And why would you leave out Diffie-Hellman asymmetrical key encryption algorithms? Any hope you have of privacy now or in the near future is going to be based on this.
My Ph.D. is from University of Southern Carolina. But if you are planning on a Ph.D. (Most of the top schools will actually pay you to geta Ph.D. getting funding at the masters level is usually improbably or impossible.) My advice would be that your selection of advisor is as, or more, important than your selection of school. You can go to the best school with the fanciest labs but if the professor in charge of the lab isn't your advisor chances are you aren't ever going to see that lab except for maybe course work.
Your advisor also determines the topics of research that you work on. You'll start by doing work related to their interest, not yours (Its what you get paid for.) This will ultimately lead to your Dissertation topic.
So the advisor has an extreme amount of inffluence on what you have access to and what your topics will be.
I would also suggest trying to pick an advisor that already has tenure. I didn't and my advisor picked up in the middle of my dissertation and switched schools leaving me without a lot of fundamental support. And the school didn't have any protocol for what to do with a fifth year grad. student with a thesis topic and no advisor so I felt I was left out to dry. I think a professor with tenure and a well established lab is less likely to leave you hanging.
I didn't get any. How about anybody else? I also had to jump through a dozen hoops to get in. Hey E*Trade!!!... Watch my account tomorrow! You can kiss a five significant figure account bye bye. I've got three other online brokerages, *ALL* of which have a better site, more useful info and treat me better.
I'm an affinity invitee. I didn't get any eMail but I got the phone call at 9:00am. I sent the eMail as directed to. I even called a broker and changed the number of shares I was interested in (to match my available funds.)
But checking my account I see that I didn't get a single damn share.
E*Trade can watch about $50K leave their brokerage tomorrow. I've had such a horrible experience dealing with my first IPO (even when invited!) that I can't think of a single reason to have an account with them at all.
I'm sure somebody has mentioned this: The "Oracle" is not E*Trade (nor RedHat). It has something to do with SEC/NASD or so I've been told.
I think what E*Trade did screw up was in not providing clearly definitions for the questions.
In particular such questions like: "What do you feel your overall expertise at trading is?" Excellent? Good? Fair? Poor? That is highly suggestive. Compared to just about everybody else where I work I'm a genius at investing. But compared to Tom and Dave Gardner, Alan Greenspan or Peter Lynch I pretty much suck.
E*Trade should have a *very* easy to find, must-read FAQ on exactly what the questions mean. As in definitions for what "Good experience" is.
And for those out I would recommend placing your indication of interest directly through a human broker at E*Trade. I did and he cleared up several points such as that.
For one: "What is the amount of liquid assets you own?" Silly me: I thought "liquid" meant "cash" or anything that you can directly write a check against without incurring debt. Well I've I'ld have answered that I'ld have killed myself. I don't keep more than a couple thousand in such accounts (checking mostly). But what "liquid" really means is: "Cash or *anything* that can quickly and easily be converted to cash." This includes any mutual funds you may have, stock securities, checking, savings... Basically it turns out to be my entire portfolio minus my house, automobiles and IRA/401Ks.
If you don't have a large amount of liquid worth then the SEC will mark you ineligible because you cannot afford the high risk of IPOs. If it were to go very badly for you it would wipe out just about everything you own except the roof over your head.
I know it sucks, I really do. I learned these lessons the hard way before. I encourage anybody who went through this to write a simple letter to E*Trade asking them to make available much clearer documentation on the IPO process and questions.
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And why would you leave out Diffie-Hellman
asymmetrical key encryption algorithms?
Any hope you have of privacy now or in the
near future is going to be based on this.
And obviously I don't deserve it based on ;-)
grammar and memory...
I meant to say "from THE University of
Southern California."
My Ph.D. is from University of Southern Carolina.
But if you are planning on a Ph.D. (Most of the
top schools will actually pay you to geta Ph.D.
getting funding at the masters level is usually
improbably or impossible.) My advice would be
that your selection of advisor is as, or more,
important than your selection of school.
You can go to the best school with the fanciest
labs but if the professor in charge of the
lab isn't your advisor chances are you aren't
ever going to see that lab except for maybe
course work.
Your advisor also determines the topics of
research that you work on. You'll start by
doing work related to their interest, not yours
(Its what you get paid for.) This will ultimately
lead to your Dissertation topic.
So the advisor has an extreme amount of inffluence
on what you have access to and what your topics
will be.
I would also suggest trying to pick an advisor
that already has tenure. I didn't and my
advisor picked up in the middle of my dissertation
and switched schools leaving me without a lot of
fundamental support. And the school didn't have
any protocol for what to do with a fifth year
grad. student with a thesis topic and no advisor
so I felt I was left out to dry. I think a
professor with tenure and a well established lab
is less likely to leave you hanging.
my $0.02
I didn't get any. How about anybody else?
I also had to jump through a dozen hoops to
get in.
Hey E*Trade!!!... Watch my account tomorrow!
You can kiss a five significant figure account
bye bye.
I've got three other online brokerages, *ALL*
of which have a better site, more useful info
and treat me better.
I'm an affinity invitee. I didn't get any eMail but I got the phone call at 9:00am. I sent the eMail as directed to. I even called a broker and changed the number of shares I was interested in (to match my available funds.)
But checking my account I see that I didn't get
a single damn share.
E*Trade can watch about $50K leave their brokerage tomorrow. I've had such a horrible experience dealing with my first IPO (even when invited!) that I can't think of a single reason to have an account with them at all.
I'm sure somebody has mentioned this:
The "Oracle" is not E*Trade (nor RedHat).
It has something to do with SEC/NASD or so
I've been told.
I think what E*Trade did screw up was in not
providing clearly definitions for the questions.
In particular such questions like:
"What do you feel your overall expertise at
trading is?" Excellent? Good? Fair? Poor?
That is highly suggestive. Compared to just
about everybody else where I work I'm a genius
at investing. But compared to Tom and Dave
Gardner, Alan Greenspan or Peter Lynch I pretty
much suck.
E*Trade should have a *very* easy to find,
must-read FAQ on exactly what the questions
mean. As in definitions for what "Good
experience" is.
And for those out I would recommend placing
your indication of interest directly through
a human broker at E*Trade. I did and he
cleared up several points such as that.
For one: "What is the amount of liquid assets
you own?" Silly me: I thought "liquid" meant
"cash" or anything that you can directly write
a check against without incurring debt. Well
I've I'ld have answered that I'ld have killed
myself. I don't keep more than a couple
thousand in such accounts (checking mostly).
But what "liquid" really means is: "Cash or
*anything* that can quickly and easily be
converted to cash." This includes any mutual
funds you may have, stock securities, checking,
savings... Basically it turns out to be my
entire portfolio minus my house, automobiles
and IRA/401Ks.
If you don't have a large amount of liquid
worth then the SEC will mark you ineligible
because you cannot afford the high risk of
IPOs. If it were to go very badly for you it
would wipe out just about everything you own
except the roof over your head.
I know it sucks, I really do. I learned these
lessons the hard way before. I encourage anybody
who went through this to write a simple letter
to E*Trade asking them to make available much
clearer documentation on the IPO process and
questions.