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    XP internal firewall problem

    Right, should not run two firewall (or two anti-virus) programs at the same times.
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    Nasdaq 100

    Using log scale, which imo should be the case, that trendline was broken at the beginning of the year.
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    XP SP2

    If you follow Microsoft's instructions on their website, including being sure that your computer is free of spy programs and viruses and nothing is running, you shold have no problem. I have installed SP2 on 6 computers and no problems of any type encountered.
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    US current account deficit / debts

    With respect to deficit as a percentage of GDP, the present percentage was exceeded 6 times in the past 25 years, reaching a maximum of 6% in 1983. How does this compare with other countries? As for what all of this means, a recent article in Foreign Affairs notes: "Summary: The United...
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    Microsoft DEP Alert

    The things to do are discussed in the following: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;875351 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;875352
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    John Templeton warns stocks, real estate and the $ will take a major dump

    Hmmmm. Wonder if he thinks all this good stuff is going to happen in his lifetime, or even mine. Luv these peeks at the future that are silent with respect to time.
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    Windows XP SP2 - 56kbps Dial-up modem connection problem

    You might check your modem driver. I've heard that SP2 changes the driver. If so, it might be necessary to upgrade or rollback to the original.
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    Undeletable Adware.

    Here is a URL that describes the problem and how to fix it either with anti-virus software of manually: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/spyware.relevancy.html
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    Query re back-up devices

    Irrespective of the 2nd drive configuration that you choose (UBS, internal HD, etc.) be sure that the software that you use to mirror the original drive is immune to loss of data in the event of power or hardware failure. Drive Image 7 is one such program.
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    Microsoft AntiSpyware software launched

    Cookies are not enabled on Microsoft's beta
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    Stochastics Settings

    It is not just a question of smoothing out the stochs, but also whether such smoothing produces meaningful signals. Having said that, one can attempt to use a single setting (e.g., (13, 3, 3), (21, 13, 8), etc.) that will produce acceptable results for various markets and time frames. Or you...
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    How would you improve this Pullback Trend Following System?

    I'd improve your process and perhaps performance by using a good backtester such as AmiBroker. Put your indicators into a system and then backtest against whatever metrics you consider to be important (e.g., equity, drawdown, sharpe, etc.). Your universe of stocks will be tested in a very...
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    XP 2 Upgrade?

    Just wondering. Those that had problems with the upgrade did you follow Microsoft's instructions to scrub out all spyware?
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    Fibonacci-Trader Discussion Board

    It sounds like you do not use software that facilitates the use of fibs. Such software makes drawing them as easy as S/R. They are another charting tool and, imo, should not be used in a vacuum but in conjunction with other charting tools and indicators, as with S/R. One of the interesting...
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    Elliott Wave

    IMO, the best EW resource is Dynamic Trading by Miner. However, I do not think that EW (or anything else) should be used as a stand-alone technique or signal.
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