPED, and waited for the Chief Justice to correct HIMSELF and give him the correct oath of office. At which point Obama completed the oath correctly.

The essence of this question is that OBAMA ECHOED THE CHIEF JUSTICE' SPOKEN WORDS, exactly as required by this question.

THIS QUESTION HAS BEEN SETTLED UNFAIRLY.

--------------------------------------------

Thank you for your consideration on this matter. IMHO, I think this could be corrected?

Here is the link to the Q:

http://www.hubdub.com/m29180/Will_Bush_pardoned_criminals_Ramos__Compean_do_a_book_or_movie_deal_when_they_are_freed

Hey Jen, can you take a look at this Q and tell me how my first 3 options don't meet the criteria the guy who voided the Q said I needed?

Also, what 'loose ends' do you see me missing in options.
The last one is for NO Book or Movie deal, which is tantamount to 'nothing reported' really. It doesn't seem right to have them both in there or a 'something else occurs based on what I'm asking, will there be a book or movie deal or both?

Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated and more importantly, positively raved about as I weave my way around this site. : )

wow! Congrats on the million! I knew you could do it! :D

Whoa....didn't realize you'd made your first million! Congrats.

Lost my tail and have been reduced from Guru to ....peon or waif or something like that.

Thanks SO much for getting out your disinfectant and cleaning up our little mess. Really appreciate it. Sure the other party does as well.

Betcha some of my racier Q's could make it into some Blogs as well if they were allowed to live long enough.

Warmest Congratulations on joining the hubdub millionaires!! We all knew that we could count on you, as we always do...

Hi jenny,
They just had a news reporter here, and they interviewed me about global warming for Lou Dobbs.. Hope they don't make me look too stupid..(it would be on tonite... ) just a soundbite likely..
ken

Thanks for the notice about the movie takes; I'll get questions out shortly. The only problem is it doesn't seem like I'll be able to get them out a week or more in advance for a while, at least for a while.

Congrats on the Million!!

congrats jen!!!!! Oh can I borrow some money for uncle Bernie Madoff...he wants to send me a package in the mail but cant afford the postage :)
Ok anyway,,,congrats and I am glad you mae it to the millionaire category!

I came out $100 ahead on the Golden Globes, but, what I did was go back on to two questions and bet on your bets double and triple what I normally would, and thats how I came ahead. So that's what I learned, follow Jenni.

Hey, I'm having issues finding estimates for the movie openings for next week (Jan. 16), I thought you had made some of those questions before, where did you get you info from? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

(Unless it's some sort of trade secret that's put you at the top of the Entertainment Category)

You didn't come off like you were lecturing., lol.

Your post was the perfect balance of enlightenment and smart ass. Regretfully, I have days where I experience non stop playfulness and yesterday was surely one of them. You simply provided more building blocks for our warped amusement here. It's all good.

I believe you live near Harriman...nobody else knows where it is, That's why I'd offered to sveginy a couple of larger towns near it.

I liked living out there...I remember in the winter, driving past this beautiful farm in Warwick (home to everybody named Quakenbush) and seeing the snow covered pastures with horses, complete with the big red barn. The backdrop being a small mountain, not unlike what I have here in Oregon now....breathtakingly beautiful...and christmas card perfect.

I moved from there in the summer of 88, to Michigan, which is where I grew up. I miss NY. The people were among the warmest and most colorful I've ever met.

Your humor will always be welcome in 'my space' here at HD. Like any good anarchist, I have no boundaries.

i was just wondering, as one of the wee ones had requested to be my friend. and i was a tad shocked at the age.

Hey, just wanted to slide thru and thank you for your detailed response on my forum question.
Good to know you possess a fab sense of humor, Ms. Mousekowitz. : )

And thanks for the compliment on the avatar...at first I let deanthoreau talk me into using a picture of some viagra, based on a question I created but it just didn't feel right so I finally got off my tail and put the current one up. I think I've nailed it with that one too.

And I do have a better understanding now w/ regard to settlement dates, thanks to the dude who finally got w/ me (albeit too late to save me from an over 2k loss, oy ) and your answer to the net worth. It makes sense so I am now viewing my net with a whole new eye. This will help prevent a great deal of frustration for me in the future.

The history portion of your lecture explaining how you guys are part timers dedicating yourselves to handling our silly imaginary world here was good to know. I do appreciate what you guys do much more now.

Thanks again for all your help....hope you have a great New Year!

re the following question: Who will name Obama's replacement?

It seems that the category made a unilateral decision that was out of the blue, and totally demolished my guess. I think this was totally unfair, and am quite bummed about it... It is no biggy, but am not sure whether to continue with your generally fair site, when these kind of things happen for reasons that are not explained with any logic that i am able to understand..The category editor just added, ex post facto, a new condition that negated the value of my bids.... .. I really am not sure what else to say.. Anyway, I appreciate any light you can shed on this. thx, ken

Here is the info involved in the actual question.
Current forecast: Rod Blagojevich (Governor) (53% chance12%)
Combining all predictions, the current most likely outcome is Rod Blagojevich (Governor) with a probability of 53% (down 12% in last 1 day)

Filling empty Senate seats is one of the benefits of being Governor, but Illinois Governor Blagojevich may have lost his chance. After being caught trying to sell Obama's Senate seat, the remaining Illinois Senator, Dick Durbin, is calling for a special election to be called. Until that time, Blagojevich retains the right to name the next Senator until he is impeached or resigns.

Hey Jenni,
Can you explain something to me?

Earlier today, bout 1pm PST, I cashed out early on predictions that netted me a little over 4 k. At that point I was hovering around 23 k and I fully expected to be credited within a hour, pushing me over the 25 k mark so I'd become a 'guru'.

Instead what happened is that my net worth plummeted 2k around 4pm PST and so far I've only received 2k back from the cash in.

This leaves me at roughly 23, 500...about where I was prior to winning another 4, 000.

Are things being added correctly or what? I don't understand losing after I've won.

I also don't understand why the World editor won't answer I flag I sent on a question for clarification on settlement. The question will suspend tomorrow and I mentioned this in to the World person. So hours have passed now and no word. Hours have passed and I am worth roughly the same even though I had a 4k day.

Any ideas on what's goin on?

Thanks for your help.

you been quite latley..you ok? hope all is well your just enjoying the holidays.

jenni, i thought u said that people had to be age 13 or over to play on hubdub?
In chronological years at least. Please let me know

picture update :)

Did you have a Merry Xmas?

P.S There is an error in your hyperlink to facebook in the 'about me' section. Looks like there is a typo in the 'a href' html tag somewhere..

Hi, thanks for the friend request. I need some tips ;-). I'm in the red and you are close to a million. Any quick tactics to get started?

finding pics are ease what ever the subject, google them and take your pic(NO PUN INTENDED) some can be of a funny nature for a serious thing ,good luck

I actually have time to read through the news!!! Thanks

and such a sweet lil ol hubbiedubbie diety u are!

I was at Berkeley in the 60's , and a friend of mine (who was in astronomy) and I went to Mt Tamilpais. It was a great trip, but only saw a few there anyway, -- not a good year.. but still we saw some... :)

ok , *hands you* a sixpack bouquet with curley q french fires and little katsup packets folded into cranes :)

I was thinking a photo of me in action during my SDS days, all decked in black with the bandana over the face would suffice. I just can't seem to find any where I'm holding a spray paint can.....

pssssssssstt just dont tell our respective wife and husband ok?

"trys to bribe with Godiva chocolate" :)

The Christmas #1 refers to the song that is #1 during Christmas, so it is currently up for betting. The new top 40 is out on Sunday but there is midweek data that is released to the media so you can have a little glimpse of the sales numbers.

hi jenni,
concerning the leonid meteor shower, my understanding is that next year is
supposed to be a good one because of more orbital debris in the place wheere earth crosses the orbit this next year.. Not sure if it will reach 500, or that will be the place best on earth, but it likely will be worth taking a look at, if you want a great display.. ken

Marley & Me is coming. I just got sidetracked, my boss insists that I work at some point during the day.

