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Love this xkcd comic (link). Would have been even better cut to the final third. Great food for thought for predictive modelers.
A few years ago, some economists wanted to change their last name because economists with last names beginning close to the front of the alphabet have greater chance of winning the Nobel (according to their research). (link to PDF)
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Great! Here in Europe we call the "fantastic four" the web giants Amazon, Ebay, Facebook and Google. It's surprising that their names do not go beyond G. (and I have gorgotten Apple!)
Posted by: Antonio | 10/21/2012 at 03:35 AM