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[Michael Czeiszperger <czei AT webperformanceinc.com>]

On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 10:49  AM, Simon Spero wrote:

> This program is basically a way of federally subsidizing terrorism; if 
> you're a terrorist, you know who your targets are, and when they're 
> going to be hit.  As long as you make sure you only buy futures on 
> your targets seconds before the strike begins, you get the best prices 
> without tipping your hand (or, since futures can be highly leveraged, 
> you can set up diversions by making large bets on non targets.

This sounds like a good opportunity for a web service. The terrorist 
would sign up to have an automated service buy up lots of shares 
automatically at a pre-determined day and time. That way if the 
terrorist is, umhh, "busy" at the time the shares will still be 
purchased.

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