Wow. If this is "mathematical modelling", then me swapping the coffee mugs out for wine glasses in my kitchen cubbard would be "advanced sphere packing analysis and optimization".
I found the title to be an overstatement as well. The designers just used simple statistics to adjust the difficulty and the article is describing it like they needed a PhD in math to figure it out.
That being said, it's still a great idea. It may seem obvious after the fact but this is probably something a lot of game companies haven't though about.
Growth in U.S. demand for gasoline slowed from an average 1.6 percent per year between 1990 and 2004 to 0.3 percent in 2005 and 1 percent in 2006, the report said.
Your 0.3% is right on, but it's consistently been 1.6% in the years before. Now are you sure it's noise?
It takes a set of balls a mile wide for Google to throw out this report that basically says "If you had access to our secret click data, you'd know how completely wrong you are about clickfraud." "Oh, I'm sorry, you don't have access to our secret click data? Tough shit."
Nice try, but this shows you didn't even look at the report. The report prove that the auditing firms are making exagerated estimates using just the data provided by the auditing program and the advertiser's server logs.
They did mention their own logs, but that wasn't the bulk of the argument. The auditing programs were counting page refreshes (for which Google doesn't charge), counting events multiple times (that weren't in the site's server logs), and mixing data from different advertisers.
I can only speak for myself and a few friends, but the sci-fi theme just doesn't appeal to me. I'm pretty sure we aren't the only ones since this comparison got a lot of attention when it was first published.
That's not to say I avoid all games that don't appeal to my senses. A game has a number of other ways it can stand out, like with an innovative fighting system or unique story, neither of which I see this having.
If instead you look at the number of games 89 and above, you'll see that the DS has 5 to the PSP's 2. And those are the games that are getting the most praise between the 2 systems.
I can keep and watch a NetFlix DVD for days, even weeks if I choose. It takes up a slot of my subscription, but I incur no extra fees.
Can I do that with a rented download?
What's limiting the technology from doing this? The DRM can designed to have 3 slots instead of being limited by time or views. We already know the movie will be restricted to iTunes so this can be implemented with little effort.
Another "problem" with gambling is it's a zero-sum game, and many Americans (mostly conservatives) are business driven. They feel that anything getting in the way of economic growth should be banned or taxed.
The argument isn't completely without merit though, since some 3rd world countries can't get out of poverty because of it.
You can just use the regular google search with site:.gov OR site:.us OR site:.mil (maybe a few others) appended to your search to get the same results.
They are offering cdigix with other alternatives. This/. post turns it around and makes it look like mindawn in the primary service they're offering. See this article instead:
From the article: "To give students additional downloading options, both university systems also are negotiating with other music and video providers, including Napster Inc., Sony Corp. and Mindawn..."
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I found the title to be an overstatement as well. The designers just used simple statistics to adjust the difficulty and the article is describing it like they needed a PhD in math to figure it out.
That being said, it's still a great idea. It may seem obvious after the fact but this is probably something a lot of game companies haven't though about.
Actually it sounds like a lot like the Google Web Toolkit, an ajax framework that works with java and also had its source released.
Nice try, but this shows you didn't even look at the report. The report prove that the auditing firms are making exagerated estimates using just the data provided by the auditing program and the advertiser's server logs.
They did mention their own logs, but that wasn't the bulk of the argument. The auditing programs were counting page refreshes (for which Google doesn't charge), counting events multiple times (that weren't in the site's server logs), and mixing data from different advertisers.
I can only speak for myself and a few friends, but the sci-fi theme just doesn't appeal to me. I'm pretty sure we aren't the only ones since this comparison got a lot of attention when it was first published.
That's not to say I avoid all games that don't appeal to my senses. A game has a number of other ways it can stand out, like with an innovative fighting system or unique story, neither of which I see this having.
Do you realize that a 75 isn't a very high score?
If instead you look at the number of games 89 and above, you'll see that the DS has 5 to the PSP's 2. And those are the games that are getting the most praise between the 2 systems.
Several of the images really just use the spam as a random number generator.
Maybe I can use spam to randomize a game of online poker and make the front page of slashdot, too!
What's limiting the technology from doing this? The DRM can designed to have 3 slots instead of being limited by time or views. We already know the movie will be restricted to iTunes so this can be implemented with little effort.
Another "problem" with gambling is it's a zero-sum game, and many Americans (mostly conservatives) are business driven. They feel that anything getting in the way of economic growth should be banned or taxed.
The argument isn't completely without merit though, since some 3rd world countries can't get out of poverty because of it.
You can just use the regular google search with site:.gov OR site:.us OR site:.mil (maybe a few others) appended to your search to get the same results.
Compare these results:usgov search
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From the advisory link:
Affected Software:
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Download the update
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from the paper:
The roughsets model was implemented by the second author as an add-in to MS Excel spreadsheet.
Obviously, you didn't look at the paper. It's true that they did use neural nets, but this *was* done in excel.
actually, they did use excel. google cache
when the picture is on the screen because when you open it up again it will scare the shit out of you because it looks like a giant eye.
They are offering cdigix with other alternatives. This /. post turns it around and makes it look like mindawn in the primary service they're offering. See this article instead:
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050
From the article:
"To give students additional downloading options, both university systems also are negotiating with other music and video providers, including Napster Inc., Sony Corp. and Mindawn