On: Netflix prize competitor: With the best algorithms, metadata becomes worthless

[andrewf]

I wonder if, having used an impossible-to-explain algorithm to arrive at your solution, you could compare your solution against a few very simple algorithms, and offer up the best fit as a rationalization.

[byrneseyeview → andrewf]

Fine, but if anyone copyrights normal human reasoning, you're in trouble.

[wheels → byrneseyeview]

Legal nitpick: You meant patents. Patents are for processes, copyright is for instances.

[byrneseyeview → wheels]

You're right. Thanks for the correction.