<t>Here's a nice little exercise.How many whole numbers in the range 0-150 can be expressed using only the number "4" and basic mathematical operations?The rules:1) The only allowable number is 4, and it must appear exactly four times.2) Allowed operations are: addition and subtraction multiplicatio...

Q: What do quants do when they get constipated?A: Work it out with a pencil.

"burn baby, burn!" ... now that's just evil!

I'm not familiar with that show. Could you explain the rules of the game please?

Richard Flavell's Swaps and other derivatives answers most questions you'd have on swaps I'd say.

QuoteOriginally posted by: anuj76According to a quant friend of mine anyway What is the factorial of 3.5?Wikipedia even calculates this for us: 3.5 factorial = 11.63

In the limit?..... One for either case

<t>Quote"Silas is just the latest in a long string," McGowan said. "The problem is there has been no balance. There are no realistic, sympathetic or heroic characters with albinism that you can find in movies or popular culture." Wasn't the guy in "Powder" an Albino? Wasn't he some sort of genius? W...

<t>Warwick has some relatively famous names as well: Nick Webber, Joanne Kennedy, Antony Neuberger (godfather of var-swaps) and Stuart Hodges (not really sure if he's still there). Imperial does have the advantage of actually being somewhere (London) though, rather than in the middle of nowhere like...

If I were you, I'm not sure what I'd choose.But if you were me, you would go for Warwick without a doubt!

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: zarnywhoopSplit the box down the sides and open out to produce a long rectangle of width box width and length (2* box height + box thickness).Roll it into a tube of diameter a little less than the table tennis ball.Use the tube as a straw, sucking to lift the ball out o...

QuoteOriginally posted by: MattFIf you urinate into the hole then the ping pong ball will float to the top. If there's access to running water, the more sanitary solution would be to use the Kellogs box as a bucket and fill the hole with water...

QuoteOriginally posted by: TraderJoeEasy on the hilarious...OK, i might've overstated the hilariousness part... good stuff none the less

I guess alot of you folks have already seen this video, but for those who haven't this is a hilarious music video by some students at Columbia Business School.Glenn, supply-side, Hubbard wanted to be Greenspan's successor.....It's a well done video.

QuoteOriginally posted by: TraderJoeTwin Peaks was possibly the biggest pile of kack ever made.Anyone?It at least deserves to be nominated in that category, but at the rate Lost is going these days there's just no contest!