Post for testing comments

Haven't posted before but have enjoyed following the site over the last year. Its my first read every morning. Thanks Bill and all who contribute.

Just testing a few features:

http://stockcharts.com/charts/candleglance.php?FXC,FXE,FXY,FXA,FXB,FXF,FXM,FXS|B|B7

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I like that attachment option - with the cooliris addon to Firefox it can be almost inline with the comment. FXI looks like its ready to take off upside, were it not for the stochastics getting up there. Any thoughts - I'm fairly new to using stochastics.

Alas, being a founding member of DENSA, I took literally the requirement to create a new id!

Looks nice. Really appreciate the enhanced search function.

I'm just wondering if it's possible for me to change my id/user name without registering? I wanted to give myself the handle I use on the soon-to-be-old caracommunity thread--4theFuture--if some site admin wants to just go ahead and change it for me, I won't object!

A litle more complicated, but some of the tools right at hand and nice to have picture and be able to save certain posts. Bill looks so serious with a tie!

To open in a new window or tab in FireFox, just right click (instead of left) on the link and you will have those options. IE6 has the same option of "open in new window" and IE7 I believe also gives you the "open in new Tab" option.

Jeff,

I added a photo to go with my profile. Will it appear alongside my posts?

Also,

Perhaps an option to indicate what part of the world you're from on the user profile page, along with a page/map to tabulate running totals of worldwide users by region?

Jeff, Thanks for the new digs! looks to good to be free. B-) Brian

For obvious reasons, someone who says one thing but changes their story whether with bad or good intentions and consequences, will Bill and admins be able to track comments and their diff versions with time stamps?

Jeff,

yeah just the basics - what country/state/or even what city the person lives in (up to personal preference - I realize that some people will choose to remain anonymous). Also the option to state what the person does for a living and their age. I would suggest that the fields were not displayed unless that person chooses to fill them

e.g.: Bob/Los Angeles,California, USA/Real Estate Broker/42

but not: Bob/(decline to state),(decline to state), USA/(decline to state)/(decline to state)

The main point of my suggestion is the global map showing where everyone is. I'm really curious to see breadth of the readership of this blog.

That was the general sense of the rule I envisioned. Yrs ago I bought eld.to at .25c so some of these companies have and are selling for pennies for reasons regardless of fundamentals. I currently have two penny stocks(explorers) that I am concerned about and would really like to hear comments and especially criticisms. I am not sure if I am being foolish holding onto them for so long.I'll just call them x and y as they are jt ventured on the property next door to the Gold eagle mines property which Goldcorp bought for 1.4b this summer after Agnico Eagle stepped in with a purchase of 50m worth of Gold Eagle mines.Nearly 2 yrs ago Goldcorp bought over 9% of x at .65 so they clearly have an interest,and most recently gg allowed x to bring a drill onto their newly aquired gold eagle mines property to drill at an angle into x's property. I am not very good at doing dd but the property map shows the broolan channel discovery by Gold eagle running directly towards x and y's property. So I thought it would be pretty difficult for the gold to stop at the fenceline with the gea discovery being shaped like a channel running in that direction? I thought gg's buyout would have generated some excitement for x and y but the sp has gone to .19 cents since gg bought 9% for .65 nearly 2 yrs ago ? So maybe I am missing something or is it just the state of the jr market? I am so broke now I may have to sell some of both just to attempt to pay some bills. They also announced a pp lst week which worries me,why do these stocks fall so hard and then announce a pp despite any good news on the way down? Is that manipulation of the price to get their comrades in on the pp at a cheap price? Any thoughts appreciated.

Great job on the site! Very clean and easy to use.

Jeff,
The site looks great. I like the new (larger) font, the edit function, the color change between posts and especially the bookmarking feature. I do agree with NYU's comment that there is a lot of white space but perhaps that is the trade off for easier readability.
I'm not sure what we do to deserve such great work from Bill and his organization but we certainly appreciate having such a valuable resource available to us.
Thanks.

I just want to follow up my last post and point out that I am unable to change the text size using Internet Explorer.

I always enjoy this link that is posted in daily report and refer to it often. For me (thinking selfishly) it would be nice to have quick link at top of this page next to RSI tool.

