j (anonymous) - 9. May, 15:47
Quality if relative, not absolute
Rich men in less-developed economies are not efficient at producing quality children because they tend ...
Mahalanobis - 9. May, 12:56
Steve Schwarzman’s Take on the Subprime ...
“Trying to buy a mortgage bank in the midst of the subprime crisis was the equivalent of being a noodle ...
Mahalanobis - 8. May, 09:55
White Noise : George Soros
Three weeks ago (AMZN):
Currently (Bloomberg.com):
Mahalanobis - 7. May, 16:21
Random Facts
In 2006, an iPod that cost about $200 would have cost $1B in 1976 and would have been very large. [Source]
Mahalanobis - 4. May, 22:55
Extreme Events : Ladislaus von Bortkiewicz
Saddest thing I read today (Schumpeter):
"[Bortkie
wicz] was not a good lecturer, and his lectures, ...
Nature: Although horror films frequently depict victims disappearing in quicksand, the truth is much tamer. People cannot fully sink into this type of soil, and laboratory simulations now bear out this little-known fact.
