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Re:Are Algorithms the Magic Bullet? by wglb on Monday August 31, 2009 @11:03AM (#796034)
In a word, no. The netflix effort was many, many man-months of inspired work. And as Norvig points out in a recent paper, "simple models and a lot of data trump more elaborate models based on less data. ..."
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Re:Are Algorithms the Magic Bullet? by Tygerdave on Monday August 31, 2009 @11:08AM (#796047)
Agreed - although Cuil's picture matching algorithm might have been a bullet to the head
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