JimG, I'm with Quasi - Firefox is definitely the way to go. I can increase text size using [CNTRL]+ and reduce it with [CNTRL]-, and it all adjusts nicely, no annoying horizontal scrolling.

I am using IE7. On Bills old site I could zoom to 150 with no problem (all the text would remain within the screen)

new member. i really appreciate the dialogue here, and i have learned quite a bit. thanks to all.
- max

Jeff, JimG

Did a little Google search on the IE7 Zoom and text size issue. Found it is quite a well known problem and they are working on a fix that will come out in IE8, in theory they will make it work like FireFox3.

Jeff I fired up IE7 on my other drive and the problem is still there, maybe changed a little not sure. The best workaround I can see now is for users to allow their IE7 browser to adjust text sizes. The default setting is to use the website fonts and sizes but you can change that. Go to "Tools" > "Internet Options" > "Accessibility" > check the box "Ignore font sizes specified on web pages", then save accept OK. This will allow you to change the text sizing under "Page button" open the "Text Size" menu and select. Seems to work well for my test.

Let us know how it works, thanks
Quasi

A new section has been added to the "Site Index" > "Web Site Help" > "Known Issues and Fixes"

As issues come up we'll try to add them there along with the current workaround fix / solution, if there is one.

Thanks for all you do, Bill.

testing 123

just testing

Testy testy

test post

I may have missed it, but are we able to post charts? I use stockcharts.com and they have a relatively easy way to post charts in forums. Will we be able to post these so they appear as charts and not links?

MK

Jeff, I found myself wanting to look at historical rsi for some of the cara 100. how difficult would it be to be able to type in a date and get the daily, weekly, monthly rsi(7) for a stock on that date sometime in the past etc?

new site looks good

New site looks awesome!

Jeff;
great job! As one who has scratched the surface in web development, I appreciate all the behind-the-scenes effort to get something like this up and running.

Bill you've got a shiny new site here, and it's fun taking it for a spin around the block.

Jeff/Bill....great job! Love the new site.

new edit2, was test3

I have an account at stockcharts.com and have been trying different methods to post charts here (using preview). So far, no luck. Stockcharts provides a simple method for posting charts on forums, but it does not seem to work here. It looks like one has to download a chart to your own computer and then upload it using the attachments option. If that's the only way, it's too much work. Any other ideas out there? Maybe I'm missing something.

MK

Worked ok. Just click Linkable Version, copy the address and go to

http://tinyurl.com/

and create a small address, copy and paste

BTW, this is the testing comment section. You may want to go to the main Dec 1 comment section to get further assistance

Please see the "Site Index" > "Website Help" > "Charts and Links Posting".

I posted some basic info there that addresses most of what you have been discussing here, if you are still having problems please post again with the specifics. This is a work in process site so I'm sure we'll find a few bugs as we proceed. If you still have problems, please indicate your level of Stockcharts membership, OS and Web browser, just helps to pin down a solution.

Just trying the new site out. Looks very nice, and moves faster, from what I can see, so far.

Test post.

December 1, 2008

Hello?

http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Man-History-Great-...

Good book.

Rookie test post.
Thanks Bill!

SiO2- just responding to Bill's comment about Noodles (Robert De Niro), who returned to NYC after twenty years in hiding to track down his old partner Max (James Woods), who had become a New York State Senator...

I though for a moment that I was banned!

Site works well!

Congrats
the new site is great, thanks

I could never get typekey to email me the required password. Finally, something that works.
Thanks Bill

test new comment

Hi Bill,

Been on the road driving 1500KM through snow and ice. I think I bought the last set of Michelin X-ICE in Canada and glad I did!

Have not commented in awhile, but new site seems better than typekey. great Job Bill & Cara Team.

Just a long time lurker (learner) testing the gunpowder. Thanks Bill for all the work you do for this community.

Thanks, Jeff

Test

testing one one
thankyou -
billc and korvus.

Bruce909,

Assuming you are using IE6 or 7, this is a known issue with IE, try looking at the workarounds under the "Site Index" > "Website Help" > "Known Issues and Fixes"

Or use this direct link to get there, let us know here if that helps.

http://caracommunity.com/content/known-issues-and-...

