The drama is off the charts... is it that hard to change your clock (if you even need to do it manually) twice a year? And good luck telling people the daytime in summer will now be an hour shorter. And given that people are regularly zipping coast to coast a one hour change twice a year can't be that big a hardship. Heart attacks? Wow.. ok so how many heart attacks are caused by 1, 2, 3 or more timezone shifts travelling on business or vacation?
As to the two timezone proposal.. the "real" time difference between the east coast (say Boston) and the west coast (say Seattle) is 3 hours 25 minutes. This is not some fake, made up notion. Two timezones means losing or adding an hour of light non uniformly. So the idea then is to fuck over the people on both coasts whether they want to be earlier or later or not, just so the lazy drama queens will shut up. I don't think so.
The time zones as drawn may not be perfect but they are far better than going from four to two. And how wonerful it must be to live in China where to get to work at 8am means really being up at 3am on the wester border and going to bed at 11 pm means 6pm. Whoot!
3) market makers are obliged to provide liquidity to markets. They have to buy/sell stocks at a fair price given market condition. They earn commission from buy sell price differential (bid ask spread). So like bikes in NYC, they aggressively get things delivered. HFT technology is used so that they can be in front of the queue, ready to serve.
HF traders are not market makers as they pick and chose when and where they want to participate unlike a true market maker who must be two sided and available at all times. HF traders are opportunistic whores. Whether they are fucking the rest of the market (ie, non-HFT traders and investors) or each other is iimmaterial.
Gee.. what ever did the exchanges do before HFT? There must have been no trading! Were there market makers? Like those people who qoute two sided prices upon request? Heavens no. And thats equities. Don't even get me started on FX. I think before 2007 the exchanges all used telegraphs and spreads were 10% wide. And there was no order book. To think that real investors might actually leave their interests with a broker for more than the next two pips in price.
Again you are spouting bullshit. HFT has no effect on transaction costs. People were trading in pennies and even half pennies long before HFT took off. HFT brings ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to the table. Liquidity? Its fake. Where is that liquidity when news comes out? Gone. Hiding. What has happened to the order book? HFT has single handedly destroyed the markets for everyone else who used to participate.
Dude if you don't realized you are abnormally tall you've been living on another planet. You are taller than 99% of other males. I suppose though at 3 sigma physicists will only say you are showing signs of being another life form and you need to grow to 5 sigma for it to be confirmed.
Maybe its time we have a section of the plane for "big" people - either too tall, too wide or both. With higher prices, of course. And while we are at it, cones of silence for screaming kids.
yes, we can. Who is paying for them? Everyone else. That is money saved by the rest of the population. Did those employees sit in their homes with the power off? Never go out, never eat?
Jobs come and jobs go. Industry and businesses come and go. Government should not be exempt.
ITER is about as bad an example of big science as you can find. Long delayed, far greater costs. I realize they need to set long term goals but given that getting the plant to run at all in the first place is not 100% certain, maybe they should keep focusing on that for now?
Ha really? Guess you never frequented a place like Democratic Underground. Fail to click your heels and goose step in line and you'll see a liberal rant.
RIght.. so please name these other countries that do not have two party dominant systems and which function so much better? I'm at a loss. Those that have prime ministers either have a dominant party or are in continuous turmoil with one party with slight edge having to cut deals with little hanger-on parties to stay in power. How is that any better or different?
Pleas read what I wrote:Is there any solar power that is not a blight on the land?
Where did I say "solar power plant"? As I drive around the country, particularly since the current admin was put in charge, thousands (probably millions, who knows) of giant solar panels litter the roadside. People used to complain about billboards while driving through a state like SD. Solar power arrays are the new billboards.
And for those who say putting them on the roof is quite ok - are you really saying that having panels on your neighbors roof is aesthically pleasing and enhances the value of your (and other) nearby homes?
Not all nukes cost 15B to build, not sure where you pulled that number from. The cost of securing and storing the waste is a political issue and has been for.. 30 years? THere is a place for it but Senator Reid objects. The primary cost of operating a nuclear plant is the original capital cost and its financing.
I recall reading something earlier in the year that researchers (maybe it was our friends at NS*) are able to uniquely identify cell phones based on some type of timing difference in gsm trasmissions. Bottom line, if you use a phone someone can figure out its you.
The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics; one part to the person who shall have made the most important chemical discovery or improvement; one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine; one part to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction; and one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.
So they have already moved from the person to the "up to three" persons.
In this case, as the number is relatively small, that would probably work. Further, the two winners could establish a trust to accept their monetary price and split it out among the larger group. In any event, Nobel needs to figure out a way to handle large(r) groups. Perhaps a "group" category that gets the recognition but no monetary prize.
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RTFB!
The drama is off the charts... is it that hard to change your clock (if you even need to do it manually) twice a year? And good luck telling people the daytime in summer will now be an hour shorter. And given that people are regularly zipping coast to coast a one hour change twice a year can't be that big a hardship. Heart attacks? Wow.. ok so how many heart attacks are caused by 1, 2, 3 or more timezone shifts travelling on business or vacation?
