OT: amazon recommends:

#21

On 17 mar, 20:08, Rob <rmpsf... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

On Mar 17, 12:03 pm, Marshall <marshall.spi... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:> Hey all,

I buy stuff on Amazon. You know the way Amazon
sees what you buy and makes recommendations?
Sometimes you get these odd juxtapositions.

Here's an opportunity for all cdt poster children to show how much
their database expertise can contribute to the refinement of just such
recommender systems:

http://www.netflixprize.com/index
Pathetic. How to motivate people to work for free by putting

miserable incentive.
The state of the database design quality in in such state of decay
that they now need to organize contests for winning free t-shirts to
get a decent design.

Question is : How much money will be gained from selling the search
engine technology to big companies.

Notice also the despising and patronizing tone (*poster children*)

Sickenning....

Quote:

Rob

#22

On 17 mar, 20:08, Rob <rmpsf... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

On Mar 17, 12:03 pm, Marshall <marshall.spi... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:> Hey all,

I buy stuff on Amazon. You know the way Amazon
sees what you buy and makes recommendations?
Sometimes you get these odd juxtapositions.

Here's an opportunity for all cdt poster children to show how much
their database expertise can contribute to the refinement of just such
recommender systems:

http://www.netflixprize.com/index
Pathetic. How to motivate people to work for free by putting

miserable incentive.
The state of the database design quality in in such state of decay
that they now need to organize contests for winning free t-shirts to
get a decent design.

Question is : How much money will be gained from selling the search
engine technology to big companies.

Notice also the despising and patronizing tone (*poster children*)

Sickenning....

Quote:

Rob

#23

On 17 mar, 20:08, Rob <rmpsf... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

On Mar 17, 12:03 pm, Marshall <marshall.spi... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:> Hey all,

I buy stuff on Amazon. You know the way Amazon
sees what you buy and makes recommendations?
Sometimes you get these odd juxtapositions.

Here's an opportunity for all cdt poster children to show how much
their database expertise can contribute to the refinement of just such
recommender systems:

http://www.netflixprize.com/index
Pathetic. How to motivate people to work for free by putting

miserable incentive.
The state of the database design quality in in such state of decay
that they now need to organize contests for winning free t-shirts to
get a decent design.

Question is : How much money will be gained from selling the search
engine technology to big companies.

Notice also the despising and patronizing tone (*poster children*)

Sickenning....

Quote:

Rob

#24

On 17 mar, 20:08, Rob <rmpsf... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

On Mar 17, 12:03 pm, Marshall <marshall.spi... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:> Hey all,

I buy stuff on Amazon. You know the way Amazon
sees what you buy and makes recommendations?
Sometimes you get these odd juxtapositions.

Here's an opportunity for all cdt poster children to show how much
their database expertise can contribute to the refinement of just such
recommender systems:

http://www.netflixprize.com/index
Pathetic. How to motivate people to work for free by putting

miserable incentive.
The state of the database design quality in in such state of decay
that they now need to organize contests for winning free t-shirts to
get a decent design.

Question is : How much money will be gained from selling the search
engine technology to big companies.

Notice also the despising and patronizing tone (*poster children*)

Sickenning....

Quote:

Rob

#25

On 17 mar, 20:08, Rob <rmpsf... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

On Mar 17, 12:03 pm, Marshall <marshall.spi... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:> Hey all,

I buy stuff on Amazon. You know the way Amazon
sees what you buy and makes recommendations?
Sometimes you get these odd juxtapositions.

Here's an opportunity for all cdt poster children to show how much
their database expertise can contribute to the refinement of just such
recommender systems:

http://www.netflixprize.com/index
Pathetic. How to motivate people to work for free by putting

miserable incentive.
The state of the database design quality in in such state of decay
that they now need to organize contests for winning free t-shirts to
get a decent design.

Question is : How much money will be gained from selling the search
engine technology to big companies.

Notice also the despising and patronizing tone (*poster children*)

Sickenning....

Quote:

Rob

#26

On 17 mar, 20:08, Rob <rmpsf... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

On Mar 17, 12:03 pm, Marshall <marshall.spi... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:> Hey all,

I buy stuff on Amazon. You know the way Amazon
sees what you buy and makes recommendations?
Sometimes you get these odd juxtapositions.

Here's an opportunity for all cdt poster children to show how much
their database expertise can contribute to the refinement of just such
recommender systems:

http://www.netflixprize.com/index
Pathetic. How to motivate people to work for free by putting

miserable incentive.
The state of the database design quality in in such state of decay
that they now need to organize contests for winning free t-shirts to
get a decent design.

Question is : How much money will be gained from selling the search
engine technology to big companies.

Notice also the despising and patronizing tone (*poster children*)

Sickenning....

Quote:

Rob

#27

On 17 mar, 20:08, Rob <rmpsf... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

On Mar 17, 12:03 pm, Marshall <marshall.spi... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:> Hey all,

I buy stuff on Amazon. You know the way Amazon
sees what you buy and makes recommendations?
Sometimes you get these odd juxtapositions.

Here's an opportunity for all cdt poster children to show how much
their database expertise can contribute to the refinement of just such
recommender systems:

http://www.netflixprize.com/index
Pathetic. How to motivate people to work for free by putting

miserable incentive.
The state of the database design quality in in such state of decay
that they now need to organize contests for winning free t-shirts to
get a decent design.

Question is : How much money will be gained from selling the search
engine technology to big companies.

Notice also the despising and patronizing tone (*poster children*)

Sickenning....

Quote:

Rob

#28

On 17 mar, 20:08, Rob <rmpsf... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

On Mar 17, 12:03 pm, Marshall <marshall.spi... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:> Hey all,

I buy stuff on Amazon. You know the way Amazon
sees what you buy and makes recommendations?
Sometimes you get these odd juxtapositions.

Here's an opportunity for all cdt poster children to show how much
their database expertise can contribute to the refinement of just such
recommender systems:

http://www.netflixprize.com/index
Pathetic. How to motivate people to work for free by putting

miserable incentive.
The state of the database design quality in in such state of decay
that they now need to organize contests for winning free t-shirts to
get a decent design.

Question is : How much money will be gained from selling the search
engine technology to big companies.

Notice also the despising and patronizing tone (*poster children*)

Sickenning....

Quote:

Rob