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Grahame

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  1. Better resource for audio frequency Audio frequency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Which tells us that someone built A Contrabass that plays a 4Hz Tone Kudos to aerius for being aware of the 16.35Hz B
  2. That P. T. Barnum was an optimist?
  3. Why not just end the debate, and use a software tone generator, say like ►►Test Tone Generator Software for Windows / Function and White Pink Noise Generator and generate tones of the exact frequency you desire, or a series so you can find the threshold of interest. Or, in case your computer hardware is the limiting factor, get a real hardware tone generator, for some real "old school" analog sine waves. You must know some one with access to physics / electronic test gear? Failing that, do you have a Theremin handy?
  4. But surely, the Harbeth logo should be on the outer edge, not the inner edge, of the monitors, if you want to widen the soundstage? Seriously, Sweeeeet rig. And you still get billable work done?
  5. Then the Palin Interview simulator would probably do your blood pressure no favo(u)rs.
  6. Grahame

    slow forum

    Missed The Debate? don't fret, you can get the chance to interview Sarah yourself. Interview Sarah Palin - InterviewPalin.com Realistic? You Betcha' Brought to you by the magic of Markov Chains. As described in the About link About These Interviews
  7. I'd wish you luck, but some people think You Make Your Own Luck, while others just want your money; May you get the outcome you desire.
  8. In times of crisis, there is often a flight to precious metals, such as gold, silver, and copper-jacketed lead. Can I interest you in some real estate? Missile Bases :: 20th Century Castles, Unique underground properties.
  9. Falling Knife Investing | Investing in Falling Stocks | Falling Stocks
  10. "Past Performance is No Guarantee of Future Results"
  11. Suitably entertaining, and they have some fun scenery to play in. Hmm, Maybach Headphones. Remember to engage Final Gear.
  12. Given that there was a(n internal) definition for Ninja Loans, (No Income, No Job, And no assets) I think we can say that some people were well aware they were engaging in predatory (mortgage) lending, yet still carried on. Commission driven sales tend to motivate the salesperson, not necessarily with the buyers best interests at heart.
  13. So when people make decisions, and they are de-coupled from the consequences of their decisions they have less incentive to care? In economics, this is known as an externality: the cost of a decision that is borne by people other than those taking the decision. For example - politicians who only care about being re-elected. The long term problems they create, are a problem, not for them, but for their successors. Fund managers - driven by quarterly results, and their bonus assessment based on quarterly results. Then jumping ship after getting that fat bonus. It is short term thinking divorced from long term consequences. Buy Now!, pay later. But as John Maynard Keynes said "Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead."
  14. It could be argued that one of the root causes of the current problem was "faulty" risk analysis. Whether the risk analysis was faulty by design or intent is left as an exercise for the reader. The following post from comp.risks is posted verbatim as it seems to be so on topic - and apolitical. ***** A lot of the comments in RISKS-25.34 seem to imply that the people running the financial firms were stupid and/or careless in not doing a correct risk analysis. These people are not stupid or careless, merely greedy, unscrupulous and irresponsible. They did a careful risk analysis all right, and then made the decision to deliberately feed false information into the computer models and deliberately create massively complex financial instruments. Their risk analysis looked like this: Success: My company hands off the package before it blows up. My company makes a massive profit and I end up fabulously wealthy. (Other companies make massive losses and have to be bailed out by the government, but that is incidental). Failure: My company ends up holding the package when it blows up. My company makes a massive loss and ends up having to be bailed out by the government. I end up extremely wealthy. After careful consideration of all the risks and benefits, I decide to go ahead! In an ideal world, the risk analysis would look like this: Success: My company hands off the package before it blows up. My company makes a massive profit and I become fabulously wealthy. Other companies make massive losses and have to be bailed out by the government. My company, and all the others, gets investigated and I end up bankrupt and jailed for many years. Failure: My company ends up holding the package when it blows up. My company makes a massive loss and ends up having to be bailed out by the government. I become extremely wealthy. My company, and all the others, gets investigated and I end up bankrupt and jailed for many years. Quote: "There was a willful designing of the systems to measure the risks in a certain way that would not necessarily pick up all the right risks" If an engineer, for personal gain, willfully designed (say) a sewage monitoring system so that it did not pick up the right risks, and as a result thousands of homes were flooded with sewage and destroyed, that engineer would (I hope) end up in jail. But in the financial world, people can get away with doing much more damage, for personal gain, with no personal risk to themselves. ***** Thoughts?
  15. Is this sort of like what you wanted? How about after you take it out, and its cold.
  16. And to think, you were wondering what to bring to the Marin Meet. Sir, I applaud your dedication to the cause.
  17. Grahame

    slow forum

    More details: http://www.ukuleleorchestra.com Should we tell Tyll?
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