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If you people will indulge me in sharing some more or less concrete ideas, for getting some common sense feedback, I hope you will find it interesting although the things I have in mind probably would be overly ambitious due to the size and complexity of the game I can imagine. :)
Keywords: Persistent world, sandbox, fantasy, MMORPG, single realm.
Having played Eve online for a long time, I have come to realize that creating and running a MMO game is probably quite challenging, with customer support, future development, stability and performance problems, security issues and player shenanigans exploiting everything that can be exploited.
I am not sure what this thread will come to, but I have dabbled in game design issues from time to time for fun and hope that this will be interesting and that I might learn a thing or two.
I had in mind to write about a variety of issues in no particular order and hope that people, if they have the time and interest, can offer some comments on primarily technical issues and not so much being opinionated about whether or not an idea is deemed good or not as such. Any opinions are of course welcome, it is just that nay-sayer in my experience rarely provide interesting and compelling arguments against any particular idea.
1.0 World size
Disregarding any particular problems with having a massive multiplayer game to serve thousands of players, I am fascinated by the idea of having a persistent landscape spanning kilometers of landscape for people to travel through.
An island with a diameter of 500km would be the size of bottom half of Norway, or a little larger than Iceland. A player walking at a speed of 5km/hour would spend about 48 hours walking across the island in the game. Riding a horse would be an obvious advantage for such distances, and flying mounts even more so.
1.01 (Development) Developing a landscape the size of Iceland would seem really laborious, however I imagine that it would be doable with some preplanning. Else I imagine that a procedural model and placement of objects ought to lighten the work load.
1.02 (Amount of players) With a given size of the world, one can imagine that a place will become overcrowded with thousands players, leading to a practical limit of how many subscribers the game could end up with. Comparing a number with Iceland, I imagine that 50.000 online players and even more subscribers like with Eve, would create a healthy profit from subscription and maybe some sensible microtransaction ideas.
1.03 (Hardware limitation) I guess it is fair to wonder if maybe a 500 x 500km area might lead to unforseen practical problems, when thinking of the installer size for the game.
1.04 (Updates and outdated design) It seem obvious that one ought to have plans to deal with future development and not leave such challenges to coincidences.
1.05 (Game lifetime) Hm, what to do with future development, if one imagined a game to stick around for more than 10 years. Seem like a good idea to have such a problem worked out, without inferring some kind of feature freeze along the way, based on some freak 10 year plan leaving no room for improvisations and improvements.
I want to add some further ideas (more concrete) with time and I hope this thread is not found inappropriate, given the (for me) rather unrealistic prospect of actually designing a MMO game.


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In March 2011, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued summary judgment in Harmon v. Markus, a challenge to New York's rent stabilization law by Mr. John Harmon, whose townhouse has been occupied for years by tenants paying rent equal to about 60% of market value. The Second Circuit ruled that "government regulation of the rental relationship does not constitute a physical taking" in light of the Supreme Court precedent, and that Mr. Harmon was therefore not entitled to just compensation. The Supreme Court has asked New York City and the tenants to file a response to the certiorari petition filed by Mr. Harmon. On this previously recorded conference call, Prof. Richard Epstein provides analysis of the case and rent control statutes as they relate to the Takings Clause and answers questions from the callers.
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PES 2010 is the pinnacle of football games for the home consoles and PC. After listening to the feedback from thousands of PES fans, Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced that PES 2010 will benefit from a raft of new additions and changes, one of the most important of which is the inclusion of 360-degree control that further elevates the unrivalled realism of the title.The announcement comes following Konami's close contact with the global network of PES and football fans, who have played a key role in the development of the new game. Via forums and feedback, the PES Productions team in Tokyo has canvassed opinion on elements fans hoped to see included in PES 2010, and 360-degree control was part of the long list.360-degree control will be available on both the PLAYSTATION®3, Xbox 360 and PC-DVD versions of the game via the analogue sticks on the respective controllers. The system will allow players to spread the ball with ease, opening up new attacking and defensive possibilities. PLAYSTATION®3 owners will also benefit when using the Dual Shock's D-Pad, but Xbox 360 and Win D-Pads are limited to eight-directional control due to technical limitations of the hardware.Konami has also confirmed a number of similarly crowd-pleasing elements as requested by the fan base, including:
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Breckenridge, director of meetings with the International Association for Dental Research in Alexandria, Va., has already gone through several rehearsals at the Acropolis Convention Centre's 2,500-seat auditorium in preparation for the IADR's 76th General Session & Exhibition in Nice. While she normally does one or two run-throughs, she's done four for her event on the French Riviera. Few of the staff speak English well, making communication difficult, and instructions regarding technical issues, such as lighting and video, are especially hard to get across.
