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Yesterday, the LHC was switched on and protons were excellerated around the entire machine. They received data on a computer screen confirming that the machine was indeed fully functioning. I have to ask the same question. Does anyone know what "fully functioning" means for the purpose of this stock?

Short. Short. Short. All the news is pointing to the next Mac-related conference. This is June at the earliest. I agree with you all. Short.

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LOVE this game. At least, I love the concept of this game. I really enjoy it - much more than any other virtual stock-type game I've found to date. I'm just disappointed in a few simple things. I know these things probably have been discussed before, but maybe adding another opinion will be of assitance. 1. PPX admins need to decide to halt or not halt stocks on a specific set of posted criteria. If you halt before the close date, then pay the stock out. It's pointless to halt and sit for days, if you're not going to pay it out. Otherwise, don't halt it, and let the market drive it to $0 or to $100. Heck, the latter idea would help make EVERYONE money, which should help with liquidity on some level. Regardless, from my standpoint, you have to make a decision and stick with it, so the system itself becomes predictable, and people can actually play. 2. I own MIYAHOO stock, and the close date passed. PAY THE STOCK OUT ALREADY! Any logical person would be stuck between giving up their position in the stock so they could be liquid, or sticking it out WEEKS after the close date because it's going to be a good payout. If a stock closure date passes, it should be payed out immediately. If a logical, reasonable answer can be posted as to why these dates are not being met, I'm willing to re-think this view. But it's got to be a pretty damn good answer to make much sense. Otherwise, why put dates in at all? Pay it out, and I'LL GO BUY SOMETHING ELSE - which will help the market overall! 3. The last blog posting about payouts were WEEKS AGO... Is anyone actually there? I see some evidence that people are, but it feels irregular. That might be a perception, but perceptions do count for something, right? 4. Liquidity is a tricky thing to deal with - especially when people have been playing for a long time, and have a lot of money. One of the ways to increase liquidity is to increase the numbers. (A)Give people more money to start with, and keep the same share cost model.(I know that how much money that the current players would get, would have to be addressed, and I'm not sure how that would work.) (B)Increase the number of shares that we can buy for a particular stock, and decrease stock sensitivity. Essentially a dilution of buying power. Halving the stock sensitivity, keeping the same $0-$100 share scale, and doubling the number of shares I can hold for a particular stock, should essentially make each share 50% less effective, smoothing out the waves a little. Theoretically (and I'm not sure how the math is calculated on PPX's end, so this is just a theory) the law of large numbers would be able to apply more efficiently. For example: The number 100 with a deviation of +-5 (5% deviation), is much more impacting than the number 1000 with a deviation of +-5 (0.5% deviation). This would likely help to even out swings, and calm some of the wave riding. Yes it would GREATLY change the tone of the game, but it might fix some of the major complaints. (or C)Greatly increase the number of short-term stocks available to be purchased. Not easy, I know, but this would help the person who wants to tie up some of his/her money in long-term investments, and some in shorter term, higher-risk investments. Hell, this is common with most financial stock markets, it might be worth looking at here. That's my two cents... I vote for at least addressing 1, 2, and 3 ASAP! Cheers! *********************************************** Technology can do anything. The real question is... Do you actually know what you want to do?