Credit companies have been doing this for how long???? :P Ever wonder how each person gets a credit score?
Good stuff to those server admins that have the capability to perform such data mining. I understand that it is for the primary purpose of those offenders in our game severs. Conversely, (as the gentleman was maybe trying to point out) is the use of the data in an abusive manner. I'm not in any way insinuating such a thing, however, it might cross people's minds. Again, voogru and other alike that are able to implement such practices is just awesome. I'm a data whore myself. If those of you cannot make your processes available to the public or some "consortium" of server admins, what about providing some excerpt of the data that is at least viewable. LIst of banned players from your servers, etc. Sorry if you did provide that already. Cheers and keep up the good work on keep punks out that infringe on people's fun, -- MjrNut ^ always looking for a good time!! :P > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:51:09 -0700 > From: "Tony Paloma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [hlds] Another command to crash servers. Fuckyay. > To: "'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list'" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > But it's data mining. You should ask yourself if what you are doing (or > asking to do) is ethical. > > Example data mining scenario: > > Ravi Singh works for one of the major credit card companies in their > data-processing center. The company is continuously developing new products > to offer to customers and add revenue to the corporation. He is an avid > reader of the computer magazines and recently has been reading about > data-mining tools that are now available for a reasonable cost. Ravi goes to > his supervisor with the suggestion that their unit purchase one of these > tools and use it to find out more about their customers. The information may > be telling in terms of customer interest and capability. > > The supervisor likes the idea. After exploring the systems that are > available, the unity purchases one and Ravi is assigned to explore patterns > in the database of information on the company's customers and their > purchasing habits. > > Ravi discovers that certain zip codes are highly correlated with loan > defaults. These zip codes must be in low-income areas for the mined and > analyzed data indicate that the company would reduce its losses > significantly by refusing to extend credit to anyone living in twenty-five > zip codes, while at the same time not significantly reducing their revenues. > In other words, on average losses due to default generated by individuals in > those zip codes were greater than revenue generated. > > Ravi continues with his data mining. Next he discovers a correlation between > those who use their credit cards to make contributions to Hindu charitable > organizations and those who charge over $40,000 a year on their credit > cards. This information seems important. If the company made a special > effort to solicit Hindu's as customers, it might be able to increase its > revenues significantly. > > Ravi goes to his supervisor with the suggestion that they adopt these > strategies. Has Ravi done anything wrong? If his company adopts these > strategies, have they done anything wrong? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Spencer 'voogru' > MacDonald > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 5:18 PM > To: 'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list' > Subject: Re: [hlds] Another command to crash servers. Fuckyay. > > Heh, I'm a statistical whore. I like to know everything I can, and it's > particularly useful against players who abuse my server. > > For example, in one instance, Tony Paloma had some jackass lagging his > server with an exploit, a quick check of the source of the malicious traffic > coupled with the players IP instantly available with a simple query resulted > in him finding out who the culprit was. > > That is why I store everything I possibly can, it always comes in handy > later. > > Besides, every server logs this data in the server logs, I just make it > accessible easily. > > - voogru. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rian Brooks-Kane > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 7:00 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Another command to crash servers. Fuckyay. > > Everyone loves stats and data. > > Rian > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > End of hlds Digest, Vol 4, Issue 46 > *********************************** _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
