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    Which Linux distribution do you use?

    source... yes... but if i want a system up & running quickly. gentoo is out of the door... i want a system up & running with X, KDE, GNOME... basic set of apps. so i can get started. after a basic system is setup, i'll compile some apps to optimize for performance. but in the mean...
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    Which Linux distribution do you use?

    ubuntu if i want a quick fix if my gentoo is broken beyond repair. waiting on a gentoo installer. anyone got a good source of compiled binary packages for gentoo?
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    What happened to Firefox browser?...

    been using it since firebird 0.4. i havent experience any major problems with it.
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    Need a new idea

    you don't need much money. you need to some how convince them you have money. :D drive by a nice neighborhood & point out the house that's under construction & say.... they're behind schedule... so i have to crash at a buddy's place. by the time she figures it out, you've already...
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    Don's openings and more for 2005

    -15 6 fills, 4shorts/ 2longs took loss on mwd long -11 took a big loss on tgt long. i wasn't trading (buy/sell) on the way down. i was buying & holding it on the way down. loss aversion? i didn't pick lowest point of the day to sell, but i didn't listen to what i read on the tape...
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    IB Listed Trading - a word of warning

    use Super DOT this is why you should not trade "all electronic" i accidently closed all my openings trades with "smart route" limit orders this morning. i was wondering why i wasn't getting filled even though my bid price was traded on NYSE and where my price improvements were...
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    Walking the walk (Blotter Thread Continued)

    sammy, u & ur ALL(STATE)
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    Don's openings and more for 2005

    5/19/2005 appended opg list 12 stocks instead of 8. 0.3 env 5/12 filled 2 long 3 shorts +45pennies. got short queezed on 2 of them. if i didnt move my buy orders, 10+more, easy. too greedy? option expiration violatility here?
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    Don's openings and more for 2005

    5/13/2005 OPG 1fill, played a step down seller. bot second unit. didn't turn out very well. -12pennies 5/16/2005 OPG 1 fill SSH, took 2pennies, the downward pressure wasn't present at the time 5/17/2005 no opg 5/18/2005 1 fill short. 3pennies. downward pressure sucked.
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    Obsessed with account equity

    that's what i'm doing. it is still hard. read about behavior finance. http://www.clicklive.com/NYMEX/symposium_2003/kiev.htm http://www.turtletrader.com/behavior.html http://nobelprize.org/economics/laureates/2002/kahneman-lecture.html
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    Fast dual head graphics

    my barebore is amd xp2000+ (cpu cost me 100bucks back in summer 2002) about 3 years old 1gig mem dual fx5200 agp&pci, i got these recently. inspiron 600m was purchased oct 2004. 1.6pentium M (dothan) if i were to get a new computer, i would plan to play some new games like half...
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    Complete Trading Station for SALE

    # P4 2.8GHz, 256MB DDR, 40GB Drive, 48x CD-ROM, 17" E173FP Analog LCD # Integrated Audio/Video, 10/100 + 56k, XP Home, No Warranty 399 after rebate
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    Fast dual head graphics

    if you don't play 3d games the ati 9000 is fine. i have a nvidia fx5200 128mb agp & a pci driving 4 LCDs. the videocards cost me about 120 total. its substandard for games, but its great for trading. the benefit of having nvidia video card is nvidia's unified driver. you only need...
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    Did you go to college and if so, how did your degree help in trading?

    while not studying for comp sci. i am a astute student of behavior finance. it is very helpful to know and understand how inherient human behavior can sabotage speculative actions. if self behavior can be fully understood, one can work around such behaviors.
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    Did you go to college and if so, how did your degree help in trading?

    ozzy, i'm going through that shit right now... i currently enrolled in a class in one of the larger majors in my school. in my discussion section of about 20-30kids. there are only 4 guys. while i'm in that class, i feel like i am actually enrolled in college. in my engineering...
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    How good is the Windows XP built-in firewall?

    i turned it off since i install sp2. i've used: symantec internet security zone alarm sygate personal firewall sygate personal firewall is the best out of them all. it is free. the pro version has more features.
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    US stock market nears important bottom ?

    cool chart someone would call the lower low on may 2005 compare to aug 2004 a divergence, because the QQQQ & SPY is considerably higher in may 2005, compare to aug 2004. thoughts?
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    housing crash

    http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2005/05/12/PM200505122.html
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    Download latest Firefox security update

    on a lighterr note http://funnyfox.org/ enjoy... look through all three videos
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    Did you go to college and if so, how did your degree help in trading?

    i am graduating w/BS in computer science in about a month. i also took extra classes in economics, accounting, taxes, political science, music, and electrical engineering. the degree doesn't help with trading much. but i learned various ways/approaches to study different subjects and...
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