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Tension had set in before she ever arrived in Nice, when the preferred carrier, Air France, went on strike and IADR members flooded Breckenridge's office with panicked phone calls. "I told them, 'I don't have the inside scoop,'" says Breckenridge. That potential disaster was averted--the strike ended. But between the strike and rehearsal glitches, she willingly acknowledges she is relieved that the preparations are over and the meeting has begun.
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Her bright red bangs, colorful print dress, and sneakers make Breckenridge easy to spot as she answers staffers' constant questions via walkie-talkie and fields problems at the registration desk. A speaker from Finland holds up a disk and tells her he must have a laser printer to print out his PowerPoint presentation. Another insists he needs a razor to shave before his session. During a rare moment when no one is clamoring for her attention, Breckenridge goes up to a confused-looking attendee, and with her typical warm smile and calm manner, asks, "Do you need help?'
Her international savoir faire has deeper roots than her meeting management expertise. Her father was a diplomat, and Breckenridge was born in Paris and lived there for five years. She also lived in Germany, Belgium, and other countries in addition to the U.S.
Now, back in her native France, she has been told that the language would come back to her. "I'm still waiting," she laughs. "Somehow you always get your point across," she says, surveying the registration area. The organized chaos is good news. "We expected 3,500 attendees at most. We'll easily get 5,000."
The final count will exceed that prediction: The conference turns out to be the IADR's biggest international meeting ever, drawing 5,318 people, including 1,248 from the U.S. and 781 guests--two thousand more attendees than the last international meeting.
The Lure of Nice The location is a factor in drawing the record attendance, Breckenridge says, but not just for the obvious reasons. When promoting such an appealing location, Breckenridge says she had to be careful not to emphasize the surf and sun. The cover of the registration brochure featured a photograph of the Old City's red-tiled and turreted rooftops, highlighting Nice's multinational architecture. "We played up the cultural aspects, and the city's dental schools, not the vacation side."
Nice is close enough to encourage members in countries like Turkey and Croatia to attend, and although the French Riviera has a reputation for being costly, there are plenty of one-star hotels that are "incredibly inexpensive," Breckenridge points out, making Nice affordable for delegates from poorer countries.
To encourage representation from developing nations, the IADR has a program in which members donate money to cover membership expenses for people who can't afford to join. "There are some places in Africa where a year's membership is equal to a person's salary," Breckenridge says.
Breckenridge had some early clues that attendance was going to be high. The IADR received an unusually large number of good quality submissions--3,418 abstracts. In fact, some delegates grumble that there are too many poster sessions (163) and seminars (131), forcing them to make frustrating choices. But Breckenridge sees the quantity--and quality--of scientific presentations as one of the conference's strong points.
Good Problems As registrations poured in, Breckenridge had to shift gears. She had intended to use the third level of the Acropolis for exhibits and posters, but she needed that space for meeting rooms. She moved the poster sessions and 49 exhibitors (62 booths) to the Exhibition Centre. "That was a good problem, though," she laughs.
The setup does have its drawbacks. Delegates have to walk a block, then cross an enormous parking lot, to get from the convention center to the exhibit hall. Not an unpleasant schlep--past statues, gardens, and palm trees--but the delegates aren't there for the scenery. From their perspective, the five-minute walk takes up educational time. And there is another drawback.
The entrance to the Exhibition Centre is lined with a profusion of purple flowers and palm trees. But once inside, what grabs your attention is the unrelenting heat as the June sun pours through the enormous 66-foot-high glass roof. After one day of trying to concentrate on poster sessions and exhibits, with sweat oozing through their suit jackets, delegates complain loudly to Michael Dominguez, CMP, IADR's exhibit manager. (He is also Breckenridge's husband. See sidebar, page 60.)
