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| David M. Chess
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10-04-2008 08:50 PM ET (US)
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Thanks much for the message, Emily! As I said in the entry (and I meant it!), I was rather horrified to find myself thinking that way; I posted it not so much because I think it's a correct reaction as to document and wonder about the fact that it was the reaction that I had.
On the specific point:
1) Not at all! Wall Street is a bunch of private firms, not run or funded by American taxpayers anymore than it's run or funded by Venezuelan or Welsh taxpayers.
2) It's true that not bailing out the current failing institutions would likely have led to quite a bit of pain, banks closing, etc. However, now that Congress HAS bailed them out, they will take even MORE risks (since, after all, if anything goes wrong someone will step in to save them), and the NEXT meltdown will lead to even more pain. Sacrificing long-term health for the short-term illusion of health: bad idea!
3) I know, isn't it awful? :) I think it would be ideal if countries could freely trade with one another, but ALSO arrange things so that if one country has a problem like this, other countries don't find themselves so entangled. Probably impossible, but hey...
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12-13-2008 05:02 PM ET (US)
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| Chuck
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02-17-2009 07:13 AM ET (US)
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"Tale lara croft tomb, cradle nagiaa bronx, pack beyond. Saints, few recognized catholic church! Lille addition, passengers vehicles freight. Land km, sq mi region. Demand april may executive addict dies marathon, game sirius!"
Oh, so close to a pangram. Missing only j. I suggest:
"Tale lara croft tomb, cradle nagiaa bronx, pack beyond. Saints, few recognized catholic church! Lille addition, passengers vehicles freight. Land km, sq mi region. Demand april may executive addict dies jogging, game sirius!"
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| Chuck
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03-30-2009 10:06 AM ET (US)
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"The hydrogen atom..." is missing only Q.
"A wedge..." is missing J, Q, and Z.
"Not that there..." is missing J, X, and Z.
If a spammer ever manages to construct a proper pangram, the results could be dire.
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| Chuck
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06-03-2009 10:14 AM ET (US)
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I don't know if this helps but for C=S, the number of cards on top of other cards tends to C/e as C goes to infinity.
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06-03-2009 03:58 PM ET (US)
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06-03-2009 04:01 PM ET (US)
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06-03-2009 04:03 PM ET (US)
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06-03-2009 05:22 PM ET (US)
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Oh, and doing the same calculation in Excel for C=24, S=24 (taking the values for T(24,F) from rows 277-300 of the "flattened" table) gives Aav = ~8.641905
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07-09-2009 02:45 AM ET (US)
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What is of still here? What is of Q? What is of Stirling? Is it closed?
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08-17-2009 12:27 PM ET (US)
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Log:Daivdchess:do any body now about sim 2 or 3 damn
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02-01-2010 11:39 PM ET (US)
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