Thanks, but I only know about the games themselves, not about things like gaming awards. Sorry but I don't think I can make good questions about the awards.

He is adoreable. He looks older than almost 2. Do you watch Big Bang Theory too. I love the whole monday night line up. Yeah your pretty good at this whole hubdub thing. I don't bet on much. Only stuff I know about. I need to get gutsier.

Thanks! She is 18 months. She will be 2 in May. Her name is Lydia She can be such a handful. I'm sure yours can be too. Do you have a boy or girl?

Jenni, similar to your question of How will George leave Grey's Anatomy, I can see somebody doing one like How will Grissom leave CSI. It's well known that they're writing him out, but one wonders what will be the circumstances or his character's reason for leaving the CSI unit. You can probably construct such a question better than most of us.

Hi Jenni - thanks for the friend invite. It will be fun bidding with you, although I doubt I will get anywhere near your position on the leaderboard! Happy predictions! X

Hi Jenni,
Good news for you.. David Gregory is new host of meet the press. I originally bet on him, and am very happy he is new host. nevertheless my H$ went to Todd, as I thought David Gregory was viewed as being too liberal.. I actually think he is very fair, but i am "too liberal" too, which I just think of as intelligent.. :)

hi Jennie,
I saw nadine's "about me" profile, and your shout, so i tried to send a caring shout too -- (caring and shout do not seem to go together well, but that is what they were). In any case, hope she is ok... Nice of you to care too. Ken

thank's for the add :D
nice to meet you!

Hey-
I went ahead and setup questions for movie openings for the next couple weeks. If you want some more lead time on the questions just let me know. I rather enjoy setting them up every week and would be happy to keep doing so.

Hey:
That would be great if you could please make the edit for me. Lets go for the Monday before I think would be fun. Thanks!

Also a friend of mine was talking about HubDub and we were wondering if there are ever going to be anything else we can do with our H$ like maybe purchase stuff (real or fake) or maybe play games etc???

hi:
Just wondering if we can edit our ?'s. I guess I didn't really know how this all worked and I should be ending the cutoff date a few days before the actual event is over to make things a little more interesting. I suppose it won't matter much because the closer to date, the closer the votes will be to reality and you can't really win much by voting that late anyways... but just wondering if we can edit certain aspects of the question after in progress?

thanks,
Jonathan

Yes, I'd like that, any way to get more involved. Just send me the info. Thanks and happy post-thanksgiving to you!

maybe joaoxxx or ... you?
I'd also share the excel file I used to calculate the most likely options and their starting percentages, if one would want

hi
seems I don't get them up in time any more

:-P too busy

Thanks Jenni,
and nice banner across Hubdubs home page...
It gets the point there, without being too obtrusive.
I think you are a great prognosticator or procrastinator, or
something.. :) ken

Hi Jenni,

I guessed way wrong on the Obama-bush favoribility poll. How did you guess it was going to go down?
bigken1

Hi, Jenni

Actually, we were quite lucky we were able to go to see Twilight as a field trip. We really had to sell the idea based on the the fact that we could tie it to reading core content and that the book has been such a motivator in getting kids to read.

HI Jenni,
I noticed your writeup on Sarah P. I added something to it.
It might be good for you to take some yoga, if you have time..
I agree with you, but I hope you don't let the morons of the world get your goat.
ken

don't know what or where to say, but John Sargent quit that English dancing show. Does that effect your question? And there is now another question, will he be reinstated; from the UK Independent. Maybe that keeps your question still valid. I should just mind my own business.

hi Jenni,
do you know if a question is voided, does one get the amount one bet, or
the value the bets are worth when question voided?
thx, ken

Wrong decision to void the following question http://www.hubdub.com/m22005/Who_will_be_evicted_from_Bigg_Boss_2_on_14112008

Diwali was on 29 October. This is 2nd week of November. Anyway thanks. I made the wrong bet

I genuinely admire the fine work you do on hubdub and regard myself as one of your supporters. I am also an Obama supporter, but I must take strong exception to the weekly Presidential Favorability Prediction. After looking at this question for two weeks, I have left a long comment on the prediction and flagged it for review.

While the election is supposed to be over, and even John McCain asked America to pull together with their new President-elect, questions like this keep the Obama-McCain Civil War "alive and well"...If presidential favorability ratings are deemed newsworthy, can the question be separted into two questions, so that we can compare Obama to Obama and/or Bush to Bush? While hubdub is primarily liberal in it's membership orientation (and hubdub does not seem responsible for picking it's membership that way), we do have a definite verbal conservative faction that deserves some respect. As it stands, this question amounts to weekly "Bush bashing", and the conservatives are getting the blunt end of the stick.

I send these thoughts with respect and hope they will be considered that way. Thanks again.

ain't she ... she's only getting cuter as she gets older
some say, she comes after me :P

there you go ;)

Great work with all the Oscar questions - thanks!

If you turned me democrat you COULD just shut down the republican headquarters for good. Im the head of propoganda and without me George Bush would have never gotten elected!
No problem about that question. Anyway to get it to the front page? Also if you could give some official numbers and dates for this question that would be good.

Irish Barak O"Bama...settlement December 5th

I also nominated. My voice has a lot of push on the internet, so i think your nomination is locked in. Is it possible to make a question on the matter?

Done deal. You have my nomination.

Thanks for all you do here, I love this place!

You created a question about the approval rating difference between Bush & Obama which was suspended when I went there. Now I can't find it. I did want to bet on it. Your questions drive me crazy, they usually require thinking.

Thanks for your note! And "Thank You" for creating such an engaging and interactive environment. Loving it! I created the CIA question for you. I hope that others will take an interest before the administration actually makes a decision.

Hey Jen, help me out willya? I screwed up one of the options in my new Biden question. Can you pls change "73-2000 words" to "74-2000 words"? Thanks. Hope you enjoy my sense of humor on this Q!

Your friend, Cheesenips

Jenni - never mind that flag for review I sent you. I'm asleep this week.

Sorry.

Thanks and I look forward to reading your comments. This whole board is fun!

Yep, I work on infectious disease. :) Fun for the whole family!

Hi Jenni
I just picked up your shout of 4 weeks ago, asking if I am family of the HubDub staff. Yes, I'm the father of Chris - the Tech Guy. It's no help on HubDub, but I get very valuable advice on website programming when I need it, and having someone to visit in Scotland is pretty cool too.

Hi Jenni
that's OK its nice to have you as a friend on here.
welcome to my world it can be a rocky trip like the world at the moment.
i am a happy hubduber ( sometimes) i spend on and off about 8hrs a day, it all is a great challenge and thanks for you questions. cyas on the flip side.

hi Jenni
i recieved a twitter invite, what was that all about?

I was worried about the even percentages and it being voided, but looks like it was okay, huh? Any thoughts going forward?

Jenni - are you not doing the most network viewers question next week, or have you just not posted it yet?

If you're not, is there a "reason"?

rb

My numbers were 286 for Obama, 252 McCain.

Thanks for your reply. I still think this is very inconsistent - to allow a question format/type for one catagory that's not allowed for another. Wish y'all could reconsider my questions.

Thanks for your help.

rb

Jenni - my question (the one you suggested) about the 1's digit for electoral vote was voided saying it was a lottery7 type question. However, each day there's a question about the 10's digit in the business category. This seems inconsistent to me.

Are there different sets of rules for the different type markets?

Odd.

I had some excellent advice and a great question idea. Thanks again! Seems like people are having some fun with this one.

