http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/ Mahalanobis Mahalanobis 2009-02-15T20:16:05Z en hourly 1 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/icon.gif http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/ http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/stories/5518493/ <img title="" height="446" alt="v2009" width="499" align="center" class="center" src="http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/v2009.jpg" /> Mahalanobis about me Copyright © 2009 Mahalanobis 2009-02-15T20:00:00Z http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/stories/5030230/ <img title="" height="640" alt="moskau" width="448" align="center" class="center" src="http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/moskau.jpg" /> Mahalanobis about me Copyright © 2008 Mahalanobis 2008-06-30T20:11:00Z http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/stories/4560355/ <a href="http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/xmas_stastny.jpg"><img title="" height="70" alt="xmas_stastny" width="100" align="right" class="right" src="http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/xmas_stastny_small.jpg" /></a><a href="http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/stories/3104518/">Tradition</a><br /> <br /> <br /> Picture: The Stastny Clan Mahalanobis about me Copyright © 2007 Mahalanobis 2007-12-24T20:43:00Z http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/stories/4415569/ <img title="" height="370" alt="trainees" width="436" align="center" class="center" src="http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/trainees.jpg" /> Mahalanobis about me Copyright © 2007 Mahalanobis 2007-11-05T22:35:00Z http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/stories/3104518/ <a href="http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/xmas2006.jpg"><img title="" height="63" alt="xmas2006" width="100" align="right" class="right" src="http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/xmas2006_small.jpg" /></a><b>Merry Christmas from the European divison of Mahalanobis!</b><br /> <font color="white">.</font><br /> <font color="white">.</font><br /> Picture: The Stastny Clan Mahalanobis about me Copyright © 2006 Mahalanobis 2006-12-24T22:36:00Z http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/stories/2704131/ A while ago I took a <a href="http://www.mensa.org">Mensa</a> supervised IQ test (in Vienna). Probably due to nervousness at the beginning of the test, I did extremely poorly on the verbal section. You can imagine how suprised I was after seeing my results today (sd = 15):<br /> <img title="" height="482" alt="iqsc" width="499" align="center" class="center" src="http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/iqsc.gif" /> Mahalanobis about me Copyright © 2006 Mahalanobis 2006-09-21T20:22:00Z http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/stories/704420/ <a href="http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/img_3220.jpg"><img title="" height="75" alt="img_3220" width="100" align="right" onclick="javascript:openPopup('http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/img_3220.jpg',2272,1704);return false;" class="right" src="http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/img_3220_small.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&camp=1789&tag=mahalanobis-20&creative=9325&path=tg/detail/-/1930865627/qid=1116540436/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1?v=glance%26s=books%26n=507846">Cowboy Capitalism: European Myths, American Realities</a> (<a href="http://www.cato.org/new/09-04/09-20-04r.html">Cato Summary</a>) is definitely an addictive book! Had a good laugh when looking at the pictures of our most recent family reunion.<br /> <br /> PS: My brother needs a hair cut, ey? Mahalanobis about me Copyright © 2005 Mahalanobis 2005-05-19T22:42:08Z http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/stories/253392/ Click <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/neocon/quiz/neoconQuiz.html">here</a> to take the Neocon Quiz. Based on my answers, I am most likely a (surprise! surprise!) political realist:<br /> <br /> Realists… <ul> <li>Are guided more by practical considerations than ideological vision</li> <li>Believe US power is crucial to successful diplomacy - and vice versa </li> <li>Don't want US policy options unduly limited by world opinion or ethical considerations </li> <li>Believe strong alliances are important to US interests </li> <li>Weigh the political costs of foreign action </li> <li>Believe foreign intervention must be dictated by compelling national interest </li> </ul> Mahalanobis about me Copyright © 2004 Mahalanobis 2004-06-30T03:12:22Z http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/stories/233855/ <a href="http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/psychomahal.jpg"><img title="" height="71" alt="psychomahal" width="100" align="right" onclick="javascript:openPopup('http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/psychomahal.jpg',622,441);return false;" class="right" src="http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/psychomahal_small.jpg" /></a>Analogia: <a href="http://www.gabitus.com/eng/analogia/2.html">Star Estimator </a>is a utility that will find most matching similarities between your portrait and 200 photos of Top Stars. Pattern recognition software will test you. It shows 3 best matches. Superpsycho...