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by onlysimon2
August 18th, 2004, 8:09 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: .
Replies: 8
Views: 178860

.

work experience requirement is grandfathered in.i get to try L2 again next year.
by onlysimon2
January 30th, 2004, 4:06 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Unix versus Windows ?
Replies: 29
Views: 192268

Unix versus Windows ?

<t>dbxtool was/is one of the easiest debuggers to use - ah the days with my sparc10.wrt bugs, I seem to remember that motif was the one of the only APIs that guaranteed to be free of memory leaks (although that may be an urban legend, since google doesn't bring anything up) c.f. the first cut of mic...
by onlysimon2
January 23rd, 2004, 1:44 pm
Forum: Book And Research Paper Forum
Topic: Database Book Recommendations
Replies: 8
Views: 190489

Database Book Recommendations

readily adaptable to a memory-resident implementationso why not use oracle & just pin the tables in the SGA?
by onlysimon2
January 21st, 2004, 12:12 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Bypassing head hunters
Replies: 6
Views: 190363

Bypassing head hunters

turn on ur private message
by onlysimon2
January 20th, 2004, 2:58 pm
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: Silly question about an old brainteaser...
Replies: 14
Views: 191585

Silly question about an old brainteaser...

<t>ok instead of aluminum/lead, lets say we have helium/lead.(the helium is in a special container that has no mass & can't expand or be compressed)so the lead weighs loads and the helium starts floating into the air (on earth)...now on the moon, both the lead & the helium drop to the ground...
by onlysimon2
January 20th, 2004, 11:16 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Goldman Sachs Golden man
Replies: 15
Views: 192071

Goldman Sachs Golden man

one would imagine most of it would have been 10yr options + shares, blocked for a 2 yr period.taxed of course.
by onlysimon2
January 19th, 2004, 11:49 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: CFA results are out
Replies: 32
Views: 192532

CFA results are out

<r>Imagine if we could get past question papers for the CFA. What a blast!download here...<URL url="http://www.aimr.com/canservices/private/practiceexams/index.html"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.aimr.com/canservices/private ... index.html">http://www.aimr.com/canservices/private/practiceexams/index.h...
by onlysimon2
January 6th, 2004, 9:07 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Backawardation and contango on oil futures
Replies: 8
Views: 190283

Backawardation and contango on oil futures

<t>in this shop we use "fungible" to mean allocating a quantity of shares to an account rather than the shares themselves.e.g. we have 5 accounts each want 10,000 of foo, we buy 50,000 foo, but don't assign the shares to the accounts - just note that each account has 10,000.that said I'm sure other ...
by onlysimon2
December 30th, 2003, 9:45 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Peter Lynds and nature of time - next Einstein or just a big media hype
Replies: 5
Views: 189715

Peter Lynds and nature of time - next Einstein or just a big media hype

yea there is a good response herehttp://www.lexnet.bravepages.com/ZENO.htmlthe topic is VERY interesting, that time & space can (are?) be discrete is very important - problem is the guy just skips over that issue.
by onlysimon2
December 29th, 2003, 12:43 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: CFA prep classes
Replies: 18
Views: 191352

CFA prep classes

the only stuff on technicals is bundled into the EMH (strong,semi-strong etc) section.
by onlysimon2
December 17th, 2003, 1:01 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Portfolio optimization + the usual suspects
Replies: 14
Views: 191743

Portfolio optimization + the usual suspects

<r>Now I have a question for you: Derman is a physicist who talks about finance. Would / Do you listen to him?My issue was more that the authors are actually practising physists than a Derman .vs. Hull debate.Laloux = 3rd finance papermy bad, I did actually miss that one. I think I'm just starting t...
by onlysimon2
December 17th, 2003, 8:44 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Portfolio optimization + the usual suspects
Replies: 14
Views: 191743

Portfolio optimization + the usual suspects

1) why do you listen to a physicist when he talks about finance? would you give any time to an economist talking about physics?2) Check out the references, only 1 finance paper,- yup Harry!
by onlysimon2
December 16th, 2003, 8:59 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: how many vacation do u have?
Replies: 16
Views: 191078

how many vacation do u have?

yup, UBS demand everyone (back + front office) take a 2 week block off ( & not during december). I thought this was an FSA reg. (?)
by onlysimon2
December 3rd, 2003, 12:29 pm
Forum: Book And Research Paper Forum
Topic: Books about numerical optimization
Replies: 10
Views: 191493

Books about numerical optimization

<r>Practical Optimization Philip Gill <URL url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0122839528/author"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 528/author">http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0122839528/author</LINK_TEXT></URL> of LSSOLhttp://<URL url="http://www.ici.ro...
by onlysimon2
November 20th, 2003, 12:16 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: do places like betonmarkets.co.uk make book?
Replies: 1
Views: 189407

do places like betonmarkets.co.uk make book?

<t>just looking at cable for next 5 days.1 touch bet that cable trades thru 1.69 in the next 5 days & they offer ~evens. (has traded thu 1.69 for past 2days) however, try to short the dollar & odds are MUCH worse.which makes me think these guys are running their own book rather than pricing ...