January 2008
6 posts
“This ain’t the motherfucker that came up with sixty-two ways for the...”
– Crutchfield, from The Wire, on Omar Little. Out of four full seasons, I deserve one Wire quote.
Pollsters and Psychics
From Justin Wolfer’s article on the wsj.com:While Sen. Clinton’s unexpected victory has yielded red faces among the punditocracy, this also provides a useful opportunity for emphasizing just what a prediction market forecast says. That the price of a contract paying $1 if Sen. Clinton won in New Hampshire was selling for seven cents doesn’t suggest that she was a sure loser....
“I mean, here is a fact… an honest to God fact: last year, there were more...”
– David Simon, via eebmore