Friday, March 06, 2009
Of correlations and more
take factor A out of the picture
statistic B still exhibits positive change
guess factor A doesn't have that much of an impact, if any at all
and i guess i don't play that big a role
statistic B still exhibits positive change
guess factor A doesn't have that much of an impact, if any at all
and i guess i don't play that big a role
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
From where you might belong
you know, there are those arcade machines out there. two placed facing each other, linked up so that you can play multiplayer with someone opposite you. i find it pretty interesting that they're placed in such a way that you can't see who you're up against. in the older days, when you want to play against someone, you have to sit cramped with the other guy at the same machine and all... but that's not my point for today
so, yeah. there's some interesting behaviour which i spotted quite some years back while i still go to arcades and play some virtua tennis amongst other things. people (and sadly, i fall to the urge as well) want to physically see who they are up against or who have beaten them (or who they have beaten, etc)... standing up and tip-toeing to peak over the machines, walking one round to have a glimpse of him. it's interesting how we want to see how the other person looks like even though they isn't really much of a rational reason to (in fact, it's might even be detrimental when you found you've been beaten by a kid or some punk, etc)
and that brings me to my main issue. i sure will like to see him, see who he is, and how he's managed to leave such... um... lasting impacts even though he's no longer in the picture.
he must have been really something...
so, yeah. there's some interesting behaviour which i spotted quite some years back while i still go to arcades and play some virtua tennis amongst other things. people (and sadly, i fall to the urge as well) want to physically see who they are up against or who have beaten them (or who they have beaten, etc)... standing up and tip-toeing to peak over the machines, walking one round to have a glimpse of him. it's interesting how we want to see how the other person looks like even though they isn't really much of a rational reason to (in fact, it's might even be detrimental when you found you've been beaten by a kid or some punk, etc)
and that brings me to my main issue. i sure will like to see him, see who he is, and how he's managed to leave such... um... lasting impacts even though he's no longer in the picture.
he must have been really something...
