London Stock Exchange gets new computer system (13Feb11)

[MsColdCanada]

I guess they need a faster system for when they acquire the Toronto stock exchange. I'm sure as a Canadian there is nothing to worry about. It will just speed up the process whereby our elites get richer and I get poorer. Toss me in the gutter electronically I don't mind... much.

[0muffins0]

Hight frequency computer programs buying and selling virtual paper to each other thousands of times a second for profits measured in fractions of pennies.

What could go wrong ... apart from the occasional 'flash crash'.

[roflcopter2006]

CTRL+ALT+DEL to destroy economy. 

[RedTory59]

Great. Now their thieving can be done even more rapidly.

[28318511]

Can anyone say enhanced support for "high frequency trading", anyone?

[BloodguardGorak]

File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N)

Muhahaha

[BloodguardGorak]

(A)bort, (R)etry, (G)et a beer?

[BloodguardGorak]

Press F1 to belch

[bollox679]

I wonder how much of the internal components are of Israeli origin? ask and watch how quickly things happen to your computer!

[dikkydoo1]

@bollox679 dont be a turkey !