Except that doesn't work if the form posts to a HTTPS URL. You'd have to implement something at the browser level, e.g. installing a modified browser or a browser extension.
If you want to get into root cause analysis, it sounds like the incorrect radar setting got them in the situation in the first place. Obviously the way the pilots dealt with that situation from then on was suboptimal, but avoiding situations where there is a chance for bad decision making is also important.
If you can't remember merge sort, quick sort or heaps, a easy starting point is wikipedia, and then code them up in your language of choice. It shouldn't take long, and you'll learn it better by doing than by reading about it.
Is it worth having service contracts if you have thousands of machines? I would have thought it's analogous to car hire companies not having insurance on their cars (because with enough cars the distribution of accident costs evens out)
> "The trading shops saw that the lowest-latency solutions would only be possible with Linux," Lameter said. "The older Unixes couldn't move as fast as Linux did."
I see that now. Their statement is "We promise we'll get back to you as soon as we can. When we do, you'll receive notification." A proposal was submitted, and if its approved I will put an updated link. In the interim, putting a post saying that you would be interested in donating would help :)
Why are patents transferable beyond the original creator?
This allows the creator to benefit in the case they can't personally exploit their work. If I invent some CPU fabrication process, I won't have the capital to invest to realize it and benefit - but maybe I can sell it to someone who can, which means the invention is actually used, and also I get some benefit.
why wouldn't a patent become public domain once the creator dies
What if the patent is a joint creation, or created while working for a company, i.e. the company owns it?
> This allows the creator to benefit in the case they can't personally exploit their work.
I wanted to be succinct for the title, but I'm more getting at why people other than the creator can sell a patent. Selling is still beneficial to the owner, however, if the company sells it after that then how's the benefiting the owner?
> What if the patent is a joint creation, or created while working for a company, i.e. the company owns it?
This is more of a side note to me, although, it looks like patents expire after 20 years. At least that's a number I've seen cited a couple places since posting the question.
With that said, maybe the pharmaceutical process is something worth looking into? I know the timer starts on their patents as soon as they submit it which long before they can ever produce it, but the point is that they're able to pay for all the research and trials involved in making the drug. Maybe there's some analogy for other applications (e.g. software patents)?
Bloomberg also offers a comprehensive market data product that isn't just a firehose from the exchange. Lots of work went into normalizing the data stream so that consumers of the stream wouldn't have to learn the oddities of hundreds of different market feeds. The latency is actively monitored (in microseconds) and they offer direct co-lo as well.
I agree though, even if you have the best algo around, it could fall flat on its face unless you have the pockets to be side-by-side with the big shops.
These places are especially paranoid when it comes to co-lo. I've heard that exchanges guarantee that all the boxes are given the same exact length of network cable to remove any chance that shorter length favors one shop or another.
I agree with the final conclusion, but this is a terrible way to measure system latency!
For starters, most exchanges block icmp packets, precluding a ping-based measurement.
Latency should be measured by actually going through their systems. For example, after sending a FIX message to IB, it's not known how well their FIX processor performs (at the very least, they have to do risk checks, so its not just cut-through).
I think the point is that if you're not co-located, network transit time from your servers to IB, not even including IB to exchange, is an insurmountable disadvantage.
Oh my god. What's even funnier is like the last panel of that comic, I actually sent cupcakes in with my resume to the local google sattelite office.
I thought it was really clever. I bought a domain "google____.com", wrote a custom resume specifically for google, had the cupcakes delivered with the name of the website written on top (on a tiny printed chocolate coin so as to be legible)
On the day they arrived, I had about 50 hits from mountain view california, a bunch from atlanta (roughly the number that worked in this sattelite office) (screen http://i.imgur.com/ucsXO.jpg)
Then nothing but silence. I thought it was the cleverest little trick ever. Apparently XKCD had thought of it first.
