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Re: Weekly Watchlist

adergaard — Sat, 16 Dec 2017 11:55:38 -0000

Fantastic to see you blogging again. The old version (The Option Addict, I believe it was called) was one of a kind.

Re: Plex Media Player is now ambidextrous and free for all… Kodi? Who said that!!??

adergaard — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 01:56:58 -0000

So basically - and I mean no disrespect - you are trying to rein in the people who went the OpenPHT route when Home Theater stopped working with your excellent mobile remote app.

I guess that's good news. Thanks.

Re: Plex Media Player is now ambidextrous and free for all… Kodi? Who said that!!??

adergaard — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 01:17:08 -0000

So what exactly is new then? Plex Media Server and Plex Home Theater has been free all along??

If the Plex Media Player is not the mobile app then what is it and what does it do that the Home Theater app doesn't do?

I must be missing something here or else this is not news.

Re: ASUS RT-AC88U Router Review

adergaard — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 02:30:04 -0000

Thanks for the excellent review.
I'm considering the AC88U but I wonder about the speed you get if using openVPN?
When I use openVPN on my computer i.e. using the computer as the VPN-client, I get around the 100 Mbps that is the max of my connection, but the CPU on the router is probably not as fast as the one on my computer so I wonder still if I would have to see a big penalty in terms of speed.

The speed tests done by you in the review doesn't really state what kind of connection you are testing on. It'd be great if it would say. Thanks.

Re: A few things about Redis security -

adergaard — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 11:38:01 -0000

A good job would have been if antirez had set the defaults of each redis release to the most secure they can be and let people who want to open it up to the world do that explicitly by making manual changes to the config file. I know this is "free" software so we essentially can't complain but the way this was done is wrong in more ways than one. Teaching people how to hack to shoot your own software in the foot is not good practice in my book.

Re: A few things about Redis security -

adergaard — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 04:36:16 -0000

Well, you're kind of missing the point.
The point is that Redis is currently shipping with a redis.conf file in the root directory that is NOT using the bind 127.0.0.1 which means that many people will still install it and not be aware of the fact that their installation is open to hackers per default.

Re: A few things about Redis security -

adergaard — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 04:21:37 -0000

About the default configuration file.

In the 3.0.5 release, downloading it from here http://download.redis.io/re... the redis.conf in the root directory that many, including me, just copy and change some of the values in, the bind 127.0.0.1 is still commented out.

Checking that file in GitHub it is actually not the same as in the downloaded tar.

Something to look into perhaps.

Re: http://brandonmathis.com/projects/fancy-avatars

adergaard — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:43:53 -0000

Think you're missing the point, almost to the extent that it feels like it's going to be an uphill battle trying to explain why this kind of thing that this excellent guy has done with these gravatars rocks so immensly.

Ugliness, in any shape or form shall be countered and opposed as much as possible. Ugly = not properly done. Ugly != subjective thoughts on what is "good looking"

As a sidenote, if you think Personal ID's shall be used, then why are you on the Internet. Internet anonymity === freedom. Whenever I see a place that forces me to log on as "myself" I can't be bothered since in this PC society, no one dare say anything that sticks out since then they won't get the likes.

To the avatar creator: really good job! Keep making this a more beautiful world. You made my day!

Re: TheMoneyGoRound by Muckdog: Lumia Sales Stronger Than Expected...

adergaard — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:58:30 -0000

On the other hand, I'm beginning to hear better things now about Lumia so this may be a turnaround candidate, but NOK has had a rough time now down over 50% YoY so I'm not one to be the first on this boat back to the top again.

Thanks for your posts. They are great!

Re: TheMoneyGoRound by Muckdog: Lumia Sales Stronger Than Expected...

adergaard — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:20:10 -0000

Hey Muck.

not sure you are up on your news regarding this last one. Nokia warned about profits coming in way lower as a consequence of really bad sales.
Dropped 18% in one day, the day before yesterday.

Re: Bottomless Pits

adergaard — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:27:46 -0000

Did Steve come with any revelations in stu or do they still think 3 is on its way albeit off to a very rocky start or do they shift back to saying wave 2 is still in play?