Jenni

Your question on Gallup Poll Monday is now ambiguous - not your fault Gallup have changed their output.

Regards

Ian

What is the status of my "What will be the dollar (point) difference between open and close October 14, 2008?" question. I understand there are new rules on indices on active vs suspend before the stock market opens.

Thanks for the friend invite. Let us do well in our predictions. :-)

Jenni,

You want the NASDAQ digits to suspend at 9:30am EST? Correct? If so will start next week.

Re: My Fuld question: I pasted from another source so now, my description has strange symbols instead of dashes and apostrophes in three places-- 3rd and 5th graphs? You'll see them I'm sure? Can I fix them myself? If so, how? If not, can you help me fix them? Thanks!

Hey jenniandboys, thanks for accepting my friend invite, and for betting on my question! I grew up in Jersey, then worked/lived in NYC for four years, Autumn in New York was my fave season! Gentler here in SD, for sure, but you have gorgeous deciduous trees like elms and maples! We have live oaks and jacarandas, green year round but not as wonderful. Next year, I will have spent half my life in SoCal--Oops not yet, just remembered my 4 years living/working in Indonesia and New Zealand! Best wishes to you! Wendell (Cheesenips)

Hi jenniandboys, Thanks for your help on that 'GOVT SHUTDOWN'. The settlement just occurred. :)

Hey Jenny and boys
Thanks for the invite. I see you have lots of cash, predictions and general activity. Do you spend all your time here? Now I'm going to be even further down the friends' leaderboard.

"Looks like the bestseller lists are released around 4 or so on Friday afternoon"
Sounds good, thanks!

Thanks for the quick settlement on my first two predictions! I was expecting to have to post settlement details today for someone to use but you were way ahead of me!

Hi Jenni,

Thank you for your note today about:
http://www.hubdub.com/m18176/Will_US_bookstores__sell_out_of_The_Tales_of_Beedle_the_Bard_within_the_first_week_of_sale____

YES, I would appreciate it if you would please void my bet on this question. Many Thanks for your assistance.

Yes, say Hi to kent. (my real name is ken schatten)
and he knows where i stand on solar activity. I don't want to post it
on this site, in case a question is raised... :)

It sounds like you have a very knowledgeable prof. Is he/she a solar physicist? If so, I might know him/her.... ..

I could put one in, but for two reasons am reluctant to.
1) I am a ringer.. I know what the outcome is going to be (because of my specialized knowledge). Nevertheless, I could not bet on it, so that would be ok.
2) Of more concern, is that the solar maximum will be several years away 2012 or so, so although one can discern whether it will be a large cycle based "on the trajectory" as u say, exactly how large would still be uncertain , if based only on the trajectory...
So, using the trajectory, there would be an uncertain cutoff date too, because the startup is a very erratic process -- we have had a couple of spots in the last month -- a very small start.. does this mean it is delayed, or will be low? or what? Things on the sun move very slowly (years, not months, I am afraid)...

( i messed up and sent this to myself, instead of sending it to you! ) ...well now it is right.

I agree...most people I talk to do not put much stock in the cable and news pundits and that is encouraging....

loved that glassbooth.org....interesting results....great find....ty

Hi Jenni, I'm very much affected by the charges, I have spent an age drafting a blog entry about it, but it's a complicated issue, so it's not straight forward to write, or to know what to do with my trading either. It's going to cost me a lot of money!

Jenni, I saw somewhere of a discussion about tracking people's hubdub account, and you mentioned you have an Excel worksheet you may be able to share. Is that true?
rk

Thanks jenni...I dont think he is as impressed! haha

hi jenni,
saw your question about gustav and katrina,

why not make a new one or change it, to Ike and Katrina?
ken

Hey Jennie, why did Jsevigny respond to you and not to me! I'm insulted! i left him 5 messages to your one and i don't get a response! If your reading this Jsevigny don't worry. I haven't labeled you as a liberal! Ive labeled you as a COMMUNIST!

Thank you, Jenni. Jeez, I'm not even voting in this election and I've already been labeled a liberal and a Democrat. Incredible. Seems the mood of the country is xenophopia and racism, neither of which are parts of either party's platform. I think I've pretty much given up on arguing with donkeys at this point. But I do admit to posting the question because I thought it would get a lot of attention:)

best.

Please write us some more jenni! The questions are great, even if I am losing a fortune on Sarah Palin...Her nomination cost me a packet (and probably a lot of others as well), and now these questions are going to get me. BUT they are very interesting...!!

Hey do you know if there is a way to make my picture bigger? Because right now, everyone i have the writing is to small so you cant see it.

I'm a giant firefly fan, which is how I became a Whedon fan in general... I never really took to Buffy, but I have high hopes for Dollhouse. I had no idea they were planning another Dr. Horrible installment... that would be great. I have heard that the Dr. Horrible soundtrack is suppose to have new songs (and included lyrics, so you can... well... sing-along.) :)

I don't know if your an Aaron Sorkin fan also, but my friends and I have been saying they should produce a series together... it would be destine to succeed.

You may be right. In fact after those scalding comments that she said last night it may already be in the making. And its not like they don't have enough material on Palin to make an attack ad.

sure jenni, No problem....
ken

Did you listen to that speech Sarah Palin gave at the Republican Convention? That was one of the best speeches i have ever heard! She is a great speaker.

Hey. Iif you like Joss Whedon (I was looking at your created questions) you should check out Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. He wrote and fully produced it. You can watch it for free (legally) online.

Is there a new time rule on Indices I don't know about? Someone keeps changing my suspend to one hour before market close. The rules still show 15 minutes.

hey mrs jenni how r ya? didn't wanna say nothing in comment section. i think your question on how much will stand up 2 cancer raise has some "overlapping" answers. to me it would be nic-picing, but it could cause 2 options to be right when it settles. you do alot of question making and work on HD. just letting ya know so you can change it if ya wanna. have a nice day.

Hi -- I wanted you to know about a change in the Suspend Time for a question you made predictions on -- in case you want to make any change to your predictions, etc.

Please see the comment in <http://www.hubdub.com/m14491/Will_the_Roll_Call_Vote_for_Hillary_Clinton_End_With_the_New_York_Delegation>

congrads to you and all the question makers on running the olympics. out of all the questions i only saw one minor dispute. russia cost me big time :O( hope georgia kicks them in the nads :O)

you must have the VP choice on your mind. your settlement on will a movie released in germany gross more than $800 millon... :O)

Settled as 'Yes' Yesterday 8:17pm EDT by jenniandboys: 805 million!
http://www.hubdub.com/m12258/Who_will_be_Obamas_choice_for_VP

Thanks Jenni :) It's nice to find something relatively easy compared to what I normally do....which is do this with real money! (I use betfair in the UK) ..You think there's a chance we could ever be able to trade real dollars on here? It's a great site !

Matt

Thanks for the help,, check the learderboard! Im the highest in the quarterly gained percentage!!!

You've been kicking it around for a while? and heres me thinking i had come up with a great idea! Btw when do quarters change? Because I've gone through like 3 quarters and i haven't been playing that long

Hi there!!, I can't get my money even if my prediction was right
http://www.hubdub.com/m12834/Mens_Gymnastics__Pommel_Horse__Who_will_win_Gold

Hey Jenny, i was thinking, people should get a commision for making questions! Like 1 percent of the amount of money other non friends bet on it they should give to the guy who made the questions! or maybe 10 h$ a question of course that would come with a bunch of people making up a bunch of random questions. The first idea is better.

Hey. They're autogenerated. I'm cutting down on the places where they appear in listings so the pictures won't matter as much

Not doing so hot! You have plus a 100,000 this quarter! And please keep making those "who will win the monday gallup polls". Making a ton of money off those is how ive made about half of my profits.

