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Technical Glitches

Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 4 months ago to The Gulch: General
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So a "technical glitch" shuts down United Airlines and the NYSE on the same day. I'm trying to think what kind of conspiracy theories will start to surface.

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  • Posted by believer83 9 years, 4 months ago
    richrobinson---so many people I know feel the same way, yet everyone seems to be at a loss as to what to do. Presidential candidates??? It doesn't seem to be a question of who is the best man (or woman) for the job, only a question of who will do the least harm!
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    • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 4 months ago
      I talked to a friend this morning about this. She feels she isn't doing enough. She is the most politically active person I know--sends e-mails, calls reps...Not sure what more we can do. Nothing seems to change.
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      • Posted by believer83 9 years, 4 months ago
        That is so true----Congress does not listen to the voice of the people!
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        • Posted by RevJay4 9 years, 4 months ago
          Wow! Is that an understatement or what? Feeling terribly unrepresented and ignored for the longest time. And, it just seems to be getting worse.
          Maybe its just me, I may be getting oldtimers or something.
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        • Posted by jconne 9 years, 4 months ago
          I disagree -- politicians win popularity contests. They are not the source of the problem, the root cause. The source is the ideas in our culture. So learn and educate our fellow citizens for your life.

          Best source is Ayn Rand's non-fiction and fiction. Also read the flow of work from ARI (AynRand.org) sponsored scholars.

          I just heard a talk today by John A. Allison on his new book, "The Leadership Crisis and the Free Market Cure". It's stunningly accessible and grounded in extensive experience and success.
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          • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 4 months ago
            They win by saying what the sheeple want to hear. Once in office most act in their own best interests. I also think the ideas are being forced into the culture by the New World Order cooks at the UN.
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  • Posted by davidmcnab 9 years, 4 months ago
    Wouldn't be anything to do with this, I expect :P

    http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeex...
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    • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 4 months ago
      A melt down in China would be huge. I agree that the reaction in China has been strange. It seems like a normal correction but they are treating as a full blown financial crisis.
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      • Posted by SaltyDog 9 years, 4 months ago
        It's a bit more than a normal correction, Rich. But I agree that the reaction seems to be a Chinese fire drill. (Sorry. I couldn't resist.). I think it's exacerbated by the powers-that-be are being presented with evidence that a planned economy won't work along with free capital markets and they can't get their heads around it. I only hope that the powers-that-be here in the States are taking notes. After all, we're headed down the road to a planned economy ourselves.
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        • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 4 months ago
          I seem to have heard in passing that the value of the Chinese market dropped by a third. If true, that's not a correction, that's a crash. Of course a "no big deal" attitude would be the best to portray so as to not cause a further sell-off.
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        • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 4 months ago
          It is but they had such a huge upside run this could have been explained as normal. The one one thing our market seems to hate is uncertainty and with this reaction they are creating a lot of that.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago
    The Emperor has No clothes theory has garnered some support.

    > Brigadier Preston-Jago of the Royal Army Maintenance Corps
    > was undergoing a court-martial for an incident where he was
    > found to be chasing a young lady through the hallways of the
    > Grafton Hotel, Catterick, Yorkshire, England, in which they
    > were both residing.
    > Neither of them were wearing any clothing whatsoever.
    > The main charge was that of "being out of uniform."
    >
    > The Brigadier's lawyer, a clever cove, argued that the
    > officer was not "out of uniform", as the regulations read,
    > 'An Army officer must be at all times be appropriately
    > attired for the activity in which he is engaged.'
    >
    > Brigadier Preston-Jago was acquitted.
    >

    Something B-Rock and Bye 'den should keep in mind.
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  • Posted by $ jdg 9 years, 4 months ago
    Am I the only one here who has read Tom Clancy's Debt of Honor?
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    • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 4 months ago
      I didn't read it. What was it about?
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      • Posted by $ jdg 9 years, 4 months ago
        SPOILERS FOLLOW.

        In the novel, a group of Japanese businessmen manipulate their government into starting a war with the US for patriotic reasons. It starts with a computer attack that stops the New York Stock Exchange from recording any trades, beginning at noon on a Friday just after a bill that will hurt trade is signed into law. The bad guys try to enrich themselves on the resulting fall in the dollar against the yen.

        The good guys not only figure this out but turn the tables, in a very clever way that I believe would actually work.
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  • Posted by $ Stormi 9 years, 4 months ago
    One person interviewed said it was "configuration" issues. Sounds like Microsoft to me, or maybe Oracle. Neither run all that smoothly when updating. I actually had a brief issue this morning, had to adjust settings from some update. Everyday, I get the message to update to Win 10 FREE - right, I have heard about that one.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 9 years, 4 months ago
    The mainstream media and the Zero administration have said that there is no connection between the United Airlines and the NYSE technical glitches on the same day. What would have been the odds of two completely separate "technical glitches" on the same day before today? I don't buy it.
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    • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 4 months ago
      This administration has no credibility. I'm guessing they think it will cause panic and fear if they tell the truth. So few people are paying attention I doubt it would matter.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 9 years, 4 months ago
    Only three things could effect two completely different systems at the same time; 1) a CME from the sun, (we didn't experience one that day in that area...the one in NZ and South Africa was a CME related event) 2) a cyber attack, which is most likely. and 3) the market was going poorly so they shut it down and used United Airlines as a cover; (here is your conspiracy theory for ya)
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  • Posted by BrettRocketSci 9 years, 4 months ago
    Can I please get a clarification from you, richrobinson? Your title today I thought referred to the shutdown of the NYSE today (July 8, 2015). The official explanation of technical glitches is definitely suspicious given the Chinese crash in progress.
    Did something happen today with United Airlines too? Or, why are other comments going back to 9/11? I could give you many more anomalies about that but it seems a departure in the thread. Thanks for some elaboration.
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    • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 4 months ago
      Hi Brett. A technical glitch caused United to ground all flights yesterday morning. Feel free to wander on my threads. I like to just roll with it. :-)
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      • Posted by BrettRocketSci 9 years, 4 months ago
        Ha, thanks. Since I wrote my first comment I did find news articles about United.
        I have a little insight into cyber security from my profession, and the attacks are happening relentlessly every day. We hear next to nothing about them. Many reasons for companies and governments to hide or misrepresent the actual events too. So assuming it was a cyber attack is a most likely common cause IMO.
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        • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 4 months ago
          I read that cyber security stocks did well yesterday. Who is the most likely suspect this time?
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          • Posted by BrettRocketSci 9 years, 4 months ago
            You probably saw reports that Anonymous had an ominous tweet about NYSE the night before. China, North Korea, and Russia have motive and ability. So do factions within our own government for that matter. We have a had a lot of false flags in our history. That's my short list of suspects.
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