I don't think your really comparing apples to apples here. We are talking about player tracking, where not talking about $$$
Rian On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Tony Paloma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But it's data mining. You should ask yourself if what you are doing (or > asking to do) is ethical. > > Example data mining scenario: > > Ravi Singh works for one of the major credit card companies in their > data-processing center. The company is continuously developing new products > to offer to customers and add revenue to the corporation. He is an avid > reader of the computer magazines and recently has been reading about > data-mining tools that are now available for a reasonable cost. Ravi goes > to > his supervisor with the suggestion that their unit purchase one of these > tools and use it to find out more about their customers. The information > may > be telling in terms of customer interest and capability. > > The supervisor likes the idea. After exploring the systems that are > available, the unity purchases one and Ravi is assigned to explore patterns > in the database of information on the company's customers and their > purchasing habits. > > Ravi discovers that certain zip codes are highly correlated with loan > defaults. These zip codes must be in low-income areas for the mined and > analyzed data indicate that the company would reduce its losses > significantly by refusing to extend credit to anyone living in twenty-five > zip codes, while at the same time not significantly reducing their > revenues. > In other words, on average losses due to default generated by individuals > in > those zip codes were greater than revenue generated. > > Ravi continues with his data mining. Next he discovers a correlation > between > those who use their credit cards to make contributions to Hindu charitable > organizations and those who charge over $40,000 a year on their credit > cards. This information seems important. If the company made a special > effort to solicit Hindu's as customers, it might be able to increase its > revenues significantly. > > Ravi goes to his supervisor with the suggestion that they adopt these > strategies. Has Ravi done anything wrong? If his company adopts these > strategies, have they done anything wrong? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Spencer 'voogru' > MacDonald > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 5:18 PM > To: 'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list' > Subject: Re: [hlds] Another command to crash servers. Fuckyay. > > Heh, I'm a statistical whore. I like to know everything I can, and it's > particularly useful against players who abuse my server. > > For example, in one instance, Tony Paloma had some jackass lagging his > server with an exploit, a quick check of the source of the malicious > traffic > coupled with the players IP instantly available with a simple query > resulted > in him finding out who the culprit was. > > That is why I store everything I possibly can, it always comes in handy > later. > > Besides, every server logs this data in the server logs, I just make it > accessible easily. > > - voogru. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rian Brooks-Kane > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 7:00 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Another command to crash servers. Fuckyay. > > Everyone loves stats and data. > > Rian > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > -- Rian Brooks-Kane M:0433812355 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
