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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Did our cosmos exist before the big bang? – space – 10 December 2008 – New Scientist
I was taken aback
How Iceland Rattled the World – WSJ.com
Puff. Not a bubble, but a smoke ring.
Benoit B. Mandelbrot
Seeks a measure of order in physical, mathematical or social phenomena that are characterized by abundant data but extreme sample variability
Time Series of RMBS, Part 2
Continuing the thread from December 7, 2008, I return to the question of “now where?” Last time, a linear regression of the Case-Shiller Housing Price Index for the Los Angeles area had the seeming good news that the drops had … Continue reading
AVEDON CLOSE UP
Here was a man whose subjects had included the artistic deities of the 20th century–Picasso, Stravinsky, the Beatles, Chaplin, Warhol, Auden, Bacon, Nureyev, Dylan.
Snipt
collection of frequently used commands or code snippets.
Dogfood, the consumption of one’s own
Credit Suisse Group AG’s investment bank has found a new way to reduce the risk of losses from about $5 billion of its most illiquid loans and bonds: using them to pay employees’ year-end bonuses.
FRANK LANGELLA’S NIXON IS A GOD | More Intelligent Life
He’s the sort of deity who rules with terrible power and speaks with a voice of thunderclouds. His sadness is deep, perhaps because he knows he will never be comfortable or comforting. This Nixon emerges bruised by these televised exchanges, … Continue reading