There is no cooling system in the 170,000-square-foot exhibition center, although there is in the main building. Before the conference, the Acropolis had said it would cost $50,000 to bring in air conditioning for four days--a definite budget-breaker. Once on site, however, Dominguez discovers that Microsoft, whose meeting is to follow IADR's, has shipped in air-conditioning equipment and is paying to install it. Dominguez works out a cost-sharing arrangement with Microsoft, and arranges to use its equipment for the last two days of the conference for just $8,600.
Forty-four Contracts? Because of the high registration, Breckenridge also had to contract for more hotel space. There were 44 hotels listed in the registration brochure, and attendees spilled over into eight more. In part, the hotel spread is due to the World Cup, which coincides with the conference, as hotels keep rooms free for transient business. Nevertheless, Nice's 10,000 hotel rooms are spread among properties much smaller than U.S. planners are accustomed to. IADR's room blocks range from just 10 rooms at the smaller hotels to 150 at the 314-room headquarters hotel, Le Meridien.
With delegates staying all over the city, Breckenridge investigated the cost of shuttle buses. Not only was the price prohibitive, she discovered that "it wouldn't really be any quicker because of the way the roads are set up." Instead, delegates walk or take cabs to the center--and they are complaining. "We normally take hotels that are within a ten-minute walk, if not across the street, from the convention center, but this was not possible in Nice," Breckenridge says. But that, she adds, is one of the idiosyncrasies delegates must expect when crossing borders.
You also don't encounter hotel sales people eager to work directly with American planners, Breckenridge discovered. They prefer to work through a local travel agency. The service is free to planners; the hotels pay the agencies a commission. The Nice CVB provided Breckenridge with the names of local agencies, and she selected Voyages Mathez, because it had experience with international medical meetings, and the staff spoke good English.
Voyages Mathez handled the hotel negotiations, contracts, and housing. The agency even paid the deposits required by the hotels. "I told them, 'Yes, I know hotels want money up front, but we won't be financially responsible,'" Breckenridge recalls. "'If you want the business, you have to come up with the money yourself.' They did. It was a huge relief."
She provided the agency with the IADR's meeting history and upgrade requirements, then left negotiations up to them. "We purposely didn't get more involved because they operate differently. They don't like talking to American meeting planners who are a one-time piece of business," she explains.
Because she gave up control, she ran into some snags. As registrations grew, Breckenridge decided to bring more staff, and requested more upgrades. No go. "We only got rooms based on our original conversations. Next time, I'd say, 'If we give more, we get more.' It was aggravating, Breckenridge concludes, but "it was nice not to have to go over 44 hotel contracts."
A Mysterious Couch Even when Breckenridge negotiated directly, as she did with the Acropolis staff, there were still communication disconnects. When designing the registration area, Breckenridge and her staff used floor plans that the Acropolis gave them. But they arrived to find a large, six-sided couch arrangement with plants growing in its center, plunk in the middle of the would-be registration area. The couch wasn't there during site inspections and certainly wasn't in her specs, but management declared it immovable. "Only five people could get in line without hitting plants," Breckenridge says.
At the last minute, the IADR team had to completely rearrange the registration area--placing the preregistrants' counters away from the on-site registration area--and bring the fire marshal in to approve the new arrangement. Whenever there is a problem with a preregistered delegate--say, a credit card authorization doesn't go through--a staff member has to walk the attendee over to the on-site registration counters. "In that distance, you can lose somebody," quips Breckenridge.
But that is the staff's biggest hassle. "You just have to go with the flow and conform to their system," Breckenridge says. She gives the Acropolis high marks, noting that, in some ways, it is easier to work with than American facilities. "Most convention centers in the United States don't keep you informed about additional room charges," she says. At the Acropolis, Breckenridge receives a bill every day, with up-to-the-minute revisions.
Another plus is that the convention center supplies everything from AV equipment to poster boards to catering. Planners can use outside vendors, she says, but the in-house services are the most cost-effective. The Acropolis specializes in high-tech meetings, attracting, for example, Microsoft TechEd '98. It bills itself as the first center in France to offer a centralized technical management system, featuring a video production unit and satellite broadcast capability. While the IADR doesn't need those services, Breckenridge finds the Internet service erratic and expensive. She had wanted to show the IADR's home page live, but with thousands of delegates, "the phone bill would have been hundreds and hundreds of dollars since they charge per minute even for a local call." She put the home page on disk.
