fyi this was the jokey point: In geometry terms the difference between orthogonal and normal is that orthogonal is of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other while normal is a line … (View Post)

Off Topic Some here (e.g. @darkage) might be interested to listen to a World Service programme about a radical way to deal with homelessness being pioneered in Finland. Basically by giving homeless p… (View Post)

When you were young we had a quasi-fixed exchange rate. In those days the current account of the BoP was a crucial determinant of "stop-go" policy as domestic demand had to adjust to reflec… (View Post)

Hasn't the pudding been over-egged already? (View Post)

In other words, the Brownian "lifted out of poverty" via a spreadsheet but in reverse (View Post)