andylynchnz

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   by andylynchnz 9y ago

   In NZ 111 is the number and worked fine - but then that's because the the exchange switches and dials were set up backwards to the British ones (rumoured to be by mistake!)
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   by andylynchnz 9y ago

   Thanks! That explains why the Economist here is so keen on signing up people via direct debit.
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   by andylynchnz 9y ago

   In our office we have six screens on most desks. Are first we thought it was a little over the top but it's hard to imagine cutting back now; you can lay out everything at once and it's just there - no switching. The only odd th
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   by andylynchnz 10y ago

   Looking at the Background, Josh wrote this to run Island. Bonus- you can read the original matching wbighe code at http://www.josh.com/notes/island-ecn-10th-birthday/ . It's written in FoxPro. Make sure you
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   by andylynchnz 10y ago

   Sometimes it seems there is no better alternative, hence the existence of Null Island ( http://www.nullisland.com/ ).
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   by andylynchnz 10y ago

   To get the news out without disrupting the markets - it's fairer to allow people to see news like this while the instrument is not trading.
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   by andylynchnz 10y ago

   Not a coincidence - it was built to demonstrate the scalability of their technology to Terabyte datasets.