Jeremy \"Athena\" Cook on 29 Jul 2002 20:00:04 -0000


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Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Proposal-Stocks


I think I would much prefer to do the random walk. It would be much easier
to make money that way, and we wouldn't have to tie our Nomic to the
outside world.

Athena

On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Wonko the Sane wrote:

> >I'll be really impressed if either of you can come up with a model which
> >approximates the behavior of a real market.  If you could, it would warrant
> >a Respect prop, honestly... has anyone seen Pi? :)
>
> Remember how, in the olden days, the weather was determined by Dave looking
> out eir window and telling us what the weather was where e was...
>
> Question: What large, real-world institution approximates the behavior of a
> real Stock Market?
>
> I'll give you a clue: It starts with 'st' and rhymes with 'ock Market'
>
> That's right! The Stock Market!
>
> Why don't we just say, the Banker should check some online stock reports and
> juggle this around based on that? ;)
>
> --
> Wonko
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