Of course Twitter as a information source is a good idea. No different than having CNN on the trader's desk. Let's get off the "traders are evil" rants and back to technology...

I would argue it's this kind of irresponsible activities that led to the disaster we see today. Great to see technology help people do things of questional ethical and moral value. Even better that vendors are...]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:46:00 -0400 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:46:00 -0400 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:46:00 -0400 Jul 2, 2009 Tim Bass 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=55060

The risk with using tweets is the data is not reliable, so you need some pretty sophisticated fuzzy logic functions to make the news useful.
my bias 2 cents
peter

Peter,
The fuzzy logic is exactly what...]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:24:25 -0400 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:24:25 -0400 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:24:25 -0400 Jul 2, 2009 Tim Bass 1 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=55060 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:57:52 -0400 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:57:52 -0400 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:57:52 -0400 Jul 2, 2009 Jim Walsh 3 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=55060 http://forum.complexevents.com/viewforum.php?f=13. In the past, I worked on a...]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:25:43 -0400 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:25:43 -0400 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:25:43 -0400 Jul 1, 2009 John Davies 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=55060

I won't even bother to answer your other post, obviously you have a grudge to bear so I'll leave you with your troubles.

And ad homimen argument. Instead of responding to a challenge, just attempt...]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:25:20 -0400 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:25:20 -0400 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:25:20 -0400 Jul 1, 2009 James Watson 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=55060

A lot of people are struggling now because the 'perceived value' of their homes has changed drastically over a short period of time.

It's not the perceived value of their homes it's the perceived ability of the...]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:05:45 -0400 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:05:45 -0400 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:05:45 -0400 Jul 1, 2009 James Watson 0 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=55060 Back to Streambase and Twitter, this has nothing to do with the above, this will be my last post on this subject, this is a technology forum and I'd rather talk about the technology behind trading engines, FIX engines and algorithmic...]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:50:50 -0400 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:50:50 -0400 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:50:50 -0400 Jul 1, 2009 peter lin 1 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=55060 A lot of people are struggling now because the 'perceived value' of their homes has changed drastically over a short period of time.

...]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:45:38 -0400 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:45:38 -0400 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:45:38 -0400 Jul 1, 2009 John Davies 3 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=55060

I won't even bother to answer your other post, obviously you have a grudge to bear so I'll leave you with your troubles.

And ad homimen argument. Instead of responding to a challenge, just attempt to make the...]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:04:08 -0400 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:04:08 -0400 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:04:08 -0400 Jul 1, 2009 John Davies 1 http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=55060 I never liked AOL, I don't really care about whether Twitter make money form their business or not as I don't own any equity but one thing is for sure, they have perceived value and that will probably make them a fortune if they sell the...]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:55:08 -0400 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:55:08 -0400 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:55:08 -0400 Jun 30, 2009 James Watson 4