Vulture has a quick gallery of the favorite obscure characters from the writers of the show. I’m in agreement with “Bleeding Gums” Murphy, Blinky, Don Brodka, and Hank Scorpio.
I’m not so much of the show past Season 12 or 13 so I can’t agree with the others.
Rob Sheridan via Reddit:
“A statement prepared for President Nixon to read in the event that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became stranded on the moon.”
h/t MG
Yep. That about sums it up.
via 512 Pixels
Using market data, Nanex charted how bots and algorithmic trading have affected quotes. From The Technology Review:
“The animated .gif above shows the rise of high-frequency trading across several U.S. stock exchanges over the last five years. You’ll notice that there’s relatively little activity in 2007, followed by spikes in activity at the opening and close of the market starting in 2008. And then, sometime around the start of 2010, activity becomes much, much more frenetic and erratic.”
In 2011, it just goes more berserk. Nanex has other charts to look at. It’s not the trading they’re worried about, it’s the quoting. They look at it from a technology and capacity concern. But I see it as a price concern. The hidden liquidity behind many of these exchanges and dark pools will fool a trader into accepting the bid or the offer only to discover a less favorable price.
Michael Moyer for Scientific American figures out that buying an unlimited MetroCard isn’t always cost efficient. It all depends on the number of rides you take per week, of course, and he has a break down of how many trips you need to take to make it worth the expense.
I wish they’d do away with the MetroCard altogether and use a card like Endland’s Oyster Card. Most people end up tossing their cards when they’re done and they litter the station floors.
via BoingBoing