“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
— The Continental Congress, July 4, 1776
“The task of statesmanship has always been the re-definition of these rights in terms of a changing and growing social order.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt (Commonwealth Club Address, 1932)
“Roosevelt was wrong! The principles laid down in the Declaration of Independence are the principles of individual liberty. Our unalienable rights, given to us by God are given to us as individuals. Our rights do not come from society or the government, and they cannot be redefined by politicians. The nature of these rights carries with it the implication of individual responsibility, without which we surrender them.”
— Perri Nelson, November 6, 2008
Thursday Thirteen #11
Published Thu, Jul 5 2007 9:25 AM
Technorati Tags: Computers and Internet, Entertainment, Blogging, Cool Stuff
Thirteen Things about BlogShares
- "BlogShares is a fantasy stock market for weblogs. Players get to invest a fictional $500, and blogs are valued by incoming links." Each blog is initially valued at $1,000.00, and it's outgoing links at $1,100.00 divided by the number of outgoing links, so some incoming links are worth more than others. Only links to and from other blogs in the index count.
- At the present moment, there are 229 BlogShares trillionaires.
- The wealthiest player in the game is AXA with B$293,034,475,188,657.00
- There are 2226 ranked players using the composite ranking system. I'm ranked #69 (at the moment, rankings are updated every three hours).
- BlogShares maintains the largest hand-edited index of blogs on the Internet (or so I'm told).
- Players gain Karma by voting blogs into "Industries". This is one how blogs are categorized in the index.
- There are over 6,000 industries or categories managed in the BlogShares index.
- Players gain Sigma by adding blogs to the index, reporting title changes, or reporting blogs as "dead".
- For the purposes of the BlogShares index, "dead blogs are those which have had no new posts in the last six months, return a server error or 404, or which have been pronounced dead, moved, or discontinued by blog's owner." "Private" or friends-only blog, are also considered "dead".
- At the time of this posting, there are 6,754,081 blogs in the BlogShares index.
- You can be a free member of BlogShares just by registering. Free members are limited to 20 shares transactions per day.
- You can be a premium member for $15.00 per year, or $2.95 a month. Premium members have lots of advantages over non-premium members, including unlimited daily transactions.
- BlogShares is probably the most addicting Internet game I have ever played.
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Planck's Constant trackbacked with "13 Reasons Turkey is not in the EU"
what are the real reasons holding back Turkey's accession to EU membership?
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Dana responded with:
Hadn't heard of this. Very interesting!
spyscribbler responded with:
You know, I've always wondered how blogshares worked and what it was. I'll have to check it out. Thanks for this TT!
bernie responded with:
Thanks for visiting mine. I linked to you from TT 13 Reasons Turkey is not in the EU
My blog is in blogshares and I currently have only B$1,989,757.82 - I haven't had a chance yet to really start playing.
Elle Fredrix responded with:
Oh, great. Like I need to hear about another game to waste my time with! :o)
Thanks for stopping by my TT!
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