09 December 2005 - Posts

• Fat fingers

  Pity the poor trader at Mizuho Securities who accidentally sold 600,000 shares at 1 yen rather than the 1 share at 600,000 yen he was supposed to. Apparently it’s not the first such incident, and I’m sure it won’t be the last. Read More... Posted 09 December 2005 12:52 by Niall Cook | 2 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous

• Unreliable (adj): read The Times and see

  Writing in todays “Thunderer” column in The Times, Rosemary Righter says “in the wacky world of Wikipedia, the missing bits are these: accountability, authority, scholarly credentials, accuracy and scrupulousness”. Unfortunately, she then proceeds to tar herself with the same brush. Read More... Posted 09 December 2005 12:41 by Niall Cook | 0 Comments Filed under: Miscellaneous