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If the stock exchange begins to look to spirit boards people will get worried (also maybe by the cryptic messages from beyond they are receiving via the stock ticker) explaining the uncertainty. Of course, some people might claim that this is not so far from how stock brokers decide what to do anyway… | If the stock exchange begins to look to spirit boards people will get worried (also maybe by the cryptic messages from beyond they are receiving via the stock ticker) explaining the uncertainty. Of course, some people might claim that this is not so far from how stock brokers decide what to do anyway… | ||
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+ | The general idea of manipulating the DJIA for goals unrelated to financial gains reminds of the [[426: Geohashing|Geohashing]] [http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Bill_Gates_achievement Bill Gates achievement]. | ||
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+ | The Washington Monument was also part of the game in [[1608: Hoverboard]], just left of the starting area. | ||
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:Blondie: Wild swings on the markets today as investors noticed the DOW was tracing out a silhouette of the DC skyline, and everyone got too weirded out to break the pattern until they finished the capitol building. | :Blondie: Wild swings on the markets today as investors noticed the DOW was tracing out a silhouette of the DC skyline, and everyone got too weirded out to break the pattern until they finished the capitol building. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |