Comments on: Nabeel’s football numbers http://www.starchamber.com/2006/02/nabeels-football-numbers.html Ned Gulley's Blog. Resident buzzwords: synthetic biology, ambient displays, swarm robotics, wise crowds. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:04:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ned http://www.starchamber.com/2006/02/nabeels-football-numbers.html#comment-884 Ned Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:40:14 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=1209#comment-884 I didn't mention the randomize idea in my original post, but you're right, that is the obvious (and recommended) thing to do. Only now you've got me all excited to see your meta-gaming analysis. I imagine, after a few hours of simulation, you could work out a good 0.078% angle. That's good money, assuming you're watching the Arbitrage Bowl. I didn’t mention the randomize idea in my original post, but you’re right, that is the obvious (and recommended) thing to do.

Only now you’ve got me all excited to see your meta-gaming analysis. I imagine, after a few hours of simulation, you could work out a good 0.078% angle. That’s good money, assuming you’re watching the Arbitrage Bowl.

]]> By: JMike http://www.starchamber.com/2006/02/nabeels-football-numbers.html#comment-883 JMike Mon, 06 Feb 2006 20:30:41 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=1209#comment-883 The last several times I've been in one of those super bowl squares bets, they left the numbers blank when you signed up, and then randomized the numbers afterwards. I guess there's still a little bit of a game left to play there .. if you buy six blocks, do you lay them out in a 3x2 grid, or a 1x6 line, or do you put them on the board so that none of them could attack another if they were chess queens, or what exactly do you do .. but thinking in this direction makes my head spin a bit, so I'll just mention it and move along. --JMike The last several times I’ve been in one of those super bowl squares bets, they left the numbers blank when you signed up, and then randomized the numbers afterwards.

I guess there’s still a little bit of a game left to play there .. if you buy six blocks, do you lay them out in a 3×2 grid, or a 1×6 line, or do you put them on the board so that none of them could attack another if they were chess queens, or what exactly do you do .. but thinking in this direction makes my head spin a bit, so I’ll just mention it and move along.

–JMike

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