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Jim B. stared wistfully in the mirror at the wrinkles near his eyes and the few stray gray hairs that he’d accumulated over the last six months. On the way back to his desk, he stopped by his friend Mike's desk. “Point three six,” he said as he banged his head against Mike's cubicle wall. “Point three six.” His work was about as high-stress as it gets – he was on a team building a ...Shared by Alexander Williams (69) Burad (31) Dave W (15) Justin Yost (91) Kien (30) Mir Nazim (51) Voyagerfan5761 (65)Contribute comment -
Did Anti-Terror Enforcement Help Fuel the Financial Meltdown? (2)
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The Times (of London) recently reported that "The F.B.I. has been forced to transfer agents from its counter-terrorism divisions to work on Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion fraud scheme." This might lead you to ask an obvious counter-question: Has the anti-terror enforcement since 9/11 in the U.S. helped fuel the financial meltdown? That is, has the [...]Shared by Burad (31) Christopher Wink (111)Contribute comment - History of the Internet (1)
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Howto: Excel Based Mutual Fund Portfolio Tracker (1)
permalinkInstead of searching for the NAVs of all my funds at MyIRIS or MutualFundsIndia, I have developed a small excel sheet which will fetch the values for me and displays the current portfolio value at the click of a button. Here I am trying to share the "HOWTO" of the same. Create an excel workbook with 2 sheets. Call one as "NAVs" and the other as "Portfolio". In the NAVs sheet, click at one of ...Shared by Burad (31)
- Burad said: nice tip.
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Stocks that Warren Buffet could choose for investing in India (3)
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With a wide ranging analysis and views about the possible reversal in share prices of equities in global markets in 2009, many research companies are coming out with their own take on the stocks that could outperform the market. Japan based Nomura has issued a report on Asian stocks in a report called ‘Titans, Heroes and Mortals.’ The analysis of the chosen are done using Graham and Dodd approach of value investing which incidentally is ...Contribute comment -
Icy days and nights (PICS) (136)
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Today is the opening day of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China. The festival lasts for one month, and features large ice and snow sculptures, ice lanterns, swimming in the icy Songhua River and more. The northern hemisphere is a hospitable place for ice festivals these days, so in that spirit, here is a collection of recent photographs of all things frozen, and some of the ways we live and ...Shared by Aaron (83) Aaron (13) Adam Zabransky (5) Alberto (992) Alexey (19) Allen Tian (47) Amin Sabeti (95) anand (8) Andrea (15) Andrew (32) ani625 (270) Ankur P (4) April (116) Arvin (19) Atul Arora (224) Atuuschaaw (69) awilliams (4) Badam (86) Bali (32) Bert (5) bnoise (19) botogol (9) bsloane (4) Burad (31) Carla Graça (9) Casper Oppenhuis de Jong (52) CatCubed (33) Chetan Thaker (58) Chris Bailey (56) Cj B (53) Cory Carrier (4) Dallas (16) Danielle (96) Daver (145) Deborah Petersen (670) derek markham (529) Devin Poolman (33) dhirender (1140) DVD (30) dylanparker (36) Earthwormken (257) Edmundo (8) Emily W (31) epmiali (24) Erik Goodlad (5) Ethan (33) G. (23) Garret Heaton (46) Geoff Maddock (3) Grant Bierman (42) guy (288) hadrien (29) Hussain Ali (192) Ilias (26) insk (14) ionela (161) J.D. Rucker (1090) Jack (158) Jamie Lottering (33) Jason L (36) Jason R. Hunter (32) jenny (214) Joe R (327) John (55) John Boitnott (896) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (139) Julie Gomoll (46) Justin Doub (81) k1973 (56) Kate (577) Keith (37) Kevin (39) kmohr25 (68) Kyle Murphey (15) Leena (1231) Leximo (1030) Liming (22) Lyndi Geldenhuis (94) macgeekpro (21) Marisa (69) Marrcus Beattie (46) Matteo (7) Matthew (22) MeghnaK (1088) Miguel Lopez (752) Mirko (348) Mr. BabyMan (459) Muhammad Saleem (909) Mukesh Anand (6) NEEKers (31) Nelson Minar (6) Nick Cobb (165) Nicole (36) omigod.net (42) Paige Filler (100) paul antoine m. (239) Paul McIntosh (41) Paul Simpson (36) pizza (25) PozAko (76) Pramod (183) R. Vink (1) Randem (34) Randy (11) rebrse (111) Rhoad Racing (22) rickmans (21) Robert Sandlan (35) Rory Forbes (5) Sara (20) Sean Baker (2) Sean Rasmussen (1722) seotonie (61) shahryarrakeen (18) Shawn (22) Sk4tz (57) Steve Brennan (280) Stig Nordas (66) Sun Tzu (1208) Tal Siach (304) Theo (28) TiTi (160) Totto (19) Trevor Wermund (237) Troy McClure SF (64) Victor Barrera (1157) Waldemar Schott (37) Will (24) Wolfgang (86) woodear (32) Yatin Vadhia (554) zizoo (44) ZlatkoGR (43) ZZamboni (36) یه انقلابی (14) 阿人 35.5℃ (179)Contribute comment - Origami Tessellations » Laser-cut art book by Olafur Eliasson (2)
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Kolkata Kasai (9)
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[This is a work of fiction. It is somewhat long. A few of the references in the later half of the story are Bengal-specific. Any resemblance to people living or dead…you know the rest. The story is inspired by the horrible year my home state of Bengal has had in terms of the cancellation of the Nano project and the continuing nightmare in 2009 where the decisions of the courts cannot be enforced as a ...Shared by 100rabh™ (41) Abhinav (26) Bose (18) Burad (31) Jags (34) Niranjan (25) Rk (14) Rohith (34) Shoaib (4)- Jags said: Awesome !!
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Tax Liability for those who regularly trade in equity shares (1)
onOver a long period of time, there has been a constant debate over whether regular trading in shares should amount to an individual being taxed as ‘Business Income’ or ‘Income from Capital Gains’. In case of capital gains arising from equities sold in a recognized stock exchange, the gains are either Long-term which is exempt under Sec. 10(38) or Short-term, taxed @15.45% flat. However, if these gains are classified under ‘Profits and Gains from Business ...Contribute comment
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Genetic Programming: Evolution of Mona Lisa « Roger Alsing Weblog (16)
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This weekend I decided to play around a bit with genetic programming and put evolution to the test, the test of fine art :-)I created a small program that keeps a string of DNA for polygon rendering. The procedure of the program is quite simple:0) Setup a random DNA string (application start)1) Copy the current DNA sequence and mutate it slightly2) Use the new DNA to render polygons onto a canvas3) Compare the canvas to ...Shared by armish (36) Brian Solis (1) Burad (31) Chris Wetherell (39) d6g (122) David (39) Diogo Bispo (33) ed (32) Eugene (25) Glen Murphy (41) Jared (31) Jason Marotti (38) kamicollo (33) pbrush (33) Ritesh (40) soulcookie (30) Travis (24)Explore read four notes- armish said: smthg similar to the Dawkins' litte evolving patterns, or to typing-monkey analogies.
- Jared said: Wow.
- Chris Wetherell said: Fun with polygons.
- Diogo Bispo said: Isso me convenceu
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Top 21 Print Ads of 2008 : Adoholik’s Pick (3)
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Taxpayers to buy ... Cheese? (3)
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From the NY Times: As Recession Deepens, So Does Milk Surplus [W]hile the government has price-support programs for about two dozen agricultural products, so far milk powder is the only commodity that has sunk low enough to trigger the flow of government dollars. Some expect that taxpayers will soon be buying blocks of cheese, too, given the plunging price. I'm back home and I'm catching up on my email and the news. Normal posting resumes ...- jborneman said: Does this mean we all get some good old government cheese?
