Thu 3 Jul, 2008 12:34 am - Probably a silly question. The context is:
During the early 2000s accounting firm scandals, some may ask "where was the board of directors?".
The answer was often,"In... (view)
Wed 28 May, 2008 11:00 am - Thanks Markr. I think you are right.
The possibility for it to be the HT or the HH coin actually has been changed from 50% given the fact that it already shows heads. In this case, the... (view)
Wed 28 May, 2008 12:40 am - I thought it another way though.
Since it already shows a head, it's not possible to be the two-tail coin--it's either the normal coin or the two-head coin. So, for it to show tail on... (view)
Wed 28 May, 2008 12:25 am - A gambler is holding three coins.One coin is an ordinary quarter,the second has two heads,the third has two tails.The gambler chooses one of the coins at random and flips it,showing heads.What is... (view)
Thu 22 May, 2008 04:58 pm - Thanks guys. I think now I understand.
I was confused because somehow I felt there must be a trait of some kind that its intensity ascends from 'lies' to 'damn lies' to... (view)
Wed 21 May, 2008 04:06 pm - Hello, I came across this quote by(?from?) Mark Twain, and don't know if I interpreted it correctly.
'There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.'
I understand that it is... (view)
Sun 10 Feb, 2008 10:06 pm - as we know, when a charged particle accelerates, it radiates photons.
these radiated photons have a back reaction to the charged particle itself -- the recoil force or the radiation reaction... (view)