i had 2 years of basic classes in college, and left. the allure of good beer, great pot, hot chicks and fun was much better than classes... i also found that if there was a hot chick in the class i was much likelier to show up.
tw On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Think of an auction. It's multiple people bidding for a single item. Each > person it bidding against a single person, the one with the highest bid. Now > think about an auction for multiple items. Each item can be bid on > individually OR as a single "lot". The fight is now between you and one > other person for the single item and you (and all other bidders on single > items) against whoever bid on the entire lot. A lot of 3 items with each > person bidding a dollar on an item will go to the person bidding 4 dollars > on the lot. If you bid another dollar you still don't win as you have not > beaten the lot bid. If you and someone else both bid a dollar on 2 different > items in the lot, then the individuals with with a total of 5 dollars > individually vs. 4 dollars for the lot. Now take this to the next level > where a lot can be a single item in a larger, higher level lot. Lot 1 holds > 3 series of books. Lot 1a holds 5 Dresdin books, lot 1b holds 3 harry potter > books, and lot 1c holds 10 misc books. Who wins? And what of more levels and > different sized lots? And what if there is a percentage differential between > a lot vs. the items (bidding on the lot 'wins' with 5% less than the > individual items). And on and on and on. All according to specific business > rules. All according to a mathematical formula that has to be created and > then coded for. Took me 3 months to codify the formula and a week or so to > implement it. In CF MX 6.0. And with writing components that I would be > embarrassed to show today. But still in about 150 lines of code. That's the > math I'm paid for. The math of someones ideas that need to be brought into > existence as an equation. An equation that can then be applied to code (or > something else). > One day I'm actually going to go back to school and get a firmer grounding > in math. I have tremendous natural skill with logically breaking a problem > down into its core components but natural skill pales in comparison to > training. > > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 12:32 PM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Michael Dinowitz < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I've done math for pay (multi-tier auction logic) > > > > > > That intrigues me....what is "multi-tier auction logic" ?? > > > > I ended up with a second major in math mostly because it interested me, > > and > > I knew that it would be a skill that could help me with whatever I ended > > up > > doing....but I never really thought of "math" as a way to make money, in > > and > > of itself. > > > > -- > > I'm young, I'm wild, and I'm free > > Got the magic power of the music in me > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259538 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
