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January 18th, 2016, 9:02 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: outrunQuoteOriginally posted by: Traden4AlphaQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: outrunQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: outrunQuoteThe Fourier transform is essentially bosonic; it works because it is consistent with the superposition principle and related interference patterns. There is also a fermionic Fourier transform. These have been generalized into a supersymmetric FRFT, and a supersymmetric Radon transform. There is also a fractional Radon transform, a symplectic FRFT, and a symplectic wavelet transform.Written by a physicist?Fourier and Radon would roll over in their graves if they wear alive today.Yes, they are infiltrating all fields! Next we'll see "quantum-barrier options", and then "hyper diluted bosonic pill for depressed cats"The guinea pig/prof-konijn was Schroedinger's cat.These physicists know nothing about cats! Depressed cats would be given furmions.yes, and and it will decay and emit two purrionsthis is handy!Hey! I'm a tachyon and I'll be on that chart yesterday.(Furmions and purrions are created in a felinear accelerator.)
 
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January 20th, 2016, 6:09 pm

Quote"There are two ways of constructing a software design: one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies; the other is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." - C.A.R. Hoare
 
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January 22nd, 2016, 12:24 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: quartzQuote"There are two ways of constructing a software design: one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies; the other is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." - C.A.R. Hoareis that programming-in-the-large or programmin'-in-the-small?
 
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January 22nd, 2016, 4:45 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: quartzQuote"There are two ways of constructing a software design: one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies; the other is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." - C.A.R. Hoareis that programming-in-the-large or programmin'-in-the-small?Then there's programming'-in-the-Microsoft way to create obvious deficiencies that persist for decades.
 
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January 22nd, 2016, 5:38 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: Traden4AlphaQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: quartzQuote"There are two ways of constructing a software design: one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies; the other is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." - C.A.R. Hoareis that programming-in-the-large or programmin'-in-the-small?Then there's programming'-in-the-Microsoft way to create obvious deficiencies that persist for decades.Long time ago a technical decision maker. He had two conditions under which he purchased software from third parties:1. It must be very very expensive2. It needs LOTs of maintenance from day 1.3. Buy a consultant or two with the product.(BTW it was not SAP in this case).
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January 24th, 2016, 8:51 pm

Quotesooner or later, convection dominance will catch on you.Anon.
 
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January 25th, 2016, 12:56 am

QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: Traden4AlphaQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: quartzQuote"There are two ways of constructing a software design: one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies; the other is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." - C.A.R. Hoareis that programming-in-the-large or programmin'-in-the-small?Then there's programming'-in-the-Microsoft way to create obvious deficiencies that persist for decades.Long time ago a technical decision maker. He had two conditions under which he purchased software from third parties:1. It must be very very expensive2. It needs LOTs of maintenance from day 1.3. Buy a consultant or two with the product.(BTW it was not SAP in this case).Two conditions?
 
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January 25th, 2016, 7:09 am

QuoteOriginally posted by: bearishQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: Traden4AlphaQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: quartzQuote"There are two ways of constructing a software design: one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies; the other is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." - C.A.R. Hoareis that programming-in-the-large or programmin'-in-the-small?Then there's programming'-in-the-Microsoft way to create obvious deficiencies that persist for decades.Long time ago a technical decision maker. He had two conditions under which he purchased software from third parties:1. It must be very very expensive2. It needs LOTs of maintenance from day 1.3. Buy a consultant or two with the product.(BTW it was not SAP in this case).Two conditions?Wait a minute, how did / who put point 3 in there??
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January 25th, 2016, 2:46 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: bearishQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: Traden4AlphaQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: quartzQuote"There are two ways of constructing a software design: one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies; the other is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." - C.A.R. Hoareis that programming-in-the-large or programmin'-in-the-small?Then there's programming'-in-the-Microsoft way to create obvious deficiencies that persist for decades.Long time ago a technical decision maker. He had two conditions under which he purchased software from third parties:1. It must be very very expensive2. It needs LOTs of maintenance from day 1.3. Buy a consultant or two with the product.(BTW it was not SAP in this case).Two conditions?Wait a minute, how did / who put point 3 in there??Perhaps it was done by someone who is used to languages that won't let pointers go beyond the declared dimension of the array.
 
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January 25th, 2016, 4:35 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: Traden4AlphaQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: bearishQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: Traden4AlphaQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: quartzQuote"There are two ways of constructing a software design: one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies; the other is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." - C.A.R. Hoareis that programming-in-the-large or programmin'-in-the-small?Then there's programming'-in-the-Microsoft way to create obvious deficiencies that persist for decades.Long time ago a technical decision maker. He had two conditions under which he purchased software from third parties:1. It must be very very expensive2. It needs LOTs of maintenance from day 1.3. Buy a consultant or two with the product.(BTW it was not SAP in this case).Two conditions?Wait a minute, how did / who put point 3 in there??Perhaps it was done by someone who is used to languages that won't let pointers go beyond the declared dimension of the array.It was a kommittee decision.
 
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January 27th, 2016, 1:26 pm

Regulatory trolling:Quote"PDs implied from market prices are not acceptable unless they are corrected to obtain an objective probability of default. In other words, market implied PDs are not acceptable."
 
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March 9th, 2016, 7:41 pm

"It's over 20 years since I saw James Durbin give a talk. At the end he pleaded with the audience to STOP using the Durbin-Watson statistic! He said it was created in an era before we had powerful computing and that it was obsolete. He urged the use of the autocorrelation function and the partial autocorrelation functions."
 
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March 18th, 2016, 8:18 pm

QuoteHowever, not everyone who wants to fly to Mars is the right type of person to settle on Mars, therefore careful consideration must be taken when considering Mars One's astronauts.