But when it comes to basic electrical power, Breckenridge finds the Acropolis much more responsive than American cities. "In Orlando, our power kept dying. In the middle of installing software, our system would crash. At the Acropolis, they give us exactly what we need." The center is also equipped with three generators, in case of emergencies.
Back Home Back in the U.S., Breckenridge and her staff debrief after the conference. She decides that Nice is her second-favorite international meeting venue, after Singapore. Already she is preparing for next year's conference, sited in Vancouver. And in an eerie deja vu, Air Canada has gone on strike. Is Breckenridge discouraged? No way.
"You just have to be flexible and try not to get frustrated," she says, summarizing her strategy for surviving international meetings. "I have to laugh."
Expanding International Role Since the late 1970s, the International Association for Dental Research has held its General Session & Exhibition overseas every three years. Recently, because of its growing number of international divisions (18 worldwide), and an increasing individual international membership, the IADR decided to meet outside of the U.S. every other year.
International divisions of the IADR recommend destinations, host the conference, and receive 20 percent of the profit. The IADR gives the local organizing committee $5,000 to use any way it chooses; usually the committee earmarks the funds to promote the meeting. Upcoming locations include Canada, Japan, and Israel.
E. Gwynn Breckenridge, IADR's meetings director, has been with the association for seven years, and has handled meetings in Italy, Mexico, Singapore, and Scotland. International meetings are always more challenging than domestic ones, she says.
"Each city is quirky," she observes. For instance, in Acapulco, she contended with a "do-it-tomorrow attitude." On the other end of the spectrum, she found Singapore the easiest overseas venue. But whatever the international site, she has learned that any task takes twice as long as it does in the U.S., especially if there is a language barrier.
The Couple That Meets Together... It's a good thing E. Gwynn Breckenridge, director of meetings with the International Association for Dental Research, has a ready laugh and an unshakable 'Hey, it could be worse' attitude. One month before the conference in Nice, her exhibit manager resigned. She found the solution to that problem quite close to home.
Two months before the IADR's 76th General Session & Exhibition, she had married Michael Dominguez, CMP, whom she had met while (what else?) planning a meeting. He was then vice president of the RK Group at the San Antonio Convention Center. They were married at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Va., with numerous industry people in attendance.
By the time Breckenridge's exhibit manager left, Dominguez had formed his own meeting management company, Meeting Logistics, based in Washington, D.C. He knows the meeting, he's done it before, Breckenridge thought; we talk at home all the time. Since she didn't have time to hire a replacement, she decided to make him her exhibit manager.
Unlike his supervisor and wife, who grew up a globe-trotter, Dominguez has never been to Europe before. But you'd never know it from his camaraderie with Acropolis staff, exhibitors, and delegates. He listens patiently and sympathetically as an American delegate complains about people smoking in the exhibition hall, profusely thanks his Acropolis point-person for all her help, gives a piece of Velcro from his secret stash to a presenter hanging a poster (no push pins in France), and constantly listens through his walkie-talkie to Breckenridge, so he's up to speed on what's happening at the rest of the conference.
On the other end of the walkie-talkie, back at the convention center, Breckenridge is confident the exhibit area is in good hands. "We have a lot of fun working together," she says. "He is extremely detail-oriented, so there's not a worry in my mind."


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Mandatory disclosure of lighting performance commences on 1 November, 2011.
The following materials have been provided by the Department of Climate change and Energy Efficiency to assist in the transition:
Click here to download the quick guide to CBD. Click here to access video and presentations from the Department's recent seminar series.
The Property Council has repeatedly told the Government that:
The Government has refused to conduct rigorous pilot testing of the new lighting tool and yet remains determined to impose this new disclosure obligation (and green tape) on the industry.
Industry has embraced base building NABERS assessments and has complied fully with the transitional phase of the mandatory disclosure regime.
We support meaningful disclosure. However, the lighting tool fails every test of good public policy design – it will not create a more informed marketplace. Instead, it will divert time and money from effective programs for improving the environmental performance of buildings.
