A black swan is by definition something you haven't seen before and can't predict. A massive terrorist attack is a light grey swan. Everyone is...
You cherrypicked the wrong time period. :) HSGFX since inception: 11.95% annualized S&P 500 same time period: 1.80% annualized While...
dddooo, you're not even trying to have a reasonable discussion here. Let me point out a few of the B.S. tactics you're using: "Unfavorable...
Of course they have!! I couldn't agree more. Do you see me holding hands with King Saud? Apologizing for Khomeini? Please. All I'm saying is...
30% favorable?!? Dude, that's love at first sight. Even the friggin' Canadians probably don't have a 30% favorable opinion of the US! I hate to...
Jordan and Egypt don't hate us at all. I've travelled extensively in Egypt, talked with many Egyptians, stayed in their homes, and felt nothing...
<i>Because that's part of their mentality to blame the US, Israel, the Western World, the Crusaders... If we did not exist they would have to...
My point is that the Iranian revolution was not something that an American president can just stop in its tracks. You think Khomeini would have...
The question at hand is why we are stuck with a virulently anti-US theocracy in Iran. While you may not personally care much what Iranians think...
AAA, do you know, or have you ever talked with, any actual Iranians? I do, and I have. You are deeply underestimating the depth of Iranian...
Blaming modern Iran on Carter is absurd. The damage was done long before that, when the British and the Eisenhower administration conspired to...
I don't see how Kerry or Gore have anything to do with this thread. I don't expect a true conservative to vote for either of those guys. I voted...
5) you pay taxes on trading gains from friend/family account
While I'm short CFC, and have been since May 2006, I think they're going to be a really good buy at some point. Once all the bad news and...
Interesting blog. However, I think his conclusions are seriously flawed. He observes two correlations: a negative correlation between...
Wrong. Raid 0 is a big win for small files as well. With N drives you get a speedup of approximately N with seek dominated workloads, unless your...
I own a Steelcase Leap and I spent 5 years with an Aeron. In my opinion the Leap is a much better chair. The Aeron has a few problems. Back...
Alan Greenspan? http://www.slate.com/id/2096313/ Martin
No, you get paid interest on your short position - but only if you have more than $100k proceeds from short sales. You may get charged...
Has anyone looked into Vertica? A column major database from Michael Stonebraker's latest academic spinoff. www.vertica.com I signed up for...
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