<br /> <br /> via <a href="http://www.thepresurfer.com">The Presurfer</a> Mahalanobis about me Copyright © 2004 Mahalanobis 2004-06-05T02:36:10Z http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/stories/204995/ Shortly after <a href="http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2004/04/random_numbers.html">this news</a> reached the market my consulting fees skyrocketed a whopping 504.32 % and kept heading north throughout the day. They finally broke through the stratosphere in after hours trading. Yes!<br /> <br /> @ family and close friends: Don't worry, you'll get a discount. Mahalanobis about me Copyright © 2004 Mahalanobis 2004-04-27T16:48:32Z http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/stories/198452/ <a href="http://www.philosophersmag.com/bw/games/taboo.htm">A test</a> from The Philosophers' Magazine in which you can find out about your moral intuitions. The descriptions are of a mildly adult nature.<br /> <br /> How did I do compared to other people?<br /> <br /> My <b>Moralising Quotient</b> of <b>0.33</b> compares to an average Moralising Quotient of <b>0.21</b>. This means that I am less permissive than average.<br /> <br /> My <b>Interference Factor</b> of <b>0.00</b> compares to an average Interference Factor of <b>0.11</b>. This means that I am less likely to recommend societal interference in matters of moral wrongdoing, in the form of prevention or punishment, than average.<br /> <br /> My <b>Universalising Factor</b> of <b>0.67</b> compares to an average Universalising Factor of <b>0.31</b>. This means I am more likely than average to see moral wrongdoing in universal terms - that is, without regard to prevailing cultural norms and social conventions.<br /> <br /> via <a href="http://presurfer.meepzorp.com">The Presurfer</a> Mahalanobis about me Copyright © 2004 Mahalanobis 2004-04-19T13:54:16Z http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/stories/145686/ <img title="" height="384" alt="compass" width="400" align="center" class="center" src="http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/compass.gif" /><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.politicalcompass.org/">Take the test </a>and post a comment to let the rest of us know where you stand... ;-D.<br /> <br /> via <a href="http://zeitgenossen.twoday.net">zeitgenossen</a> Mahalanobis about me Copyright © 2004 Mahalanobis 2004-02-18T04:42:27Z http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/stories/143966/ Tonight I came across the language free IQ <a href="http://www.mensa.ch/index.cgi?main:do=iqtest">pretest</a> at mensa.ch. Do you want to know which questions I got wrong? 9 ;-DD (ok, this was definitely a typo), 21 ;-DD and 17 (shit happens). Isn't that weird? Can anybody tell me how my brain works? Do you want to know which question I got wrong on that famous <a href="http://web.tickle.com/tests/uiq/">Emode IQ Test</a> (maximum = 144)? 22!! (and another question that is no longer being asked) That's rediculous...<br /> <br /> <img title="" height="355" alt="gifted" width="294" align="center" class="center" src="http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/gifted.gif" /><br /> <br /> BTW, those Mensians have a pretty good sense of humour: "The Mensa admission test may not be suitable for people with learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dyscalculia or attention deficit syndrome". ;-DDDD<br /> <br /> This one is even better:<br /> <br /> <img title="" height="48" alt="mensaswitzerland" width="400" align="center" class="center" src="http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/mensaswitzerland.gif" /> Mahalanobis about me Copyright © 2004 Mahalanobis 2004-02-15T03:33:18Z http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/stories/136436/ Countries/States I've been so far, not counting airports and drive throughs.<br /> <img title="" height="224" alt="worldp" width="400" align="center" class="center" src="http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/worldp.png" /><img title="" height="264" alt="ustates" width="400" align="center" class="center" src="http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/ustates.png" /><br /> <br /> Hallo? Könnt mich bitte mal irgendjemand in die Schweiz einladen?? Peinlich, peinlich. Next target ist definitiv Asia. Mahalanobis about me Copyright © 2004 Mahalanobis 2004-02-03T22:38:22Z http://mahalanobis.twoday.net/stories/135417/ Mahalawooos? Das ist die übliche Antwort, die man von einem Nichtstatistiker bekommt, wenn man ihn zum ersten Mal mit meinem Nick vertraut macht. Also, warum einen Namen wählen, den kein Schwein auf Anhieb wiedergeben kann? Betriebswirschaftlich gesehen ein Schwachsinn? Well, ich selbst habe mit dem Namen während einer Ökonometrie-Vorlesungsstunde Bekanntschaft gemacht. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis war ein indischer Wissenschaftler, best known for his "Mahalanobis distance" (auch: statistische Distanz) <i>/* <a href="http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/usr/h99c/h9951826/distance.pdf">Hier</a> eine halbwegs brauchbare Erklärung (<b>S</b> ist die Varianz-Kovarianz Matrix, die im Gegensatz zu <b>D</b> auch nichtdiagonal sein kann) */</i> Eines schönes Tages wollte ich mich mal wieder für irgendwas im Netz anmelden, musste aber leider feststellen, dass alle halbwegs annehmbaren Nicks (darunter mein alter Nick pflegefall) schon vergeben waren... tja, und da erinnerte ich mich an Euklids Konkurrenten. In der Zwischenzeit (~ 2 Jahre) hab ich ca. 30 weitere accounts eröffnet und Mahalanobis war exakt nullmal vergeben. Nun hab ich einen interessant klingenden Namen, der sich noch dazu auf mein Spezialgebiet (Ökonometrie und Zeitreihenanalyse) bezieht. That's it. 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