Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-18-2007, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 76
Views: 538
Re: 50% returns on small amounts?
DC,
Any thoughts on the delisting of MXIM? It seems like an unusual situation, given that it was an S&P500 component. Might this be one of those "it's not as bad as it looks" situations?
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
08-26-2007, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 243
Re: A Compendium of Sklansky Fallacies
I has a theory:
Imagine you've always been smarter (more informed, better with logic, etc) than just about everyone else around you. In any non-stupid argument with a random person, you're a...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-15-2007, 02:17 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 46
Good article on US balance of payments
I found it explained the macroeconomic issues quite well, with a wide range of reasonable opinions represented.
Debtor Nation (http://www.harvardmagazine.com/2007/07/debtor-nation.html)
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-31-2007, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 50
Accounting/tax question about restating earnings
Many companies are restating earnings now as a result of options backdating issues. I have a few questions about the mechanics.
1. If company A restates earnings such that they earned 1M less than...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-19-2007, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 106
Re: Investing in Small/Micro Cap Stocks
DC,
How often, in analyzing a potential investment, do you consciously think of what Sklansky calls his Fundamental Theorem of Investment? I.e. you consider company X undervalued by 50%. Do you...
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Forum: Medium Stakes Limit
07-11-2007, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 86
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Forum: Medium Stakes
07-11-2007, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 29
2/5NL cash at the WSOP (mississippi straddle)
I played in the 2/5NL at the WSOP, and ran across the "mississippi straddle". It's a button straddle, with the betting order starting at the SB instead of UTG. Button gets the preflop button. Seems...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
06-25-2007, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 115
Re: Kid can jump over cars
World-class long jumpers can clear cars length-wise. Any D1 college long jumper (and probably many college high jumpers) can easily jump cars width-wise. There are probably 500 people in the US alone...
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Forum: Probability
06-23-2007, 02:46 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 79
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Forum: Probability
06-22-2007, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 79
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Forum: Probability
06-22-2007, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 79
Re: Convergence in probability vs. almost-sure convergence challenge
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Y_1 = 1_[0,1]
Y_2 = 1_[0,1/2], Y_3 = 1_[1/2,1/1]
Y_4 = 1_[0,1/4], Y_5 = 1_[1/4,2/4], Y_6 = 1_[2/4,3/4], Y_7= 1_[3/4,1]
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Obviously Y_k converges in probability but not...
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Forum: Probability
06-21-2007, 11:30 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 79
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Forum: Golf
05-15-2007, 02:24 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 234
Re: Golf Digest Article: The New Swing
This isn't all that revolutionary. It's pretty similar to:
1. Jim Hardy's one-plane swing. Differences here are minor: Hardy focuses on arm-travel on the through-swing whereas P&B focus on body...
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Forum: Golf
05-03-2007, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 375
Re: Range Finders, GPS Discussion
I think the rangefinder is more valuable than the GPS devices, especially on courses you play frequently. Accurate distances matter most inside 100yds. Unless I'm mistaken, the GPS devices don't...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
04-16-2007, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 96
Re: Pick My Car OOT
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The BMW comes with a 230 hp V6
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The BMW has an inline six I believe.
Can't go wrong with either car. I prefer the BMW.
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Forum: Other Other Topics
04-13-2007, 02:19 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 72
Re: anyone ever see \"The Prisoner?\"
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Yeah supposedly teh conclusion is pretty bad, and the star stepped in to direct it and had a hand in that. Some fans say he did a good job, but lots seem to say it's a let-down big time. ...
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Forum: EDF
03-28-2007, 08:23 PM
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Replies: 135
Views: 879
Re: The Golf thread
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A lot of the regulars have complained that it "ruined" the course because the tourists want to play "the same course the pros do" and would play the full 7500 yards or whatever which often...
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Forum: EDF
03-28-2007, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 135
Views: 879
Re: The Golf thread
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For drivers Im debating splurging on a 2007 model or accepting I am not a baller and getting a leftover 2006 or 2005 model. Any recommendations for drivers?
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Getting...
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Forum: High Stakes
03-22-2007, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 108
Re: NLHE Game With No Blinds in Buenos Aires
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It is a 1000 Peso buyin cash game with a 25 Peso ante and no blinds. The rake is 5% and uncapped.
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When I played this game 2 years ago (May 2005) it also had screwed up...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
03-21-2007, 11:55 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 150
Re: How to speak to a girl on the street?
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"Hi, the name's Smythe, James Syngen Smythe..."
Toneality is key here though.
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Ha! Correct pronunciation, but the middle name is actually St. John.
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Forum: EDF
02-07-2007, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 385
Re: Humor Writers a la mode
Joe Queenan from GQ hates everything. Including himself. I can't find a link, but I thought his best bit was when he learned that Dan Aykroyd had never seen any of his own films.
Famous for the...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-07-2007, 02:09 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 85
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Forum: EDF
02-01-2007, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 396
Re: Great Experiments
My two favorite experiments:
Millikan Oil Drop Experiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil-drop_experiment): Measured the charge of an electron for the first time. Brilliant in design, and very...
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Forum: EDF
01-30-2007, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 283
Views: 4,381
Re: Documentaries
The Comedian follows Jerry Seinfeld as he creates a whole new standup act from scratch after retiring his old act on the I'm Telling You For The Last Time HBO special. Also follows Orny Adams, a...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
01-08-2007, 03:27 PM
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Replies: 88
Views: 294
Re: Whats a good 100m dash time?
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I think he means that the ratio of 1500m record:100m record remains relatively constant for the overall...
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