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Oooh, I'm convinced. So, next I typed in "the dude of life homosexual" and got 855,000 hits. Innnnnteresting. I should do more of this "research."

Dude, chill. I agree, the kid's getting a great start. But he sure as shit ain't a fund manager. If I were his parents I would not be encouraging him to trade other people's money. It's probably not legal, unless it's structured as a gift, and it's bound to mean trouble sooner or later. Martin

He has a brokerage account in custody of his parents and pretends to run a business. That doesn't make him a fund manager, whatever the headline says. Martin

Pointing out the obvious: The problem here is that the investors in these hedge funds don't have a big enough bag. The fund was so highly leveraged, and has lost so much money that if it liquidates today, the investors will be out their entire investment and the fund will still come up short...

See, you just missed an opportunity to use the math you learned in high school. These chances don't come along often, make the most of them! The screen resolution is 1920x1200 so the width to height ratio is 1.6 to 1. h^2 + (1.6 * h) ^2 = 24^2 3.56h^2 = 576 h = 12.72 inches w = h*1.6 =...

The web site you posted has nothing to do with the petition. There's certainly no endorsement expressed or implied. The petition is actually hosted by the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, an ad hoc research group of 6 scientists, none of whom are specialized in any sort of...

No scientific organizations ever endorsed global cooling. They didn't have to reject it because nobody within the scientific community ever claimed that it was a consensus view. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_cooling The whole global cooling thing is blown vastly out of proportion by...

I'm glad you asked. Since this is a question of ACLU policy, I went straight to their web site. http://www.aclu.org/religion/gen/27282res20061103.html Religion is pervasive in the public square in the United States - and it is constitutionally protected. The ACLU has long defended...

A foot basin is not a Muslim religious symbol. Muslims do not worship foot basins, they simply wash their feet in them. They are a practical accommodation to the needs of certain people who happen to be following their religious beliefs. Our society is full of similar accommodations to...

The rationale in the last two paragraphs sure makes sense to me. What about you TGregg, what's your objection? Martin

Did you try typing "Series 7" into Google or Wikipedia? Usually a good way to start... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Securities_Representative_Exam

I do a lot of shorting, including some very illiquid stocks, and this is a huge win for my business. My trading costs were much higher entering a short position versus a long position. Thanks SEC! Martin

I'm sorry, but blaming US foreign policy failures on the rest of the world's jealousy is a joke. No educated person takes such an argument seriously. You have been taken in by some of the most transparently manipulative demagoguery in the history of American politics. While America is indeed...

Iraq has never been a <i>significant</i> supporter of global terrorism. Never. The fact that anyone is still ignorant enough to believe this B.S. is a horrible indictment of American media and the American public. If you actually watch the video you'll see that most of the examples Gore...

I have no idea how this video makes Gore a loser. If you actually listen to what he's saying, he's dead right. Gore was very well known as resident Iraq hawk within the Clinton administration and even earlier. Everything he says in this video is an accurate indictment of terrible...

Optimal Trading Strategies by Kissell and Glantz is a good survey of trading costs and market impact. http://www.amazon.com/Optimal-Trading-Strategies-Quantitative-Approaches/dp/0814407242/ Martin

Just out of curiosity, are you including the 40% of Lebanon that is Christian, or would you prefer they just wipe out the Muslims? Martin

If I remember my high school physics, boiling water is always the same temperature. Simmer or rolling boil, doesn't matter. Although a really vigorous boil might crack the shell. Of course if the water is under pressure or you're at high altitude, that's another matter. I wonder if you could...

Nope. However, there were definitely finance applications pushing for 64 bit addressing in the late 90s. I agree it has nothing to do with personal computing, but everything filters down eventually. And, we're there. This is precisely analogous to what Intel did to push the 64k limit of 16...

Goddamn, now I want a boiled egg. You guys are making me hungry. A Frosty would be good too. Anyone had thousand year old eggs? A Chinese delicacy, duck eggs preserved by some ungodly process that turns the yolk green and the white a deep caramel color. They're an acquired taste. But at...