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VC money sitting on the sidelines

Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:44 pm
by TallDave

Re: VC money sitting on the sidelines

Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:31 pm
by rcain
haha - yes. fools.
And ironically, that means that Barack Obama’s pet “clean” projects will be hardest hit
is true and worying, as is a 7% downturn. but hey, markets are fickle. they'll soon pick up on any new real/'physical' opportunities.

come to that, does anyone know what the futures markets are quoting on a fuison breakthough at present ( i recall there is an online index/market somewhere that specialises in such 'unlikely' things).

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:12 pm
by TallDave
All right, which one of you jokers reserved http://www.bussardfusion.biz/ ? Came up on Google alerts this morning.

rcain -- You might find that on Intrade. The problem with these esoteric markets, though, is that the wisdom of crowds requires... crowds.

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:17 pm
by rcain
not guilty.

thanks for that reminder of http://www.intrade.com/ btw - no general mentions of fusion, Poliywell, whatever, i could find, though i did locate:
FOCUS.FUSION.DEC14
Focus Fusion process to generate net power before midnight ET on 31 Dec 2014
currently bids of 22$/contract accepted.

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:13 pm
by TheSeeker
TallDave wrote:All right, which one of you jokers reserved http://www.bussardfusion.biz/ ? Came up on Google alerts this morning.
It's registered to one Charles Cain in Ashburn, VA ... Was first registered in 2008, expires next in 2011

Additional contact info is available in the whois record..

This seems to be his primary website: http://charliecain.com/index.cfm given that the same contact info is available on his resume there as is on the whois record. or possibly this one... for the same reason: http://www.ccainweb.com/index.cfm

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 12:54 am
by ladajo
rcain?

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 3:33 am
by Betruger
Er caincidence.

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:20 pm
by TallDave
Today, it was "Polywellfusionreactor.net"

Heh.

So $100 pays $122 in 2015? Hmmm. Not a very good investment -- that's only a few percent a year.

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 3:32 pm
by rcain
Betruger wrote:Er caincidence.
just that i'm afraid - pure coincidence. nothing to do with me or any of my relatives (that i know of). bit dam cheeky if you ask me. most probably cyber-squaters, waiting for news to break so they can try and sell the url back to EMC2 for some obscene price. to some extent UK/EU law protects against this sort of practice - i dont know about the US.
TallDave wrote:Today, it was "Polywellfusionreactor.net"

Heh.

So $100 pays $122 in 2015? Hmmm. Not a very good investment -- that's only a few percent a year.
someones having fun at EMC2's expense then, if thats another url j ust gone up. same registrant?

those low odds for FF make it sound like a sure thing.