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Re: Futures Traders: Is this the "Holy Grail"?



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Jeez, the Great Planetary Holy Grail is relisted for $300k! It was
originally listed for $200k, then relisted for $250k (with zero bids) and
now it's there for $50k more...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2579568101

Who's da man?

TT

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex Matulich" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 1:24 PM
> Subject: Re: Futures Traders: Is this the "Holy Grail"?
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>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2992&item=2575090327
> >
> > Good heavens, and he's even solved the impossible 3-body problem in
> > physics:
> >
> >     "Market prices (all markets) are determined by the orbital path
> >     of rotating 3 dimensional spherical objects.  The size of the
> >     object, and the price at which the orbital path will begin and
> >     end is easy to determine days, months and years in the future,
> >     with no subjectivity whatsoever."
> >
> > The problem of what orbital paths three bodies will take when
> > interacting gravitationally in space, is one of the Great Unsolved
> > Problems of physics.  At best you can solve it numerically, but the
> > stability and reliability of the solution degrades the further in
> > the future you predict.
> >
> > I wonder what eBay charged him for registering an auction with a $200K
> > minimum bid....
> >
> > --
> >   ,|___    Alex Matulich -- alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >  // +__>   Director of Research and Development
> >  //  \
> >  // __)    Unicorn Research Corporation -- http://unicorn.us.com
> >
> >
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