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Should point out that mtgox (the exchange) only allows withdrawels of $1000 a day, so even though the market flatlined when the hacker tried to sell it all at once, the exchange was able to roll back almost all the transactions, so that relatively little damage was done. Was never a problem...

I used Python for a lot of natural language stuff a couple of years ago for my Master's - it's definitely a good language to choose for it (the other good one being Perl, but you don't get much for it's added complexity). Can also vouch for NLTK and its O'Reilly book...

I've never heard this stuff but I like it - reminds me vaguely of some stuff by Bitcrush, in a kind of dreamy nostalgic-washy way.

Check out the likes of Max Richter (The Blue Notebooks is a beautiful album), Philip Glass, Greg Haines, maybe Arve Henriksen... There's some really powerful "glitchy" contempory classical around too. In particular, check out the incredible Swod. Oh, and Marsen Jules...