Quasi

123

Just throwing out a question here.

I'm in the process of creating an investor portal to South America. Currently we try to provide information on what goes on in Chile, Argentina, Peru and Brazil. My address is incainvest.com

What I'm struggling with now is figuring out how to get access to market data. I've emailed Santiago Stock Exchange ten times, but still haven't been able to figure out how this works. Since it's public data, should it be possible to get access to this stuff for free? Or does each exchange have a fee based service for redistribution of data?

In the case of Argentina/Brazil/Chile, any ideas on where I should start and what I should expect?

Hallvard

I visit Mish every morning over coffee and his is a fresh perspective against the backdrop of the Wall Street propagandists: http://tiny.cc/14Hos

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Nice read Lori Smyth, thanks.

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Since US economics are so intertwined with politics, this may well portent some juicier exchanges in the lower chamber in time: http://tiny.cc/fCWUu

Interesting that the first VietAmerican elected will be from Louisiana. He replaces a felon who should have been removed and imprisoned several years ago.

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And from another perspective: http://tiny.cc/HbcR2

I hadn't read this earlier this week when I posted that unemployment was already in double digits...

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Enjoy yourselves, I'm going to prepare holiday goodies in advance today while entertaining my 3 week old Grandson....well, somewhat prepare, lol.

As an experiment, I switched for the time being to Google's Chrome. Being a beta, it may be a little rough around the edges but for basic browsing needs it's great so far. No hanging and, fairly important for me with a lot of applications running, takes about 30-40% less memory. Maybe try it without making it your default browser for now?

Too bad Chrome does not run on my trusted Win2K PC. Google likes MS XP.

SiO2

Try some of the tricks and fixes under the "Site Index" > "Website Help" > "Known Issues and Fixes". I've tried most of the combination's on IE6, IE7 and FireFox3 and they do give you a little more control for specific requirements.

Just updated to include FireFox but I haven't heard anyone complain when using FF.

Quasi

AAhh, the old hard disc failure thingy, been there done that a few times, real pain, probably the most frequent failure mode in PC's and the most devastating.

I think I pretty well eliminated that problem a few years ago. I run two separate hard discs in each PC (or accessible on my home network). I partition each disc with drives for OS, Data, Temp and Backup.

I then clone my OS disk to the alt drive and reclone every few months when things are running well. I also run a homemade DOS batch file each nite which copies just my data to my alt backup disc. Backups have to be automatic otherwise they won't be there when you really need them. To prevent a corruption problem being copied and overwriting my backup from last night, I keep 7 days of sequential backups, then I create a weekly (4 of those), then bumps to a monthly (2 of those) and then a manual copy every time I do a major clean up. I can always go back and find a previous version of a file, data or even something I deleted months ago.

If I get a hard disc crash or major corruption / virus, I just reboot and tell the bios to boot to the other drive (3 mins). If I have a mother board failure I can just pull a disc and drop it in another computer (30 mins, 15 mins if I never put the screws back in the other computer).

I'm also looking at getting an external drive next, won't be automated, you gotta plug it in, but won't suffer from lightening as long as its not plugged in. Also you should keep it in one of those fireproof boxes.

I know none of this will help you now but just some things to think about to make it easier in the future, and it will happen again, even solid state drives can crash.

Yes Jeff, I see you're getting ready, glad you had some of it backed up. I hope CrashPlan works out OK for you. I did check out the site and I like the fact that it encrypts the data, but its only for data, not your OS.

I see rdiff-backup does basically the same thing but without the encryption and the nice easy to use menus.

I've also thought of running redundant drives in a RAID format, great for a server you want to keep up and running but both drives will be useless if the system becomes corrupted or gets a virus.

I've had maybe 4 hard disc failures over the last 15 years, I had most of my data backed up (but not all) so I survived. What I hated was the full day or more it took me to format a new drive, re-install the OS, upgrade it, re-install all my programs, upgrade them, redo all of my settings (as best I could remember), etc etc.

