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Comment Re:Use random numbers to (Score 1) 86

There's already a brokerage that strives to improve customer equity by passing all of its traffic through a fiber optic delay line.

The other option would be to detect some level of cancelled trades or dropped connections and, upon passing some threshold, lock out that account. It can be reset by having Bob Cratchit head down to the server room in the basement and manually log on to a console. Please be patient. The stairs are steep, Bob is old and has nothing more than an oil lamp to light his way.

Comment Re:Sums it up nicely (Score 1) 178

Musk has two important skills:

1) He's very inspiring. His employees like working for him (tbh it's not hard to be more inspiring than the average CEO, but he manages to pass that low bar, and his employees respond by doing good work).

2) He's good at getting funding, especially government funding.

Both of these are real skills, and they have led to all his success.

Comment Re:Ah, microsoft... (Score 2) 61

This way, companies upgrading existing networks would turn it on knowing they will eventually turn it off

Really? Turn it off and some old but critical piece of gear fails. Quick! Turn it back on.

Years later: Does anyone know why this crufty piece of garbage is still enabled? No? Turn it off. Again, some old but critical piece of gear fails. Rinse and repeat.

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