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Yeah, there's lots of HD space, so that's probably not it. I have been using a browser to do the tests, did clear the cache, and that didn't make any difference. There really is no LAN other than each computer plugged directly into the modem/router with an Ethernet cable, so no NetBEUI or...

I was testing the connection at speedtest.net. I've now used several different sites and come up with similiar numbers. The ISP is Time-Warner cable and the advertised rate is "up to" 10Mbps/1Mbps. I suppose the G5 could be caching some data the PC isn't, but I don't know (or how to...

The Mac is a single processor, about 3 years old. The Pc I built 2 years ago. Processor is an AMD Athlon 64 3700+. Mobo is Asus A8N32-SLI Delux. OS is Windows XP Pro SP2.

I'm hoping someone who knows about these things can suggest an answer to this. I was fooling around yesterday and discovered that my wife's Mac G5, connecting to the same cable network through the same modem, has a download speed that's about 65% faster than my PC's. I've spent several...

These aren't ergonimic, but they're close: http://www.ergosource.com/ http://www.argosyconsole.com/ http://www.microsphere.com/ http://www.tradingdesks.com/

Fifteen years ago I replaced CQG with DTN and have been a happy camper ever since. Don't know anything about Amibroker.

If I remember correctly, both John Adams and Alexander Hamilton were in favor of a central bank (though Adams distrusted banks deeply). Jefferson and Madison were opposed.

FWIW, I've heard Rosetta Stone is more hype than substance. Don't know that from experience; but it might be worth checking into them further before sending money. I've looked at a lot of language learning programs, and I really don't know one that's any better than any others. Anything...

For the books, take a look at Cash4Books.net. It's operated by McKinsey Books and is entirely reputable. They won't buy just anything, but I've sold a fair number of trading books to them at reasonable prices (as used book prices go).

young whippersnapper....

We may be using "normal" in different senses. I believe that it is normal in the sense that it is a genetically programmed physiological response. It is not normal in that, in the usual course of development for males in contemporary American culture, at age 45 one would not find a 14 year old...

That show is particularly irritating to me. The men who show up to be caught are in many ways weak and immature, but the "perversion" they display is a normal response of the human male to a female who is sexually mature. It wasn't long ago that 16 was the usual age of marriage for women...

Sorry, I misunderstood about the margin. You're quite right about that. I believe that eCbot now supports native stops but does not support native stop-limit orders. Globex supports native stop-limits but does not support native stops.

Ok, let me say that setting the tick at $12.50 makes the ES trade like a contract on the S&P index with a tick of $12.50 rather than a contract on the S&P with a tick of $25.00. If the only difference in the way the two trade is tick slippage, then there is no reason at all not to reduce tick...

I agree that these are important considerations. The question I have is just how much the relation of ES to SP should bear on tick size. What I've always thought happened was that the exchange wanted to stimulate trading in the S&P futures. The problem wasn't tick size but margin...

Well, I was afraid someone would ask me that. I'll try to find some references. Anyway, my only point is that tick size is a matter of judgment that is not limited to "How small can we get it?" Markets definitely react to tick size by way of the time priority rule. Too large is not good...

It's too small in the opinion of many analysts and has adversely affected the markets. The reason was an effort to satisfy traders who didn't understand the problem.

It may well be that reducing tick size would be beneficial. My points in posting above were a) there is a dimension to the problem that has not been discussed on this thread, and b) the belief that tick size is set just to satisfy a priveledged group of traders perhaps doesn't take this into...

I think it is important to realize that optimum tick size is not just a matter of making it as small as possible. This is because tick size has a real influence on the time priority rule. When tick size is trivally small, the cost to obtain price priority is also small, and this decreases...

It seems to me that we have to distinguish questions of the truth or falsity of Taleb's position from value judgments about how he might have acted based on those judgments. In particular, if we infer from Taleb's position or background that he could have done something that he did not do...