Re: Bottomless Pits

adergaard — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:10:19 -0000

I think the slope site reflects very well what is happening in the markets. Before, when things were sailing, you could read substantive writing here by ONE guy,a really good one, you Tim.
Now it's like a free-for-all with posts from the oilking to mount fuji or whatever.
I really liked your posts with well thought out, well put ideas on trading. Not just ranting on about how you wish the market would start to drop.

I miss your posts, Tim. Back to basics please. I think everyone would benefit from that. Thanks for listening.

Re: Apple on the Black Box

adergaard — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:09:59 -0000

Muck, just wanted to write and say how much I really like your black box postings. Keep em coming.

Re: Market Slides Again

adergaard — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:36:37 -0000

Great. We miss your posts.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/02/04/approaching_reentry.htm

adergaard — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:02:00 -0000

848? Looks too stron right now in my opinion.

Re: Impregnated and contradicting!

adergaard — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:05:42 -0000

First, let me say I sincerely appreciate you and the others writing on this blog taking the time to share your thoughts. Kudos.

But it is nevertheless confusing, to say the least, to see what you get your ideas of a major downturns just around the corner (next couple of days). The short term sentiment is bullish, no matter how much we'd all like to think otherwise.

You offer no evidence to the contrary. Consider the following (mon 15/12 2008):

1) Asia forcefully pushing higher today. Nikkei +5.8%, HangSeng curr +3.5%
2) The auto bailout will have ppl hoping. The longer it takes for bush to garantee the money, the more resillient the market.
3) Europe is set to open sharply higher today.

So, all in all, isn't it more honest to confess to the short term bull market (probably lasting over x-mas) and stay on the sideline or go for long ES or DIG (if energy / oil is your fortee).

Thanks for a good blog.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2008/11/21/extreme_left.htm

adergaard — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:02:12 -0000

Either I'm reading it completely wrong or you are.

In my eyes, from that link you posted, they're ultra-short on gold, through december (which makes up for about 90% of their net position short).

Correct me please, if I'm wrong.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2008/11/05/forward_on_the_foe.htm

adergaard — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:27:23 -0000

MICC looks good to go.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2008/10/29/get_that_leprechaun.htm

adergaard — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:01:44 -0000

Nice timing on that put moo.
What a friggin ending we had today!
A near 4% drop in 10 minutes where half of it was right under a minute.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2008/10/29/get_that_leprechaun.htm

adergaard — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:56:28 -0000

Talk about shakey markets.
Wow.
Fastest drop from 2.something to 0.25 I ever saw. 30 seconds.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2008/10/29/preopen_easeback.htm

adergaard — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:00:01 -0000

Tim, you still bullish on Oil?
Is the FOMC decision in any way weighing in on that sentiment, from your point of view that is?

Thanks.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2008/10/28/making_flippyflop.htm

adergaard — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:32:34 -0000

Admirable trade.
Been following you today.
Thanks for the insightful tips (although you call it gut feeling :)

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2008/10/28/shorted_es__the_wall.htm

adergaard — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:20:52 -0000

No hard feelings Tim but I think that if you are shorting, it's time go long.
You seem tp be having a revised midas touch for the last couple of sessions.
S&P seems to be building in my opinion.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2008/10/24/distrusting_the_rally.htm

adergaard — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:07:07 -0000

Thanks.

You may very well be right.
I agree that we're still in a bear market for the long haul My point was that there will invetibaly be a sharp rally day sometimes soon and it seems to me it will be mon-tue.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2008/10/24/distrusting_the_rally.htm

adergaard — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:21:40 -0000

Three things, standing on the sidelines looking at market participants:

1) This is a great forum. It's not really a blog, it just so happens Tim starts the threads. Nevertheless great content here. Thanks Mr. Knight.
2) For the love of everything holy use ANOTHER threaded commenting system than discuss. It takes minutes to load with just a few comments. There are tons out there. And really, think about using a forum software altogether since this is a forum and not a blog.
3) Finally, standing outside of the action lets me see things so much clearer than when in a position. How can you distrust this rally? It's going to go on until at least x-mas. The positive signals in the US markest today are just too many to miss. It took a -10% sell off in Europe to have the Dow gap down a measly 2% on the opening.

Buying on Monday won't be too late, but certainly less of a chance of hitting those 10x.

Thanks again for a great website and please do view the above "critisisms" as constructive feedback.