I aDmit , I’ve got nothing better to do (well, actually, I have 1 assignment, and 1 tute question to do), so I’ve decided to talk in Numb3rs. Not abOUT the show, of course. Or mAYBe it is :D.
I’ll wRITE about Justin Wolfers. A yoUng economist, he’s absolutely brilliant in prediction markets. He’s gUEsT blogging at Marginal Revolution right now, and I love all his posts. Tyler cOWEn and Alex Tabarrok, though interesting, should write like Justin. He gIVEs that ‘oomph’ into regression analysis, instead of the dead boring econs papers that you normally read - trust me, if you ever read Peter Earl’s work, you’ll find that he has a strange sense of humor, but still dead boring. I lIKeD his papers though (of course! I’m being tested based on his papers and text book, and some guy called Richardson, lol).
What otHer economist/economic bloggers out there blogs about Wii and Photoshop (I’ve stopped reading Levitt and Dubner’s blog since they’ve defected to New York Times)? It rEeks of awesome. I WouLd usually recommend specific good titles to read, but I’d say this time to read all of Wolfers’ work. I wOULD kill to be as analytical as them (denoting the new group of economists, like Wolfers, Levitt, the SuperCrunchers guy and people who don’t actually meddle in macro stuff), actually.
The tHiNG is, I love math. But lousy in it I am, though I still like numbers. Concepts’re bASiC stuff to me - I can grasp any math concept with ease. It’s jUStT putting those concepts into work that I’m a little poor. I’m aDept enough to know what to use in which situation, but when putting it down, it usually gets bogged down by stuff like carelessness (oh, I missed a dot here, I missed a deriavative function there), or plain laziness.
Speaking aBout laziness, I still have my banking and mergers essay which I’ve been putting off for a week already. Better stARt on it really soon. But first, continue ranting about my math skills.
I tALkD to someone the other day regarding combinatorics (he criticized the shit outta genetic algorithms, and all I did was to ask him about it). At Least I learned something, and I was right. The RigHT thing to use in that situation (some pet project of mine), was to use some sort of recursive permutation to it, but I couldn’t get it right (still can’t, and won’t work on it till my assignment’s done).
I’m boRED, really. Therefore, lAden upon you is a pile of junk-crap-rant about my mathematical ineptitude. What wOUlD I do to at least get cfgt’s powaaaaaar of implementing properly, the formulae. It’s 4 anTTe meridium here now, and I’m supposed to write some nonsense about Australia’s four-pillar banks merging, but I’m too lazy to raise a finger to type. But pleaS, bear with me. I’m abOut done. Well, 50% exTRA more.
It’s qUeer that I started out wanting to pimp Justin Wolfers, but in the end wind up in a self-pitying rant about my lame math skills. ha ha, Ha Ha, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!! (5 !s, a tRAcE of insanity perhaps?)
Okay, thaTT was dumb. Bit tHIck of me to do that. Then Again, this is my blog. I putuP with what I do. I maybe a little insomniacal these few days. And zilCh in caffeine too! I qUeRy myself at times, what the hell am I up to?
Let’s wHirl this round again. Go VisIt Justin’s blog. It’s sUPer (while you’re there, check out Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok too). Also, viSit Sam’s blog. I tToLD him that I would pimp his blog, so go read it… Now, cHaNC topics (I said chance, not change)!
I’ve JusTt ran out of things to say, actually. No rUMor to report spread either. Francis BacON is an absolute bore. I’m ouTOF words. Finally.
If you’ve read so far.. congratulations. Now let me tell you next part of this article, which makes it absolutely fun. If you’ve noticed the copious amounts of typos I made, congratulations. You’re one step closer to solving the puzzle. Now. If anyone can find the hidden message in this article, I would sponsor them one year’s worth of web hosting. And I’m being serious. Everything I said in this blog is both a clue, as well as a rant I make. Everything I said could potentially be the key to unlocking this cipher. Yep. The secret message is effectively hidden in plain sight, and only someone as bored as I am can think of this to do. But the best part is, this paragraph is not counted. The message lies in the paragraph above.
Here are some hints for you:
- Think Bible Code
- Think Binary Numbers
- Some ddouble letttters are meant to be there.
- sO are sOMe of the rANdoM caps.
- clues are everywhere in the whole article.
- Nothing very mathematical. It’s very easy actually.
- clues are ONLY in this article
- though it may help if you read thru my other articles to get a feel of what my grammar is usually like.
- Janus is the Roman God with 2 face, symbolizing the beginning and the end, the alpha and the omega
Cool?
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Offer valid till Saturday, October 6 2007. If no one can break the code by then, I may reveal the answer.
I think some of your insomnia is rubbing off on me.
*blinks*
You’re awake early my dear..
(did I wake you? Sorry… I was watching Chaser’s)
The 5.30am shower had nothing to do with it. (^_~)
That said, I have no idea if the shower actually happened or if it was part of the mega long dream I had (which, btw, you were in, as well as some others). And I woke up so tired I have no idea what happened in it.
You (+ the others) were in a dream a couple days ago too. You pointed at me when I said ‘chotto’ instead of the English. Then I had a pet monkey who could speak English.
I want an English-speaking pet monkey.
And no, Chasers didn’t do it. I was up late paying the crap out of some bitch on a forum. I gots her good. (^_^)
I didn’t shower at 5.30 am… I did shower at 6 am though. And who doesn’t want talking monkeys. Heck, even a small furry ewok would do for me.
And oh, don’t be vengeful… it’s bad for the blood (literally, you get more acids in the blood). And Chaser’s were awesome.
Oh, but it was such fun! I shall post a bit of it later. (^_^)
Besides, better I take it out on a random cyber-stranger than my housemates, yes? (^_~)
C’mon! 173 views and no one got anything on the message?
Okay, here are more clues:
Chewxy gone stark raving mad?
With this, yes?
http://www.atsweb.neu.edu/math/cp/blog/?id=227&month=05&year=2007&date=2007-05-19
*Liss is too tired to try*
I’m sorta gave up on this.. salutes*
i am afred of insomnia..to understand this post if yours I really need to think
Aoshi,
No, I have not gone stark raving mad. If I did that, I’d be naked and playing NRL with my housemate now.
Liss, you are there
Wannabe Economist,
Don’t give up.
Bengbeng,
It’s quite easily solved. Especially if you have a spreadsheet
Funny. The arts student finds the right link… (^_~)
Nobody has as much free time as you larh!
~hashie
Don’t sleep, and you have plenty of time. You’ve got plenty of time to sleep when you are dead
Yellow!!!
Yesh yesh….free webhosting for a year for anyone who got the answer.
Hashie, we may have less contact hours but we have もっと assessmentだよ.
Besides, maybe I didn’t need much time for it. (^_~)
もっともっと！！！！
Found the answer.
Check your mail in 15 minutes.
Finally! Someone who broke the code. But I didn’t receive no email though
Huh? Sure? I see him sending that email from hotmail. Hmm. Weird.
I forgot exactly what is the phrase, but I remember you must replace the q with y. =D
[...] 2 days ago, I posted a cipher and asked my readers to break the code. And the sentence is: I hope no one is planning anything behind my back. I smell smth.The intended target didn’t get the message, but could well apply to this merry band of plotters . Their plots could rival that of Guy Fawkes of surprise parties. I’ll write about the fun party maybe later (no, I won’t tell you what’s the party about). [...]
Jeez…. I guess that was the wrong email. Missed my chance. Nevermind.