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Started by Syt, December 06, 2015, 01:55:02 PM

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Norgy

#14565
December 06, 2024, 05:47:05 AM
I do not have a screenshot, because, despite working with digital media for 20 years, I cannot upload one here. It is "too big" or whatever Filipinas say when they meet the prospective husbands who ordered them out of a catalogue.

But. Some guy in Norway has filed a lawsuit against the national lottery. For five billion NOK. Because it is rigged.
Games of chance being rigged? The house always wins?

Of course a lot of people agree, because they never won either. I'd call this a daring move.

And of course, in this season of joy and giving, it does not stop there.
As some may know, Norway is not a member of the EU, yet implement all EU regulations. This bloke is now taking the case to the EFTA panel.

This obscure entity decides whether regulations in the non-EU countries fulfill the obligations within the European Free Trade Agreement, which EFTA stands for. The non-members still bound by treaty are Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and sometimes Switzerland, but they are good at just giving the middle finger to anything and saying "NEUTRAL".

There's probably some small HRE state too that I forget who signed the treaty, but I digress.

So, this guy had a perfect system. But did not win. So the system must be rigged, right?

USA, you can keep your Florida Man, we beat you. I cannot wait to hear what the EFTA has to say about this.

Syt

#14566
December 06, 2024, 08:31:49 AM
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Richard Hakluyt

#14567
December 06, 2024, 08:59:15 AM
He had time to learn Russian though  :ph34r:  :tinfoil:  :ph34r:  :tinfoil:  :o

garbon

#14568
December 06, 2024, 10:29:03 AM
What a life
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

The Minsky Moment

#14569
December 06, 2024, 12:57:22 PM
What a poser
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

The Minsky Moment

#14570
December 06, 2024, 01:00:08 PM
Guaranteed he isn't asked "oft" about his reading habits.

Far more likely he is often asked the question: "Why are you trespassing on my plane with a camera tripod and do I have to call security or are you going to get the fuck out?"
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

Zanza

#14571
December 06, 2024, 05:06:21 PM
Looked him up and he posts stuff like that daily on his LinkedIn profile.

Norgy

#14572
December 06, 2024, 09:00:13 PM
Quote from: Zanza on December 06, 2024, 05:06:21 PMLooked him up and he posts stuff like that daily on his LinkedIn profile.

Well, who doesn't. I show my number of steps and blood sugar level on mine.

Syt

#14573
Today at 01:20:45 AM
Courtesy r/linkedinlunatics

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.
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