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Stock Market for Geek Culture

Posted by Zonk on from the world-of-warcraft-is-way-up dept.

indiejade writes "Yahoo! recently launched its take on the virtual fantasy-prediction game market. The Tech Buzz Game allows players to invest in what they think will be the "next big thing" RE high-tech products, trends, or concepts. CNet reported that the game was announced at the now-in-progress Emerging Technologies Conference in San Diego. The players with the three highest scores accumulated in the game between now and July 29th will win one of various Apple products."

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  1. YES, oh yes! by thepotoo · · Score: 3, Funny

    My mom always said my love of games would never amount to anything...Well I guess she was wrong! I'm going to get a free iPod!

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    Obligatory Soundbite Catchphrase
  2. Wait a second... by Geoffreyerffoeg · · Score: 2, Funny

    They're measuring stock value based on Yahoo! searches? It's a good idea, but:

    1. Invest in some obscure Foobar Technology.
    2. while (true) {socket.open("www.yahoo.com"); socket << "GET /search?p=foobar HTTP/1.0"; socket.close();}
    3. ??? (somehow get a lot of computers to run this; your personal bandwidth probably isn't enough to make a dent)
    4. Profit!

  3. Re:95% of worlds population need not apply by The+Eagle+Maint · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let's go back to third grade for a second... 20% of 6 billion = 1.2 billion 280 million into 6 billion = 4.67% ... Was it a joke that I didn't get or something?