Recent Content by winter

  1. Here is why owning some Bitcoin now makes sense

    Previously you were talking about crypto as an investment, now you are talking about its use as a currency for remittances. If you spend your...
    Post by: winter, Mar 30, 2018 in forum: Crypto Assets

  2. Here is why owning some Bitcoin now makes sense

    Yea but the odds of making 5x are not the same as the odds of a 50% decline. There are plenty of long-shot bets you can make that have very high...
    Post by: winter, Mar 30, 2018 in forum: Crypto Assets

  3. Cable and DSL redundancy

    Have you considered getting a second DSL connection (from a different ISP), then you can use one of the many dual-WAN routers to accomplish (some...
    Post by: winter, Jun 22, 2006 in forum: Hardware

  4. Cable and DSL redundancy

    I've seen home Cable/DSL routers that have a dial-up modem backup capability (example: http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=59) but nothing...
    Post by: winter, Jun 22, 2006 in forum: Hardware

  5. PC always on

    Indeed I think you are confusing Raid0 and Raid1 Raid0 - Data striped across drives. No data redundancy; used to increase performance (or...
    Post by: winter, Jun 22, 2006 in forum: Hardware

  6. Native .Net API

    They definitely do not nor do they support any of the newer Microsoft .NET compilers (VS2003 or VS2005) for development using their API/SDK.
    Post by: winter, Jun 21, 2006 in forum: Automated Trading

  7. Anti-Jack Trading

    Awesome post - you really nailed it. I think your post was ever better then the crap that the original spews.
    Post by: winter, Jun 21, 2006 in forum: Strategy Building

  8. Why does Real Estate appreciate?

    Actually there is also some human activity creating new "land" : http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments/dubai/palm_islands.php...
    Post by: winter, Jun 20, 2006 in forum: Economics

  9. Cable and DSL redundancy

    Just so you know, it really can't pool the bandwidth. Load balancing just means that if you have multiple internet connections they will be...
    Post by: winter, Jun 19, 2006 in forum: Hardware

  10. Why does Real Estate appreciate?

    Since they have to pay interest on that amt they borrowed your argument does not make sense (unless you can borrow money with an interest rate...
    Post by: winter, Jun 19, 2006 in forum: Economics

  11. PC always on

    Looks nice, except for this part: "Windows-based GUI software via RS232 serial port". Serial connection? What were they thinking?
    Post by: winter, Jun 9, 2006 in forum: Hardware

  12. Does money buy happiness?

    I'd love to know how they conduct these telephone surveys. Just call up random people and ask them how happy they are on a scale of 1 to 10?...
    Post by: winter, Jun 9, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  13. Does money buy happiness?

    Funny but I remember the exact same story only it was fish instead of fruit...I found many hits for the fish version of the story in google:...
    Post by: winter, Jun 9, 2006 in forum: Psychology

  14. http://www.switch2hydrogen.com/

    What happened is the technology never existed, it was a hoax. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Meyer
    Post by: winter, Jun 9, 2006 in forum: Economics

  15. PC always on

    That really depends on what you do with it. Does it need to run programs 24/7 or just have the programs open but "sleeping". If you need the...
    Post by: winter, Jun 8, 2006 in forum: Hardware