Comment .com, housing, (Score 1) 100
Seems that we now have one more bubble to burst.
Hollywood Stock Exchange Set To Launch In April 100
You can buy and sell actor or movie "stock" for virtual cash on the website Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX). Starting in April the company plans on letting you turn those movie performance predictions into real dollars. HSX filed with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission for approval as an active trading site in November 2008 and has just entered the final phase of regulatory review. Richard Jaycobs, president of HSX's parent company, said, "The number of people who visit movie theaters each year and form opinions about a film's success is in the tens of millions. We believe that's the reason the public response to this product has been very positive."
Comment Re:I live there (Score 3, Informative) 483
I live in downtown Silver Spring. I commute from Columbia. It's usually a 30 minute drive, but last night took me an hour and a half. The worst part was when I crossed Georgia Ave a block from my home, right by the DC border. That last block took me 20 minutes.
I was trying to figure out what was up with the traffic. I didn't see any accidents or emergency vehicles, and the traffic reports I heard just said that traffic on Georgia was slow. Didn't hear anything about the control system until today.
Comment Re:Data network not taken seriously (Score 1) 121
On AT&T and had trouble with text too. 1 to 2 hour delays. However, the data network seemed to run without a hitch, and my iPhone 3G was uploading photos to Facebook without any noticeable slowdown.
I could make the occasional phone call if I kept trying.
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