<t>A buch of traders got together and created a shared excel workbook to post pricing data for various forward curves. this spreadsheet grew and now it's 57mb and has over 25 users. As you may have surmised, this is causing severe performance problems and now it's my job to fix this problem.My thoug...

according to some study i read somewhere, evolution hasn't predisposed humans to long term relationships. i think 3 years is the mean, enough time to mate and raise offspring until the progeny can walk and start foraging for themselves and repeat the cycle...the good 'ole days

is she from Transylvania? cuz i have relatives there.

<t>the code in the book doesn't work right away. quite a bit of modifications are necessary... as lballabio mentioned, best to use Quantlib (because that's what the majority of code in the book is anyways)...i think the second edition, iff the author dutifully implements the non-derogatory comments ...

how about this one?http://financialbulls.blogspot.com/

that looks like a rorschach test to me...and it's strangely attractive...

<t>From: Alan LewisTo: Daniel LoebMarch 22, 2005Daniel, thanks for calling earlier today. Enclosed is my CV for your review. I look forward to following up with you when you have more time.Best regards, Alan.----------------------From: Daniel LoebTo: Alan LewisMarch 28, 2005What are your three best ...

dude... you're famous.

<t>Get your sunblock and don't fret over buying that SUV folks...global warming's past the point of no return (reminds me of a song i heard in the 80s)...Global warming 'past the point of no return' By Steve Connor, Science Editor Published: 16 September 2005 A record loss of sea ice in the Arctic t...

Are you the same Farmer from Eudaemonic Pie?

In New York City?

<r>i saw this today <URL url="http://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/swift/news/2005/05-259.htmland"><LINK_TEXT text="http://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/swift/n ... 59.htmland">http://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/swift/news/2005/05-259.htmland</LINK_TEXT></URL> thought about how scientists are linking stellar exp...

anybody see this...?i thought it was pretty cool. looked very similar to the matrix...

<t>I have a question about the thought process by applied mathematicians in translating an equation into a model in some computer language...How is this done? For instance, if you were given a pde, how do you decide how to go about solving it. when do you decide to use pde methods or FK and prob met...