Probability

Have you made any travel plans for this year? Well, maybe it’s time you did to make sure that you have the best time this year doing what you love- and getting extra holiday days from your boss without having to take unpaid leave - can a 18 day vacation only cost you 10 days holiday?  You bet.  But you need to plan ahead. By taking advantage of what already there can make all the difference between wasting a few days off by staying home, and travelling across the world to some far flung...Read Full Story

The last time someone died during the Detroit marathon was in 1994, when a 42 year-old runner died of a heart attack. That is until yesterday, when 3 people died in a span of 16 minutes while running the half marathon. They weren't running together, and the weather wasn't hot -- it was in the 40s here in Michigan yesterday. This is troubling on a number of levels. First of all, we really don't think of runners as people in danger of dying. People who are in good enough shape to run a half...Read Full Story

Those who read the Quarterback regularly know that we tend to be more traumatized by events that we perceive to be rare. If our worldview suggests that something doesn't happen, it jars us when it does. The trouble with this, however, is that we are actually pretty bad at judging how rare things are. Even for those who, like me, make it their business to go digging up probabilities and statistics on various heinous situations, it's sometimes hard to find the data you need. So I was very...Read Full Story

Garret Lisi is one of us, a surfer. He surfs the waves of Hawaii and the quanta of the universe, for those with even a tiny interest in our universe and how it works, or for those who sit in awe and wonder of it, listen to this talk. A lot of it will go over your head, but the reference to “all possibilities expanding and developing at once” gives me joy, and will bring a smile to my face for the rest of today, and possibly tomorrow. Posted in...Read Full Story

SAVE THE TREESAugust 9, 2010 By ErasmoAre you like me? I like bringing a book along where ever I go. If you love books or like to read this article is for you. The folks at Amazon have outdone themselves.  Imagine a library at the palm of your hand.  Kindle is Amazon's  #1 bestselling item for two years running. It's also the most-wished-for, most-gifted, and has the most 5-star reviews ofRead Full Story

THE BLACK SWAN The Black Swan:  The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.  I read this book last year, found it very interesting - Quite a different viewpoint, but logical.  So obvious, yet why haven't we thought of it before?   Think about it - a turkey goes along day after day enjoying life... getting fed every day at about the sameRead Full Story

Book Details Author(s):Scott Miller,Donald Childers Hardcover: 552 pages Publisher: Academic Press; 2nd edition Book Dated:September 23, 2004 Language: English ISBN-10: 0121726517 ISBN-13: 978-0121726515 Description Miller and Childers have focused on creating a clear presentation of foundational concepts with specific applications to signal processing and communications, clearly the two areas of most interest to students and instructors in this course. It is aimed at graduate students as...Read Full Story

Book Details Author(s):Scott Miller,Donald Childers Hardcover: 552 pages Publisher: Academic Press; 2nd edition Book Dated:September 23, 2004 Language: English ISBN-10: 0121726517 ISBN-13: 978-0121726515 Description Miller and Childers have focused on creating a clear presentation of foundational concepts with specific applications to signal processing and communications, clearly the two areas of most interest to students and instructors in this course. It is aimed at graduate students as...Read Full Story

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Confused? Don't know a sprinter from a long distance closer? Do you play every race, just for the action? Is your bankroll decreasing? The following video will give you some critical insight to stay in the game for years and years. This is just a sample of what students at the Horse Race Handicapping College are learning. www.HorseRaceHandicappingCollege.com the Diamond Eagle at http://HorseRaceHandicappingCollege.comRead Full Story