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finally decide to join one of concept arts contest.. Chow inspired me a lot so i decided to draw the king of hearts. The concept here is that of a cruel tyrant who just can't stay dead. His lifestyle of excesses has weakened his heart terribly, so he goes hunting in his kingdom for fresh hearts to graft into his chest in place of the one he wrecks with his hedonism.
great stuff folks!
wip1 Queen of spades
/if you ever played hearts / you hate her / 13 additional points,,,,,
/waiting for Bnoch to blow every one to pieces with his brilliance , , , ,
Update: I think its coming along. I decided to modify my original idea from the Jack of Diamonds to more Jack of Spades. I feel like it fits a rogue/thief type guy more. I twisted the wrist a little bit more to make the pose seem less stiff, I reduced the size of his hood and made his head a little bigger. I will prolly look up some reference for armor, belts, and pants. And see what other little nick nacks I can give him.
Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Nobody made good art by coloring in between the lines.
Nice progress, everyone! Here are my thumbnails for the Queen of Hearts, inspired by Tang dynasty costume design. Most of the time, I associate queens with an aloof and perhaps arrogant, cold attitude, and here I'd like to explore the other emotions that are quite human: sadness, disappointment, and a change of heart, as kingdoms rise and fall.
Weee, this is going to be fun. My take on the Jack of Hearts. The prince is the one on the battlefield while is predecessor sits in his back office.
I think I'm nearly done here? Erased the table and crown because I thought I wouldn't have time, but I guess I was wrong about that. I think it looks better without them anyway.
some wip
Read up on some cards. Read that they were inspired by 16/17th century European fashion, and that the French decks reference real people. Queen of Spades is thought to be Athena, so throw all that in for inspiration and bam! A few silhouettes and doodles later, and this is the basic design I've come up with.
well one more update, some shadows added and lights, although the design is in the clothes of the queen, maybe i have to find a way to incorporate it more, any sugestions, i welcome!!!
Well the first things I have to point out is that her arm holding the flower is way too long. The elbow is supposed to go to just below or at the very last rib. Also, if that is the belly button, that is much too high, we shouldn't even see it based on the clothing.Originally Posted by mcreation;
Now with that aside, since you based your design on the actual card, you have really limited your ideas. Granted it's not exactly the same, but it's much to close to the card. You should try to incorporate your own ideas, set aside the playing card, because remember in the brief, the cards are symbolic of actual people, meaning that isn't exactly what they look like. This is why I didn't limit the race to human, but to a races we are all familiar with.
I recommend playing with more designs of your own. Show us how she is the queen of diamonds through your own interpretation.
@ delightful_piffle- im not really 100% on what you mean by painterly, but Havok got it spot on, i work with a rough design then just bulk it out with colour, shading and light, trying to avoid outlines. In relation to tutorials, im not too sure of any that are about the style, so the only thing i could say are the ones that i watch, they are Feng Zhu on youtube, and darrken on enliighten.com sometimes the crimson daggers stuff when its on
Been at work today so not got too much progress, been struggling with what to do with his right, any one got any suggestions?
Its ridiculous how much fun i'm having with this, super messy but f it. dont think i will be able to finish it tho, day jobz
will try to add critiques tomara. . .
Hi everyone! Good ideas over here I'm gonna try to do something and I decided to go with a prom king of diamonds. I'll try to do a clean cartoony style, a bit "disneyish" beacause I wanted to try it and it is something I'm somewhat uncomfortable with. Here's what I'm going with for now. Hopefully I'll get time toi finish it!
My Sketchbook
I really like your idea @Ardentsideburns! His smile smells irony and somehow cruelty and I love it! Good job
Seeing as how this was my first CHOW, I did better than I thought I would. And I hope to participate in more. It seems like its a great confidence booster. Plus it'll give me a chance to maybe talk with other artists! I am looking forward to seeing what other designs come out of this weeks assignment. I hope in the coming weeks I will continue to not lurk on these forums as much :U
Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Nobody made good art by coloring in between the lines.
I should probably pay more attention to the values...
Thank you Nizzy G! The Feng Zhu videos on youtube and enlighten.com were very helpful! I'm trained in traditional animation so I needed a little guidance in this area, the Feng Zhu videos are just what I needed.
Still stuck figuring this one out slowly didn't even realize it was Friday (now it is)
I like it far better than what it was
But Legs still bug the hell out of me. Can't figure it out. Need to find a reference, since haven't unpacked any mirrors yet that I can use nor our camera. Need to figure out the "chair" in the diamond, could make him leaning and forget a chair, but I like how pronounced the diamond shape is, and fix the arms and figure out what the head will be now lol. Along with the coat.... and everything really lol.