Jennie, your "sure thing" made 600 hubdub dollars sit unused and gaining nothing...... so... Got any more?

@jenni..I really don't want to mess with it anymore now that there are a significant number of wagers here...what do you base "significant" on..the number of people? the amount wagered? both? just curious as to what your opinon is. have a nice day.

Happy #6!

WHAT?!?!?! Nearly $500k??? You soooo suck!! Hahahaha Just Kidding ... CONGRATS big time!! :-D WOW!

Yeah Jenster, I am just soooooooooo busy, this is actually the first time I've been on HubDub in like 5 days or so. Work and church has me super busy! But hopefully I'll be able to toss up a couple questions soon.
Thanks for filling in for me, hehe, I like the Q :-D

got it. Thanks

I'll try again. Was expecting it to show on the preview screen.

Can't get pictures to load. will keep trying. any hints.

I'll give the picture thing a try.

i'm so far behind in everything...i just saw your note about word world and curious george... Rafael's outgrown CG, I'm sad to say, but I do like Word World because it really is quite educational. Amazingly so. Super Why! is, too... He likes Super Why more, though, because of the whole superhero aspect of it...

No I will have to though later, thanks

Congrats and lots of inspiration

Kind regards

Thanks for the tip jennie! however all the cash i had left was only 15 h$ so even if it is a sure thing, the best i can do is double my money!

Thanks, What catagory do you manage

Congrats on the "A" you deserve it.

like your new pic

Finally for the first time since i opened my hubdub account im actually making a profit!

guess it was a good thing it never got posted. hubdubbob is back to playing.

Thnx Jen I left you a msg on FB also.

No, I haven't, should these have been coming to my normal email inbox? I've been wondering what's up.

I'm sure if there are enough complaints they will make some changes. Thanks

IS THAT YOU JENSTER?!?!?!?! Is that really you?? Finally I get to see my favoritest HubDubstress :-D AND You're an ADMIN??? Man, just going leaps and bounds beyond us simple folk huh??? :-D
Congrats and I totally dig the new big! Plus, now that you're Admin, can you boot your husband off? LOL, JUSTTT KIDDINGGGGG ... Seriously, I was sooo joking ....... Seriously, you don't have to push tha..............................................

I like your new picture and the A by your name is nice too!

Sorry. I just wanted some privacy. I will be glad to share my Olympic choices. Right now, I am supporting the UK's Mark Cavendish, Spain, USA and other European country because I think Denmark might surprise everyone. This is different from the tours of Italy and France, etc because it's shorter so it kind of depends on whose got good legs THAT day.

can all users now see who predicts on what question? I don't think I like it that way...any way of changing this?
I feel more confortable keeping my predictions private rather than friends and everyone else knowing what questions predict on. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Hey a pic of you! How delightful, you bear a resemblance to my sister and my Mom when she was young, both red heads! Hey that wordscaper game is addictive, I give it two thumbs up. I was playing five games at once. Way cool.

nope not my car. when i'm not HDing or playing spades at yahoo i goof off in my photo studio. i used that pic to torment my cousin after he had a car accident :O)

congrads on being an admin. which cat did you get?

Jenni,

I'm delighted to see that A! Congrats!

Jenni,

Well deserved, congrats on the addition of the "A" alongside your "S". I couln't be more delighted.

Hi Jennie,

I like the Olympics launch page.

XX OO

"V"

Gosh Jenn,

I don't remember you calling me out with my REAL name before, kinda like the moniker of valornhonor, valor or even V&H, generally I prefer not to use my exact, actual name in case I inadvertantly annoy someone someday and they choose to stalk me. Hope I didn't annoy you.

Hi Jenni!

Thanks for the nice note! How funny that Lesley put us together, and you're basically up the road from us. lol... Have you checked out the parenting blog I write for? (kidnutrition.lohudblogs.com, "ice cream is not for breakfast)... I bet you can relate to it... We'll definitely have to try to have some sort of hubdub party. I haven't done too much on it yet, but mainly b/c i can see how addicting it will be and i'm hugely busy right now w/work...

thanks and keep in touch - feel free to e-mail me off-site..

Did the NASDAQ thought destry had the DJIA. He has me confused on what he is going to post.

Hey Jenni.
Thanks for the friend request!
I enjoy your questions, so will look forward to some challenges! :)

hey jenni- nice of you to check in on me :)

i went on a wonderful little vacation and have been busy since i got back- haven't had as much time for the hubdubing

also, no on the tv shows, unfortunately. i take a little break and don't watch much during the summer. i suppose i'll have to make an exception for the olympics though.

looks like you're still going strong on here- nice work!

Hi jen,

Would like your opinion an an olympic question. I have found many sites/forums/blogs that have early predictions on who will win the individual apparatus medals in gymnastics.
However there is a qualification round and only the top eight scores from each apparatus continue on to the final of that event and chance for medal.
So, question is - Would it be better to wait until the eight finalists are known for each apparatus before asking, or ask early but run the risk of some names might not even make finals. There is a week between qualifications and the event finals which leaves plenty of time for these questions to be asked and wagering. Just checking to see if your opinion is like mine and to wait till the finalists are known.
I found a few good sites for the gymnastics info, among them is this forum I check almost daily. It seems to have pretty knowledgeable users.
http://www.intlgymnast.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=5
Thanks for input.

thanks for your offer to help...but just void the question

Sure I'd like some help. And it woulod be fun to beat my dad. =)

Jen,

This market is going to give me an ulcer... 8th time now crossing 50%...do I quickly cash out and take a $2,386 loss or do I hold out for the increasingly unlikely +$7K HD windfall if THe Dark Knight actually pulls it out??? Decisions, decisions, then again, you may just slap another $5K on No and remove option A anyway... lol

Thnx, found it!

In the words of that great philosopher Homer Simpson.... D-oh!

OK that makes sense... I thought digging it was accomplished by leaving a comment, plz explain to me what you mean.

as one who does not play the stock market questions I am encouraged there might be some changes

Hey I emailed you at the verizon address I have for you. Let me know at destry71@gmail.com if there is better way to contact you.

Hijacking index questions? I think there is serious questions about whether predicting the 10's digit of the dow is newsworthy, but it is a fun question. Something like a lottery. I wish business questions were treated same way as sports markets and suspended before they started. But that isn't how it is.
I don't see any harm in experimenting with the suspending times. I made sure it was clearly marked on each market I "hijacked".

I like the idea. I think it should be done gradually. I'll move it to 15 minutes before on the NASDAQ on the next post and to 20 minutes next week and so on. The DJIA could be a 5 minute. My friend Kelly has been playing with alternate suspends to keep people on their toes. Thanks for the headsup.

Greg

FYI. Had the 10's for the NASDAQ in a bell percent and someone placed bets making them even. Just so you know I didn't start with even %.

Greg

Jenni,

I believe you just put me over the top, 37.5 hours from 0 to $100K HD!

Thank you!

Hope you and your family are enjoying your weekend, finally got my A/C fixed (2nd time) in two days.

Please "no"? I meant "know", guess I should've gotten a coffee for me too, not just my wife. :)

Ah! Jenni my friend, I see you're up now... 3 X $1,000... :)

I was wondering when I'd see your bids!

Plz no that my market bears no grudge on your candidate, simply an odd bit of coincidence that these two incredibly newsworthy events are shaping up to be very similar in size for "moved" money, they should both come in around a third of a billion dollars!

When I dropped off Mrs. Valornhonor @ her job as mgr of our local AMC theatre this morning, along with a new pair of shoes that she's worn out running this week at work, she mentioned that in addition to the sellout of all five screens, all night last night for The Dark Night, that they had already sold 1,900 seats last night, for today for people that were turned away, the volumes for this movie are simply staggering!

