It's my latest phase.

10/21/2008 10:29:35 PM

games are laws

they 'are'

they are not 'likely to be'

10/21/2008 10:30:50 PM

so are you still in school or do you work or what?

10/21/2008 10:31:21 PM

Sklansky and Malmouth.

In respect to poker applications.

10/21/2008 10:31:25 PM

Are you talking about football or what?

10/21/2008 10:32:14 PM

I'm a ChaCha guide. http://www.chacha.com

cddweller and I are working to get me back into school. She thinks I'm smart or something.

10/21/2008 10:32:35 PM

so you just chill all the time?

[Edited on October 21, 2008 at 10:35 PM. Reason : whose money are you living off of?]

10/21/2008 10:33:30 PM

paging Str8Foolish

10/21/2008 10:33:39 PM

I was thinking more of the game theory you pick up in intro level classes, prisoner's dilemma, Nash equilibriums and whatnot.

10/21/2008 10:33:45 PM

http://www.amazon.com/Essays-Game-Theory-John-Nash/dp/1858984262/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224642870&sr=8-4

10/21/2008 10:35:08 PM

Quote :

"so you just chill all the time?"

I work out at the gym for 3-4 hours at a time and help cddweller with social situations. I also spam Craigslist for a friend of mine for some cash.

Yes, I suck. Yes, you're better than me. I bow down and bask in your glory.

10/21/2008 10:35:27 PM

Woah there, slugger!

10/21/2008 10:36:30 PM

At first glance, that job looks pretty awesome.
You're like an information whore.
I love it!

10/21/2008 10:36:35 PM

that's not what i was saying man. if you can get by with it more power to you. i was just wondering because you never post about actually doing anything constructive.

[Edited on October 21, 2008 at 10:37 PM. Reason : ^getting paid to google shit? lol]

10/21/2008 10:36:51 PM

lolz

10/21/2008 10:37:43 PM

Yeah, lemme know if you want the book, I might buy it for myself and let you peek at it if you look up random definitions for me like a good boyfriend.

10/21/2008 10:38:35 PM

so whose money do you live on?

and do you plan to ever do anything? like a real job where you contribute?

if i could do what you do (just replace all the lame stuff with fishing) i would chill forever man.

i'm jealous as hell.

10/21/2008 10:39:05 PM

So is this like for real???
Cuz I am a SAHM, and I pretty much google shit for TWW all day.
Like between diapers and stuff.

10/21/2008 10:39:44 PM

You'd be perfect, this is definately a stay-at-home job. You need to be glued to your comp.

10/21/2008 10:40:30 PM

Well, I know that it wouldn't be a *real* job. But if it could buy some diapers and stuff. That would be pretty cool. Especially if it's just doing the same old stuff that I usually do. Which is gather information.

10/21/2008 10:43:45 PM

I think Spontaneous calculated it at around $12/hr if you answer one question per minute. The trick is to find a time of night where you get enough queries to fulfill that wage.

10/21/2008 10:44:52 PM

Quote :

"so whose money do you live on? and do you plan to ever do anything? like a real job where you contribute? if i could do what you do (just replace all the lame stuff with fishing) i would chill forever man. i'm jealous as hell."

I'm basically a parasite to cddweller. NC State also sent me a refund check for something and my dad gave me some bonds that my great grandfather left me. Supposedly, my "real" job should start soon, but we'll see.

I guess anything is better than living in DH Hill.

10/21/2008 10:45:05 PM

i need a woman like that

10/21/2008 10:46:58 PM

I'm all the book you need on this topic. What exactly do you want to know? This is one of my favorite topics of Wildlife Science.

Basically, nature tends to take the path of least resistance.

[Edited on October 21, 2008 at 10:49 PM. Reason : ]

10/21/2008 10:49:01 PM

Money's never been an issue. It's the books that make the man!

10/21/2008 10:49:10 PM

To cddweller: Haha, well, I do read a lot.

Quote :

"I'm all the book you need on this topic. What exactly do you want to know? This is one of my favorite topics of Wildlife Science. Basically, nature tends to take the path of least resistance."

I want to know...everything. lol What are some of the bigger concepts of game theory in wildlife science?

10/21/2008 10:51:36 PM

wild game theory

10/21/2008 11:07:00 PM

?

[Edited on October 21, 2008 at 11:16 PM. Reason : image]

10/21/2008 11:16:39 PM

General non-rigorous introduction, but interesting for practical applications is Thinking Strategically by Dixit and Nalebuff.

/Lounge

10/21/2008 11:17:14 PM

this thread makes me want to kill myself

10/21/2008 11:20:13 PM

Take pics!

10/21/2008 11:20:36 PM

sp ntane us

10/21/2008 11:22:27 PM

I don't know what this thread is about but..

10/21/2008 11:28:24 PM

How much of a math or economics background do you have? Are you wanting a rigorous academic treatment of game theory, or are you just looking for something conceptual and pop science-ish?

10/22/2008 12:14:14 AM

I majored in marketing and film, so probably the latter, but if you know the titles for both categories, that would be great.

10/22/2008 12:17:05 AM

^^ this guy is dangerous

he works for the RAND corporation, in conjunction with the reverse vampires

10/22/2008 12:18:40 AM

These may be a bit higher level than what would be appropriate for your background then, but try looking for some of these at a library and see if any of them are appealing...

An Introduction to Game Theory - Martin Osborne (more economic treatment)
Political Game Theory: An Introduction - Nolan McCarty, Adam Meirowitz (more poli-sci treatment)
Games And Information - Eric Rasmussen
Game Theory For Applied Economists - Robert Gibbons
Incentives: Motivation and the Economics of Information - Donald Campbell

The first two are probably the best, but the other three are also very good.

10/24/2008 2:39:23 AM

you know, I had no idea this thread existed, but I'm gonna add at least a few of those to my reading list

[Edited on October 24, 2008 at 2:42 AM. Reason : any good recommendations for books regarding neural networks applied to economic time series? ]

10/24/2008 2:41:02 AM

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"paging Str8Foolish"

LOL i saw this thread and couldn't click fast enough. You got me pegged.

If you want a general intro to rational choice theory, check out:

"Notes on the Theory of Choice" by David M. Kreps (fairly technical)
"Choices: An Introduction to Decision Theory" by Michael D. Resnik (a much more basic introduction)

But that's not really game theory. Still, it's a good place to start. Decisions are basically games vs. nature, so there you go.

Shadowrunner gives good advice. There's a book Dover publishes, I think it's called "Games, Theory and Applications" that's pretty good.

What in particular are you interested in within game theory? Applications? Theory?

10/24/2008 2:52:05 AM

ps. neutral networks + financial time series

10/24/2008 2:53:58 AM

It's worth mentioning that game theory and decision theory are nothing but some chickenshit math you could explain to your grandma

It's all easy and straight-forward... the hard part is really being clever enough to come up with the set up in the first place

10/24/2008 2:55:10 AM

Sorry, I don't do finance so I don't really have any recommendations on that one.

10/24/2008 2:56:13 AM

I've pretty much decided, recently so this may mean nothing , but I've been seriously considering at least finishing undergrad CS* and then going grad Econ

MARKET PREDICTION FOR THE BIG BUX and mostly something interesting enough to hold my attention for more than a few months before I get bored and quit / start fucking off

[Edited on October 24, 2008 at 3:01 AM. Reason : * or CSC as we humble farmers call with all due respect to crop science]

10/24/2008 2:59:35 AM

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"help cddweller with social situations. "

I don't know why, but that sounds to me.

10/24/2008 4:57:12 AM