seattlejet
Re:Launching the Kindle Fire was a mistake
on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @01:09AM (#3394981)
If you mainly want an e-reader, I recommend one of the other Kindles that has an E Ink display, which is wonderful. The Fire doesn't have an E Ink display.
Re:Barefoot shoes try to outrace the black market
on Sunday August 15, 2010 @01:02AM (#1604634)
What are some of the other things? So we know when we see them...
Via Says $100 Android Tablets Will Challenge the IPad This Year
Re:A Stochastic Model for Picking Winners in the NCAA Tournament
on Wednesday March 17, 2010 @09:13PM (#1200198)
Not just critiquing this particular model, but at least a couple things that need to be improved upon in game prediction:
1. Need to take into account playing styles of the teams along with their seed. (eg. how do teams that rely on 3pt shots fare vs. teams that play very physical defense, and all other permutations)
2. As Locke pointed out, extraordinary events play a large part in games. There was an article in the NY Times on stat analysis where a team official (may have been Houston Rockets' Daryl Morey) lamented a lucky shot-clock-beating 3-pointer by the opposing team, saying those kind of instances significantly alter the game. It'd be interesting to see if some teams are better at creating these lucky instances, or if they're strictly random