Have a great day,
V&Hd eheing pi

hi jen,

Seeing your olympic questions got me interested in finding more info and questions to ask about the olympics. It seems really hard to find many events that already have announced who is actually participating. Maybe I'm overlooking it, but have you been able to find this info? Getting them asked soon is always better than later to give more time for users to wager on them. Let me know if you have any special sites to gain good info for question creating.
I basically just use
http://en.beijing2008.cn/
http://www.nbcolympics.com/

If you know of other good ones please share the knowledge.
Thanks

Some great play on the stock market today.

thanks. hope tish has a sense of humor.

Good siguestion. Thank you.

HERE I COME!!! I am a mere $1,500 behind you for the quarter :-D I am catching up ... Not in overall wealth, but yeah :-D

perfectomundo!

hey jen,
are there any olympic questions (markets/events), that you would like me to create? I noticed that you,sdchargers are trying to round out that cat. let me know, and I'll get right on it.

i'm not smart enough to figure the math on the cindy vs michelle question. declined to wager..sorry. yes i'm a tight wad even with fake money.

I'll get them posted unless I see you have already.

Hellboy 2 LESS than $25 million? Are you serious Jen??? :-D

many thanks for your help. i'll stop bothering you about my networth. i'd leave a flirtasious message, but then trimath would shoot me. not to mention what tish would do. thanks again. have a nice day.

i know it's not your job to deal with this. sorry to keep bugging you, and i'll stop after this. could you please tell me if i have the right formula to figure my net worth.

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?

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.

Cash: 82,000 Predictions: 103,925 7-06-08 3:18 am EST Net worth: H$185,925

Cash: 91,706 Predictions: 91,751 7-06-08 1:24 pm Net worth: H$183,457

my cash increased by $9,706 and my net value decreased by $2,468. i had 2 bets settle in that time for a loss of $40. i cashed in 3 bets for a gain of $6. can you explain this?

Good Sunday morning Jen! How did you want to settle a tie in medals on your Michael Phelps Q?

You got to my new question fast! thanks!

Yeah! i tried to look up the numbers for McCain and i couldn't find anything!

Hey Jenni,

Admit it, this market made you giggle, right? Will rice, or anything else, is thrown onto Gov. Charlie Crist and bride after their wedding?

Have a great day,
V&H

Hey you know that question you made "How much money will McCain make in june?". Well junes over and the suspend date is over. When do we find out how much money we made or lost?

I know. I haven't been playing for long but when i started this i thought politics would be were i win the most money, however i lost about half my money in it and gained almost all of it back in sports where i know practically nothing.

I like politics also but has not like me recently.

You and I are almost identical in best and worst catagories.

can do.

It should do great even it sucks.

Great thanks for adding me! So what is a superuser? Is it the obvious one? A user who won a lot?

Posted the 10's. Hope the percents were OK.

Hi, who is this?

Will you be posting your 10's digit for the NASDAQ this week?

just a query for a superuser---i am almost certain that the amounts are different from what they were last night on the dance questions. I expected 900 minus the 150 i bet incorrectly and instead got about 500. do the amounts change after the event? I'm confused.

Hi Jen-

Thanks for the shout. I posted the baseball questions a few days ago when I noticed letmewinplease and taternutz didnt. A couple people left good comments on them and suggested that they possibly asked further in advance instead of just one day. I agreed, and thats the reasoning for so many past couple days. Unless someone says something about wanting to create some baseball questions or for a certain team I hope to keep them going being created at least a few days in advance.
You superusers do a great service for hubdub. Do you guys have certain categories you monitor or do all of you all keep an eye on all sections? I notice you mostly flag/suspend/correct questions in politics and entertainment. No matter how it works I like it. I have commented or flagged and each time you guys have been there with an answer within minutes.
Talk to you later.

YAY you called yourself Jenster in a comment you left :-D WOOT! ... Are you trying to use reverse psychology on me? ... Well, it won't work Jenster, I guarantee you that :-P ... I may be small for my age, but I ain't no child, LOL, so it won't work on me :-)

I'm sorry about your husband losing his luster for this awesome game :-/ ... Tell him, that we miss him dearly, even though I don't really, LOL, JUSSTTTTT KIDDINGGGG, and that we need him back! Tell him, I'll even let him win a couple, just to make him feel like he's good at it :-P
LOL, okay, so I am like WAYYYYYY behind you both, but one day, I WILL RULE this game! Count on it ;-)

Why'd it dupe my comment? Stranggggge :-P

Cute pic Jen :-) ... You've got some nice genes I see :-D ... That reminds me, how's your hubby feel about you being an "S" and him not? LOL ... I'm tryin' to start a feud, knock you two off your game so I can catch up, lol :-D
And encase you haven't noticed, your name is Jenster, after all, you insist upon calling me Luci, so I cannot resist, you are forever The Jenster :-P

Cute pic Jen :-) ... You've got some nice genes I see :-D ... That reminds me, how's your hubby feel about you being an "S" and him not? LOL ... I'm tryin' to start a feud, knock you two off your game so I can catch up, lol :-D
And encase you haven't noticed, your name is Jenster, after all, you insist upon calling me Luci, so I cannot resist, you are forever The Jenster :-P

now THAT'S a handsome boy!

I assume that you just made the comment on the Obama Immunity question: Thank you!

I meant to add the option of "ABSTAINS or OTHERWISE DOES NOT VOTE" to the question, but got wrapped up in the editing of the language itself. Would you modify the question to present the third option? I wanted it to suspend at noon on Sunday because the Senate will vote on the matter next week.

Thanks,
Jamal

can i have a copy of the picture you used above?

so you think you can dance was good to me last night. when they settle it, i should make about 2500. cool. we are almost out the door. when will you be down here?

and this is my personal mea culpa to you....

Jen, I meant no besmirchment of your candidate, I was simply suprprised to see options so crazily low, I should have realized why instead of commenting.

Cheers,
Adam

This is an example question. Under INFO it has some special settlement rules. It seems like there is an hour time frame before close. If there is I think it is a great idea.

DJIA - What will be the dollar (point) difference between open and close June 16, 2008?

Are there some new rules about play the stock market? I've been away and a bunch of my wages have been voided. Thought you would know.

but, but, but ... what if Brad and Angelina are in Asia, and after they announce they have adopted a girl/boy, they ALSO announce that Angelina is 2 months pregnant -- which counts first? Or, more likely, they break up, and a week later Angelina announces she's two months pregnant ...?

Or, or... or ...

[kidding]

why was your question voided?

Jenni,

Not a problem in any way, I appreciate your help. I'll be copacetic with any verdict, like I said, just trying to do something a bit different than the standard fare of questions that I see on the site. Have a great day!

Good morning Jenni,

Thank you for taking time to send me a reasoned and logical comment on my massive movie marketplace.... :)

Plz allow me to engage you in a conversation about this. Here is what I'm thinking:

1.) I feel strongly about creating markets that are interesting, require some thought, are not completely random and require more effort and imagination than just looking up a websit and getting an answer simply.

2.) I'm happy to be, and was anticipating this, to be the Poor Soul to add up these results, Yes, all 188 results for movies released during 2008. Which is a slight variance to the website that includes all movies SHOWN in 2008, including those that launched late in 2007, but were still showing.

3.) I'm also willing to forgoe any wagering myself, I know it may sound a bit twisted, but personally I would enjoy tracking the bets, even without any personal benefit.

4.) OK, maybe a little personal benefit, in the interests of full disclosure, my wife manages a theatre and me keeping up with this market for the year would be a tangible way for me to stay engaged and interested in some of the economics of her career.

5.) As mentioned there are a lot of obscure movies here, deliberately. I started with all 2008 releases and then extracted those with limited release.

