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Forum: Politics 08-16-2006, 02:34 PM
Replies: 85
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Re: France\'s social market vs. the U.S.\'s libertarian/less social mark

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In terms of growth in productivity/hour, a more important stat, France is far ahead of the U.S. in the same time period


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I disagree that this is a relevant statistic....
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 08-15-2006, 12:56 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 203
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Re: An Application of the No Free Lunch Theorem

You can just imagine the 2D case. The problem they state is equivalent to finding a global maximum on a function; f(x). Even assuming continuity of the function. It should be pretty easy to imagine...
Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing 08-14-2006, 01:03 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 153
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Re: Career in Finance

If you don't like the sales/social aspect, you definitely don't want to be a Sell side trader. You could probably look into prop trading. Alternatively if your math/cs is strong you can look into...
Forum: Student Life 08-10-2006, 12:09 PM
Replies: 104
Views: 2,219
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Re: Fall 06 Classes

Econ 101B - Intermediate Macro with Calc
Math H104 - Honors real analysis
Math H110 - Honors Linear Algebra 2
History 7A - American history
Forum: Student Life 08-03-2006, 05:51 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 1,141
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Re: What I will do for 1.43% of my final grade.....(long w/ cliff note

Completely agree with SAMIAM. I don't know where you are going, but if you are thinking of any sort of post university education (law school etc). Reccomendations are huge. I get into huge fights...
Forum: Student Life 08-02-2006, 12:14 PM
Replies: 235
Views: 5,208
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Re: The College Thread

University of California Berkeley

Somewhat surprised their are only 2 of us.
Forum: Politics 07-31-2006, 12:13 PM
Replies: 85
Views: 628
Posted By toor
Re: France\'s social market vs. the U.S.\'s libertarian/less social mark

Where do you get your facts from?
France has..
Higher Unemployment
MORE discontent among the youth
Riots(which are massive)
Declarations of Military Law/Curfews in Major Urbans centres
Less...
Forum: Politics 07-28-2006, 12:57 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 251
Posted By toor
Re: The Real Cause of Blackouts

There can be shortages especially in areas where products have very special properties. Electricity is one of those products.

There are high costs to entry.

It takes a lot of time to increase...
Forum: Politics 07-28-2006, 12:47 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 167
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Re: China\'s Economic Train Wreck?

The money supply can shrink. Thats what the fed does.

Going back to Howards question. The government doesnt necessarily issue T-Bills in proportion to its debt (in fact it doesnt). China buying...
Forum: Politics 07-27-2006, 12:41 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 167
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Re: China\'s Economic Train Wreck?

first of all, china doesnt subsidize our budget deficit but rather our trade deficit. What happens if they stop? THe US dollar loses value relative to the yuan.

Then imagine what happens, if...
Forum: Politics 07-26-2006, 12:15 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 422
Posted By toor
Re: The New Cold War

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And those conditions are.... encroachment on their territory. They hate Israel and America because those two entities have a direct influence on their back yard.

If left alone,...
Forum: Politics 07-20-2006, 01:12 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 773
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Re: how israel reacts to attacks

clearly the Lebanese government and Hezbollah are conflated to a high degree. 24 seats in the Lebanese governement are ownd by Hezbollah as well as two ministeries. The entire southern military...
Forum: Two Plus Two Internet Magazine 07-19-2006, 12:35 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 468
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Re: David Sklansky\'s Article: Math, Logic, and Poker

even if you grant the numbers Sklansky makes up, that isn't proof (or even a decent arguement) that mathematics is useful.

All you have done is shown correlation, not causation.

For example,...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 01-10-2006, 01:19 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 1,533
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Re: Omnipotence Doesn\'t Imply Seeing The Future.

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Not if you(the omnipotent one) are included in that future. Its similar to building a rock you can't lift.


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I am not sure what this means? In what sense can someone who...
Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy 08-11-2005, 09:50 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 1,184
Posted By toor
Re: Two Death Penalty Questiosns

1. Assuming the alernative to the Death Penalty was Life in prison with no chance of parole. I would be happy with 1 in 1,000 (maybe 1 in 10,000). People who are sentenced to Death receive more...
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