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This is Sarah Neighbor's blog. She lives with Shannon Murphy. They are a couple of wild and crazy girls.

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3 December 09

Our company kicked ass this week on our BSGS (Business Strategies Game Simulation) decisions. But, alas, it was not enough to win.

1 December 09
Pretty accurately (I think) modeled the spread of a virus through a population in excel, yesterday. People were divided into hygienic and non-hygienic types. 1% of the population had the virus in the first day, the rest were “susceptible.” After 10 days with the virus, the “infective” become “recovered”. By day 16 every non-hygienic had been infected. I used an infection rate of .6 between two non-hygienic people, .1 between a mixed interaction (one hygienic, one non-hygienic), and .01 if both hygienic. So wash your hands!

Pretty accurately (I think) modeled the spread of a virus through a population in excel, yesterday. People were divided into hygienic and non-hygienic types. 1% of the population had the virus in the first day, the rest were “susceptible.” After 10 days with the virus, the “infective” become “recovered”. By day 16 every non-hygienic had been infected. I used an infection rate of .6 between two non-hygienic people, .1 between a mixed interaction (one hygienic, one non-hygienic), and .01 if both hygienic.

So wash your hands!

28 November 09
Love Thanksgiving :)

Love Thanksgiving :)

25 November 09
“ *By the way, I chose Starbucks as an example because I am sitting in one right now as I write the first draft of this chapter. If I should ever refer to a strip club or an opium den in this text, please do not infer that I was sitting in one at the time. That would be quite absurd, for I never bring my laptop to those places.
— Game Theory textbook
8 November 09
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

I love it when business activities (homework) cross leisure activities to meet in a beautiful equilibrium of Buddy Holly.

I was actually assigned to listen to one of my favorite musicians. Go college!

30 October 09
Shannon and I are being Wayne and Garth from Wayne’s World for Halloween. We couldn’t find a hat for sale anywhere, so I took it upon myself to make one— I also wanted to prove to Shannon that I could do it. Here are before and after photos. We’re not worthy!

Shannon and I are being Wayne and Garth from Wayne’s World for Halloween. We couldn’t find a hat for sale anywhere, so I took it upon myself to make one— I also wanted to prove to Shannon that I could do it. Here are before and after photos.

We’re not worthy!

28 October 09
If I was a billionaire, I’d do social experiments like this: Hold a “contest” in which people send in a request for either $20 or $100. If less than 20% of the requests are for $100, everyone gets the amount they requested. If 20% or more of the requests are for $100, everyone gets nothing. I’d also exactly recreate the movie Rat Race (original stars), but make it a reality tv show.

If I was a billionaire, I’d do social experiments like this:

Hold a “contest” in which people send in a request for either $20 or $100. If less than 20% of the requests are for $100, everyone gets the amount they requested. If 20% or more of the requests are for $100, everyone gets nothing.

I’d also exactly recreate the movie Rat Race (original stars), but make it a reality tv show.

Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh