Comments for Phorgy Phynance http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:26:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on One more thing… how to fix housing by phorgyphynance http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/one-more-thing-how-to-fix-housing/#comment-1856 phorgyphynance Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:15:01 +0000 http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-1856 Say that louder please. The more of us that hear it, the better. Continued complacency on our part will ensure that you're right. Say that louder please. The more of us that hear it, the better.

Continued complacency on our part will ensure that you’re right.

]]> Comment on One more thing… how to fix housing by bl http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/one-more-thing-how-to-fix-housing/#comment-1855 bl Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:57:11 +0000 http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-1855 dude it's all over for good old USA the whole model of your country is wrong relax, it's too late to do anything dude

it’s all over for good old USA

the whole model of your country is wrong

relax, it’s too late to do anything

]]> Comment on NYT: Trouble at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Stirs Concern Abroad by IHT: Is America too big to fail? « Phorgy Phynance http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/nyt-trouble-at-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-stirs-concern-abroad/#comment-1854 IHT: Is America too big to fail? « Phorgy Phynance Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:10:20 +0000 http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/?p=158#comment-1854 [...] Phorgy Phynance « NYT: Trouble at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Stirs Concern Abroad [...] [...] Phorgy Phynance « NYT: Trouble at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Stirs Concern Abroad [...]

]]> Comment on “The End is Near” by NYT: Trouble at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Stirs Concern Abroad « Phorgy Phynance http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/the-end-is-near/#comment-1853 NYT: Trouble at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Stirs Concern Abroad « Phorgy Phynance Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:07:42 +0000 http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/the-end-is-near/#comment-1853 [...] am the eternal optimist I claim to be and know that we, as a country, can pull out of this as soon as: 1.) most American [...] [...] am the eternal optimist I claim to be and know that we, as a country, can pull out of this as soon as: 1.) most American [...]

]]> Comment on WP: Japan’s Warp-Speed Ride to Internet Future by phorgyphynance http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/wp-japans-warp-speed-ride-to-internet-future/#comment-1851 phorgyphynance Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:12:24 +0000 http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/wp-japans-warp-speed-ride-to-internet-future/#comment-1851 Hi Jayaprakash, Thanks for your comment. In a previous life, I was also an electrical engineer specializing in electromagnetic theory (PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). I worked with some of the best in laser physics (quantum electronics) for fiber optic communication. Really fun stuff. You're blog looks interesting. I'll add it to my feeds. Right now, wireless is all the rage in the US and fiber is considered secondary when considered at all. However, there are some fundamental physical limitations of wireless that will begin to be felt in the following year or two. It is quite easy to set up a fancy demo with impressive wireless speeds, but that situation will change drastically as we get hundreds to thousands of users all trying to access broadband wireless at the same time. Unfortunately, I think excitement for fiber in the US will only come once the reality of wireless capabilities becomes apparently. That has a way to run still. It will be many years before the US catches on to fiber. Hi Jayaprakash,

Thanks for your comment. In a previous life, I was also an electrical engineer specializing in electromagnetic theory (PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). I worked with some of the best in laser physics (quantum electronics) for fiber optic communication. Really fun stuff. You’re blog looks interesting. I’ll add it to my feeds.

Right now, wireless is all the rage in the US and fiber is considered secondary when considered at all. However, there are some fundamental physical limitations of wireless that will begin to be felt in the following year or two. It is quite easy to set up a fancy demo with impressive wireless speeds, but that situation will change drastically as we get hundreds to thousands of users all trying to access broadband wireless at the same time.

Unfortunately, I think excitement for fiber in the US will only come once the reality of wireless capabilities becomes apparently. That has a way to run still. It will be many years before the US catches on to fiber.

]]> Comment on WP: Japan’s Warp-Speed Ride to Internet Future by Jayaprakash http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/wp-japans-warp-speed-ride-to-internet-future/#comment-1850 Jayaprakash Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:36:53 +0000 http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/wp-japans-warp-speed-ride-to-internet-future/#comment-1850 You said it correctly. Japan is leading the fiber optic market. The Japanese companies make fiber optic cables, fibers and related products that Japan requires and more over to export to other countries also. As I am currently experiencing the fastest growing communication speed through fiber in Japan and many of the east asian countries, US and west europe, I used to blog my experiences as a cable design engineer in order to share with rest of the world. You said it correctly. Japan is leading the fiber optic market. The Japanese companies make fiber optic cables, fibers and related products that Japan requires and more over to export to other countries also. As I am currently experiencing the fastest growing communication speed through fiber in Japan and many of the east asian countries, US and west europe, I used to blog my experiences as a cable design engineer in order to share with rest of the world.

