I'm wondering how day trading, as an activity, benefits society.
They provides liquidity in the markets. Every time you want to buy or sell a share, the faster you can find a counter-party, the better your chance is to get your order filled.
It does not follow that if I oppose the federal government seizing a power unconstitutionally, that I support a different level of government doing the same thing.
myriad revisions of the iPhone and iPod touch with hugely different hardware capabilities
Myriad? There are a handful of variants of each, and they're all capable of running the latest version of the OS. Older iPhones don't have GPS, but their location sensing still uses the same API, you just don't get as accurate a reading as you do with the the new ones.
Playboy's been in bad shape for quite a few years now. It seems like they never figured out how to stay profitable in the face of competition from the web, despite having one of the most valuable brands in the world.
Take a look at their chart. If you click on the ten-year view, you'll see that they peaked during the dot com boom when investors just assumed that they were going to make a fortune on the net.
Heh. I DO have the right to say whatever I care to. Your approval is not required: Doesn't that just make you want to scream, or cut yourself? Go cry, emo kid.
using alternate logons to mod yourself up as jcr here from one of your other sockpuppet accounts of yourself
Interesting scenario you've concocted there. I find it a bit hard to imagine caring enough about how my posts are moderated to go to that much trouble. My/. karma has been "excellent" for something over a decade now.
you should have at least some proof that you yourself have done as well or even better results on your part than those you criticize.
That's a rather ridiculous premise. Criticism is reserved to those who qualify according to your criteria? Ok, if we go on that basis, then as an AC, you're completely unqualified to criticize me, aren't you?
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Something makes me think this is being targetted towards a younger market.
That would be the version that includes an eyeliner and a fold-out razor for cutting yourself.
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I'm wondering how day trading, as an activity, benefits society.
They provides liquidity in the markets. Every time you want to buy or sell a share, the faster you can find a counter-party, the better your chance is to get your order filled.
-jcr
Frankly I`m just suprised that the US government has a whole department dedicated to wasting energy.
Sorry to break it to you, but most government departments are dedicated to wasting energy.
-jcr
Dude, it doesn't take a medical degree to spot a nutcase, only to treat one. Get help.
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It does not follow that if I oppose the federal government seizing a power unconstitutionally, that I support a different level of government doing the same thing.
-jcr
This is the beginning of a police state.
No, this is the beginning of a police state. The federal government has always sought to take power not granted to it in the constitution.
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myriad revisions of the iPhone and iPod touch with hugely different hardware capabilities
Myriad? There are a handful of variants of each, and they're all capable of running the latest version of the OS. Older iPhones don't have GPS, but their location sensing still uses the same API, you just don't get as accurate a reading as you do with the the new ones.
-jcr
Playboy's been in bad shape for quite a few years now. It seems like they never figured out how to stay profitable in the face of competition from the web, despite having one of the most valuable brands in the world.
Take a look at their chart. If you click on the ten-year view, you'll see that they peaked during the dot com boom when investors just assumed that they were going to make a fortune on the net.
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You're a nutcase. Get help.
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you can stop modding yourself up via your "alternate logon sock puppets" too
I have exactly one /. account. I have no need for any others.
BTW, how long have you been a paranoid? Got any insights about the kennedy assassination to share with us?
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You know, there are treatments available today for obsessive/compulsive disorder. Consult a physician, you don't have to be this way.
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My 85 year old mother in law figures out Gmail
You should submit that to CNN. It wouldn't surprise me if they went for it.
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Quick tip: Run-on sentences are bad, m'kay?
you think you have the right to state that mess
Heh. I DO have the right to say whatever I care to. Your approval is not required: Doesn't that just make you want to scream, or cut yourself? Go cry, emo kid.
using alternate logons to mod yourself up as jcr here from one of your other sockpuppet accounts of yourself
Interesting scenario you've concocted there. I find it a bit hard to imagine caring enough about how my posts are moderated to go to that much trouble. My /. karma has been "excellent" for something over a decade now.
you should have at least some proof that you yourself have done as well or even better results on your part than those you criticize.
That's a rather ridiculous premise. Criticism is reserved to those who qualify according to your criteria? Ok, if we go on that basis, then as an AC, you're completely unqualified to criticize me, aren't you?
-jcr
it also seems to be that verbose replies elude you.
No, I just pick and choose who's worth responding to in depth. Better luck next time.
-jcr
I don't remember radioactive basic. Who was the vendor?
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Funny, that's exactly what "anonymous coward" means to me.
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Slashdot comments include your name in their headers. You don't need to type it every time.
Oh, look: another one of the newbs from digg.com who wants to gripe about four characters at the end of my posts.
It's kind of dumb do to so.
I have my reasons for doing so, which include the pleasure I gain from watching people like you get bent out of shape about it.
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I would definitely consider you to be of "minor celebrity" status.
Ok, if you say so. It's not like anyone's inviting me to the oscars.
Especially on Slashdot and apple related Usenet groups.
Oh, come on. /. and usenet are like very small towns. People know each other in these venues.
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putting down your betters
My what?
It sounds like you're steeped in archaic notions of social class. Are you british?
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I'm having difficulty understanding your dialect. Could you write a perl script to translate that to English, please?
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If I'm famous at all, it's news to me.
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I hope they go public so I can short their stock. It's not very often that you get such a clear sell signal.
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So he's saying he doesn't like programmers who enjoy what they do? Interesting.
Yeah, cause if you enjoy it, it's not a JOB, right?
I've never known a *good* programmer who doesn't write code as a hobby.
I'll second that.
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Who?
Apparently, he's a big shot from YetAnotherDotCom. Why, I'll bet he's almost half as famous as the next random poseur.
-jcr
In my day, we didn't have electron microscopes at school! We had to squint! And we were grateful!
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