Basically wiped clean and started over. But headed a better way.
Fixed him up a bit. Should be able to finish him off by the end of the day. Any ideas on what I can work on/study?
Please do drop by to critique and hang out.
Hi, I already finished this topic and can't wait to share with you guys!
and...I really love the owl xD!!
I will post this again in the final thread
thank you!
Mouzzi: Oh gods that owl is so cute
Nice entries folks. I hope to see a lot of these entered into the final thread.
Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Nobody made good art by coloring in between the lines.
Might be the last chance to do any work on this.
The Queen of a court ruled by heart, she embodies passionate love and anger, quick to take lovers and equally quick to add them to her collection.
Yay color.
Looking good everybody, worked on my entry tonight over a livestream, will post up WIP's in the final post. Cyclops King! King of Clubs!
update... hope i manage to finish this..
Ardentsideburns: I love your King of Hearts. Not only is it well painted, but the concept cues are awesome -- the crown is really clever, and the fact that his entire body is heart-shaped is genius.
Oh, that king of clubs is dope, Metal Fingers! I picked that card, too -- just getting started on it:
Ironbyte >Her soft dress and the crown make her appear lovable, yet how she holds a bleeding heart and cane shows a different side. The blood stain on the cane is quite telling!
Metal Fingers > Wow, the cyclops King of Clubs is scary. He has a lot of strength and great job rendering! The club pattern around his eye is a cool touch, and his sharp teeth - yikes!
ardentsideburns > Heart shapes of his body and crown are intriguing! The patterns on his sleeves add to the regal status.
Smolin > looking really good so far!!
Here's my wip for the queen of hearts. Despite a queen's immense wealth and power, betrayal and deception still surround her. She holds a treacherous heart and asks why, with sadness and disappointment.
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Remember one of the guidelines described in the brief is to make sure the color scheme reflects the faction.Originally Posted by panama66;
For Smolin - Ahaha I like your king, for me, he is really cute lol


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Here at Internet Retailer we see plenty of e-commerce jargon and marketing talk cross our PC monitors, but some buzzwords prove harder to translate than others. Big data is one of those. Everyone has heard of it, but not many believe they can define it—and those who do often disagree with each other on what it means.
At Wikibon, a professional online community of technologists from many industries, a manifesto about big data includes this definition:
"Underlying every business analytics practice is data. Traditionally, this means structured data created and stored by enterprises themselves, such as customer data housed in CRM applications, operational data stored in ERP systems or financial data tallied in accounting databases. But the volume and type of data now available to enterprises — and the need to analyze it in near-real time for maximum business value — is growing rapidly thanks to the popularity of social media and networking services like Facebook and Twitter, data-generating censored and networked devices, both machine- and human-generated online transactions, and other sources of unstructured and semi-structured data. We call this Big Data."
The volume of this data, the text continues, is on the scale of petabytes and exabytes (2^50 bytes and 2^60 bytes, respectively) rather than yesteryear's gigabytes and terabytes (2^30 bytes and 2^40 bytes). One byte is a unit of computer information that consists of eight bits, zeros and ones that together make a binary string, which can thus encode one of 2^8, or 256, different pieces of data, such as a letter or number.
Retailers and even the vendors who help manage and analyze their data for targeted marketing, among other things, might not be so precise about the exact volume. But everyone is aware of the massive amounts of information produced by online behavior tracking, opt-in profiles at e-retail sites and social conversations—not to mention behind-the-scenes information around hardware, such as tracking hits to a particular server or monitoring global web traffic.
Therefore, we can all likely agree that big data in part refers to retailers having more data than they know what to do with. Even in the days of cataloging, retailers had access to tomes of information about their customers that informed their marketing campaigns. What seems to have changed is the approach. Today's businesses are using tools and techniques originally developed by large online networks for solving problems on a large scale—accessing small sets of data from many sources quickly and processing it at the same time to produce near-instant responses: think Facebook's news feed, which gathers stories from many sources in its network, and then produces a small sample of those stories in response to a user's Likes and preferences.
