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Comment Re:HFT = a cost to society (Score 1) 342

To be the devils advocate:
The beneficiars are the manufacturers of said equipment and warehouses, which pay their employees and their suppliers for the work done, who in turn will pay their employees as well. And by the way these employees will buy houses, cars and food from other companies, which .... Need to go on? And every part will pay some tax as well.

The investments are probably paying themselves off. One can debate if the service delivered is a usefull one, but in the end it translates to 'real' economic value in terms of production of other goods. Because economy is about pumping money around. The faster, the better. And if the investment pays off really good, then there is money for investing in improved banking services as well. A win-win situation here.... Ok, I'm a bit sarcastic here.

So, my conclusion, yes, there is a cost, but yes, there is also a benefit to society in terms of economic activity (real). And I think it is better to focus on the unfairness part of it, which is on the part of the big, fast, but not so fast traders. But it is a rat race and I'm confident it will be sorted out. The end result is no one will make money this way and that again there will be a fee asked for trading. Problem solved.

Comment Re:Limited money supply is a problem? (Score 1) 691

Money: that store of value needs to be stable in terms of real world items. That is what the central banks take care off (indeed at will, look at QE, look at the promised bond bailout in Europe to ease the minds in the financial world). Inflation and deflation should not be high.

Limited or not is not the issue. It is a bigger problem that you don't know what you can buy today or tomorrow with a fixed amount of bit coins.
But because it is limited, you can buy more and more ->deflation.
And the various crack downs lately -> inflation.

So bitcoin, as has been mentioned before, is not suitable as money, but is more like a commodity

Comment Re:None of the above (Score 1) 359

postulate: most people:
-lookup to the people north of them
-think that the people south of them are a bunch of idiots (weather not withstanding)
-feel that people west of them are a herd of unregulated cowboys
-see the people east of them as corrupt as humanity can get.

Now how's that for a poll?

Submission + - Poll: How 3d do you want your tv?

zoefff writes: -polarized glasses ready
-blue and red glasses ready
-no glasses ready
-about 3 cm
-about 10 cm
-tubes all the way: 1 m
-I'm already satisfied

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