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by LondonPete
November 5th, 2003, 2:36 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: How do I get in to Quantitative Finance?
Replies: 4
Views: 190039

How do I get in to Quantitative Finance?

Dr0 check your PMs.
by LondonPete
November 5th, 2003, 2:29 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The Reign Of Terror has Started
Replies: 30
Views: 191921

The Reign Of Terror has Started

FDAX, I thought you were in the City, not CW?
by LondonPete
November 5th, 2003, 12:59 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Best Movie one liners
Replies: 509
Views: 232473

Best Movie one liners

<t>"I was at school with his brother Bufty, tremendous bloke. He was head of my house - buggered me senseless. Still taught me a thing or two about life."Hmmm."Where do you know him from?"University."Ahh splendid, splendid. I didn't go myself. Couldn't see the point you see, I mean when your working...
by LondonPete
November 4th, 2003, 6:24 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Extending Sleeping Patterns/Requirements
Replies: 17
Views: 190429

Extending Sleeping Patterns/Requirements

<t>Beavis there is a difference between sleep deprivation as a form of tourture and what I'm suggesting. Namely, with depreivation tourture you don't get the opportunity to sleep sufficiently, i.e. more than a couple of hours for say 48 hours awake. What I am suggesting is a long-term change in the ...
by LondonPete
November 4th, 2003, 12:11 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Extending Sleeping Patterns/Requirements
Replies: 17
Views: 190429

Extending Sleeping Patterns/Requirements

<t>OK, so the say the 'normal' sleeping hours are 7 hours in the day and 17 awake. Given the correct enviroment could this be extended on a normal living basis? E.g. 34 hours awake and 14 asleep, 68 hours awake and 28 asleep, and so on? Let's assume no mid-'day' naps either. I wanted to try this at ...
by LondonPete
November 3rd, 2003, 11:50 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The End of the West?
Replies: 44
Views: 192383

The End of the West?

<t>Trying to price non-rivalous and non-excludable government services is a tad pointless (like individual progressive Sales Tax/VAT based on consumption). The point I was making is, how far should a government go (in providing for its citizens): pensions, TEMPORARY unemployment welfare, health etc....
by LondonPete
November 3rd, 2003, 10:04 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The End of the West?
Replies: 44
Views: 192383

The End of the West?

Interesting. In your model, what is the purpose of taxation and who would derive the most benifit?
by LondonPete
November 3rd, 2003, 9:39 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The End of the West?
Replies: 44
Views: 192383

The End of the West?

<t>People laugh when I say the UK should join USD not EUR. Think about it, OK trade volumes are weighted to Europe, still, the EU is about political union - if only Blair would openly admit it like the Franco-German pact does. The US constitution was modelled on the English legal system of the eight...
by LondonPete
November 3rd, 2003, 8:18 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Best Movie one liners
Replies: 509
Views: 232473

Best Movie one liners

"What's this? Caviar well that's peasents' food for us!......Bollinger RD! THE BEST!"
by LondonPete
November 3rd, 2003, 4:14 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The End of the West?
Replies: 44
Views: 192383

The End of the West?

<t>Take a peek in the Pentagon sometime and see how many British Army, RAF and Royal Navy uniforms you see among the US Army, Navy and USAF etc. You may think you are in Whitehall. The military relationship, at least, is, and has been for a long time, very strong. More so than many believe/know. As ...
by LondonPete
November 2nd, 2003, 9:14 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: FICC to M&A
Replies: 5
Views: 189777

FICC to M&A

<t>Tier-1 spot FX in London. Don't attack but I really DON’T care about the hours, I need motivation to work. I think 90 hours is an optimum, M&A pushes that but its different and ever changing. An option to move has sort of reared. My first year bonus wasn't massive, so no real incentive to sta...
by LondonPete
November 1st, 2003, 11:20 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: FICC to M&A
Replies: 5
Views: 189777

FICC to M&A

Self explanatory, has anyone transferred from FICC [quant, trader, sales] to M&A in the last few months, if so at what level and what career/salary effects were there? Are you tier-1? I am considering...
by LondonPete
November 1st, 2003, 10:02 pm
Forum: Trading Forum
Topic: Dealing Room Sentences
Replies: 77
Views: 197880

Dealing Room Sentences

A friend a few months ago...Head of Desk: How's the position?FX Trader: Doggy, with no f*cking p*ssy to come inside.
by LondonPete
October 28th, 2003, 9:54 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Sunday Dinner
Replies: 20
Views: 191021

Sunday Dinner

<t>FDAX is, of course, correct. Similarly, the logic also holds true for European medieval castle stone spiral stairways. Holding the sword in the right hand, you go down the staircase anti-clockwise. Hence, attackers from the ground-level had an awkward task from the descending defenders, as did es...
by LondonPete
October 28th, 2003, 9:44 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Quants' Hang-out
Replies: 12
Views: 190365

Quants' Hang-out

Where does everyone go for a beer? The Old Bank of England isn't far from gs on fleet street.