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I've had early access to both. They're both "along the right lines" for the right application. Really depends on what needs doing, and how it fits in with the rest of the system. Impulse-C is a catastrophe outside of very strictly defined usage. As bad an idea as it generally is to turn...

All three are crap. Why are you asking?

To just offload the network stack will generally get your poorer performance than a decent SolarFlare NIC install. Especially if you're running at reasonable speed (ie, 10GbE). Altera has a slight technical lead over Xilinx at the moment - IMO - but the two companies constantly leap frog each...

At some point, you'd think folks would realize that that entities making the most noise about HFT are the exchanges and old-line brokerages who are getting whooped by the new world order. And when was the last time the exchanges and old-line brokerages argued for something - anything - good...

All that's needed is voters to give a damn about the debt. And without that, NO mechanism will work.

At some point, things have to be paid for.

Nope. Keynesian "intervention" requires a very important piece that the US has failed to do for a very very long time.

You guys do understand that by the time you see it on your screen, it's already an old quote, right? In the case of the OP's example of GFI, you're talking about a stock that trades around 200 shares - 2 lots - per second, on average. Which means outside market open and market close, you're...

That doesn't look like HFT, that looks like an aggressive internalizer. What firm are you at?

The natural state of the planet is to have at least one pole completely free of ice. We've a lot of warming ahead of us just to get back to normal.

The US doesn't practice Keynesian economics.

Yeah, a war between nuclear powers is a terrific idea. Who shoots first?

They're both 100% effective at calculating the number they claim to be calculating.

Even accepting the OP's original assertion, the only way this works is if BK makes good money over long stretches of time. Which means it really doesn't answer the question it claims to be addressing.

The most common reason for failure is that the system is built to cause failures. Limit trading to only the top 2% and guess what - 90% of them will fail. Put another way - most lose because it is the only way for some to end up winning.

Disagree. Some will. Others will get scaled back. Yappy heads on CNN and Fox will yell a lot of meaningless bullshit at each other. And life will go on, pretty much as before. This economy can power itself, feed itself, clothe itself and protect itself. The downside here is really not that...

Yes, really. Doing this preserves people's investment in their national economy and prevents massive Dislocation By Relocation. By rights, the US economy should have blown up in '08. That we're now in '12 and *still* muddling through - despite ongoing idiocy in trade and fiscal policy - is...

Doesn't matter. "Failure of money" is really not a big deal when you're nation with huge infrastructure, high education, and plenty of food. All you have to do is design new bills. Now, if you're Greece...then it matters.

It doesn't need to be paid off.

Keeping mortgage rates from moving meaningfully from these incredibly low levels isn't a "wash" for consumers, it's a massive win.