just downloaded and it says i'm online(IRC) what is IRC?
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- Nov 12, 2006 11:09am Nov 12, 2006 11:09am
just downloaded and it says i'm online(IRC) what is IRC?
currently in Napstex we are using it for daily chat/information sharing as well as latest breaking forex news headlines. more features to come!
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- Edited 3:23am Dec 26, 2006 2:04am | Edited 3:23am
- Joined Nov 2005 | Status: EURUSD Quant FREAK | 3,197 Posts
- #140
- Dec 27, 2006 2:10pm Dec 27, 2006 2:10pm
I have a few thoughts.
First, girdle, I can tell you have a high IQ. Would you be kind enough to review my pyramid strategy hyperlinked on my signature? Post comments on my thread for feasibility concerns, etc. Thanks.
As for Napstex: Impressive website. Need a banner on the top of FF.... Merlin? I was not aware of Napstex until this evening and have been pretty active for awhile. Only reason is the thread got pushed to the top of the stack.... marketing is important.
Spyware concerns.... the only way to overcome this is to post the sourcecode on sorceforge. Users will always be leary of this "You gave me source code but it isn't the real source code used to create the EXE." Consider it.
Okay well my concern is that people will turn into lemmings. The intelligent reasoning behind the trade will disappear when the honking boatloads of people click SELL just because 80% are selling. But those 80% sold because there were 80% selling before they entered. People following on the coat tales, trading blindly will influence numbers.
Finally, DARPA's idea for "where will the next terrorist attack be?" was to open a stock market for betting on the location. The thought was, when people put their money on something, the truly believe it. So..... the collective idea makes sense IMO.
Way to lead girdle,
Tom
Thanks for the kind words Tom. Although it's hard to say the system is genious when nobody friggin' uses it!
I haven't even been logging into Napstex for the past couple of weeks. Mainly because I haven't had any time to trade, but also because hardly anybody was ever on. I worked my bum off for 9 months (evenings and weekends) to make the system and nobody seemed to like it enough to use it. It always made me depressed to see a whopping 12 people connected, so I just quit checking. Thanks for the encouragement though. As for your concern about people trading blindly, I think that's going to happen anyway. Wheather a noob is following people on napstex or somebody's recommendation on FF, they're pretty much taking somebody's word for it. Napstex may allow for them to go broke/get burned more quickly though.
This thread has been around long enough and I have a real website for the product. I think this has probably eased most people's fears about spyware. If my software were malicious at least one of the 700 users would have said something about it here. I'll be keeping the source code private. If someone wants to see it they can always decompile it.
I would love to integrate/share advertising with FF, but I can't seem to get a hold of Merlin. Right in the beginning of this thread he mentioned something about it, but his PM's and emails are turned off and I can't get hold of him. I've tried on several occasions to make contact with him, but have not been successful.
But I'm glad you like the software. I'll be keeping the napstex site and service up and running for at least another 6 months, then I'll re-evaluate it.
Many thanks to those of you who have taken such an interest in Napstex so far. It's been a pleasure working with you.
Andrew