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I think the calculation you often see is the complement of not flopping a set, that is 1 - (48/50)*(47/49)*(46/48) So yes this would include FH/quads

Thank you, you've said it better than I would have myself.

Lol.. Have you been to china lately?

It should be pointed out the person that Time selects rarely coincides with the top vote-getter in the Internet poll, so this is not a one-time switch that they made.

http://www.leveragedsellout.com/2005/09/the-boutique/ Just in jest

The trade 2 win calculation is correct, I am pretty sure that is what Wilmott must have meant also.

It appears they are talking about taking advantage of the broker's "auto-ex" feature. It's not really as clever as some of the articles make it sound. Google it, people have done in this same thing in the US 10 years ago.

People everywhere tell stories about particularly bad interviews. Goldman is certainly not an exception!

I could be wrong but I think S&P keeps this pretty locked down. (ie not free)

1) Agree with what others have said. Focus on one thing first, once you have strong programming fundamentals picking up other languages will be easier. You could potentially need any of the other languages listed at some point. 2) Use Visual Studio if you're doing Windows. Once you get...

If you can't get to the point where 790-800 is possible after a few hours of practice tests, don't bother.

The weird thing is that it happened in 97, she said something in 99, and now it's a lawsuit in 2010?

I have friends that work at SIG and have worked with the company professionally (as a software vendor). You don't have the profile they are looking for. Also like others have said anyone can win one tournament (see: Jerry Yang). The 100R on Stars is one of the toughest games on the net and I...

Sounds like a poker player :)

HFT Crop Circles I don't think I've seen this posted here before, this is an interesting look into some of the things that go wrong with these HFT algos. It's also a bunch of pretty pictures. http://www.nanex.net/FlashCrash/CCircleDay.html