infundibulum

Is when someone starts a post on a message board beginning with the word “Um.”

Sweet jeebus, that makes me want to barf.

It starts off the conversation by saying “you’re an idiot.”

Doesn’t anyone care about being polite any more?

Oddhead Blog: Prediction Markets, Gambling, Electronic Commerce, Artificial Intelligence: David Pennock: Yahoo! Research

This is a really interesting blog if you have any interest in stuff like prediction markets. (Incidentally, I’m with Oddhead on the evaluation of prediction markets by Daily Kos — they’re missing the point.)

Sometimes.