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Great idea....and this is why there are websites.....
I don't think this list ever officially decided which site or URL to use for
this ?
Several in the group made offers......
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent Rollins [mailto:kentr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 8:32 PM
> To: OmegaList
> Subject: Re: Same old same old
>
>
> Bob Fulks has a couple of expositions that he posts in response
> to specific
> questions: one on Optimal f and another on various methods of creating
> continuous contracts. I thought something like this would be useful for
> some of the things that pop up from time to time to time to time
> to time. I
> think the best approach would be a separate FAQ on each. The topics that
> seem to recur are:
>
> Best Brokers for various trading vehicles
> Best Data vendors
> Tick Counts (information collected should include CPU speed, memory, OS,
> port config if applicable, number of symbols collected by system, software
> and version, connection type if applicable)
> Sources of Historical Tick/EOD Data
> Firewalls
> Best Laptops
> Easy Language books
> Feasibility of Class Action Lawsuit Against Omega Research
> Is Bill Cruz Satan or Spawn of Satan?
>
> Ok, maybe that last one is just me thinking aloud... Any others?
> On the topics of best brokers and best data vendors, perhaps the
> best way to
> organize something like that would be a collection of anonymous annecdotes
> from customers. This is one of the things that I find most
> valuable, but we
> wouldn't want the list to be a list of one-time complaints. Perhaps for
> brokers, the submissions should be from people who have a year or more of
> experience in the vehicle in question.
>
> Kent
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred <srqblue@xxxxxxxx>
> To: Dennis Holverstott <dennis@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Omega List <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Saturday, July 08, 2000 7:54 PM
> Subject: Re: Same old same old
>
>
> On Sat, 08 Jul 2000 16:05:55 -0700, Dennis Holverstott
> <dennis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >how many time must people ask the same old questions over and
> >over and over?
>
> Even though delivered with a whiff of rhetorical sarcasm, it is indeed
> a worthy question.
>
> When recently a question was asked about tick counts I referred the
> thread to Bobr who I knew had gotten quite deeply into the subject
> and posted the results back in April. I participated in gathering
> comparative results. He was generous in his reiteration of his work.
>
> I share Dennis's desire to have NEW trading and coding questions and
> NEW answers, but I also know that this freshness comes from new
> members with new trading ideas. Consequently I welcome them to our
> corner of cyberspace.
>
> I even liked the whining about the new TS2000i. When it slowed down I
> knew I could convert, and thanks to a couple of guys here whose
> solutions/workarounds about upgrading I heeded my installation and use
> has been without painful problems.
>
> But the re-occuring "same old" could be solved by a FAQ. I would be
> willing to retain, update/edit and post it on a monthly basis, or send
> it privately to individuals who were in obvious need of it--IF one
> existed.
>
> Dennis and BobR if you would like to start one with some seeds of
> contribution I will keep it, post it and add to it as others
> contribute.
>
> Fred, FAQ Editor-nominee
>
>
> "Success is the only test of genius" -R.Adm Daniel Gallery 1901-1977
>
>
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