there was an example of the broken financial system on the news last night.
Basically Guinea (IIRC) has some mountains that are 60% pure iron, so the (allegedly corrupt) dictator of Guinea gave the mining rights to an (allegedly dodgy) mining company.
Said company then didn't bother to mine the iron, instead it used the backing of having a huge iron asset to make trades on the markets and made a load of cash that way. Meanwhile the people of Guinea are dirt poor with no hope of even getting jobs digging said iron out of the ground for 10p a day, let alone seeing the extraction of the iron benefit the country's economy.
This is one way of seeing why a financial market that does nothing but deal within itself is a bad thing. If we changed focus so stock markets were tied to something in the real world (eg Microsoft profits, or Apple growth) no matter how tenuous, that you held for some time because of that real-world item's worth wrt the stock then we'd see stock markets become more investment based and less trade based.
We might as well base the stock market on TV shows - you could trade on the love life of some TV character without any difference with how financial companies trade today.
That is a problem with the mining contract (and possibly the corrupt dictator) - not the financial system.
So with paintball you have the fog-issue, running through the woods (depending on the course / company / etc), worrying about ticks (here in NJ), the pellets can hurt when you get hit, etc. Sure, some people love. But I can't fault anyone for not liking it due to the reasons I listed (and there are probably others).
The costs too. Buy a game once and play it hundreds of times vs going to the paintball place and buy supplies and rent space every time. It's even more expensive if you have to rent equipment.
If you get enough people wound up about something, you can get the backing and momentum to really have an effect.
I don't get it. If you hate EA, why do you give a shit? You're getting upset because a company isn't doing something you wish they would do? Who gives a fuck? You're not buying their shit anyway.
It's like you've gone all obsessive about a beautiful but super-cunty woman and you hate her SOOO bad because she won't give you a blow job, so you rant and rave about it. That's mental illness, bub.
It's very simple. We don't like seeing our retarded fellow humans being taken advantage of by companies like EA.
Court time are extremely variable. How long do you think it would take to explain to non technical people all the technical aspects of a case like Swartz's? Definately more than an hour.
Assuming you are talking about the Jury, this should not be a problem if it really was a Jury of one's peers.
"And then when you update your Linux once and the entire thing crashes and burns, you'll go back to Windows. At least, that's what keeps happening to me when I try to switch to Linux."
I hear this comment a lot or variants of the theme - and i just dont get it - I've been using Linux since ~2000 - now back then things could be a problem and a comment like the above would have its place. But as an experienced Linux user - i find "it just works" (tm) . I dont have to screw around installing drivers or fanny
around with settings at all. Compare that with a windows box or a OSX and , if you've been using Linux as long as i have and plug say a (for example) midi interface into a windows or OSX box you be astonished to find yourself hunting for drivers etc like wtf ?. On a modern linux distro that sort of thing "Just Works" and thats the kind of experience I have with Linux. The same can be said for updates for the most part are pretty damn reliable - I have an ubuntu box thats running 12.10 and i've upgraded every time theres been a distro update over the last 3 years and it usually goes without a hiccup.
So whats the deal here? Im no Linux newbie but im not doing anything special - i mean - its been that long since i edited Xf86config i've forgotten what half of it does.
I would geniunely like to know what these Linux newbies coming over from Windows are actually doing to screw up there systems so badly - its pretty difficult do to that nowadays?
Anyone care to comment - im sure if we can get to the bottom of what is happening to these guys that we as a community can do something about it!
N.
Look, you just said your self it "usually" goes without a hiccup. Which sounds like you occasionally have something go wrong... Now when you consider that even the latest LTS release of ubuntu doesn't install cleanly due to nvidia driver problems you should not be so surprised that occasionally there are problems.
I'm at the point where I do not update my work linux machine for fear of it breaking. I will only update when I know I have the time to fix any problems that will occur.
any latency of the change in price of his order translates in a higher risk, risk can be translated into money and thus lower latency yields better prices in the book.
How is this going to affect the long term investor?
As a long term investor, if I want to buy, I buy at the current ask price, if I want to sell, I sell at the current bid price.
Why?
It sounds like you are relying on a third party to match your trades when there is a perfectly good exchange (that you're already using) that can match your trades just as well.
Is there a problem with ignoring the HFT and placing your order at the price you want?
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Always the lowest common denominator for any persecution "its for the kids". Next they will suggest HE is a pedo to ruin his image further.
Not that i agree with what he did ( he DID break the law ) but this is sad.
Cardinal Richelieu.
Manifesto... thats the primary keyword for COMPLETE NUTJOB.
And there went his credibility... Just when he was starting to do some good.
Are you calling the founding fathers of the US nut jobs? They wrote a manifesto called the Declaration of Independence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
They were also terrorists and traitors.
Sure I have. Installer crashed. Doesn't like my nvidia card. The windows 7 install was fine.
Now you've done it, I'm afraid of servicing my own motorbike now. Thanks!
Design of course.
Testicular atrophy is temporary and Gynecomastia can be reversed.
Quite the opposite, as they're a trap. Hole up and a catapult will be along shortly to take care of the town center.