6.) I cringe at the idea of buckling to what is looking like a recent trend of some of our members fly specking markets and quibbling, they seem to be enjoying finding things wrong with markets more than the process itself. Kind of like sitting watching an elaborate stage show but not allowing yourself to fully enjoy it because you had difficulty finding an optimal parking spot on the way in. C'mon peole, enjoy the site for what it is!

7.) Regarding how to consider a movie, I'm going with the genre that is listed first after the movie name in comments to determine where to put it.

In summary, I'm not loooking to cause trouble, I would be willing to personally add this all up next winter, and not wager on it myself. However, if y'all decide that I'm causing too much of a ruckus I can step back, take the void and resubmit as you've suggested. It would be a lot simpler, I admit, but not nearly as interesting I think. I chose to correspond with you here rather than comments in the hopes that you and I can talk before opening it up to the world for a squabble.

Plz let me know what you think, I won't protest your decision any further, just wanted to let you know what I was thinking.

Thanks again for all of your help!

Thank you, Jenni for your kind words. I find you to be very thoughtful and reasonable as well. I'm just not a competitive person by nature, and try to keep in mind that the $ is pretend. I love a good discussion, and as a stay-at-home mom, this is sometimes the only place that I get those at an adult level, and I appreciate it when the level of discourse stays there. That said, I'm not perfect. I'm sure I'll meltdown one day as well. Happy to have you on my friends board as well.
Regards, Smidge.

Hey Jen your burning up the keyboards with you NO votes for Veeps, anybody you DO like for the position, in either party?? lol. ;)

Hey Jen,

Tri agreed to look at a market I'm working on, thanks in advance for sharing him with me for a bit, hope y'all enjoy the one I'm cooking up. Inadvertantly it touches on several different potential categories, when he get a chance to look at it I'd be interested to hear from you which category you think it might best fit it. It contains components of several.

if i found a picture to go with my question, hiw do i add it?

Jen,

Do you have the ability to change the duplicate option to Pop. of 12 countries > # of votes for me on the market you flagged a few minutes ago. Honestly, if our country can't even muster up 88M votes, it will be a sad day for democracy, but at least the optioned won't be duplicated that way.

Can you help me with this?
t faor .

hey there red! good to hear from you. about the only thing settled this early for the tour is the names of the teams that have been invited although even that can change. each team won't name their riders (limited number) until closer to the start so that their personal success can be evaluated.

we liked brandon and evan and both were eliminated last night. we like the 18 year old kortni (?) and william wingman (?) and i really do not like sarah from miami. she should not have been moved forward. looks like a tramp. i'm really sorry to have lost evan. he's the one who did the hat thing and they said he looked like gene kelly? we really enjoyed seeing him dance.

how's tricks in your part of the world?

I heard about hubdub on a site that gave a list of web addresses on participatory media. When I took a look at hubdub, I decided to give it a try. I've been working the citizen journalism scene since last year. News predicting is something that got me curious.

I'm still wondering how I work that McCain question. I replied back to your comment. Recently, the expansion to the G.I. Bill became a hot topic due to McCain's opposition to it. Obama had found a perfect window of opportunity and attacked McCain on it.

Please see comments in this market you created:
<http://www.hubdub.com/m8036/When_will_Obama_wrap_up_the_nomination>

thanks for the challenge. it will be interesting to see how it works out. bill richardson? what do you think of brandon bryant on so you think you can dance? dad suggested i just put $1000 on him right now!

see what you think of this
http://getsatisfaction.com/hubdub/topics/hubdub_hall_of_fame

tell me how you feel about this:
http://getsatisfaction.com/hubdub/topics/highest_net_worth_reached

I finally have a weekend that I don't have to work and decided to spend some time shouting out to all of my HD friends that I've been neglecting. I've enjoyed a lot of your challenges and questions, but I'm pretty sure you have a lot more time to devote to HD than I do. Having said that I _really_ enjoy everyone's challenges. If it weren't for challenges I'd have hardly any H$ invested ... as it is I'm only 1/3rd invested.

Pic of the girl huh? Well, the pic of the cat will have to do :-P ... You see, the girl just broke up recently with her bf, and I only met her like 8 weeks ago, plus she just left (Thur) for Rwanda on a mission trip... So yeah, she knows I really dig her, but with both of our summers kinda far apart, I must wait like 7 more weeks till she returns, so I am BACK on HubDub, lol, but when I get a pic of her, I'll post it for ya :-D ... I only have like this little pic of her from her profile on thecity.marshillchurch.org so it'd not be like appropriate for me to post it, as people may think that she is me, and that'd just be weird, LOL :-D
I say, you chicks sure know how to screw with a guys emotions, hahaha, I totally didn't think I had em till she walked in, now I'm like, WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?!?! LOL

Jen,

Good heavens no, that was a mistake, my intent was a normal progression, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, etc. I'll ask HD admin to sequence my ordering, thank you for catching that, I was som focused on the balance of the question/explanation that somehow I jumbled the sequencing.

Thanks for the nice words.... I really hope it's gonna be good :-P ... But did you really have to call me Luci? LOL :-P

BTW, my pic has NOTHING to do with this all, haha, just was playin' around with my iSight Camera and thought this one looked like a weird pic, so I went with it :-)

Where've I been? Well, to be honest with ya, I met a girl, Ohhhh yesss, I most certainly did, and she's totally messed up my head! :-P I couldn't be more happy about it, but yeah, I am utterly infatuated and have had a real tough time concentrating lately, lol, so my HubDub addiction has really not controlled me lately, lol :-D
So yeah, that's where I've been, and for like the last 7+ weeks, I can't hardly eat, been waking up early for some odd reason, all that emotional stuff, haha ... I know I reallllllly need to think about her less, but it's sooo hard to not think about her ... I feel like I'm in high school again or something, lol, seems really silly that I've been knocked for a loop like this :-D

CONGRATS SUPER USER :-D I am soooo happy you are one, YOU Totallllly deserve it :-D

Congrats on your Super User status! Will consider posting a pic of yourself with your new Super User cape on, on your profile?

Just kiddin'

Adam aka valornhonor

I think we should get tshirts with a big S on the sleeve...

Hey Jenni I like your little Super user icon.

Hi Jenni, how are ya?

Hi jenni thanks for accepting the invite. You contribute a lot to this place!

love the tie today. thanks!

Plz tell triathematician I said thanks for the $4K bet! I think that's the biggest wager anyone has made on one of my markets yet!

Hey jenniandboys, based on the background you had on your prediction about Kentucky voter racism, I thought you might be interested in my recent question abour minority candidates GOP this year. Married to a black woman gives me a unique perspective on these things!

Happy Hubdubbing.
valornhonor

widgets - this week!

Bummer! I know you were waitng for the song, and it was a cute question. Who would have thunk?

Hey Jen, thnx for the reply. The icon is Adam Ant, a pun related to my actual name.

Jen, a $1H bet? Whatsupwiththat?

Visit my blog at http://rohanm33.wordpress.com/

Rohan

Wow! I've suddenly come between you and your husband on the quarterly leaderboard. That was not intentional!!

That is so sweet of you!!! My son (grrr) didn't even send greetings.. yet.. Sigh- when boys wed, they are basically gone.. But I adore him and my daughter in law, and I will be "Gee" in November for the first time, so there is joy! I hope your day is full of special moments and memories..

Thanks for the note; we're glad to have you back on hubdub...(whew!)...You were missed! It's always nice to be missed...

As you know, cognos is in Houston and I am in Dallas. This past week was our best weather of the year; you were fortunate to see it. And if you were possibly here for our tornado weather, that's just part of our spring...but it "shor was purty" outside, briefly....I'm sure Great Grandma told you all about our summers....

What a fantastic occasion to be able to attend! -- a genuine event of a lifetime. Hopefully you got lots of photos to show your son later in life...what a special occasion!

I'm not quite sure why lucid got a bee in his bonnett, but I just posted the following on your prediction question, just in case anyone misunderstood:

"Thank you again friend jenniandboys for the clarification! I just spotted lucid's comments and trust that you understand that NO criticism was intended.

As I noted (before lucid got carried away): That's fine...Thanks jenniandboys for the clarification!"

I see that you were headed our direction for Texas! Where did you visit?....Hope you had a great trip and got home safely with the boys! I presume they went with you and travel well....Kind Regards!

jenni, please check your email. i need an answer. me

Hope you have fun messin' with Texas & enjoy your HD vacation!

drive carefully. we are all anxious to see you both.

thanks, jenni. actually she got very good scores the last three weeks. we'll see.

Hey, Jenni, we need a DWTS question. I made 500 last night!! yeah!
Oma

So, I was talkin' with your hubby the other day ... Yeah, we go wayyyyy back ... College buddies and all that .... Hehe, J/k :-P

Anywayyyyy, I see that you and him are now both in the Top 5 Weekly Leaderboard :-P ... Good job and congrats to you two on that. But I want you to know that it came at a price. Yep that's right, a very severe price indeed! ... It meant that I had to remove myself from the Top 5, to make room for ya'll ... I know, very selfless of me :-D ... I'll tell ya how I did it... You see, I made some reallllllly bad bets, and of course, I lost, so umm yeah, enjoy the spots I opened up with my stupidity, hahahaha :-D
Oh yeah, your skills ain't that bad either, so I assume that had something to do with it, hehehe :-D ... Are you two in cuhoots or something? Hey btw, how do you spell cahoots? WOW, my spell check shows cahoots is the right spelling, I totally did that on accident, hmmmm, funny word that word ;-)

Welp, see you maybe next week, when my sucking streak will hopefully end and I will be #1 again!!! muahahahahaha

lucidstates

Ah! Thanks for the background info to my candidates' debating question... I was so tickled to see the news flash and quickly type it into a question!! Been a lull in my activity that I think I am snapping out of.

Haha... that's cool- I'm glad you figured that out. Mudd's a good school- I guess that just confirms that you're a worthy opponent (or friend or whatever) ;)

Got it.

Tried to answer your question through the link but it kept asking for a sigh in then wouldn't take it. Basically said I was OK with question pirating because it remove the 12 hour rule.

All I can say is WOW!

Hi Jen!

Thanks for the "digit" questions! These are the only questions that I'm making money on this week!

= )

i just realized mario was left off the list of dancers on your question. how's your day? off to vote!!!

You can never have enough dogs as friends. They have the most amazing quality of loving you no matter what! Skipper (http://www.hubdub.com/e/User/_916) my kid's avatar and our family dog is amazing. Every time he sees a bird or squirrel in our yard he is totally committed to catching it ... despite a 0.0000% catching average in three years.

I have like 110k on the pa democratic primary question and lose a bunch of money as it moves around.

Hey, another friend with a dog avatar, I've got quite a few (http://www.hubdub.com/e/User/_916; http://www.hubdub.com/e/User/_1996; http://www.hubdub.com/e/User/_1770 and http://www.hubdub.com/e/User/_4910).

Hi, you're performing good, I just saw you rushing past me on the leaderboards ... grrr

Your having a good quarter I see. I took a hit at the beginning of the quarter but am coming back. Happy to have you as a friend.

Jenni,

I remembered why I was SHOUTING at you. Btw, how does that SHOUT look? I think SHOUTING is kinda rude, so from now on, I will refer my SHOUTING at you to ummmmmm, I dunno, something not so annoying as SHOUTING.

Okay then, I was supposed to thank you for the link to the "Why I looove HubDub" thing a muh jig. So THANK YOU, oops that's right, no shouting :-P ... Btw, I was up late and early at the same time :-) ... And no, I am not a drunk, nor an early riser :-D ... I was just up all night and early at the same time, I used to work night shifts, so it's easy and hard at the same time. Easy to stay awake, hard to get outta the routine of staying awake at night :-D

lucidstates

you should posit a question re:dwts.

Not sure what "snorts" implies- were you affended by my interjection? Sorry!

Jenni,

Why am I SHOUTING at you? ......... I thought I came here to say something, like maybe you Shouted at me first, I can't remember, I am soooooooo totally blank man!

lucidstates

Warning..right..next time.

I appreciate your peacemaking attempts (by discussing computer-ese and not the angry question or questioner) towards dan... at least, that is what I read in between the comment lines? Well done.

Have a good morning! Miss you all. Enjoy the park today.

Please feel free to post the dow lottery questions. i got lazy. yes, that's my cat dylan in the pic.

wow! did you see that of the three of us, i have the highest weekly gain? won't last, but still, thanks for the encouragement.

Hey, Hey, Heyyyy :-D You are #2 on the leaderboard this week for gains :-D ... The leaderboard of my friends that is, hehe, Good Job :-D

You've been gaining like crazy for the past week- nice work!

Whoa, look at you winning so much for the week!! (SO FAR!). Great goin, girl!

Okay, so now I AM officially a dumb-donkey!!! ... Are you serious I covered that stuff in middle school? I say there's no way man! ... How could I forget something from such grade levels? ... I didn't do drugs, I didn't even have a GF then, hahaha, so I know I was concentrating on school, hehe, I seriously do NOT remember ever covering N's and what not :-D

lucidstates

BTW, if you are deliberately trying to make my mind explode, then by all means, keep up the algebra or whatever that stuff is! hahaha, I am sooo serious, I don't have a clue what (n) or (n-1.3) means! I am soooo lost here man, hahaha, I may like mathematical questions and trade stocks/options, but this higher education math stuff is beyond me, hahahaha ... Kind of like eating. I may like food, and I may be very good at eating it, but ask me how to make a lasagna, and I will fall apart :-P
That reminds me, you said triathematician is your hubby right? ... That is reallllly cool man :-D ... Just keep him away from me if he uses (n) and such to talk to me, hahahahaha J/k :-D

lucidstates

Jenni,

Are YOU suggesting that I suck too? At my own questions no doubt!!!! ALRIGHT, THIS IS WAR!!!! ... Hehe, J/k ... But I do actually kinda suck at predicting allot of my questions, hahahaha, oh the irony :-/

Okay, as for May, I have had trouble on this front, and so I will tell you my thoughts and ask you to give me an idea of how I should go about it.
Problem: May has some BIG releases coming that will OBVIOUSLY win #1, at least for the first 3 weekends of May, then the Summer Box Office levels out and most future weekends through Aug. have some tough competition, however, Iron Man will obviously be #1, so will Narnia in its week, so will Indiana Jones in its week, but after that, it gets a little tighter.
Solutions: I have 2 ideas for how to deal with this irritating situation for the first 3 weeks of May.
1. Make it like 90% - 95% likely that the above mentioned movies will open #1 and have either no one bet or have a billion people bet and make no money.
2. Change the question from my typical: Which Movie WIll Be #1, kind of question to something like, How Much MORE will such and such make then the #2 movie, or Will such and such move make Above or Below $70 million opening weekend, or Will such make $100 million within 2 weeks, or whatever.

See the trouble I'm having with this odd 3 week period? ... Your input would be most appreciated :-D

lucidstates

My cats, Missy Button O'Grey and Master Blue Moose, are both strays and I adore them... I teach learning disabled teens, which means I have a thick hide, too!!

oh, hi!! I always admire and appreciate your input.. wanted to personally say, even tho I am a cat lady, your boys are precious and should not be picked on (whoever was trying to be silly earlier and called them a name..that angered me.)

So the girls ain't allowed inside huh? Not their fault that they have mud all over em, leak some oil, and have toxic fumes! ... Can they at least come inside when it's raining?

