User talk:Ooiboonping

Hi Ooiboonping!

I read your entry on David X. Li and noticed that you were the first to revise Li's wiki page (on 2/24/09) since the last revision was made on April 6, 2008. It's obvious that you've read WIRED's March 2009 issue and the cover story by Felix Salmon, but I'm curious as to whether you picked up the issue at a newsstand or if you are a WIRED subscriber? If you are a subscriber, how long have you been subscribing and what do you do for a living? What are your thoughts on WIRED's March issue and Felix Salmon's article? I hope I'm not being bothersome, I'm just curious because I am a longtime loyal WIRED reader and I also work for the magazine, too.

I found Salmon's article on David X. Li and the Gaussian copula function incredibly intriguing and revealing because it elucidates a topic that many people outside of the finance/economics worlds don't understand, though the effects of the copula function are being felt all over the world. Anyway, I just wanted to send you a message because the number of page views for David X. Li's wiki page have soared since you first revised it on 2/24/09, which also happens to be the day that WIRED's March 2009 issue went on sale. I think it's great that you felt compelled to update Li's page because, clearly, a lot of people wanted to find out more about Li and this obscure copula function that Wall Street misused. I would love to hear about yourself and any thoughts you have about the story, WIRED, or the financial system. Kudos to you!

Camelot Crown 1984 (talk) 21:54, 14 March 2009 (UTC)