After losing with a rock, for example, a player was more likely to play paper in the next round than the “one in three” rule would predict.
This “win-stay lose-shift” strategy is known in game theory as a conditional response – and it may be hard-wired into the human brain, the researchers say
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Young adult readers ‘prefer printed to ebooks’
The top-rated reasons for preferring physical to digital products were: “I like to hold the product” (51%), “I am not restricted to a particular device” (20%), “I can easily share it” (10%), “I like the packaging” (9%), and “I can sell it when used” (6%).
via Young adult readers ‘prefer printed to ebooks’ | Books | theguardian.com.
The Cost of Connectivity 2013
The new data underscores the extent to which U.S. cities lag behind cities around the world, further emphasizing the need for policy reform. Rather than allowing American cities to fall behind, policymakers should reassess current policy approaches and implement strategies to increase competition, in turn fostering faster speeds and more affordable access.
Researchers Find Tweets and Votes Line Up
In a study released Monday, researchers found a strong correlation between the percentage of votes candidates received in 2010 and 2012 House races and the percentage of tweets that mentioned the candidates’ names — whether or not those tweets were complimentary.
via Researchers Find Tweets and Votes Line Up – Washington Wire – WSJ.
University of Michigan study links social media and narcissism
The gist of the study: Narcissists “like” Facebook and Twitter. A lot. And social media in general both “reflect and amplify” our culture’s deepening narcissism.
The study, by University of Michigan researchers Elliot Panek, Yioryos Nardis and Sara Konrath, was published online in Computers in Human Behavior.
via University of Michigan study links social media and narcissism – chicagotribune.com.
Coming and Going on Facebook
Two-thirds of online American adults 67% are Facebook users, making Facebook the dominant social networking site in this country. And new findings from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project indicate there is considerable fluidity in the Facebook user population:
via Coming and Going on Facebook | Pew Internet & American Life Project.
- 3% of Facebook users say they plan to spend more time on the site in the coming year.
- 27% of Facebook users say they plan to spend less time on the site in the coming year.
- 69% of Facebook users say they plan to spend the same amount of time on the site this coming year.
Why do Enterprises Favor Centralized SIP Trunking Topologies?
Forrester Consulting estimates a 401% ROI for a typical large organization that deploys a centralized SIP trunking topology using Acme Packet E-SBCs. The Total Economic Impact of Acme Packet’s Session Border Controller, which is based on separate and independent research by Forrester, indicates organizations save by eliminating underutilized TDM trunks serving each location as well as lower per-minute rates that apply to VoIP usage. In fact, each of the customers that Forrester interviewed reported a 40%-60% reduction in monthly service fees upon replacing T1/E1 TDM trunk lines with SIP trunks. Obviously, savings is directly proportional to the number of TDM trunks eliminated.
via Why do Enterprises Favor Centralized SIP Trunking Topologies?.
Is Facebook envy making you miserable?
Witnessing friends’ vacations, love lives and work successes on Facebook can cause envy and trigger feelings of misery and loneliness, according to German researchers.
via Is Facebook envy making you miserable? – chicagotribune.com.
LOL. Reverse Schadenfreude.
Microsoft won’t release study that challenged success of Munich’s Linux migration
By switching from Windows to its own Linux distribution, LiMux, Munich has saved over ¬11 million (US$14.3 million) so far, the city announced in November. But a Microsoft-commissioned Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) study conducted by HP suggests that the city’s numbers are wrong, and claims that Munich would have saved ¬43.7 million if it had stuck with Microsoft, German weekly Focus reported earlier this week.
via Microsoft won’t release study that challenged success of Munich’s Linux migration | ITworld.
I find it funny watching numbers being fudged.
Patience is a network effect
Now, a new study of online video viewing (via GigaOm) provides more evidence of how advances in media and networking technology reduce the patience of human beings. The researchers, Shunmuga Krishnan and Ramesh Sitaraman, studied a huge database from Akamai Technologies that documented 23 million video views by nearly seven million people. They found that people start abandoning a video in droves after a two second delay and that the abandonment rate increases 5.8 percent for every second of further delay: