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The jogger needs to die accidentally and the camera assures that there is a witness. A fake, futuristic, but believable technology would work, but it shouldn't trigger suspicion in an autopsy. Any suggestions are welcome.

If two functions mapped to the same value everywhere of interest, does that have the same meaning as the two functions being equal?

I have a question on Peason/Neyman/Fisherian statistics and evolution. If I were testing for the existence of evolution using regression, such as a time series rate of change, then the most rational null hypothesis is the "no effect," hypothesis, that is, mu=0. In the category where mu=0 is intelligent design, creationism, but also other weird but possible naturalistic explanations. If the null is rejected then by modus tollens, to some degree of confidence, intelligent design is rejected by the data without a need to "assume" naturalism or other materialistic assumptions. Further, as Frequentist methods guarantee an alpha level of coverage, they are a worst case test statistic (assuming a proper statistic was used of course). This would be the distribution that most favored the null, to guarantee coverage. So using the data, with basic assumptions like Kolmogorov's axioms or probability, one would arrive at the rejection of creationism without resorting to naturalistic assumptions. What is the flaw in this argument? Also, sorry to use your professional time on this, but I cannot walk through the flaw. One could extend this, with a Bayesian decision theory framework to modus ponens as well, but only if you include additional assumptions. Criticism very much desired.

I have a question on Peason/Neyman/Fisherian statistics and evolution. If I were testing for the existence of evolution using regression, such as a time series rate of change, then the most rational null hypothesis is the "no effect," hypothesis, that is, mu=0. In the category where mu=0 is intelligent design, creationism, but also other weird but possible naturalistic explanations. If the null is rejected then by modus tollens, to some degree of confidence, intelligent design is rejected by the data without a need to "assume" naturalism or other materialistic assumptions. Further, as Frequentist methods guarantee an alpha level of coverage, they are a worst case test statistic (assuming a proper statistic was used of course). This would be the distribution that most favored the null, to guarantee coverage. So using the data, with basic assumptions like Kolmogorov's axioms or probability, one would arrive at the rejection of creationism without resorting to naturalistic assumptions. What is the flaw in this argument? Also, sorry to use your professional time on this, but I cannot walk through the flaw. One could extend this, with a Bayesian decision theory framework to modus ponens as well, but only if you include additional assumptions. Criticism very much desired.

I have a question on Peason/Neyman/Fisherian statistics and evolution. If I were testing for the existence of evolution using regression, such as a time series rate of change, then the most rational null hypothesis is the "no effect," hypothesis, that is, mu=0. In the category where mu=0 is intelligent design, creationism, but also other weird but possible naturalistic explanations. If the null is rejected then by modus tollens, to some degree of confidence, intelligent design is rejected by the data without a need to "assume" naturalism or other materialistic assumptions. Further, as Frequentist methods guarantee an alpha level of coverage, they are a worst case test statistic (assuming a proper statistic was used of course). This would be the distribution that most favored the null, to guarantee coverage. So using the data, with basic assumptions like Kolmogorov's axioms or probability, one would arrive at the rejection of creationism without resorting to naturalistic assumptions. What is the flaw in this argument? Also, sorry to use your professional time on this, but I cannot walk through the flaw. One could extend this, with a Bayesian decision theory framework to modus ponens as well, but only if you include additional assumptions. Criticism very much desired.

I am looking for an old legal case. In it an employee of Sears invents a new item. Sears claims it for its own as he was an employee. The court held that it was not part of his employment and found against Sears. Anyone able to give a citation?

Had the Norwegian terrorist been Muslim he would be described as a Muslim terrorist. Since he is doing it for "Christian" reasons he is labeled in other ways. I am looking for empirical research on in group versus out group labels and consequences for communities. Any suggestions on where to look?

I am trying to find an old television episode, most likely done by Rod Serling. In it, the people are very poor and cannot afford to pay for a grave, so they rent one for family members. If they cannot pay, the caretaker evicts the dead. What is the name of this show and what is the episode?

What I want to know is the start date of publication and the final date of publication. I do know it was started by George Rowell. Please provide citations. I cannot find the information.

I have read, in a couple of places that I can not now find, that there exists a theorem that says for any divergent real series of infinite length, there exists a convergent complex series, the real series is the projection (stereographic?) of that convergent complex series. Any help would be appreciated.

Bellman Equation for functions in complex space. I know that the derivative is defined slightly differently, since the complex set is unordered. If the function is analytic, then it would be infinitely differentiable. In that case, is there a way to find an optimum other than limit sup or limit inf? Any help appreciated.

I am an economist with a question on the development of languages. In economics is the concept of diminishing returns but also of technological improvements. Saying someone is pretty, very pretty, very very pretty, very(repeated 23 times) pretty has diminishing returns. At some point a person choses an optimum against their preferences. At the same time, people tend to innovate and develop entirely new words and ways of saying things. Have there been permanent structural changes in languages that reflect added efficiency and innovation? I have no linguistic training, but I am curious on the brain/culture/evolution interaction and realized we have a great resource measure in the changes between ancient tongues and modern tongues, though possibly mediated by the nature of more formal writing and no ancient remaining conversations. If so, could you recommend some readings on this?

Why would someone bother looking you up to mail you an insult, only to delete their account, so you cannot graciously thank them for their loving Christian concern?

How does deep frying work and why is it a superior cooking method for some foods? From the perspective of chemistry, what is occuring? Ignoring health issues, why fry versus bake, broil or cook?

I am an atheist, was a Christian, and I am considering my own death. Any suggestions on a funeral service. As atheism is not a belief system it lacks a ritual dude to say the nice words. I am looking for ideas. I wouldn't mind a New Orleans Jazz Band, but that isn't always available since you cannot pick where you die always. Likewise, it could be inconvenient in terms of structure.

I am looking for any good ideas, which of course rules out joining a religion. If anyone has thought this through and has plans of their own, I would like to know them.

Anyone know how to perform the Jarque-Bera in SAS? A snippet of code would be profoundly appreciated.

There is a myth rampant on this board, that preceeds the DaVinci Code, that Constantine created the Catholic Church, picked the books of the bibles and changed Christianity and used the Council of Nicea to create his own Christianity. As none of this fits the historical record, who started this? Further, it is far from what actually happened. My gut says the myth came from the time of the Reformation as a lot of non-truths got published by partisans in what became a very bloody civil war (1/3rd of Germans killed each other). As Satan is the "Father of Lies," I would think the more stringent groups such as fundamentalists would seek to have this lie quashed. Anyone have an idea where this myth first appears in the historical record and who the oldest author of it is?

I own an S-corp that purchased a significant amount of county property tax liens. The liens accrue interest at 12% per year on the face amount of the tax plus any statutory costs, which include subsequent taxes paid. In order to preserve your claim you are required to pay all subsequent taxes on the property. They have until April 2008 to redeem their property and pay all costs plus interest. The initial payment is of course an extension of capital. However, are subsequent payments an expense or are they capitalized? For example, expenses for title work and to pay other subsequent taxes are they capitalized expenses and an increase in basis or an expense of holding the lien. About 1% of all liens default so recovery of costs with interest are highly likely. The lien expires without claim if not acted upon in a timely fashion as described in the governing statute by the owner. The property converts by law if acted upon in a timely fashion to the lienholder.