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**Pekka** · February 15, 2007, 17:56

Hey! He told you to go away. Move. MOVE!

**Addled Platypus** · February 16, 2007, 04:25

dysfunctional family values

**lord of the mark** · February 16, 2007, 11:11

Originally posted by Kuciwalker

You have some population with an equal number of boys and girls. Each boy has an ordered list of girls from most attractive to least attractive.

1. The attractiveness value of each individual is assumed constant over time I take it. No one ages prematurely compared to their peers, no weights more at 40 than at 25. Every individual values the same components of attractiveness when they are 40 that they did when they were 25. Very good.

2. The population of available individuals stays the same over time. No one dies, no new individuals reach attachable age and enter the pool. Excellent.

**Kidlicious** · February 16, 2007, 11:16

He thinks his model accurately depicts real world outcomes despite obviously flawed assumptions. I still say he will make it big as an economist if he so desires.

**Spiffor** · February 16, 2007, 11:32

1. The attractiveness value of each individual is assumed constant over time I take it. No one ages prematurely compared to their peers, no weights more at 40 than at 25. Every individual values the same components of attractiveness when they are 40 that they did when they were 25. Very good.

2. The population of available individuals stays the same over time. No one dies, no new individuals reach attachable age and enter the pool. Excellent.

He thinks his model accurately depicts real world outcomes despite obviously flawed assumptions. I still say he will make it big as an economist if he so desires.

**Spiffor** · February 16, 2007, 11:33

Re: we need to restore family values

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
If we legalize gay marriage we have to legalize polygamy too.

Sexist

This doesn't apply if you also legalize lesbian marriage, which I bet you didn't even considered

**Lorizael** · February 16, 2007, 11:35

Originally posted by Pekka
I'm all for deflowering virgins. In fact, I'd prefer if the soon to be husband would have to watch it. And then, every friday night, the young couple would have to watch the video of that marathon session of deflowering by me.

Are you Gilgamesh? That would explain... everything.

**Kuciwalker** · February 16, 2007, 12:49

Re: Re: we need to restore family values

Originally posted by Spiffor
Sexist

This doesn't apply if you also legalize lesbian marriage, which I bet you didn't even considered

Actually it assumes all same-sex pairings are permitted.

**Kuciwalker** · February 16, 2007, 12:50

Originally posted by Kidicious
He thinks his model accurately depicts real world outcomes despite obviously flawed assumptions. I still say he will make it big as an economist if he so desires.

**The Mad Viking** · February 16, 2007, 13:43

Kuci, your license to use the word "proved" has been revoked.

Step away from the car, and lay the word on the ground. Don't ever touch the word again, you cannot be trusted with it.

**pchang** · February 16, 2007, 14:11

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
It is apparently (with minor modification) used IRL to match up med students and hospitals for residency.

Actually there is a huge modification

Hospitals can have a variable number of students depending upon their residency class

Students can only match 1 hospital

The resulting algorithm hugely favors the hospitals in getting their first choices.

**Spec** · February 16, 2007, 14:20

Originally posted by lord of the mark
In Comp sci, wouldnt "restore" family "values" mean something different?

Comment, X is Family
Initialize value of X, X=0
X= X+1
various stuff
Restore X to X=0

or something like that?

X=X+1?

That means X-X=1 no?

So 0=1...

Spec.

**Lorizael** · February 16, 2007, 14:22

No Spec. It means you add 1 onto the value of the variable X. So if X=3, then after the computer reads that line, X=4.

**Spec** · February 16, 2007, 14:24

Originally posted by Lorizael
No Spec. It means you add 1 onto the value of the variable X. So if X=3, then after the computer reads that line, X=4.

Ok....computer programming. Hmmmm.

I'm not too good in that field.

I thought it worked the same as algebra.

Spec.

**Lorizael** · February 16, 2007, 14:28

In computer programming, when you're trying to see if one side of an equation is equal to another, you're usually going to have an "if" statement or some equivalent.

So if the computer were asked to compare X to X+1, it would come back saying the result of the comparison was false, as you so astutely did. And that can be useful sometimes.