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:) That's why I don't think I would ever go during a school break... How was the connection speed? Could you get anything done?

Thanks for bumping up my thread with a useless comment...

"the connection was unavailable or very slow from time to time"... Were you referring to the connection you get from your cabin or the Internet cafe? I hear the cabin's set up is somewhat different (56K dial-up modem to the satellite)...

I am a Network Engineer my self, but I have never worked with satellites. Yes, I hear latency would be a problem, which could cause constant TCP resets. But that would mostly affect download of larger files. I've heard that they are planning on implementing TCP accelerators though... Even if the...

No can do :) I will have some short option contracts open at the time. Need to keep a close eye on those...

I think you are referring to their cell phone coverage. You don't get that in the open sea. Maybe in some ports...

wow... Would you mind telling me what type of trading were you doing at the time? Did you have to monitor your positions intra-day tick by tick?

I would have to call in orders. Some cruise lines allow you to use your cell phone (only cingular so far) on board to make calls at roaming charges (a lot cheaper than satellite calls). Also, if you cruise the Caribbean, you will be in port almost each day, which should let you place calls from...

Has anyone done it? Please share your experiences. Just wondering if anyone has tried to place trades or just do regular "market research" using their satellite Internet uplink... From what I hear, on some ships you can actually hook up a laptop right in your cabin (56K modem). They also have...

CFDs are not authorized to be traded/sold in the US. Unless we have a lot of traders from the UK on here, I doubt there will be much of a discussion... Why don't you tell us what you think about trading CFDs though?

wow, classic! Just looked at it... That's what happens when people start thinking coal is going to be used in everything (even as a sugar substitute) since oil is so expensive :) It looks like FDG started to reverse as soon as we hit the top in oil...

Thanks. That was a good one... But I am sure you already knew that :)

I am not really trying to directly compare ISRG to TASR. Only in a sense that the latter had an unrealistic run-up before on the assumption that every cop in the world was going to have one of the Taser stunt guns... Novelty does wear off... Particularly in the stock market. Sometimes all it...

Too bad the math does not work like that in the real world. Just ask TASR. I am sure a lot of hospitals would actually feel reluctant to buy their surgical device. As the use of it will dramatically reduce their profits (much shorter hospital stay among other things). The consumer will have to...

I find the following interesting (GOOG vs. ISRG): http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=1y&s=GOOG&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=ISRG

Are you implying that ISRG is the next MSFT? For every MSFT I can show dozens of JDSUs and NTs... Shorting can be also very profitable. I just wish I knew that back in 2000 :)

I did not mean to imply that the run-up was the only reason to sell... I've been following this company for several months now. Yes, they've had a couple of good Qs. But in all honesty, it just looks very expensive now (based on the fundamentals and the product line, they have one product BTW)...

Anyone agrees? Just take a look at the three or six months chart...

I have tried power options. Close, but no cigar. Their tool has some great features, but you have to keep hitting the refresh button to get any "live" benefit out of it... Also, I need to be able to set specific custom parameters, so I can be alerted when the condition is met...

It looks that way... If anything, SNDK is in the commodity business now. Too bad many investors don't realize that... Flash this, flash that... Right! That what will attract competition and innovation...