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Title: Tienes iPhone?
Post by: krissel on October 31, 2009, 04:08:13 AM
http://blogs.forbes.com/velocity/2009/10/2...las-awesome-si/

http://blogs.forbes.com/velocity/2009/10/3...artner=yahootix
Title: Tienes iPhone?
Post by: Xairbusdriver on October 31, 2009, 06:01:47 PM
Si! Pero no viajo a los países de habla hispana más. ¡La exactitud y la velocidad eran asombrosas! eek2.gif

BTW, I haven't had a Spanish lesson since High School! All that stuff up there is from a Widget! blush-anim-cl.gif At least I've found a reason to open my Dashboard! rofl.gif

BTW 2, the widget suggested that your title should be "iPhone conseguido" dntknw.gif wink.gif
Title: Tienes iPhone?
Post by: krissel on November 01, 2009, 02:12:52 AM
Well, depends on the inflection as to whether you mean "Do you have" or "Got" as in "Got Milk?".

I was going for the first but now that I think about it the second might be more appropriate.  wink.gif
Title: Tienes iPhone?
Post by: Xairbusdriver on November 01, 2009, 03:24:40 PM
As long as I have an ice-cold, as in frozen, glass, I'd rather have milk than the app. rofl.gif At least while some of Judy's cookies/cakes/pies are around! yum.gif
Title: Tienes iPhone?
Post by: Xairbusdriver on November 02, 2009, 06:16:02 PM
OK, this thread seems to be inching its way to the other side, but...

Translate me this!
QUOTE
Abstract  We consider economies and diseconomies of scope for large U.S. banks by employing ordinary and hybrid translog cost functions. We examine the regularity conditions in output space where scope estimates are calculated and reject all models for which these conditions fail. The translog model always possesses violations. For the hybrid translog, violations occur in every case except one. In this one case, we find economies of scope.
<The whole 'shebang' here.> With all the mention of "economics" I'm pretty sure that is the topic. That's about as close as I can get, however. I always thought "Abstract" had a slightly different meaning, now I see a completely obvious and definitely ironic one. rofl.gif

OTOH, I learned a new word or phrase: diseconomy (as opposed to dateconomy?), hybrid translog (I've always used the more common, generic translogs), economies of scope (I think that means buying the mouthwash in larger bottles dntknw.gif )

It also concerns me that if "The translog model always possesses violations" why don't we have laws against them?! Where are the Feds when you need them? Probably asleep in an attic... rolleyes.gif laughhard.gif
Title: Tienes iPhone?
Post by: krissel on November 03, 2009, 05:37:11 AM
Jim, that article was quoted in a later one titled :  "Estimation of Technical and Allocative Inefficiency Using Fourier Flexible Cost Frontiers".

No wonder we are in such an economic mess.  no2.gif
Title: Tienes iPhone?
Post by: Xairbusdriver on November 03, 2009, 10:29:02 AM
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Fourier Flexible Cost Frontiers
Is that like, ya know, one of those new "frontiers" we hear about sometimes, ya know? Whatever... eek2.gif rofl.gif