From my Game Theory class, a classic (and funny) example of the prisoner’s dilemma: At the risk of being too dorky, here’s the payoff diagram:
A Prisoner’s Dilemma
Month: April 2011
Guns for TV
From Bloomberg, via Kid Dynamite: A Montana store is offering a free gun to customers who sign up for satellite-TV service, drawing criticism from an advocacy group and the dealer’s parent RadioShack Corp. (RSH), which is trying to stop the promotion. The shop, located in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana about 50 miles off the highway, has tripled the number of signups for Dish Network Corp. (DISH)’s service since starting the offer in October, store manager Fabian Levy said. When customers sign a Dish contract, they get a gift certificate for a gun that can be redeemed at Frontier Guns & Ammo, about 10 miles from the store. Assuming customers pass an FBI background check at the gun store, the coupons can be
How Many Girls Can Simultaneously Ride A Single Bicycle?
Apparently, the answer is eleven: Filmed at the Beijing Flying Acrobatics show.
The Best Excuse
Via xkcd:
Doughnut Shunting
From The Economist: NEARLY three-quarters of Americans wish China would “just hurry up and overtake America already,” according to a new survey by The Economist Simulation Unit, published on April 1st. Constant worrying about exactly when the superpower will fall into second place is causing anxiety throughout American society, the survey found. “Will it be 2015? 2020? 2025? I wish it would just happen, and then we could all stop agonising about it and get back to dentistry,” said Adam Barnes, a dentist from Iowa. The report examines in detail the relationship between the two countries and finds that in some important fields, China has already surpassed America. A summary of the findings is presented below. Even after googling it,
“Hey Man, Can I Borrow Your Computer?”