Again, cute puppies Jen, :-D ... You never told me their ages :-( ... And that reminds me. What are yer girls' names? ... All chicks I know, name their cars, hehe, so yeah, whatcha named em?

lucidstates

Its been too volatile for a while -- there is a LOT of money in the market, but one 100$ bet can significantly change the odds. It seems to have a bug in it somewhere, so they closed it down to sort it out. Hopefully they can fix it w/o voidng!

Hey, Jenni! any idea why the Obama for President questions are suspended?

hehehe, i thought so, but nevertheless

Jenniandboys,

WE WON!!! WE WON!!! WOOT :-D ... See, sometimes civil disobedience is the BEST option for a solid solution :-D ... Okay, so I went too far this past weekend, and for that I am sorry. I already apologized to Nigel on the phone (Skype) and he forgave my sometimes outlandishly childish attitude.
Thanks for keeping me from getting any worse this past weekend, hahahahaha :-D

Also, I have a MilkBone for your puppies, that's if they promise NOT to bite me!! ... That reminds me, how old are they? They are adorable man! ... My brother and I share a house here in Seattle and he has the bestest best best barely 4 year old rescue dog in the world. I say that cause the poor little guy was abused and therefore very hard to gain his trust and to train for a while, but he, "Trip" is his name, is a wonderful buddy now :-D

Lucidstates

Are those cute doggies the "boys" referred to in your username? ... Just asking, not to pry :-D

That's a really great picture of your dogs.

I've got a great 'rosie the riveter' pic, if your interested.

I am the new account of jersjusttrolling, just so you'd know.

Jenni,

You did a great job calming things down ... May I suggest one extra "calming" weapon next time? ... A huge mallet! Yep. works in the movies, so I assume, if you come after a bunch of overreacting males, a mallet outta do the trick just fine :-D Hehehe :-)

Seriously though, thank you for being a calming voice in the whole debacle, you do NOT realize the good you did in there, I think it'd eventually been us calling for Satyaki's address being revealed and us sending the HubDub SWAT Team after him .... Hahahaha :-D

You again, are appreciated :-)

lucidstates

sometimes a call to arms, once called, can not be calmed.

Hey there. Was hoping you would join us in a united front and show the admins that we won't put up with cheating. Please show your support for the strike. Send an email to Hubdub through thier contact form. Let's make this community something we can all be proud of.

I AM NOT ON STRIKE

Great. Nor am I. I don't get it
It is also illegal for an employee of the United States Federal Government to strike. Prospective federal employees must sign standard form 61, an affidavit not to strike. Postal workers involved in 1978 wildcat strikes in Jersey City and Kearny, NJ, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. were fired under the presidency of Jimmy Carter and President Ronald Reagan terminated air traffic controllers after their refusal to return to work from an illegal strike in 1981. So I hope those srtikers aren't govt employees

I AM NOT ON STRIKE

I don't approve of Satyaki's actions but I think a strike is an inappropriate response. His choices won't take away my enjoyment of the game.

DO NOT POST strike related rantings on my page please.

I'm not familiar with that site jenni, I found it with the google.
It appears to not be able to show any results yet but I am anticipating it getting updated.
It says something about how it will get updated once the bookies check in or something like that.

Mork and Destry have pledged to NOT play this game any further until a satisfactory conclusion is made concerning Satyaki's cheating ... PLEASE follow this link and ask ALL of your (friends) to use this link to send hubdub's admins an email of protest over this unethical situation!

http://www.hubdub.com/public/contact
^ There's an email form on that page ^

Please do not be mean, or cruel, or obscene, or anything like that, but please make it clear that this situation MUST be resolved and resolved ASAP!

A sample letter may be as simple as this (please send whatever you feel, this is just an outline):

To HubDub Administrators: In Protest of the "Satyaki" problem.
I (username) proclaim at this moment, that I will not wager another Hdollar nor create any further questions on Hubdub, until this matter is settled.
I believe that it is my right as a member of this site, to expect the highest level of integrity on the part of hubdubs administrators and that even though it is still in beta form, this does not make right the decision on your parts to allow cheaters to prosper at the expense of the rest of the hubdub community.
I believe that cheating is wrong and any known cheating must be disciplined as soon as it becomes known and not allowed to fester. This lack of ethical conduct on the part of the cheater in question is not being dealt with ethically by hubdub, therefore, I am renouncing my support of hubdub.com entirely, until a fair conclusion to this matter has been decided and acted upon up to and possibly including the removal of (Satyaki) from membership.
It is my concrete belief that the legitimacy and reputation of this entire game is at stake and I will no longer participate in a game that is "fixed" against the ethical and rules following players, and placed in the favor of unethical and rule breaking members.
I declare to you admins, that you have treated ALL legitimate hubdubbers in an unethical manner, you have disrespected those who love and support the game and have potentially fed a "gaming" environment that actually encourages cheating against the upright in this hubdub community.
Until this issue is resolved in an agreeable manner, you have lost (username) as a loyal member of this site and I will no longer sing the praises of hubdub.com to anyone, nor invite anyone I know to join, until this matter is resolved.
Sincerely,
(username)

******
I do not know if that is a good letter, but I do encourage ALL members to send "A" letter to hubdub immediately, or else we are just spinning our wheels and I desperately do NOT want to lose this awesome site, especially do to a punk like (Satyaki)!!! If this was any other social networking site, he'd have been banned by now!

And then go to this link and post a protest as well and HELP the HubDub Community regain it's integrity!
http://getsatisfaction.com/hubdub/topics/i_am_on_strike

lucidstates (dismayed)

my rule of life (well, one of them): Don't Panic (although i do not always manage to stick to it B)

wow, im impressed you managed to tame jerry :)

ok. i'll take your advice and stay out of it from here on out.
he seems to be popping up all over the place, and i don't want him to tarnish the site more than he already has.
do you really think the admins will do something? i hope so.
thanks again for your kind words.

jenniandboys,

YAY you added me :-D ... That was the smartest decision you've ever made, hahaha, J/k ;-P

I wanted to add you cause you are a math person, I looooove numbers, and so yeah, I like the way you think, and also, we are close monetarily, so that makes it nice, to see how you and I stack up against one another :-) ... Btw, I am just $4,000 behind ya........ butttt, I did join 2 days before you, so umm, you are the better player :-( Hehe, congrats........ Here I come!!!!

lucidstates

send me an email at destry71@gmail.com, I wanted to chat, but all these shouts are public. I also use destry28 on aim if you have that.

Hey are you the person that went through and wagered $3 on the ICL questions created by satayki, I was noticing that most of his questions had $3 wagered on them.

This market is really skewed: http://www.hubdub.com/e/Market/What_will_be_Clintons_polling_margin_in_Pennsylvania_on_April_8_as_reported_by_RCP_5171/View#predictions

That's good...by the time the 12 hour restriction is over, people will have bet on crudsy and I'll come and bet on someone else...

You DO realize that the new quarter starts now, and quarterly gains start afresh?

just found on analysis notes: "always remember: tiggers are wonderful things"

wish i had more money right now. got things i want to wager my funds on!

cnn ...

The letter comes one day after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid seemed to suggest Democratic leaders were in the process of working out a deal to ensure the party's nomination fight does not go all the way to the convention.

"Things are being done," Reid told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

the question should read 'fate of the satellite' not FAITH of the satellite. congrats on having one of your questions on the leader board yesterday!

Nope, no response from them.. I don't like this one bit. I even put a shout on Nigel's profile(http://www.hubdub.com/e/User/_2)..no response

Hope you have a good morning! I'll miss being there with U & M & W & T today. Give M a graham cracker for me? Love you.

how is the MM feeling?

:-) Maybe you'll catch up someday

Yo! Want to go watch some TV?