I assume there is already some kind of decent metrics for rating players to enable fantasy leagues - the sort where average joe picks a bunch of players (from all teams) that he likes, and compares his "fantasy team" to all the other average joes who choose to spend their time doing the same. What metrics do these fantasy leagues use?
Aussie rules football (AFL) has very specific player scoring, developed from the work of Champion Data (not a large amount of detail there). These data and metrics are now used by every offical team, commentators and form the basis of most fantasy league scores. On the local news site which runs the largest fantasy league competition there is a lot more about how points are awarded, and performances of players through the season (about halfway through season 2010 at the moment).
Looking even more in depth, creating heat maps from player data, are some PHD students at my old university
I would have thought these kinds of data and analysis would be even more advanced in a sport that has much more history and far more fans around the world than AFL?
My current place of employment still uses FORTRAN, and it's still a very integral part of the system.
The computer system is a real time host that processes up to 800 transactions per second. Each transaction consists of incoming data, validation, comparison to other data, writing of data to disk, formulation of reply, validation of reply and sending of reply. The central engines are written in FORTRAN.
We have a slightly nicer front end (pre-compiler) called RATFOR - it's much closer to C. The rest of the system is written in C, and there's some nice stuff done to interface between the FORTRAN and C code.
This system is supporting a very large business, and has to be stable. It also has to handle enormous amounts of transactions at peak periods. It has to do it reliably, and fast. FORTRAN is at the heart of this system, pumping away without problems. Don't think it's crap, just because it's old!
This is almost available at petrol stations here in Victoria, Australia.
I thought it was pick and burn, but from the sounds of their blurb it will only give you a "chart CD".
This may mean it is just a glorified vending machine (although if it does burn, then create-your-own CD can't be far away!) I've never used one, so that's all the info I can give. Anyone else ever used one? Or involved in their creation?
At least they're only claiming space that no-one else really wants.
For something stranger than Sealand, check out the Principality of Caledonia http://www.principalityofcaledonia.cc
They have decided they own all of Australia!
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I assume there is already some kind of decent metrics for rating players to enable fantasy leagues - the sort where average joe picks a bunch of players (from all teams) that he likes, and compares his "fantasy team" to all the other average joes who choose to spend their time doing the same. What metrics do these fantasy leagues use?
Aussie rules football (AFL) has very specific player scoring, developed from the work of Champion Data (not a large amount of detail there). These data and metrics are now used by every offical team, commentators and form the basis of most fantasy league scores. On the local news site which runs the largest fantasy league competition there is a lot more about how points are awarded, and performances of players through the season (about halfway through season 2010 at the moment).
Looking even more in depth, creating heat maps from player data, are some PHD students at my old university
I would have thought these kinds of data and analysis would be even more advanced in a sport that has much more history and far more fans around the world than AFL?
You already have flying cars. You've had them for years.
They're called helicopters
Thankfully, the licence requirements are a helluva lot stricter than the "open your lucky box of cereal" method for car licences...
My current place of employment still uses FORTRAN, and it's still a very integral part of the system.
The computer system is a real time host that processes up to 800 transactions per second. Each transaction consists of incoming data, validation, comparison to other data, writing of data to disk, formulation of reply, validation of reply and sending of reply. The central engines are written in FORTRAN.
We have a slightly nicer front end (pre-compiler) called RATFOR - it's much closer to C. The rest of the system is written in C, and there's some nice stuff done to interface between the FORTRAN and C code.
This system is supporting a very large business, and has to be stable. It also has to handle enormous amounts of transactions at peak periods. It has to do it reliably, and fast. FORTRAN is at the heart of this system, pumping away without problems. Don't think it's crap, just because it's old!
This is almost available at petrol stations here in Victoria, Australia.
I thought it was pick and burn, but from the sounds of their blurb it will only give you a "chart CD".
This may mean it is just a glorified vending machine (although if it does burn, then create-your-own CD can't be far away!)
I've never used one, so that's all the info I can give.
Anyone else ever used one? Or involved in their creation?
At least they're only claiming space that no-one else really wants.
For something stranger than Sealand, check out the Principality of Caledonia
http://www.principalityofcaledonia.cc
They have decided they own all of Australia!