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The reason we do not hear about this problem is because it is such a major problem that everyone has decided to bury their heads in the sand and pretend it's not there. "The population growth will stabilize at some pretty manageable level and may even start decreasing later on." These are...

Well, it's 12 am saturday. I've already contributed my few celery leaves to the stone soup kettle, so I will just add some general thoughts. I see two basic limitations that need to be turned into liberation in pursuit of the simple Edge. One is the difficulty in predicting the market. That...

So, he's not really against "evil" on principle. When "they" do something "evil", well it's evil and must be swiftly and mercilessly punished. When we do the same things, it's all hunky-dory, perfectly justifiable, because after all we're The Good Guys, and we can do no wrong. Yup, integrity...

There are many people who for various (but not too different) reasons want to argue that the Holocaust never took place and is a magnificent hoax concocted by the survivors. There are two opposite assertions being made of a hoax, and one thing we can all agree about is that they are not both...

This is a bit before your era, but in the 1980s the "Contras" in Nicaragua, did precisely this. The Contras were terrorists before "terrorist" was a trendy all-purpose politician term. The Contras used to go around to people's houses, and deliberately kill a man right in front of his wife...

You could set up a computer with a simulator account in a local bar. You don't have to tell them that it isn't real money. Let the patrons trade it, and observe the results.

You don't, really. Over the course of time, the alcohol and drugs will make you as stupid as you want to be, possibly even stupider.

Here's one example I just saw someone mention in another thread on here, looks like they might be offering the sort of thing you're requesting: www.striker.com. I never heard of them before (which means nothing, I'm no expert), but I sent them an e-mail requesting description of their various...

Probably he meant to add the second remark to his first post, and clicked on Quote instead of Edit, as they are about 5/16 of an inch apart and easy to misclick.

Why is that not a simple factual statement to you? Human population potential is not infinite, any more than potential financial profit from the stock market is infinite. The earth is a contained environment. We are rapidly exceeding the earth's capacity to support the growing size of...

Simple mistake, no offense intended Harry, but I wanted to correct one detail: She was not a writer for the New York Times (which is a daily newspaper delivered all over the United States); she was a writer for The New Yorker, which is a monthly magazine that was begun in the 1920's by some of...

Is snake oil oil made from snakes? Or is it oil which you apply to snakes? Why would anyone wish to apply oil to a snake though, aren't they slippery enough as it is? And why, at the same time, would anyone wish to use oil made from a snake {shudders}. Is it an oil used for topical application...

I began trading options precisely because they seemed particularly suited to a small account, especially within the context of IB's commission schedule which is unbeaten by any other retail broker. At IB you can buy a single contract at say $1.00, or even less, thus spending $101.00 for...

No, pig-midget, that was the whole point I was trying to repeatedly make to you for two days straight: that having $25,000 or $250,000 or $2,500,000 doesn't matter, it's never enough when you trade options because they insist on deducting any moneys you spend on options from the account value...

They're all from the same computer chip arena of the technology sector.

Sometimes the best thing to do is just stay out of it. Like in a poker game, some hands you just should fold, and wait for the next deal of the cards.

I didn't even propose that it could be done, all I said was "unless you can . . ." Apparently, although it took you a long time, you actually achieved it. So it's possible . . . and you did it somehow, by keeping at it, in spite of probably numerous disappointments and setbacks. :)...

NQ went from 1020 on tuesday to 1080 on thursday. You could have made 50% profit in two days. If this week was lousy for you, then probably it's because this week's market and your trading styles were not suited to each other. You're always going to have some such weeks, aren't you, unless...

Paul, if you're willing to give up 50% of the profits, there are surely several ways to achieve something like what you are seeking. The suggestion of an aggressive hedge fund seems a valid one. Rather than trying out individual candidates to trade your money (and possibly lose it), you could...

It must be a Bear market; this is the second thread today that's come out of hibernation from last June.