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this is why i don't trade with ib anymore. i just keep the account around for some buy&hold stocks. i got tired of their constant changing of margin req, all with little or no notice. this has happened before and it'll happen again. while i never lost money because of it, it caused me to lose...

the first claims about "peak oil" were several decades ago, then again in the 70s, 80s, and in 2000. so now, it supposedly happened in 2005? yeah sure.

the u.s. has an interesting energy policy. we invade and rape other countries for our current oil needs. when the middle east is finally wrung dry, we'll close our airbases there and stop supporting israel, then increase domestic production of coal and oil shales, pump oil from the artic...

those are all old cars from the 80s and early 90s. back then there was a noticable gap in reliability between japanese and american makes. these days the gap is much less and is not clear-cut. buick is more reliable than nissan and mercury is more reliable than mazda, but toyota/lexus beats...

the 3000 mi/3 month rule is perpetuated by oil change mechanics and jiffy-lube shops. it is a very earth-unfriendly rule to go by. because cars are so reliable these days, oil changes are one of dwindling sources of revenue for these shops. follow your manual's recommendation. but if you...

every race is not the same. why are certain races prone to certain diseases/illnesses? why do certain races have black hair, or curly hair, or green eyes? genetically, races are very different. don't tell me that eye-color and hair-color are the only thing that's different among races...

1. women get their degrees in music, history or accounting. most of those majors will lead to a career as a customer rep or maybe a real estate agent. among the marketable skills like accounting or teaching, there's too much competition among women for the available jobs. 2. women only want...

totally untrue. are you saying an 80gb 5400rpm 2.5" drive is faster than a 300gb 15k rpm sas 3.5" drive? i think not.

don't bother with ddr3 right now. it's barely faster than ddr800, and it's much more expensive. plus, the ddr3 motherboards are $$$ and still uncommon. i agree with recommendation for the 10k rpm hard drive. i can't believe all these people who spend extra money on a raid-0 array of 7200k...

didn't you say you were leaving et never to come back? dolt. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=105201

bahh, another retarded prediction goes up in smoke. how did the es shorts work out?

it's just an equity linked note. there's nothing special about it. there are dozens of them out there that offer 100% principal protection. all the major banks/brokerages like smith barney, jpmorgan, ml, deutsche offer them. you can simulate it by buying a cd or treasury then using the...

damn!! when sock_trad3r of all people is complaining about you, you know you can't go lower.

their real-time margin monitoring isn't accurate for futures options. they rely on yesterday's volatility values , so if there is a huge increase in volatility today, the real-time margin will be understated.

americans are stupid, but not for suing. americans are stupid because they read these stories about million-dollar lawsuits and, knowing nothing about the case, think things are out of control. no lawyer is gonna take a case unless he's fairly confident he'll win. if the case has no...

glad i didn't follow that advice. i bought my home for $550k in 2001 with 22% down, it's now worth $1.2m give or take. i also bought another property 2003 that's done well too. had i put the money into the s&p500, i'd be hundreds of thousands of dollars poorer and my quality of life...

more fallout from the subprime/housing mess. and people think things are getting better? no, things will get worse. http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070928/netbank_closure.html?.v=7

this program sends keystroke & mouse data across your lan. the data is not encrypted so the hardware kvm is safer. there are ways to get it encrypted but it's probably beyond the realm of 95% of users. spend $20-40 on the kvm.

damn, nice pair of brains! me like.

that show is entertaining i'll admit, but don't kid yourselves if you think they are doing it for moral or journalistic value. if the show had poor ratings, nbc would have pulled it long ago. why doesn't nbc have regular specials on endangered species and famine in third world countries...