Are you getting paid to train the MS shill department?
there was an example of the broken financial system on the news last night.
Basically Guinea (IIRC) has some mountains that are 60% pure iron, so the (allegedly corrupt) dictator of Guinea gave the mining rights to an (allegedly dodgy) mining company.
Said company then didn't bother to mine the iron, instead it used the backing of having a huge iron asset to make trades on the markets and made a load of cash that way. Meanwhile the people of Guinea are dirt poor with no hope of even getting jobs digging said iron out of the ground for 10p a day, let alone seeing the extraction of the iron benefit the country's economy.
This is one way of seeing why a financial market that does nothing but deal within itself is a bad thing. If we changed focus so stock markets were tied to something in the real world (eg Microsoft profits, or Apple growth) no matter how tenuous, that you held for some time because of that real-world item's worth wrt the stock then we'd see stock markets become more investment based and less trade based.
We might as well base the stock market on TV shows - you could trade on the love life of some TV character without any difference with how financial companies trade today.
That is a problem with the mining contract (and possibly the corrupt dictator) - not the financial system.
So with paintball you have the fog-issue, running through the woods (depending on the course / company / etc), worrying about ticks (here in NJ), the pellets can hurt when you get hit, etc. Sure, some people love. But I can't fault anyone for not liking it due to the reasons I listed (and there are probably others).
The costs too. Buy a game once and play it hundreds of times vs going to the paintball place and buy supplies and rent space every time. It's even more expensive if you have to rent equipment.
They're trying to fix this problem with DRM.
I wonder if the (currently optional) transaction fees will begin to grow over time.
It is also optional for a miner to include your transaction with no fee.
Fake tongue piercing. Granted its a stupid idea but it's not the same as an infant putting something in their mouth.
For your own sake, try to stay off the internet for a little while and see what the world is really like.
Nasty, brutal, and short. Anything to add?
Mostly Harmless.
Not only is it possible but it has already been swum by a man with no arms and no legs.
It's not real invisibility, it's using an SEP field. However for all practical purposes it can be said to be invisible.
... the patient will be feeling fine in no time.
Yes, right up until they contract MRSA.
If you get enough people wound up about something, you can get the backing and momentum to really have an effect.
I don't get it. If you hate EA, why do you give a shit? You're getting upset because a company isn't doing something you wish they would do? Who gives a fuck? You're not buying their shit anyway.
It's like you've gone all obsessive about a beautiful but super-cunty woman and you hate her SOOO bad because she won't give you a blow job, so you rant and rave about it. That's mental illness, bub.
It's very simple. We don't like seeing our retarded fellow humans being taken advantage of by companies like EA.
You already rate steam games implicitly by the time you spend playing them.
Court time are extremely variable. How long do you think it would take to explain to non technical people all the technical aspects of a case like Swartz's? Definately more than an hour.
Assuming you are talking about the Jury, this should not be a problem if it really was a Jury of one's peers.
"And then when you update your Linux once and the entire thing crashes and burns, you'll go back to Windows. At least, that's what keeps happening to me when I try to switch to Linux."
I hear this comment a lot or variants of the theme - and i just dont get it - I've been using Linux since ~2000 - now back then things could be a problem and a comment like the above would have its place. But as an experienced Linux user - i find "it just works" (tm) . I dont have to screw around installing drivers or fanny around with settings at all. Compare that with a windows box or a OSX and , if you've been using Linux as long as i have and plug say a (for example) midi interface into a windows or OSX box you be astonished to find yourself hunting for drivers etc like wtf ?. On a modern linux distro that sort of thing "Just Works" and thats the kind of experience I have with Linux. The same can be said for updates for the most part are pretty damn reliable - I have an ubuntu box thats running 12.10 and i've upgraded every time theres been a distro update over the last 3 years and it usually goes without a hiccup.
So whats the deal here? Im no Linux newbie but im not doing anything special - i mean - its been that long since i edited Xf86config i've forgotten what half of it does.
I would geniunely like to know what these Linux newbies coming over from Windows are actually doing to screw up there systems so badly - its pretty difficult do to that nowadays?
Anyone care to comment - im sure if we can get to the bottom of what is happening to these guys that we as a community can do something about it!
N.
Look, you just said your self it "usually" goes without a hiccup. Which sounds like you occasionally have something go wrong... Now when you consider that even the latest LTS release of ubuntu doesn't install cleanly due to nvidia driver problems you should not be so surprised that occasionally there are problems.
I'm at the point where I do not update my work linux machine for fear of it breaking. I will only update when I know I have the time to fix any problems that will occur.
I'm fairly sure that George Lucas was/is a real historical person too.
Life peers are effectively elected.
any latency of the change in price of his order translates in a higher risk, risk can be translated into money and thus lower latency yields better prices in the book.
How is this going to affect the long term investor?
How?
As a long term investor, if I want to buy, I buy at the current ask price, if I want to sell, I sell at the current bid price.
Why?
It sounds like you are relying on a third party to match your trades when there is a perfectly good exchange (that you're already using) that can match your trades just as well.
Is there a problem with ignoring the HFT and placing your order at the price you want?