Curve Crush

Much has been said though little published about the high learning curve in Second Life. In a research study I wrote last year, Second Life an Interactive...See more » Much has been said though little published about the high learning curve in Second Life. In a research study I wrote last year, Second Life an Interactive Qualitative Analysis, students reported a very high learning curve in SL. . Power Laws, Weblogs, andWe are so used to the evenness of the bell curve, where the median position has the average value, that the idea of two-thirds . This is a counter-intuitive finding - most of us would expect a rising number of choices to flatten the curve, but in . There are other, more complex formulae that make the slope more or less extreme, but they all relate to this curve.) We’ve . and so on. We are all so used to bell curve distributions that power law distributions can seem odd. The shape of Figure . because the curve is so heavily weighted towards the top performers. In Figure #1, the average number of inbound links ( . people express their preferences among many options. We also know that as the number of options rise, the curve becomes . The commission will take no action against the company. SEC Clears PMC-Sierra of Backdating DETROIT (Reuters) - Auto sales are expected to have dipped slightly in October, as stepped-up incentive spending by automakers could not totally offset the drag from continued turmoil in the housing market, analysts said. Auto sales seen dipping in October LONDON (Reuters) - Central bankers past and present warned on Tuesday of more credit pain to come as Germany’s Commerzbank and a big American lender became the latest to reveal losses from U.S. subprime mortgage lending. Central bankers see more credit painSee less »