]]> Comment on “The End is Near” by Treasuries widen on credit concerns « Phorgy Phynance http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/the-end-is-near/#comment-1848 Treasuries widen on credit concerns « Phorgy Phynance Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:51:44 +0000 http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/the-end-is-near/#comment-1848 [...] back, I still stand by almost everything I said during that time. As I said in my inaugural post, I really am an optimist, but even an optimist has to be somewhat realistic. Back then, I was [...] [...] back, I still stand by almost everything I said during that time. As I said in my inaugural post, I really am an optimist, but even an optimist has to be somewhat realistic. Back then, I was [...]

]]> Comment on Missing the good ol’ times by Treasuries widen on credit concerns « Phorgy Phynance http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/missing-the-good-ol-times/#comment-1847 Treasuries widen on credit concerns « Phorgy Phynance Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:29:36 +0000 http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/?p=151#comment-1847 [...] Phorgy Phynance « Missing the good ol’ times [...] [...] Phorgy Phynance « Missing the good ol’ times [...]

]]> Comment on My Papers by phorgyphynance http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/my-papers/#comment-1391 phorgyphynance Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:33:45 +0000 http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/?page_id=136#comment-1391 There you go! I managed to find both my PhD dissertation and a paper summarizing my MS thesis (along with some others). The Caltech guys were certainly aware of my work, but I'm not sure if the grad student ever saw my thesis although they could have and should have since it was published in 2002 (before they even started). My first paper on discrete geometry was written in 2000. When you get to SoCal, let me know. It'd be great to have a few :beer: By the way, if you have any questions regarding any of my papers, please don't hesitate to ask. You know where to find me :) Cheers! There you go! I managed to find both my PhD dissertation and a paper summarizing my MS thesis (along with some others).

The Caltech guys were certainly aware of my work, but I’m not sure if the grad student ever saw my thesis although they could have and should have since it was published in 2002 (before they even started). My first paper on discrete geometry was written in 2000.

When you get to SoCal, let me know. It’d be great to have a few :beer:

By the way, if you have any questions regarding any of my papers, please don’t hesitate to ask. You know where to find me :)

Cheers!

]]> Comment on My Papers by rod. http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/my-papers/#comment-1387 rod. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:45:48 +0000 http://phorgyphynance.wordpress.com/?page_id=136#comment-1387 Eric, Thanks for the reply :-) I found that paper of yours, <i>Financial Modelling Using Discrete Stochastic Calculus</i>, long ago and I have been highly intrigued by it ever since. This whole "continuous Vs discrete" thing has been a constant source of fascination for years, and it all started while studying Physics, eh eh. Probably sounds like a <i>dejá vu</i> to you. Over the last year or so, I have been following the work some people at Caltech have been doing on Discrete Differential Geometry. I have gathered a bunch of papers (including the ones you wrote with Urs Schreiber, which I found on arXiv.org), but I am afraid my math skills aren't yet enough to attack this area. I studied EE, not Math / Phys, and as such, Differential Geometry is not something I am terribly familiar with. In any case, if you ever find a soft copy of your thesis and don't mind to email it, I would definitely be most grateful. Last but not least, you're in SoCal, right? I will be moving to SoCal next summer, and it would be cool to meet up for a beer if the opportunity ever arises. Cheers! -R Eric,

Thanks for the reply :-)

I found that paper of yours, Financial Modelling Using Discrete Stochastic Calculus, long ago and I have been highly intrigued by it ever since. This whole “continuous Vs discrete” thing has been a constant source of fascination for years, and it all started while studying Physics, eh eh. Probably sounds like a dejá vu to you.

Over the last year or so, I have been following the work some people at Caltech have been doing on Discrete Differential Geometry. I have gathered a bunch of papers (including the ones you wrote with Urs Schreiber, which I found on arXiv.org), but I am afraid my math skills aren’t yet enough to attack this area. I studied EE, not Math / Phys, and as such, Differential Geometry is not something I am terribly familiar with.

In any case, if you ever find a soft copy of your thesis and don’t mind to email it, I would definitely be most grateful.

Last but not least, you’re in SoCal, right? I will be moving to SoCal next summer, and it would be cool to meet up for a beer if the opportunity ever arises.

Cheers!

-R

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