Thanks for explaining Dick, and especially for the link. That helps. You
could learn a lesson from this response Arthur.

They are different per ISP simply because usenet is distributed and chaotic
and not monolithic and fixed. There is no One Big Usenet Server In The Sky.
msnews.microsoft.com is an NNTP server, but it is hardly the only one nor is
it the exclusive server for the microsoft.* newsgroups, nor does it serve
every usenet group. (There isn't even any meaningful notion of "every
group." Some servers carry more, some servers carry less. Some servers
server some groups that essentially nobody else carries. Some servers carry
groups they don't even propogate.)

I suggest you read http://www.ibiblio.org/usenet-i/usenet-help.html.

"Robert Blackwell" <rob[at]wowcentral.com> wrote in message
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Hey arthur your an idiot. My question is NOT the equivelent of asking what
the http address for my site is. It would make sense to me that it should
have one because obviously the nntp address for these forums is
msnews.microsoft.com I don't understand why it would be different per ISP. I
tried googling but usenet is such a huge term results were irrelivant.
Excuse me for askin for a little help because I didn't understand you F'n
douche bag.

I searched for usenet verizon nntp and I found this

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/5825

Are you a troll? Your question is equivalent to asking the question:
What's the HTTP server address for www.wowcentral.com

Ask Verizon.

arthur
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On Wed, 26 May 2004 13:24:21 -0700, "Robert Blackwell"
<rob[at]wowcentral.com> wrote:
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In microsoft.public.money, Robert Blackwell wrote:

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your NNTP server.

I'm not following you..

the nntp for these forums are msnews.microsoft.com

so, whats the one for usenet?

In microsoft.public.money, Robert Blackwell wrote:

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It is a function normally provided by your ISP. Check their support
site, or call their customer support.

actually, what's the NNTP server address for usenet?

Thanks

In microsoft.public.money, Robert Blackwell wrote:

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Check the misc.invest.stocks usenet group. Or if you want to limit
yourself to Microsoft groups for some reason, try
microsoft.public.investor.discussions. This group is about the
Microsoft Money program.

OIC, those guys are authors, okay, I'll check out amazon has on them.

Why are you against penny stocks also.

Okay, good, what else. Do you have any links?

Scottrade has much better tools and is cheaper than the one's you
mentioned. A beginner should not use margin. Brokers make money
lending you money on your portfolio. Don't do it.

Stay far far away from penny stocks... just about anything below $5 is
considered penny stock.

Instead of stocks. consider buying the indexes like DIA, SPY, and QQQ.
The first 2 pay dividends. Quicken and MSN have stock screening
tools. finance.yahoo.com is useful too.

Stay away from stock options until you understand Sheldon Natenberg.

Read Peter Lynch. Invest in what you know and understand.

arthur
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On Mon, 24 May 2004 22:52:50 -0700, "Robert Blackwell" wrote:
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Hey guys, I'm looking for resources about trading stocks. I'd like to
understand more about it, what some of the different terminology etc is, and
those sorts of things. Also, if any of you currently buy and trade, which
online site do you use (if you don't know a broker personally) and do you
use any software for quotes aside from the online site you use. How real
time are the quotes you receive etc. I
assume websites like ameritrade and etrade etc are supposed to be "realtime"
give or take a view seconds...? What about software like Personal Stock
Monitor?

Currently I was just checking out the ameritrade site, but I'm not sure if
I'm understanding it correctly. I was expecting buy/sell commissions to be a
% of the transaction, but if I'm reading right, it looks like it's just a
flat fee? How is this so, and how are they supposed to make money off of you
if they only charge $x per trade?

Thanks in advance for any links, recommendations, and tips.