Reputations - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

alatar · 02-16-2006, 12:56 PM

Ah, wouldn't that be a grand thing?!? Then, after statistics are compiled and made available, some astute Downer could model the data and predict (using Bayes's theorem and probabilities) the most likely times, threads, text, etc with which to garner rep. Instead of thinking about specific threads/posts or discussing an issue dear to one's heart, the wielder could simply pop in with a post with the highest probability of being repped, then spend the rest of his/her time watching TV.

The power! in such an algorithm. One could perhaps even overtake Lalwendë without learning/discussing/reading a blessed thing ...ah, to dream

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02-16-2006, 12:56 PM	#11
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	Ah, wouldn't that be a grand thing?!? Then, after statistics are compiled and made available, some astute Downer could model the data and predict (using Bayes's theorem and probabilities) the most likely times, threads, text, etc with which to garner rep. Instead of thinking about specific threads/posts or discussing an issue dear to one's heart, the wielder could simply pop in with a post with the highest probability of being repped, then spend the rest of his/her time watching TV. The power! in such an algorithm. One could perhaps even overtake Lalwendë without learning/discussing/reading a blessed thing ...ah, to dream . (yes, that's the sound of scribbling that you hear.) __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.