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Old 03-02-2009, 10:39 AM
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Old 03-02-2009, 11:38 AM
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StompStomp kept saying "Happy Day!" rather than Happy Birthday. It was cute.
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Machines do not make human-errors but make machine-errors; humans do not make machine-errors but make human-errors ... even when the technology is there, it'd be a tough call as to which makes driving safer.
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Actuaries (as a general rule) are uniquely UNqualified to work with derivatives.
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learning what the data are, what they mean, why they are plural, etc.
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StompStomp kept saying "Happy Day!" rather than Happy Birthday. It was cute.
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Machines do not make human-errors but make machine-errors; humans do not make machine-errors but make human-errors ... even when the technology is there, it'd be a tough call as to which makes driving safer.
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