Log message #905634

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# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:28 jperras I tried to explain it in plain English terms in the wiki, iirc
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:28 jperras yeah, they can be a bit dense in places
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:27 pointlessjon indeed. I tried reading into the articles you linked to but it was beyond me
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:26 jperras curiosity is mankind's greatest gift ;-)
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:26 pointlessjon i'm mostly asking out of curiousity
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:26 pointlessjon i see
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:26 jperras really, it's just a mathematical construct to get a more accurate picture
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:25 pointlessjon right
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:25 jperras when it should really be closer to 1
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:25 jperras that outlier actually brings the mean to 1.8
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:25 jperras one person gives it 5 stars (e.g. person who wrote article)
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:24 jperras 4 give it 1 star
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:24 jperras 5 people rate an article
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:24 jperras simple example:
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:24 jperras pointlessjon: yeah, more like that
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:24 jperras it's more of a modelization of how a rating system should function, based on a few assumptions
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:24 pointlessjon will it simply be the numeric rating where the solution you were describing is just how we get there, or are we going to be looking more at charts
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:23 jperras we're not really collecting statistics
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:23 pointlessjon at the end of the day, what kind of statistics will we have?
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:22 jperras pointlessjon: yup
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:22 jperras gwoo: ha
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:22 pointlessjon yeah let me step back -- you mentioned in the spec some crazy stuff about the ratings
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:22 jperras gaussians and cake?
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:22 pointlessjon what time is it anyway, like almost 2am?
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:21 jperras I'm not following
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:21 pointlessjon you're a fiend for the cake
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:20 pointlessjon dude i just don't get gaussian distribution
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:20 gwoo he missed us, all that time with his girlfriend....
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:20 gwoo hah
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:19 pointlessjon but look how hardcore he is
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:19 jperras I put a jet in your lag so you can jet while you lag, dawg
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:19 pointlessjon that's what i was thinking
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:19 jperras yo
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:19 gwoo haa
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:19 gwoo pointlessjon: he probably has some major jetlag
# Jul 22nd 2009, 00:19 pointlessjon jperras: yo dawg
# Jul 21st 2009, 21:20 pointlessjon !log
# Jul 21st 2009, 18:43 pointlessjon we're pretty much on the same page
# Jul 21st 2009, 18:43 ProLoser|Work gotta head out for a bit
# Jul 21st 2009, 18:43 ProLoser|Work and then you would almost use filters
# Jul 21st 2009, 18:42 ProLoser|Work i mean my suggestion almost seems like 2 sets of tags