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by plessas
December 9th, 2003, 4:40 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: DJIA 10000
Replies: 55
Views: 194845

DJIA 10000

QuoteOriginally posted by: plessasTo get things started I 'd go for the first trading day of 2004!rgds,PDScary... rgds,Dimitris
by plessas
March 29th, 2003, 10:54 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Paul's Certificate in Quantitative Finance
Replies: 64
Views: 198601

Paul's Certificate in Quantitative Finance

QuoteOriginally posted by: AnthisPaul Thanks for the info. The distant learning option sounds very interesting. I ll keep in on mind for the future, as i am obliged to be dressed in uniform by the end of next May It was about time rgds,Dimitris
by plessas
March 5th, 2003, 6:47 pm
Forum: Book And Research Paper Forum
Topic: PWIQF Barrier Options Formulas
Replies: 18
Views: 192559

PWIQF Barrier Options Formulas

I was having the same problem... thats why I started the thread... if you read a few messages back you will find the mistake to be that all Se^{q(T-t)} should be Se^{-q(T-t)}rgds,Dimitris
by plessas
February 11th, 2003, 8:04 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Joke
Replies: 36
Views: 193272

Joke

Its getting chilly here! More.. we want more! rgds,Dimitris
by plessas
February 10th, 2003, 1:41 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Did NASA have a risk management failure
Replies: 48
Views: 194641

Did NASA have a risk management failure

Global warming is not a threat... its an opportunity.. look how Prague was transformed into Venice in a week!rgds,Dimitris
by plessas
February 9th, 2003, 1:34 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Magazine Issue 3
Replies: 46
Views: 194022

Magazine Issue 3

Thanx... I thought I have woken up in the wrong side of the world rgds,Dimitris
by plessas
February 9th, 2003, 1:03 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Magazine Issue 3
Replies: 46
Views: 194022

Magazine Issue 3

<t>>> I would prefer if they change my units to Kuwaiti dinar which is on band around 1 USD = 3.34 KDI dont get this... say you are paid 100.000 USD which equal to 334.000 KD. You say you want to get paid 100.000 but in KD so 234.000 KD less than before? Are u tired of money? Am I missing something?...
by plessas
February 5th, 2003, 9:14 pm
Forum: The Quantitative Finance FAQs Project
Topic: Subjects, please...
Replies: 430
Views: 403299

Subjects, please...

Well since I cant edit my previous message As Paul said:Take a look here!rgds,Dimitris
by plessas
February 5th, 2003, 9:10 pm
Forum: The Quantitative Finance FAQs Project
Topic: Subjects, please...
Replies: 430
Views: 403299

Subjects, please...

<r>Originally posted by: Paulmghiggins, take a look <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="<URL url="http://www.wilmott.com/310/messageview.cfm?catid=19&threadid=4286%22%3Ehere%3C/a%3E.P"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.wilmott.com/310/messageview. ... here</a>.P">http://www.wilmott.com...
by plessas
February 4th, 2003, 10:06 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Did NASA have a risk management failure
Replies: 48
Views: 194641

Did NASA have a risk management failure

<t>>> I think any of the above is better use of 100 billion. That made me think of an arb portfolio:Go short on WAR --> say 100.000 lives saved!Use the money to go long on med and food supplies --> oh my! another 1.000.000 lives saved!But that would take one of kr's really sohpisticated engineered g...
by plessas
February 4th, 2003, 9:58 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Did NASA have a risk management failure
Replies: 48
Views: 194641

Did NASA have a risk management failure

<t>>> Maybe instead of spending so much on the sciences we could be bringing up a new generation of really sophisticated politicians who could 'engineer' solutions to the current set of problems. Not just the wacky Arabs, but environmental abuse, overpopulation, etc. So that we could go on voting fo...
by plessas
February 3rd, 2003, 11:32 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Did NASA have a risk management failure
Replies: 48
Views: 194641

Did NASA have a risk management failure

<t>There was another stupid project nobody should have funded. It was used to let boring geeks communicate by typing what they had to say on a keyboard. And it was really stupid cause if I want to communicate I can pick up the phone and talk to whoever I want. I think it even had a name... DARPAnet....
by plessas
February 3rd, 2003, 9:05 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Did NASA have a risk management failure
Replies: 48
Views: 194641

Did NASA have a risk management failure

<t>So we have two "ifs" before we declare this a risk management failure; did the insulation cause the crash and was it cost-effective to examine the evidence as opposed to relying on an "engineering study"? I'm just raising the question, not answering it. Yet.Did the insulation cause the crash? I c...
by plessas
February 3rd, 2003, 1:34 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Amusing Quotes
Replies: 401
Views: 223519

Amusing Quotes

>> Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. I think he was reffering to men and not people in general rgds,Dimitris
by plessas
February 3rd, 2003, 1:20 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Frozen Time Arbitrage
Replies: 21
Views: 191446

Frozen Time Arbitrage

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: AaronI enjoyed the Collector's <i>Frozen Time Arbitrage</i> in the third issue of Wilmott.The first thing I ever tried to get published (unsuccessfully) was a science fiction story I wrote about age 11. It concerned a investment manager who specialized in investing cash...
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