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Zunes all over the world failed because of an programmatic (1)
permalinkZunes all over the world failed because of an programmatic error for not taking leap yr properly into account. Cause of Zune 30 leapyear problem explained here : http://www.zunebo...Shared by Burad (31)Contribute comment
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2008 Market Review (2)
onA few other nice graphs via the NYT: > click for interactive graphic via NYT > Source: Markets Limp Into 2009 After a Bruising Year VIKAS BAJAJ NYT, December 31, 2008 http://www.nytime...Shared by Burad (31) Paul (18)Contribute comment
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As a stock broker the only calendar I follow is the Indian Samvat Calendar. According to my calendar we’re in year 2065 .The westerners on the other hand invented a new calendar just to mess with my head. It’s got 365 days out of which 365 are over meaning that we’re in a phenomenon called the New Year. The New Year is just like the old year except that it’s called the New Year and ...Shared by Burad (31)Contribute comment -
Finishing The Game (80)
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In yesterday's post, I asked this question: Let's say, hypothetically speaking, you met someone who told you they had two children, and one of them is a girl. What are the odds that person has a boy and a girl? Most people answer 50%. Unfortunately, this isn't correct. This problem, although seemingly simple, is hard to understand. For cognitive reasons that are not fully understood, while our intuitions regarding a priori possibilities are fairly good, ...Shared by [ebarrera] (45) Aaron Muszalski (40) abhi (24) Aleš Roubíček (43) alejandrodibattista (35) Andy Jackson (58) April (116) Ben Shoemate (55) Bramha (34) Burad (31) Cade (27) Chris Chua (34) Chris Makarsky (22) Compuwizard123 (40) credmp (53) Crutis (37) d1m1tr1s (33) Dario Varotto (29) Dave Edens (46) djspark (86) EricAppel (15) Erik Bruchez (18) focoma (18) Gerrit Tebrake (10) gohan (41) Jacob W (36) Jason (21) Jason Delport (1) Jason Sares (45) Jim (19) John (30) John (12) Jonas Follesø (22) JonathanRauch (25) Joseph (48) Justin Yost (91) leonard (38) Leyla Bonilla (53) Louis Rossouw (30) Lucas (20) ManiacD (92) Manu (38) Matthew Finlayson (30) Maurice (34) MDupuis (45) Nick (29) Nikki (46) Nikos Kouremenos (50) one1zero1one (13) Piku (29) Razzu (23) Riyaz Mohammed Ibrahim (32) Sean (36) Sharath (38) Shaun (17) speedyop (38) sryo (43) Stephen Wong (21) Steve (4) Sun Tzu (1208) Sunpech (21) Terence Lo (20) Theo (28) tig (56) tim (51) Tim Saylor (28) TiTi (160) Toby (57) todd (64) Tom (19) Ugur Sahin (1) vansloot (31) Venci (43) vivi (39) Voyagerfan5761 (65) Warren (15) William Cui (12) yudai hanza (20) Yuvi (63) zapnap (44)Explore read 14 notes- Tim Saylor said: Wrap your mind around this! (read the previous post for the problem, this is the solution. not that reading the solution will ruin anything. This is mind warping.)
- Crutis said: Isn't this just the Monty Hall problem?
- Jason said: Interesting post on probabilities, math, and the unfinished game. Well worth a read through.
- Sean said: 呵呵，经典的概率问题。
- gohan said: 阅微堂也有讲这个问题
- Matthew Finlayson said: Annoying.
- Jacob W said: I WAS RIGHT!
- Lucas said: dude.. what a trip.
- Riyaz Mohammed Ibrahim said: Awesome
- leonard said: The clearest description of the Monty Hall problem I've seen in a while...
- Manu said: I still think it is 50% and that the unfinished game funda doesn't apply in this case
- John said: I love this topic. Devlin's talk at Google (YouTube hyperlink in the comments) is also well worth watching.
- Sharath said: Monty Hall anybody?
- todd said: a truism that's hard to internalize. (where does this share?)
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