Monday, October 10, 2005

Game Theory

bloody game theory. I'm stuck less than a third into an essay because i'm trapped by game theory. it's something I haven't come across yet, the application of the prisoner's dilemma to international relations, but it seems incredibly plausible. What I need is to formally state this hypothesis and a professor to give me six months to come up with a 10,000 word thesis, and then maybe I could get somewhere. working this idea into three hundred words in an essay with a deadline which I flew past almost a week ago, and it's very frustrating. the excellent gains I've made in another subject will have fallen by the wayside due to an essay i'm yet to start research on, and tomorrow marks the beginning of the Simulation, Thursday the deadline for the one essay not already late.

I'm sick of it all, it's just not fun, 16cp is beyond too much. it was expected at newc to do four third year subjects a semester, here they want 14cp - three and a half third year subjects. Mac is wierd.

also, the results on a running experiment with my shiny new phone.
From my Birthday to October 8th, I have sent 1000 messages. that's roughly 7.2 Messages a Day. For every 10 messages I've sent, i've recieved an average of 8.3 back.
this is massively countered by Call Duration. Recieved Calls have seen me listening to people for 8 hours and 48 minutes, while Dialled Calls have lasted a scarce 1 hour and 12 minutes.

so what does this show? I've preferred messages as my medium of communication, though this is likely to change with my new plan. we'll see when it gets to 2000 messages in... roughly... about march.

also, after these essays are finally out of the way, I'll start asking people directly about feburary, with a specific place in mind and with a specific amount to be laid down to represent interest, with the specifically first to pay to specifically recieve the specific best spots. any specific opinions, now's the time to let me know, so I can try and squeeze it all in. message me up! posted by Keegan at 3:42 pm

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