Recent content by blackswan

They, just to clarify, I didn't state absolutely that the idea of 'grand purpose' is completely subjective -- how the hell would I know? What I said was that even if there actually existed an objective purpose to our existence, we are clearly unaware of it (unless you have some startling new...

clarification what your asking for then is NOT 'net' points, but AVERAGE points PER TRADE. in which case I fail to see the logic in offering the options in the poll of 2,3,4,5 points, as I'd be willing to bet my life (well, I'm drunk while typing this...) that there's not a single...

I thought it would be obvious to count the points as points per share.

win98? okay, maybe it's working fine for you, but it just seems such a stretch to believe it. especially you, bone. you agonize over getting .0001 of a second advantage in your executions, but are still sticking with '98? maybe its stability issues are overblown, but still, why take...

POINTS per day? what the? (I see a couple averaged over 5/day. Yeahh riiighht)

To answer aphie's original question. It really makes very little difference whether there is some 'ultimate grand purpose' to our lives or not. Even if it does exist, we are obviously unware of it, and the prospects for discovering it appear bleak. Therefore, what difference does it make...

I'm not really sure exactly how you reconcile those two sentences. On the one hand, you scrutinize your faith and beliefs, but on the other hand, there's nothing you aren't sure of? How does that work? I can understand that you find the 'big picture' fascinating and you spend a good deal of...