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Try this: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8ee1a816-cd81-11df-9c82-00144feab4...

EDIT OK, try Googling "flash crash single order" and clicking the link from there.

Sorry, I didn't realize it was a log-in article. I didn't have to log in, got there from Google.

EDIT: why are they (FT) doing that? Coming from Google doesn't require registration. Coming from HN does. Weird.

Because if they didn't, Google wouldn't crawl the article, and then users wouldn't find it through google.

IMO, Google needs to stop that.

Well, if they want the traffic from Google they have to put out the content. Google is very clear on that and I agree with them. It just doesn't make sense to close out traffic from other sites. A visitor is a visitor is a visitor, coming from Google or not.

According to "suit logic", it absolutely makes sense. hey're trying to upsell the visitors. Whether that's actually profitable, I don't know.

They want to have it both ways: have google crawl and report there's a page there without registering, and then try to upsell the humans that come by. It's sleazy.

Alternative read? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39460135/ns/business-stocks_and_...

disabling javascript allows you to read the article without the notification :)