Richard Vermillion, CEO of analytics and marketing technology company Fulcrum, says big data does not necessarily imply a particular volume of data but a particular type, one that requires certain tools to cope with, like parallel processing systems or map-reducing algorithms. For example, he says, a retailer with three million customers who wants to optimize 50 different offers for them must deal with 3,000,000 x 50 pieces of data—a much taller order than posed by examining either the customers or the offers alone. "It actually might be small data, but the problem that you're trying to solve blows it up to make it big," he says.
Probably, the definition of big data lies somewhere in the murkiness between the enormous volumes of data that a business captures and the more enormous volumes of data generated in their subsequent analyses, which in turn require special tricks and tools.
Probably, the definition is not so important in the end.
What is important is that retailers are prepared to tackle the onslaught—consumers demand more personalization, relevancy and engagement from them every day, and, short of omniscience, that takes some number crunching.
As the Wikibon manifesto puts it:
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For those organizations that understand and embrace the new reality of Big Data, the possibilities for new innovation, improved agility, and increased profitability are nearly endless."
Nearly endless possibilities for profit? Sounds to me like what in earlier decades may have helped describe another elusive buzzword: Internet retail.
Now, as before, it's all a matter of not what a retailer has, but what it does with it. And what retailers have is data—growing, compounding, nearly endless, possibility-rich data.
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Best place. Love the pizza. What can I ask?
This is a GREAT place to go with friends! Excellent food, wait staff is usually good, prices are fair! ..
Great thin crust artisan pizzas! – I wrote this review while I was at Pitfire staring at their giant oven while salivating. But of course Yelp doesn't allow Blackberry users to write reviews on mobile Yelp so I am writing it now!
Date: Friday, November 5
Time: 6:20ish
Last time I came here for happy hour it was right as it started so not that many people were here yet! This time it was right in the middle of the dinner rush, little kids were bumping into strangers waiting in line, business men were in line with freshly loosened ties, cute girls were working the counter with bubbly personalities, and people in their early 20's were ordering pitchers of beer!
After I put in a order for a pizza, I sat at the counter and watched the chefs toss the pies and do their magic of sprinkling on fresh ingredients. There is no case here with pre-made pizzas waiting for you, all the pizzas and other dishes are made fresh in front of you.
While waiting I met (one of the?)owners, a sweet patient handsome guy in his mid 30's/ earrrrly 40's named David.
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Thank god they do!!!!
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On top of that they have a happy hour annnd they take the KCRW Fringe Benefits card!!!
The two flat screens playing movies like Hook will keep your kids from running around. Very fun and comfortable and family geared.
Can you spot the Bicycles up toward the ceiling?
I will be back, of course!!!
Great pizzas – Pitfire pizzas are very tasty and full of flavors as they are baked in a brick oven and they are made with fresh ingredients. I love their thin crust! Their chopped italian salad is also delicious but quite small for the price. I like to go there or place an order directly on their web site to be delivered at home. They messed up my online orders 2-3 times last year (delivered small pizza instead of large; some items were missing...) but I have ordered there a couple of times for the past couple of months and it was fine.
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Went from Best Place to Worst – Wow, I have been a loyal customer here for 2 years now.
My wife and i used to go 3-4 times a week.
They had the best panini sandwich and bbq chicken salad we could have ever asked for.
Up until they changed their menu recently...
Its just not the same place.
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Pitfire Co. PLEASE CHANGE YOUR MENU BACK !
COLD COLD COLD RUBBER CHEW. The coldest pizza I ever received. Flat as a board and chewed like rubber. The small salad was below small - it was in a teeny tiny box about 2 x 2. Ridiculous.
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In a mythical kingdom, the mighty Imperial Knights harness a magical substance known as Aer to power their weapons and protect humanity from the monsters of the forest. But something strange is afoot; the Aer is somehow changing, causing the wilderness to waste away and stirring the woodland beasts to attack with greater frequency. As danger creeps steadily closer to civilization, two young recruits – Flynn, the rigid son of a fallen hero, and the rebellious and brash Yuri – must ride with their fellow Imperial Knights to distant ruins in hopes of uncovering the truth behind the transforming Aer. Some will not survive the thrilling journey. Some will be betrayed. If Flynn and Yuri cannot overcome their differences and learn to fight together, all will be lost for the people of the realm.


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