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Fri Mar 21 14:31:26 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> ReutersEmily now that they are.
Fri Mar 21 14:31:17 UTC 2014 <ReutersEmily> anyway, Cohen said in a deposition a few years ago he thought insider trading rules were "vague"
Fri Mar 21 14:30:58 UTC 2014 <ReutersEmily> yeah
Fri Mar 21 14:30:57 UTC 2014 <ReutersEmily> he sort of got done in but sort of not
Fri Mar 21 14:30:46 UTC 2014 <ReutersEmily> bounce
Fri Mar 21 14:30:31 UTC 2014 <ReutersEmily> if insider trading were legal we would have an even deeper gap between have and have nots
Fri Mar 21 14:29:06 UTC 2014 <ReutersEmily> bounce have you heard of Steve Cohen?
Fri Mar 21 14:28:58 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> ReutersEmily i wouldn't want to be in any board where the ceo goes "well icahn just offered me 50mn, what you guys got"
Fri Mar 21 14:28:23 UTC 2014 <ReutersEmily> mircea_popescu you're right it also does affect the stability of a company's stock price theoretically when you have insider activity
Fri Mar 21 14:26:49 UTC 2014 <ReutersEmily> i guess, without offering too much of an opinion since I am a journalist and not supposed to have any, i would add that the markets aren't fair anyway
Fri Mar 21 14:26:39 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> ReutersEmily well the better opposite view is that it's really not against the people working at companies' interest to allow that "hard work" to fruit, as opposed to the interest of the actual companies.
Fri Mar 21 14:26:26 UTC 2014 <ReutersEmily> how could joe schmoe with an eTrade account ever compete
Fri Mar 21 14:26:12 UTC 2014 <ReutersEmily> but the opposite view is that it makes the markets totally unfair
Fri Mar 21 14:25:51 UTC 2014 <ReutersEmily> i guess the people who think insider trading shouldn't be illegal argue that if you can work hard for the advantage--ie get contacts inside a company to leak you stuff or whatever, you deserve the competitive advantage?
Fri Mar 21 14:25:01 UTC 2014 <ReutersEmily> ok so regarding that insider trading question
Fri Mar 21 14:24:23 UTC 2014 <ReutersEmily> bounce I think carney does think that
Fri Mar 21 14:24:00 UTC 2014 <ReutersEmily> mircea_popescu I would love to do that
Fri Mar 21 14:23:38 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> ReutersEmily the real reason you want a client is that you can then install otr, which is a cryptographically secure plugin allowing you to have private conversations safe from any snoops. and that is good quality safety, not the sort of crud normally peddled.
Fri Mar 21 14:22:50 UTC 2014 <ReutersEmily> bounce no i don't mind
Fri Mar 21 14:22:47 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> ReutersEmily: Right. This channel has a log linked in the topic, but for other channels and conversations you depend on your client to keep logs for you