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Oh, the prisoner's dilemma. I mean, it's not the prisoner's dilemma, as there's no analogous extreme punishment for [cooperate, defect] (it would be a positive payoff, at that, albeit an unlikely one), but there are certainly varying payoffs. Cooperate, a.k.a. clam, near guarantees a similar response, with a minor payoff, while the stakes only become interesting at defect. Approximately:
[c,c] = 10 [P .9]
[c,d] = 50 [P .1]
[d,c] = -10 [P ?]
[d,d] = 50 [P ?]
Kinda the opposite of the prisoner's dilemma, at that. Clam wins it with an average payoff of 30, rather than defect's 20, but then I'd have to weight probability for accurate payoffs, and I don't have a full set to deal with. Clam, with probability (assuming I'm figuring correctly), drops to an average payoff of 14, while defect, assuming [P .5], stays 20, but, then, that is the question. The outcomes are equal with [P .6] for [d,c], though that then brings home the arbitrary nature of the values assigned (notably, one could well argue for a higher negative value for [d,c]). Still, defect is, as presented, the wiser strategy even in the event that the positive payoff is slightly unlikely. HRRRMMM. Alternatively, I should stop thinking of my life in terms of Game Theory 101.
Am working everyday but Wednesday, this week. I shall have worked sixteen of nineteen days since my vacation, and I'm nigh guaranteed a similar schedule next week, with the release of Pirates, so I should have a striking percentage at the end of it. Hah hah, but still "working part time," thanks to the magic of six hour shifts.
But, more importantly, HALF YEAR LISTING! UH!
Raymond Carver - Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
Charles Bukowski - Post Office
Emily King - A Century of Movie Posters
Robert Kolker - A Cinema of Loneliness
Kurt Busiek et al - Astro City: The Tarnished Angel
Kurt Busiek et al - Astro City: Confession
Philip French - Westerns
Orson Welles & Peter Bogdanovich - This Is Orson Welles
Scott Eyman - Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford
Michael Caine - What's It All About?
James Agee - Film Writing and Selected Journalism
George Speaight - The Book of Clowns
Jerry Lewis - Dean & Me (A Love Story)
Steven Pinker - The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Jack Stevenson - Land of a Thousand Balconies: Discoveries and Confessions of a B-Movie Arcaeologist
Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore - The Medium Is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects
Ben Edlund - The Tick Omnibus Vol. 1: Sunday Through Wednesday
Ben Edlund - The Tick Omnibus Vol. 2: Thvrsday ad Infinitvm
Bed Edlund - The Tick Omnibus Vol. 3
Neil Postman - Conscientious Objections: Stirring Up Trouble About Language, Technology, and Education
Richard Dawkins - A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love
Neil Postman - Building a Bridge to the 18th Century: How the Past Can Improve Our Future
Richard Dawkins - River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life
Peter Bogdanovich - Who the Devil Made It: Conversations With Legendary Film Directors
J.W. Williamson - Hillbillyland: What the Movies Did to the Mountains & What the Mountains Did to the Movies
Richard Dawkins - The Selfish Gene
Joan Didion - Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Richard Dawkins - Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
Steven Pinker - How the Mind Works
Brad Meltzer - Identity Crisis
Brian K. Vaughan - Runaways
Frank Miller - Batman: Year One
Chris Claremont - The Dark Phoenix Saga
Will Eisner - To the Heart of the Storm
Enfant, L' (2005)
The Lake House (2006)
Brick (2005)
Stroszek (1977)
Emperor of the North Pole (1973)
Jubal (1956)
Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Cercle rouge, Le (1970)
The American Nightmare (2000)
The Big Combo (1955)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Grande racket, Il (1976)
Poseidon (2006)
Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)
Minbo no onna (1992)
Straight to Hell (1987)
Stick It (2006)
Joshua Tree (1993)
Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
The Making of '...And God Spoke' (1993)
Buio Omega (1979)
Caballero del dragón, El (1985)
A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
The Craven Sluck (1967)
Down by Law (1986)
Furyô anego den: Inoshika Ochô (1973)
Pocket Ninjas (1997)
Return of the Aliens: The Deadly Spawn (1983)
The Secret of Wendel Samson (1966)
Subway (1985)
Capote (2005)
The Hookers (1967)
Take the Lead (2006)
Tian xia di yi quan (1972)
The Circus (1928)
The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)