With the clone drive of my OS and all programs I can be back up in the time it takes me to reboot. And with my auto batch file backup system I never loose any data and have multiple versions to go back to. I currently just use the free WD datalife tools to create the clone drive, takes about an hour, I do it manually every few months, depending on how much I've changed. The data back up is just a series of DOS batch files I auto schedule to run daily, then one weekly and one monthly. The following is an example of the daily batch file, pretty simple really, weekly and monthly batch files dovetail into this one, I think you'll get the idea.

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rem This is the daily batch backup file, run daily
rem bump back daily, then make new day 1 backup file
RMDIR/s/q J:\"Bkup-d7"
RENAME J:\"Bkup-d6" "Bkup-d7"
RENAME J:\"Bkup-d5" "Bkup-d6"
RENAME J:\"Bkup-d4" "Bkup-d5"
RENAME J:\"Bkup-d3" "Bkup-d4"
RENAME J:\"Bkup-d2" "Bkup-d3"
RENAME J:\"Bkup-d1" "Bkup-d2"
xcopy D:\Gdata\DATA\*.* J:\"Bkup-d1"\Gdata\DATA\ /e/d/h/c
c:
xcopy C:\"Documents and Settings"\Quasi\*.* J:\"Bkup-d1"\"Documents and Settings"\Quasi\ /e/d/h/c
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I'm currently looking at some other disk imaging systems, I've used Norton Ghost in the past and had some problems. The gurus I deal with highly recommend Casper, $50, a little more expensive than CrashPlan but it does image the entire disk and will do incremental backups. When I build my new machine I think I'll go the Casper route. http://www.fssdev.com/ But I will also add a USB drive I can keep in a hidden fire box or some sort of remote system, just in case the house burns down or major a electrical surge wiping out both drives.

Just some other ideas to make life easier in the future, hope for the best but plan for the worst, that way life will always exceed your expectations.

GL Quasi

Yes Vadym, Acronis True Image would be my second choice, also highly recommended by the gurus I know personally and trust. An image clone is just the best way to go.

Is your backup external, in a fire box or off site?

I had provided Bill some ideas a year ago that still apply:

Use a backup program to store archives—copies of each file as it existed at many points in time—on one partition of an external hard disk. Update these archives incrementally (that is, only copying new or changed files each time) at least daily. 

Software required: Mac: Time Machine or Data Backup 3, PC: Genie Backup Manager or similar; http://data-backup-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
Hardware required: One 500GB or larger (FW400/FW800/USB2) external hard drive.

Create a boot-able duplicate of your entire start-up volume on another partition of that same external hard disk, and update it regularly. 

Software required: Mac: SuperDuper or Data Backup 3, PC: Acronis True Image
Hardware required: none, using same external hard drive as the archive.

Keep at least one backup copy of your important data somewhere safely away from your computer—in another building, at least, and perhaps even in another part of the world. 

Hard drive option:
Hardware required: One additional 500GB (FW400/FW800/USB2) external hard drive.
Software required: No additional software required.
You will need to physically move the hard drive offsite and switch out with the other hard drive on a regular schedule.

Internet option:
Hardware required: none …. invite a friend or family member to host your backup, or use your laptop, or use any combination.
Software required: Crashplan
Recovery from this option is more time consuming than the hard drive option. If you choose one of these services, keep in mind the following:
You should not back up your entire disk online, because you won't be able to restore your entire system over the Internet anyway. Back up your home folder and other especially important files.
Even if you have a shockingly fast Internet connection, your initial backup can take days. Weeks even. It'll go much faster after that, when only new or changed data is being backed up.

cheers, doug

korvus,
Using FF. Still having a world of problems with the site - especially the Javascript. In particular, I haven't been able to read Bill's Saturday posts the last two weeks. I just get a blank page. Looking at the source, it's just truncated.

Jeff do you have a link to the rsi tool? My old one does not complete or show info after clicking "Go" even though the button changes to "gone"
Thanks
Gray

Thanks again Bill for all you do.

Stvh

test post with file attached

Skype chat does not seem to be updating this morning. Any thoughts

Please pardon this simple question from a newbie: what is the significance of Bill's Accumulation Zone? how does one factor that into one's investing decisions? Thank you,
Yossarian