Archive for 2008-06-12

Some untold memory about IMO

2008-06-12

Last night I suddenly remembered something others told me, way back when the days I participated in International Mathematics Olympiad. At that time the leader told us Hong Kong participants about some dark truth happened in the past. One of them being that North Korean team has been discredited before. I completely forgot when it happened, but definitely more than 15 years ago.

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冥通軍票共和國

2008-06-12

上個月初香港新聞才說津巴布韋發行一億和 2.5 億紙幣,之後沒留意,直至上個月尾發覺津巴布韋元的匯率發了狂地飆升,幾乎每三兩天加一倍,現在再看一看,才發覺自己 outdate 了 —— 一億元已經沒用了。現在官方是二十億兌一美元,黑市估計是五十億兌一美元。現在香港通脹 5% 已經喊救命,但比起別人在說 > 1,000,000% 通脹,立即就覺得香港人很幸福了。很難想像那裏的黑市和官方金融體系是如何配合運作的,尤其是直至上個月官方匯率還是三萬兌一美元的時候。

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