Comments on: Computer-Generated Catastrophe?

By: Inondations au Maroc: Le plan de secours patauge | mIRC.ma

Inondations au Maroc: Le plan de secours patauge | mIRC.ma — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:55:32 +0000

[...] Computer-Generated Catastrophe? [...]

By: sam

sam — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:38:23 +0000

The puns, they write themselves...

Yeah, a credit default swap is a bad trap...

By: DL

DL — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:22:05 +0000

Just look at the human frenzy generated in the pit when a commodity is flying and you'll see that human interation excellerates the activity of buying and selling -not so sure about the computer as a causal factor. The real problem is the herd instinct -the last trader out or in is the loser - making everyone a hero or an idiot!
Add to that the boozing during the day on Wall Street and you have the makings of a quick disaster.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:48:31 +0000

Market Segfault? Kernel (of investors) Panic? Yeah, it does kind of look like that.

Berneke: "Your industry has performed an illegal operation and will be terminated".

The puns, they write themselves...