Thunder Ninja Kids: The Hunt for the Devil Boxer (1991)
Class of 1984 (1982)
Oldboy (2003)
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006)
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
Ultimate Avengers (2006)
Death Wish 3 (1985)
The Set-Up (1949)
Soleil rouge (1971)
Vacances de Monsieur Hulot, Les (1953)
Catwoman (2004)
High School Confidential! (1958)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
True Lies (1994)
The Rescuers (1977)
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)
Cannibal ferox (1981)
The Lawnmower Man (1992)
Walk the Line (2005)
Ask Father (1919)
An Eastern Westerner (1920)
From Hand to Mouth (1919)
Girl Shy (1924)
Long Pants (1927)
Safety Last! (1923)
The Strong Man (1926)
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926/I)
Lac des morts vivants, Le (1981)
Incubo sulla città contaminata (1980)
Journal d'un curé de campagne (1951)
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
The Mechanic (1972)
Revolver (1973)
Santa's Slay (2005)
The Swarm (1978)
Thriller - en grym film (1974)
The Ruling Class (1972)
Free and Easy (1930)
Air Bud: Spikes Back (2003)
The Cameraman (1928)
Corvette Summer (1978)
Go West (1925)
Into the Sun (2005)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Our Hospitality (1923)
The Paleface (1922)
The Scarecrow (1920)
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Spite Marriage (1929)
Demon Cop (1990)
Shoah (1985)
The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Team America: World Police (2004)
Major Dundee (1965)
À bout de souffle (1960)
Amore, piombo e furore (1978)
Block-Heads (1938)
Chickens Come Home (1931)
Hell in the Pacific (1968)
Way Out West (1937)
The Aristocrats (2005)
Bullitt (1968)
Cinque per l'inferno (1969)
Fire Down Below (1997)
Giulietta degli spiriti (1965)
Grizzly Man (2005)
The Night Stalker (1972)
On Deadly Ground
Minnesota Clay (1965)
Skeleton Coast (1987)
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
Lolita (1962)
Love 'Em and Weep (1927)
Vulcan (1997)
The Black Hole (1979)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The Second 100 Years (1927)
Seed of Chucky (2004)
When Eagles Strike (2003)
Chaplin (1992)
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)
Broken Flowers (2005)
Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski (1999)
Raw Deal (1986)
Woyzeck (1979)
The 'High Sign' (1921)
The Balloonatic (1923)
The Goat (1921)
Limelight (1952)
My Wife's Relations (1922)
Neighbors (1920)
One Week (1920)
The Saphead (1920)
Seven Chances (1925)
Three Ages (1923)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time (1999)
The Blacksmith (1922)
College (1927)
The Electric House (1922)
The Gingerdead Man (2005)
Hard Luck (1921)
The Haunting (1963/I)
The Boat (1921)
The Love Nest (1923)
The Big Noise (1944)
The Navigator (1924)
The Nutty Professor (1963)
Se sei vivo spara (1967)
Battling Butler (1926)
Howard the Duck (1986)
[c,c] = 10 [P .9]
[c,d] = 50 [P .1]
[d,c] = -10 [P ?]
[d,d] = 50 [P ?]
Kinda the opposite of the prisoner's dilemma, at that. Clam wins it with an average payoff of 30, rather than defect's 20, but then I'd have to weight probability for accurate payoffs, and I don't have a full set to deal with. Clam, with probability (assuming I'm figuring correctly), drops to an average payoff of 14, while defect, assuming [P .5], stays 20, but, then, that is the question. The outcomes are equal with [P .6] for [d,c], though that then brings home the arbitrary nature of the values assigned (notably, one could well argue for a higher negative value for [d,c]). Still, defect is, as presented, the wiser strategy even in the event that the positive payoff is slightly unlikely. HRRRMMM. Alternatively, I should stop thinking of my life in terms of Game Theory 101.
Am working everyday but Wednesday, this week. I shall have worked sixteen of nineteen days since my vacation, and I'm nigh guaranteed a similar schedule next week, with the release of Pirates, so I should have a striking percentage at the end of it. Hah hah, but still "working part time," thanks to the magic of six hour shifts.
But, more importantly, HALF YEAR LISTING! UH!
Raymond Carver - Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
Charles Bukowski - Post Office
Emily King - A Century of Movie Posters
Robert Kolker - A Cinema of Loneliness
Kurt Busiek et al - Astro City: The Tarnished Angel
Kurt Busiek et al - Astro City: Confession
Philip French - Westerns
Orson Welles & Peter Bogdanovich - This Is Orson Welles
Scott Eyman - Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford
Michael Caine - What's It All About?
