If you’re not going to die of laughter before that, you will when the Dacia Sandero appears (and overtakes them) :-). Oh, and this gem from Clarkson is to save for further reference: “If Simon Cowell came here [Mamaia, Romania], they’d put him on income support“.
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Weekend econlinks
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The other side of scientific publishing: the Editor’s perspective. In this case nothing to complain about (au contraire: e.g., see earlier): if only most editors (cross-disciplinary) would follow on McAfee’s steps… unfortunately, plenty of counterexamples around, such as the editors involved here
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Steven Shreve on working with models in the finance world.
The 6th sense. In practice
Watch & listen (TED talk by Pattie Maes), and be amazed.
More about the project.
More about Pranav Mistry, the MIT Phd student behind all this.
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First, the powerful Corus Chess tournament has started today (first game tomorrow) in Wijk aan Zee. Time for last year’s Group A winner, Magnus Carlsen, to really make history. Ivanchuk did quite well lately, but I still don’t see him with too many chances against the Viking Chessmaster, this time.
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…from any initial configuration, that is.
The above was on theory and impressive computing power. See also a former post of mine on the latest Rubik’s cube pratical world championship, with winning results here.
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