Imagine a programmer's version of The Simple Life where Linus Torvalds visits a small town in Alabama where he develops the software for a tour company in VB. "Ewwww" and "That is so hot".
People will be less likely to come across Murdoch tripe on the web. This is a Good Thing, as it should reduce the number of victims of his misinformation.
Yeah exactly. If I wanted to pay to be lied to, I'd become a Scientologist.
I would go a bit further and say that there is something else than can be explained as "soul". All music evokes a flowing change of emotions from one phrase to the next. How those emotions are felt, experienced and anticipated by the player also dictates how subsequent notes are articulated and played. This also is different from musician to musician and depending on mood, it could be different each time the piece is played.
Mood and emotion are of course current shortcomings of robots so it's playing will be rigid unless you can fake it in some way. As an example you could have a highly skilled pianist play a classical piece using a MIDI keyboard and a robot pianist plays it back verbatim.
I couldn't agree more. The burbling Adlib version of the Largo Le Grande theme is one of my most favourite pieces of computer game music ever. The general midi version just doesn't have the same atmosphere.
But of course, the Amiga was where the.mod format was popularised. For those who are too young to remember, it was a happy combination of samples and note sequences to trigger them. This was used for the best and most varied game music at the time as well as a staple of the demo scene.
I have the box too. It was the perfect width for storing cassettes in, which is what I use it for to this day. It's been pretty much unopened in 10 years.
Explain to me just what a multi-billion company could do in under a second that would fundamentally change the value of their stock?
As you are probably aware, no man is an island. The company itself may report certain things daily but there is an ocean of information surrounding that company. Performace of competitors, commodity prices, supplier issues, credit availability, news, politcal announcements relating to tax or regulation, natural disasters, terrorism, even the weather. All these things can adjust the perception of how cheap or expensive a stock is and the market adjusts.
I understand that you think the adjustment should only happen once per day but is that really fair? How about I told you that your local market can only open for 5 minutes per day. What do you think the effect would be?
Another thing that you are missing is that the high frequency trades provide a constant source of liquidity to get in and out of positions that you or I might have. I you think high frequency is forcing the price in the wrong direction, buy or short accordingly and take advantage of when it bounces back.
In fact if you are the type of trader who only buys and sells once per day (and if you have stop losses or any other automation, this isn't you) then this kind of fast moving drop and correction wouldn't have affected you, right? It's your decision to trade how you like. If you want to trade once per day, you're more disciplined than most. More power to you.
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Imagine a programmer's version of The Simple Life where Linus Torvalds visits a small town in Alabama where he develops the software for a tour company in VB. "Ewwww" and "That is so hot".
After a hard days work, we know what high frequency traders drink...
It's the DRM equivalent of Stockholm Syndrome.
My Japanese fiancee disagrees.
Well, Leonard Nimoy gave up his day job. Now we know what he's doing with his time...
Yeah exactly. If I wanted to pay to be lied to, I'd become a Scientologist.
Yeah it's a bit stupid but then dinosaurs always did have small brains.
Must... resist... wife joke.
Most people. Visit Japan, it's fun.
I would go a bit further and say that there is something else than can be explained as "soul". All music evokes a flowing change of emotions from one phrase to the next. How those emotions are felt, experienced and anticipated by the player also dictates how subsequent notes are articulated and played. This also is different from musician to musician and depending on mood, it could be different each time the piece is played.
Mood and emotion are of course current shortcomings of robots so it's playing will be rigid unless you can fake it in some way. As an example you could have a highly skilled pianist play a classical piece using a MIDI keyboard and a robot pianist plays it back verbatim.
I couldn't agree more. The burbling Adlib version of the Largo Le Grande theme is one of my most favourite pieces of computer game music ever. The general midi version just doesn't have the same atmosphere.
But of course, the Amiga was where the .mod format was popularised. For those who are too young to remember, it was a happy combination of samples and note sequences to trigger them. This was used for the best and most varied game music at the time as well as a staple of the demo scene.
I have the box too. It was the perfect width for storing cassettes in, which is what I use it for to this day. It's been pretty much unopened in 10 years.
Ok, so what's the right frequency for trading?
As you are probably aware, no man is an island. The company itself may report certain things daily but there is an ocean of information surrounding that company. Performace of competitors, commodity prices, supplier issues, credit availability, news, politcal announcements relating to tax or regulation, natural disasters, terrorism, even the weather. All these things can adjust the perception of how cheap or expensive a stock is and the market adjusts.
I understand that you think the adjustment should only happen once per day but is that really fair? How about I told you that your local market can only open for 5 minutes per day. What do you think the effect would be?
Another thing that you are missing is that the high frequency trades provide a constant source of liquidity to get in and out of positions that you or I might have. I you think high frequency is forcing the price in the wrong direction, buy or short accordingly and take advantage of when it bounces back.
In fact if you are the type of trader who only buys and sells once per day (and if you have stop losses or any other automation, this isn't you) then this kind of fast moving drop and correction wouldn't have affected you, right? It's your decision to trade how you like. If you want to trade once per day, you're more disciplined than most. More power to you.
Yes exactly. If it's the end of usenet, Giganews doesn't know about it.
Star Wars Kid, is that you?
Actually, I wholeheartedly and resoundingly agree with what they've done. They may as well get at least some benefit from piracy...
But it would be awesome if they got sued for copyright infringment on the modified bytes. In an alternate reality it could happen...
...and if you want to invade there's an app for that.
ZOMG! There's no way I would buy this phone considering how easy it is to lose. They really need to work on that. /joke
Ok, but no need to spread it around.
Yes, lice don't infect people. People infect people.
True, but this kit is also quite tasty for streaming HD content around your house.
Don't worry. That's actually a digital haircut.
Steve Jobs is writing a new story. "The Emperors New Computing Device"