On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Darren Glass <[email protected]> wrote:
> Like Kevin, I had many people tell me I would like Napolean Dynamite and > when I actually watched it I found it almost painfully unfunny. But it > turns out that this is a big problem for people like Netflix -- Napolean > Dynamite is one of those movies that is extremely had to predict whether > people will like it or not based on their other tastes. The NY Times had an > article about this a few years back: > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/magazine/23Netflix-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all > > - Darren > > Since the article was published, the Netflix prize was awarded (and it looks like two groups broke the 10% mark), so I wonder if the Napoleon Dynamite problem was actually solved. (I never saw the movie, btw). http://www.netflixprize.com/ -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
