neural network separates the flops from the blockbusters
and you thought deterministic movie-watching was limited to netflix recommendations...
the neural network can judge a film based on seven key parameters: the "star value" of the cast, the movie's age rating, the time of release against that of competitive movies, the film's genre, the degree of special effects used, whether it is a sequel or not, and the number of screens it is expected to open in. This allowed it to place a movie in one of nine categories, ranging from "flop" (total takings less than $1 million) to "blockbuster" (over $200 million).
from the new scientist
and i'm sure you'll be pleased to learn, hollywood is already checking it out...
networks:hollywood
a little bit of promotion
okay, so happening soon in the neighborhood:
my friend
marketa will be selling her
awesome handbags at
this shopping fair being held at
the warsaw on december 17. the last time i was at the warsaw i saw one of
my favorite band ever, the national. i wonder if we can get beers from the bar for shopping with.
music wise - wednesday dec 7th is going to be a big music night, with two of my friend's bands playing in the neighborhood.
peter will be drumming at in his band
hurry up offense in the girls against boys battle of the indie rock bands at
trash bar. as much as i love pete and h.u.o., i'm hoping that the girls will win.
jay will be playing in his band
breakup breakdown at
northsix. they are also the featured band on
pure volume, starting this week. they were recently signed to Cordless, a new imprint of Warner, a Jack Holzman (famous for discovering The Doors among others) project. hooray!
click here and listen to their tracks and let's boost their numbers...
brooklyn:audible
missing an arm
so i've been having internet issues at my house lately - in an i.s.p. switch that maybe won't end up saving me money after all? i had a slower-than-dialup connection, and once that was fixed, it turned out that someone maliciously ripped out my connection in the neighborhood phone box, and replace it with their own! all of this involved crawling around on the roof and down the side of my building to trace where the connection was broken. i feel like i now have had half of verizon's brooklyn techs in my apartment. anyways.
not having the internet at home was surprisingly annoying. i'm sure i'm not the first to realize how much i take the internet for granted. frustrating to have to wait the extra ten minutes before getting the weather report for the day. and during that time, all sorts of fun stuff had been sent to me, like this
history of pornography which was sent to me at work (and made me realize how loose our content filters are!) and this great
swiffer robot. and also made me realize that i spend a lot of time on the internet. hooray for procrastination.