As to the two timezone proposal.. the "real" time difference between the east coast (say Boston) and the west coast (say Seattle) is 3 hours 25 minutes. This is not some fake, made up notion. Two timezones means losing or adding an hour of light non uniformly. So the idea then is to fuck over the people on both coasts whether they want to be earlier or later or not, just so the lazy drama queens will shut up. I don't think so.
The time zones as drawn may not be perfect but they are far better than going from four to two. And how wonerful it must be to live in China where to get to work at 8am means really being up at 3am on the wester border and going to bed at 11 pm means 6pm. Whoot!
you insensitive clod! Have some respect for the pagans and stop ringing their doorbells on a religious holiday.
HF traders are not market makers as they pick and chose when and where they want to participate unlike a true market maker who must be two sided and available at all times. HF traders are opportunistic whores. Whether they are fucking the rest of the market (ie, non-HFT traders and investors) or each other is iimmaterial.
Gee.. what ever did the exchanges do before HFT? There must have been no trading! Were there market makers? Like those people who qoute two sided prices upon request? Heavens no. And thats equities. Don't even get me started on FX. I think before 2007 the exchanges all used telegraphs and spreads were 10% wide. And there was no order book. To think that real investors might actually leave their interests with a broker for more than the next two pips in price.
Again you are spouting bullshit. HFT has no effect on transaction costs. People were trading in pennies and even half pennies long before HFT took off. HFT brings ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to the table. Liquidity? Its fake. Where is that liquidity when news comes out? Gone. Hiding. What has happened to the order book? HFT has single handedly destroyed the markets for everyone else who used to participate.
thats complete bull shit and you know it. spreads fell because the exchanges moved from 1/16 and 1/8ths to pennies. It had NOTHING to do with HFT.
Dude if you don't realized you are abnormally tall you've been living on another planet. You are taller than 99% of other males. I suppose though at 3 sigma physicists will only say you are showing signs of being another life form and you need to grow to 5 sigma for it to be confirmed.
Maybe its time we have a section of the plane for "big" people - either too tall, too wide or both. With higher prices, of course. And while we are at it, cones of silence for screaming kids.
yes, we can. Who is paying for them? Everyone else. That is money saved by the rest of the population. Did those employees sit in their homes with the power off? Never go out, never eat?
Jobs come and jobs go. Industry and businesses come and go. Government should not be exempt.
There are plenty of homeless or otherwise under-employed people who could be used in real mazes to do real human testing.
If the android UI is impossible to navigate I suggest either the short bus or remedial summer school.
ITER is about as bad an example of big science as you can find. Long delayed, far greater costs. I realize they need to set long term goals but given that getting the plant to run at all in the first place is not 100% certain, maybe they should keep focusing on that for now?
Ha really? Guess you never frequented a place like Democratic Underground. Fail to click your heels and goose step in line and you'll see a liberal rant.
Bush did not start or go looking for the Afghan war. Try again.
RIght .. so please name these other countries that do not have two party dominant systems and which function so much better? I'm at a loss. Those that have prime ministers either have a dominant party or are in continuous turmoil with one party with slight edge having to cut deals with little hanger-on parties to stay in power. How is that any better or different?
The grass is usually not greener.
Pleas read what I wrote :Is there any solar power that is not a blight on the land?
Where did I say "solar power plant"? As I drive around the country, particularly since the current admin was put in charge, thousands (probably millions, who knows) of giant solar panels litter the roadside. People used to complain about billboards while driving through a state like SD. Solar power arrays are the new billboards.
And for those who say putting them on the roof is quite ok - are you really saying that having panels on your neighbors roof is aesthically pleasing and enhances the value of your (and other) nearby homes?
Not all nukes cost 15B to build, not sure where you pulled that number from. The cost of securing and storing the waste is a political issue and has been for.. 30 years? THere is a place for it but Senator Reid objects. The primary cost of operating a nuclear plant is the original capital cost and its financing.
I recall reading something earlier in the year that researchers (maybe it was our friends at NS*) are able to uniquely identify cell phones based on some type of timing difference in gsm trasmissions. Bottom line, if you use a phone someone can figure out its you.
yes :)
for not that many megawatts. Not to mention using up a ton of land.
Is there any solar power that is not a blight on the land? Nothing quite like enhancing the scenery with 20 huge panels at roadside.
Scala is not C++, sorry.
Samsung is already infringing. The iSteve dreamed about this once. Besides, everyone know that only Apple can innovate!
By your definition 90% of the workforce since time began have no need for those skills.
I guess you never read the will?
So they have already moved from the person to the "up to three" persons.
In this case, as the number is relatively small, that would probably work. Further, the two winners could establish a trust to accept their monetary price and split it out among the larger group. In any event, Nobel needs to figure out a way to handle large(r) groups. Perhaps a "group" category that gets the recognition but no monetary prize.