[Year 12 SofDev] Ross from Sunbury College

[Ogilvie, Ross A]

Hi all,
 
In regard to SD I have a couple of questions.
 
1. I have given my class a Practice SAC called Shagadelic Carpets  (refer to attachment) (hope the author is OK with this). My question is....does anyone have the solutions so I can check if I am on the right track.
 
2. When I give my students the actual SAC:
 
   i. Can/should they access the internet.
   ii. Would there be a problem (in Vic) if the SAC extended through the Term One holiday period into    Term Two.
 
Kindest Regards   
 
Ross Ogilvie 
LSF ICT Leader 
Sunbury College
30 Racecourse Rd, Sunbury 3429
Ph (W) 9744 1066    
   (H) 54272843
Bookmarks:  http://del.icio.us/Ross1956
Wiki: http://ross1956.wikispaces.com/ 

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   1. Algorithms, Netflix, Data mining (Mark Kelly)


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Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:27:07 +1100
From: Mark Kelly <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au>
Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] Algorithms, Netflix, Data mining
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In October 2006, Netflix announced it would give a cool seven figures to
whoever created a movie-recommending algorithm 10 percent better than
its own. Within two weeks, the DVD rental company had received 169
submissions, including three that were slightly superior to Cinematch,
Netflix's recommendation software. After a month, more than a thousand
programs had been entered, and the top scorers were almost halfway to
the goal.

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/16-03/mf_netflix

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McKinnon Secondary College
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