James Agee - Film Writing and Selected Journalism
George Speaight - The Book of Clowns
Jerry Lewis - Dean & Me (A Love Story)
Steven Pinker - The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Jack Stevenson - Land of a Thousand Balconies: Discoveries and Confessions of a B-Movie Arcaeologist
Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore - The Medium Is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects
Ben Edlund - The Tick Omnibus Vol. 1: Sunday Through Wednesday
Ben Edlund - The Tick Omnibus Vol. 2: Thvrsday ad Infinitvm
Bed Edlund - The Tick Omnibus Vol. 3
Neil Postman - Conscientious Objections: Stirring Up Trouble About Language, Technology, and Education
Richard Dawkins - A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love
Neil Postman - Building a Bridge to the 18th Century: How the Past Can Improve Our Future
Richard Dawkins - River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life
Peter Bogdanovich - Who the Devil Made It: Conversations With Legendary Film Directors
J.W. Williamson - Hillbillyland: What the Movies Did to the Mountains & What the Mountains Did to the Movies
Richard Dawkins - The Selfish Gene
Joan Didion - Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Richard Dawkins - Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
Steven Pinker - How the Mind Works
Brad Meltzer - Identity Crisis
Brian K. Vaughan - Runaways
Frank Miller - Batman: Year One
Chris Claremont - The Dark Phoenix Saga
Will Eisner - To the Heart of the Storm
Enfant, L' (2005)
The Lake House (2006)
Brick (2005)
Stroszek (1977)
Emperor of the North Pole (1973)
Jubal (1956)
Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Cercle rouge, Le (1970)
The American Nightmare (2000)
The Big Combo (1955)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Grande racket, Il (1976)
Poseidon (2006)
Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)
Minbo no onna (1992)
Straight to Hell (1987)
Stick It (2006)
Joshua Tree (1993)
Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
The Making of '...And God Spoke' (1993)
Buio Omega (1979)
Caballero del dragón, El (1985)
A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
The Craven Sluck (1967)
Down by Law (1986)
Furyô anego den: Inoshika Ochô (1973)
Pocket Ninjas (1997)
Return of the Aliens: The Deadly Spawn (1983)
The Secret of Wendel Samson (1966)
Subway (1985)
Capote (2005)
The Hookers (1967)
Take the Lead (2006)
Tian xia di yi quan (1972)
The Circus (1928)
The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)
Thunder Ninja Kids: The Hunt for the Devil Boxer (1991)
Class of 1984 (1982)
Oldboy (2003)
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006)
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
Ultimate Avengers (2006)
Death Wish 3 (1985)
The Set-Up (1949)
Soleil rouge (1971)
Vacances de Monsieur Hulot, Les (1953)
Catwoman (2004)
High School Confidential! (1958)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
True Lies (1994)
The Rescuers (1977)
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)
Cannibal ferox (1981)
The Lawnmower Man (1992)
Walk the Line (2005)
Ask Father (1919)
An Eastern Westerner (1920)
From Hand to Mouth (1919)
Girl Shy (1924)
Long Pants (1927)
Safety Last! (1923)
The Strong Man (1926)
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926/I)
Lac des morts vivants, Le (1981)
Incubo sulla città contaminata (1980)
Journal d'un curé de campagne (1951)
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
The Mechanic (1972)
Revolver (1973)
Santa's Slay (2005)
The Swarm (1978)
Thriller - en grym film (1974)
The Ruling Class (1972)
Free and Easy (1930)
Air Bud: Spikes Back (2003)
The Cameraman (1928)
Corvette Summer (1978)
Go West (1925)
Into the Sun (2005)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Our Hospitality (1923)
The Paleface (1922)
The Scarecrow (1920)
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Spite Marriage (1929)
Demon Cop (1990)
Shoah (1985)
The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Team America: World Police (2004)
Major Dundee (1965)
À bout de souffle (1960)
Amore, piombo e furore (1978)
Block-Heads (1938)
Chickens Come Home (1931)
Hell in the Pacific (1968)
Way Out West (1937)
The Aristocrats (2005)
Bullitt (1968)
Cinque per l'inferno (1969)
Fire Down Below (1997)
Giulietta degli spiriti (1965)
Grizzly Man (2005)
The Night Stalker (1972)
On Deadly Ground
Minnesota Clay (1965)
Skeleton Coast (1987)
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
Lolita (1962)
Love 'Em and Weep (1927)
Vulcan (1997)
The Black Hole (1979)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The Second 100 Years (1927)
Seed of Chucky (2004)
When Eagles Strike (2003)
Chaplin (1992)
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)
Broken Flowers (2005)
Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski (1999)
Raw Deal (1986)
Woyzeck (1979)
The 'High Sign' (1921)
The Balloonatic (1923)
The Goat (1921)
Limelight (1952)
My Wife's Relations (1922)
Neighbors (1920)
One Week (1920)
The Saphead (1920)
Seven Chances (1925)
Three Ages (1923)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time (1999)
The Blacksmith (1922)
College (1927)
The Electric House (1922)
The Gingerdead Man (2005)
Hard Luck (1921)
The Haunting (1963/I)
The Boat (1921)
The Love Nest (1923)
The Big Noise (1944)
The Navigator (1924)
The Nutty Professor (1963)
Se sei vivo spara (1967)
Battling Butler (1926)
Howard the Duck (1986)