This reminds me about that story of the original algorithmic traders. I can't find it right now but I know it's been on HN. Long story short, Bloomberg came do

This reminds me about that story of the original algorithmic traders. I can't find it right now but I know it's been on HN. Long story short, Bloomberg came down on one of the first computer-automated trading companies for reverse-engineering their proprietary wire protocols, so they built a robot that would sit at the terminal and peck the keys.