<OT> weird job ad of the week

[Michael Hipp]

Alma J Wetzker wrote:
> Rick Sivernell wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 12:09:41 -0500 (EST)
>> Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

>> In 1923 Norbert Wiener became the first to treat rigorously a 
>> continuous Markov
>> process.
> 
> 
> You tend to see Markov chains represented by square arrays, that are 
> then raised to a power.  The columns (or rows) are probabilities of a 
> given set of events, so their sum is one (1).  After a certain number of 
> multiplications of  the matrix by itself, the numbers tend to converge 
> to something an economist can use.  They try to predict things like 
> current and ultimate market penetration of products or values of stocks 
> in a market segment that is moving towards being static.
> 
> The math is simple and pretty straightforward.  Setting the things up is 
> PFM (Pure Freakin' Magic).  It is actually pretty fun stuff.  The job 
> description sounded like it could be pretty cool (except for the 
> occasions where they tell you to bend over).  For now, it is a pass.  I 
> graduate in about a year, maybe something will show up then....

I didn't realize you guys were such a bunch of eggheads :-)

I only half remember what a stochastic process is, and I won't be sorry 
when I've forgotten the other half. Learning about such was merely a 
means to an end - getting my BSEE. Can't imagine wanting to do it for a 
living.

Me, I just wanna sell servers and bang out code. We be simple folk here.

Michael