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    Intelligent Design is not creationism

    Admittedly. Next time you get an infection, please refrain from using any cure that was developed based on this nasty nasty dreaded materialism. Just remember that when you're gone, we materialists get your stuff. ;)
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    Intelligent Design is not creationism

    ID most certainly does posit a supernatural creator. If the creator is natural, one is reduced to an ad infinitum argument: what created the creator? ID proponents by and large have already admitted to this. One form of creationism makes this claim. Those would be the extremely hardcore...
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    Intelligent Design is not creationism

    ID is undeniably creationism. I would encourage anyone interested in this subject to read up on the history of the ID movement- it is a direct descendent (pun intended) of Creation Science which evolved (pun intended) into ID in response to the Supreme Court's decision in 1987 which declared...
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    best language for quantiative analysis

    You might consider R- it was originally intended for visualization, but has much of the power of SAS, and is OS.
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    Housing Rolling Along 2

    I found this on another blog... Housing Rolling Along?
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    big cheap money. Where to get?

    John- You seem to be describing some sort of credit arbitrage system. Two questions then arise: what rate do you expect to be able to borrow this money at? Finally, why cant your lender purchase the bonds him/her/its self and cut the middle man (you) out?
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    The Single-Family Home Tax Shelter Myth

    We should *all* be very concerned about the local bubbles that are affecting certain areas of the country. History has shown that these bubbles dont deflate- they pop and spectacularly so. What's worse is that the current bubbles have been fed primarily by lax lending standards. I am not...
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    My dilemma - too good to be true? How long can I last?

    Do you set mental or actual stops? thanks, Tom
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    My dilemma - too good to be true? How long can I last?

    Cheetos- I'm having fun reading your trades, since I am on the sidelines (goddamned restricted list and $30 trades!) Can I ask what you are doing for risk management? It looks like your sinking alot of your account into every trade- not necessarily a bad thing barring a 'black swan'...
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    Stanford MBA vs Berkeley Financial Engineering

    Wow. I find myself in very similar circumstances to the original poster, minus having applied anywhere yet. I have been doing a little research on the subject, so I feel a little qualified to comment. There are plusses and minuses with each route. The MBA is a well known degree-...
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    need a little career advice

    So...no one out there has gone down the quant road and wants to share?
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    need a little career advice

    I agree- no degree adequately prepares you for your job. This is especially true of trading- where it can be argued there is just as much if not more "art" than "science". That said, trading on my own is simply not possible. Learning to trade doing anything other than paper trading will...
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    need a little career advice

    Hey all- I'm a long time lurker, first time poster. I need a little career advice, and hoped I might find people with similar stories who might be able to speak from their own experiences. My background is in computer science- I did a BA and 3 years of work toward a PhD I never...
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