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    DVI-D (Male) to DVI-I (Female)? Will it Work?

    The DVI-I output just means that it includes the extra 4 pins for an analog signal - which don't get in the way of the DVI-D (digital only) plug.
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    forex scalping

    Sorry fella, but your results of 109 wins and 1 loss over 2 weeks, with risk:return of 20:1 clearly demonstrate an over-optimised, absurdly curved-fitted system. Try expanding the time range of your backtest and you'll find the system is a dismal failure. You'd be better off trying to...
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    Ivan's Trade Thread, part II

    I saw a comedian the other day doing a bit about how there should be different fonts to express different tones of voice in emails - such as Sarcastica, and Good Times New Roman...
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    Outdated?

    Oh, you meant just the driver... The chipset firmware is the only part of the motherboard you can update.
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    Outdated?

    If you upgrade your CPU to a Core2 Duo, you probably would need a new motherboard as well, as most Pentium 4s used a socket 478, while Core2 Duos use a different socket called LGA775 (the numbers refer to the number of pins connecting the CPU to the board). But you'd be better of upgrading the...
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    Outdated?

    I had a similar problem in the past, with my PC running very slowly for same tasks but not others. I eventually discovered it was a fault with the motherboard - in particular the chipset controlling the hard drive. - A task that had high usage of the hard drives went very slowly and maxed...
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    Replacing a motherboard

    If you upgrade the CPU along with a newer motherboard, you'll most likely need to upgrade the ram as well. The new motherboard may only run DDR2 or DDR3 ram - assuming the old setup was using DDR or even older ram. By the time you've done that, you basically have built a new computer. - As...
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    Four monitor video card

    Recommend it for what exactly?
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    New Computer - Thoughts?

    Seems a little odd to use a Nvidia graphics card on a crossfire motherboard...
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    Reducing Eyestrain

    Kiwitrader makes an excellent point about the overall environment being important on what causes and affects eye strain. As exemplified by the Philips TV sets that have a dynamic ambient light source to reflect off the wall behind the screen to reduce eye strain when viewing with the lights off...
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    Reducing Eyestrain

    I find the opposite to be the case - charts with black backgrounds are much easier on my eyes. I find the effect of white backgrounds similar to reading a magazine outside in direct sunlight - the glare just hurts. In any case the best adjustment I've found is turning down the brightness...
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    Why Not Interactive Brokers?

    One other issue with trading forex on IB that doesn't seem to have been mentioned yet, is that the quotes originating from their liquidity providers are indicative only. IB's pseudo ECN model works by providing a bid and an ask from a combination of the liquidity providers (banks) and other...
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    Trading Exchange Based Spreads

    Have you tried Open Quant? They have more features than NinjaTrader http://www.smartquant.com/openquant.php
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    Pictures of your trading stations

    If the screens are side by side, as you move your mouse pointer past the side of one monitor, it appears on the adjacent edge of the other monitor - of course you first need to tell the operating system how your monitors are arranged, so it knows which edges are aligned, but that's just a...
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    Is this Dell computer powerful enough?

    Looks like you could only plug in one monitor - you'd need to get another video card to have two monitors.
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    Ethernet hard drives?

    The new ADSL2+ modem/router that I have, made by Siemens, has a USB connection for plugging in an external drive for use as a network file server. It also has the option of making the drive a webserver, so you can access all of your files from the internet. I think this makes good use of the...
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    Why A 10% Consumption Tax Is A Must

    When New Zealand introduced a consumption tax (GST) in 1986 of 10% (now 12.5%) it enabled the top tax rate to be reduced from 66% to 33%.
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    Call me crazy - I want to buy banks!

    You should have a look at the Australian banks - they weren't hit so hard by the credit crunch. In fact they are successfully raising new capital. - Commonwealth Bank on the ASX, and Westpac on ASX, also listed as WBK on the NYSE.
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    Iran to Test Nuclear Power Plant

    While it is hard to believe that Iran wants nuclear technology solely for producing electricity, it's even harder to believe that anyone would think they could nuke Israel and get away with it. While I do believe that Ahmadinejad does want to produce nuclear weapons, surely the only rational...
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    Who's stupid enough to be shorting these levels?

    There's a bear market in there somewhere, I just know it... <a href="http://www.findata.co.nz/Markets/StockQuote/INDEX/SP500.htm"> <img src="http://chart2.findata.co.nz/?e=INDEX&s=SP500&p=D&n=5475&w=800&h=600&vol=0&lg=0&v=0" style="border:0px solid black; width:800px; height:600px" /> </a>
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