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How Does Automated Trading Work?
I have talked to people who do this sort of thing. I’m no expert but here is what I think to be the general gist.
These people are known as black box traders or arbitrage traders. They construct computer systems to automatically identify opportunities and execute trades.
There are two parts to the task. Identifying the opportunity [...]
GlassFish
I have been playing about with a Java app server called GlassFish. Here are some info links that cleared up issues I was having:
Admin User Authentication:
CLI Administration
Admin Channel Authentication Support
Changing the Master Password
Using LDAP
Sticky Sessions:
GlassFish has its own load balancing, but if you use a hardware LB then this is helpful.
Instance labeling in JSESSIONID
add the [...]
Microsoft Surface
Here’s a funny video, they took the Microsoft Surface advert and added their own commentary. Totally accurate too, it ain’t hard to lampoon this company.
Microsoft Surface Technology Parody – Watch more free videos
Opressive Regimes Make Good Proxy Servers
I recently had the need a large number of proxy servers for a project. A proxy server is a server that will forward your web traffic requests. So if you want to get http://www.tententwo.com you send that url to the proxy server, it collects the page and hands back the result. Mostly they are used [...]
Tools for a Good Listen
If you are currently getting your music from a boom box or an mp3 player, I urge you to investigate some higher end gear. I am not what you would call an audiophile, but I purchased my first decent gear about 6 months ago and its changed my life.
I used to listen to cd’s on [...]