Recent content by jason_l

did I say spilled over to FUTURES DIVISION? didn't think so.. what I said was that they specificly stated 2 divsions were not effected in any way.. 1 day later, it's turns out they lied about at least 1 of them. yes or no - has refco violated their segragated accounts before???? go ahead...

I'm thinking any money refco and/or it's executives gained from their IPO was at the expense of the investors - ie, theft. The committed fraud to financialy benefit at the expense of some else. I think it's not too much of a stretch to consider that theft to some degree. And let's not forget...

1) yesterday, securities and FCM were uneffected, according to refco. 2) today, securities IS effected. 3) refco has a history of violating the segragated funds. I understand your peeve about folks getting the various entities confused, etc.. but frankly, I think it's splitting hairs and...

1) my point was that this "problem" is spilling over into other areas. Areas that refco specificly said where UNAFFECTED just a day earlier - and that one would have to really have their head in the sand to think it might not be a systematic problem. Particularly since the company seems to have...

i assumed it was self evident that I wasn't talking abou the rank and file, as they are not the ones in the position to do such things.

repaid AFTER it was discovered, was it not? And did I not read somewhere this morning that there might be problems with that payment, as it was secured with refco stock? You obviously really know your shit, and seem to enjoy the fact you are one of the few here who understand the structure of...

or cover it up by shifting it to enron-esque company :) Seriously though - isn't that the original issue here? Wasn't the 450MM tied to customer losses? If so (and not just rumor), then it would seem that the customer segragated funds are directly in danger, as wouldn't/couldn't those funds be...

before i got custody of my son, he was living with his mother. She made only about 20k or so a yr, so she got medicaid benefits for him. He saw a pediatrician regularly, no problems. She also paid only 60/month for FT day care, the government picked up the rest. I got custody when he was 3...

bankruptcy would give them a major advantage in their market. I have no doubt that if it's possible they will do whatever they can to get out from under some of their committments (pensions, etc)., because it would help them tremendously and give them a hell of an edge. It's not like they would...

I am self employed, and I pay $206 a month for my son and I combined. The exact same coverage, from the same imsurance company, through my previous employer was $700 when I went on COBRA. Funny, because if I had chosen to waive the insurance benefit, my paycheck would have been 200/month more...

vote for politicians that share yor views.. there's an entire party out there based on the concepts of small federal governtment, lower taxes, etc. :)

That sounds an awfull lot like what or founding fathers had in mind.. too bad here in the US we've totally lost track of the ideas our country was founded upon.

I've got to admit, it took some serious balls to start this thread the way you did, and then stepping up and winning like that is impressive. A nice change from the usual pattern I see :) congrats.

I've got 2 whiteboards in addition to the monitors :) with FOUR diferent colors of markers!

I think you nailed it here. My thoughs are that it's most important that the act of coding not become the center of ones focus.. I personaly have stuck with java because it's second nature and coding doesn't become an endeavor in it's own. I like to save what time and brain power I have left at...