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OriginalGriff wrote: I'd suspect that the $20,000pa is the cost of the terminal, not just the chat.
Yes, I just found it ironic that chat was the most popular feature of the terminal.
Marc
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Well, for many, chat is the most popular feature here, too... 
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Don't think of it as "chat" - think of it as "The Bullingdon Club" online.
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The headline is inaccurate, in the same way that they are always inaccurate when the story concerns a disaster in the financial sector.
It should read: "Some Greedy B@st@rd has Found a New Sneaky Way to get Rich at Everyone Else's Expense, Again!"
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Marc Clifton wrote: The chat function is the main tool used by the global financial community and is included in the cost of a terminal--about $20,000 a year.
Not for long. A bunch of banks bought this company called Symphony which will provide a unified chat and social media platform. It's supposed to be rolled out sometime this year, and then BBG terminals will go bye-bye.
Except, obviously, the ones that are used for real trading.
Disclaimer: Not that I'm peddling anything, but I don't work for Symphony, although I work for a large bank.
Cheers,
विक्रम
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Marc Clifton wrote: So, something that you can find free on the Internet, the financial community is
paying $20K per year per terminal for?
It's called a "filter" 
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: It's called a "filter"
Yes, it prevents the outside world knowing what they're talking about, because if everyone knew, half the people in the financial sector would be hanging from lampposts within a week it's sensitive information.
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What is not free, is that every message is stored. This is friggin important when you are disagreeing about a multimillion dollar trade. Traders NEVER* deal off the official networks as they expose themselves to all sorts of problems, not least the misheard or misrepresent order. Back in the 90's one of the traders called the market for £100,000 worth of ICI and duly received 100,000 ICI shares at £15 a pop. Best meeting ever, sitting there with the counterparty and playing the phone call to them...
veni bibi saltavi
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Forget the future: it cannot be predicted.
Forget the past : it cannot be changed.
Forget the present: I didn't get you one.
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Forget about this thought also! 
Wait... What was I talking about?
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
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I spent some time doing a card for a friend's birthday on Sunday and getting it right, and this was the message.
Then the cat ate it and I had to start again... 
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OriginalGriff wrote: Forget the present: I didn't get you one.
If I forget my gf's birthday present, I can damn well predict the future and forever regret the past. 
Marc
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OriginalGriff wrote: Forget the present: I didn't get you one.
Oddly enough, this will probably lead to a memory that will never, ever be forgotten.
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Is that a UFO or something? 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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The recycle bin icon is just the worst ever. Shame really, as the recycle bin icon in 7 is pretty good.
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Only the recycle bin icon?
Programmer : A machine that converts coffee into code !
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It is singled out for special opprobrium...it as ugly as a tick on a baboon's backside.
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote: the recycle bin icon in 7 is pretty good
Lets go to windows 7 so we can have a cool recycle bin icon.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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If only the file handling (copy,move...) was better in windows 7...
Yes, the recycle bin icon is ugly as hell.
And the normal icons in the explorer are well... ugly too.
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Delete the recycle bin icon!
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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con you not change them like you could in every other flavour of Windows?
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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It is by design. They want to discourage you from deleting any file.
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If that's the worst thing about it, it's been radically overhauled since the pestilence known as 8.x
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