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    TradeStation Stalks Client Accounts

    Agreed - I run Wireshark continuously -- Its the best way to see who is doing what to whom
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    Wow. EU steals 10% of bank deposits in exchange for bailout

    In Russia I have always thought the KGB was the Governement was the Russian Mafia. Its called a Thug-ocracy not an Oligarchy and all faiths are eligible to join - as long as they have the muscle
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    Iraq war cost US more than $2 trillion – study

    Credibility of the source means a great deal IMHO http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2013/03/warcosts
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    Trading Computer

    One Screen on the table. Next to the coffee cup (I'm a simple lad....) :D
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    I believe everything was predetermined

    This might easily be the best thread I have ever read on ET
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    Dell XPS 8500

    Thats why I build my own
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    Trading Computer

    Agreed, and if your pulling down 7 figures a year - you can afford any level of expertise you choose. Which is the way things ought to work
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    Trading Computer

    If you've never lost data due to hardware failure you haven't gone wrong so far. But IMHO if your system does not have sufficient redundancy you are playing uphill against the odds. Understanding these risks is pretty fundamental to alot of endeavors, no? To Thomas' point. This is...
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    Trading Computer

    You should run whatever you can afford that works for you Not my business or interest in what you spend or how you spend it My point remains the same - (I see no reason why you would infer it as a slur)
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    Trading Computer

    What? You missed it?
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    Trading Computer

    As I recall the discussion started with with a mis-statement about Raid 1 performance that was fairly pertinent to the OPs original question. Getting from there to the size of somebody elses P&L is a bit of a stretch - but hey...
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    Trading Computer

    I rarely argue Just offer my humble opinions and pithy observations Which is all I have done here
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    Trading Computer

    We ran them as warehouse systems -- good honest work for a couple of my SAs
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    Trading Computer

    lol http://www.dmgi.net/Products/Enterprise%2010000%20Server.html ahhh... good times, good times
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    Trading Computer

    You're welcome to overpay for anything you buy computers, cars, houses, investments just not how I choose to do my thinking or make my decisions
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    Trading Computer

    "I have unix gear which is 15 years old and has run continuously in that time and never had a drive failure. " I ran a 10 Terabyte Solaris shop for a financial services company for many years - Raised floor, clean power, chilled air. A system running even 2 years without a single drive...
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    Trading Computer

    infrastructure... my designs are built based on requirements, never overspec... I think this is key - and I am of the same opinion I'm puzzled by someo f the posts on this board laying out specs for $3000 machines where its not clear what applications would require that kind of hardware...
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