nytimes.com — "Netflix, the popular online movie rental service, is planning to award $1 million to the first person who can improve the accuracy of movie recommendations based on personal preferences. To win the prize, which is to be announced today, a contestant will have to devise a system that is more accurate than the company?s current system"
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guyhitbytruckOct 2, 2006
You don't get out much, do you?
pradapeteOct 2, 2006
I sometimes rent movies I don't like but my girlfriend does. Does that netflix thing take this into account, probably not. So, a better system would have to use Neurotransmitters to collect data about my real intentions, not just what I click on.Gimme the $1000000 I got a better system, proven. Nowhere does it say I also have to implement it.
displaynoneOct 2, 2006
I know, if you like a movie you can, what I like to call, 'digg-it'. Then the users with the most submitted movies can take over Netflix. Muhah ah ah ha ha!
evanslsOct 2, 2006
5 Years is a long time to develop the next gen algorithm for movie choice filtering. Star rating don't work, because stars don't represent anything. Sure 5 stars means PERFECT MOVIE OF ALL TIME and 1 star means THE WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME... who cares? By looking at the numbered stars tells you nothing about the movie. I have a better algorithm idea, but since I'm not a programmer i can't build it. I am a designer and can build great story boards too... so, I'm going to write out my idea to see if anyone out there can build it. I could care less about the grand prize money, because if I was able to program my idea I would sell it for a lot more than 1 million dollars.
kuyaOct 3, 2006
Netflix: Powered by Google.
white2greyOct 4, 2006
I think they should compare one user's list of rankings with the other users and find user's who have similar tastes... then they could recommend movies from the other users' lists that the original user hasn't rated.