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    What Kind of Censorship Dictatorship is This?

    Within the past 12 hours I posted in the Quantnet Lounge a serious math/probability question that included a link to a video involving Howard Stern. But that post is excised from these forums. WHY?
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    The 10 Best Jobs in America Today

    The Best and Worst Jobs in the U.S. - WSJ.com Remember that kid in elementary school who always had a pencil and calculator nearby, and while the rest of us drew pictures, read comic books or played cards, that kid was happily crunching numbers -- for fun. Fast forward 20 years or so, and it...
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    America the Banana Republic ---- so says Christopher Hitchens

    America the Banana Republic: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com
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    WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?

    Plato: For the greater good. Karl Marx: It was a historical inevitability. Machiavelli: So that its subjects will view it with admiration, as a chicken which has the daring and courage to boldly cross the road, but...
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    A Clash of Cultures?

    I thought it was ..., well, fascinating to see the critical and unhelpful responses to Dream Chazer's post in the careers section, dated 06-10-2008, 10:52 AM. It's fair to say most every responder did understand what he (all singular third person pronouns refer to both sexes equally) said in...
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    All Horses Have The Same Color!

    Do you agree with the following inductive proof? Clearly explain why or why not. Theorem: All horses have the same color. PROOF: Let N denote the number of horses. Initial Case: Clearly with just N=1 horse, all horses -- in this group of one horse -- have the same color. Inductive...
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    A Really Cool Math Website!

    Give yourself a well-deserved break. Visit the following math website and savor it! Amazing and all fascinating! =D> http://www.mathematik.com/index.html
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    Why Sequence Questions Are No Good!

    Let’s see if I can show why sequence questions are no good. The problem with sequence questions is that any answer is in fact a correct answer. Of course, in answering a sequence question, we need to find the most obvious answer. But the issue of “the most obvious answer” is never (or...
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    A Math Problem - Just for Kicks.

    I was late to a meeting the other day that was scheduled to begin at 2 pm. When I got there I looked at an analog clock on the wall and saw that I was late for more than 15 minutes but less than 20 minutes. When the meeting ended I noticed that the hour-hand and the minute-hand had precisely...
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    In the way of Introduction...

    Hi. I am new to this forum and may just as well throw in a question. Question: Does anyone have any insight about the kinds of QUANT jobs available in this part of the world? Or jobs similar to quant type? I am willing to leave my current job for a decent quant job in New York City, or...
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