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Posted: Oct 13th 2006 6:48PM ChronoZaga said

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Slow news day?
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Posted: Oct 13th 2006 2:02PM (Unverified) said

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I'm sure whatever algorithm amazon uses to determine what it recomends to past customers is concious of what it does and has a sense of humor...

This is a really lame story.
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Posted: Oct 13th 2006 2:51PM (Unverified) said

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Joystiq, I think it's time to start a new site called "Amazon Recommendations Fanboy". Clearly these hot news items about gaming-related peripherals being recommended to Amazon shoppers deserve their own site, if not their own Internet.
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Posted: Oct 13th 2006 2:09PM (Unverified) said

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Ah, nothing like the good old days of Dreamcast side-talkin' :)
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Posted: Oct 13th 2006 2:14PM (Unverified) said

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Ha! Mine has been recommending some N64 Accessories lately. The Rumblepac and two different expansions for the system. I don't even own an N64 or any N64 games.
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Posted: Oct 13th 2006 2:15PM mandarin said

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This is news? Who cares?
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Posted: Oct 13th 2006 2:21PM (Unverified) said

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Amazon's a worthless, uninformed website. They had Saints Row on there for $69 claiming it was on sale from their list price at $99. I emailed them a ton of times asking where they get this 'list price' of theirs, and they flat out refused to answer the question. Even going so far as to say that if I chose not to be their customer again because of their response, they would understand and respect that. WTF?
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Posted: Oct 13th 2006 2:33PM (Unverified) said

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NEWSFLASH!!!!!!
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Posted: Oct 13th 2006 2:34PM (Unverified) said

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It's funny because these companies hire some of the smartest AI programmers in the world to develop these algorithms. There's a lot more going into them then just your own personal buying history. And yet despite it all, they still lack so much any person could obviously see themselves, so you get weird results a lot of the time.
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Posted: Oct 13th 2006 3:27PM (Unverified) said

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Even going so far as to say that if I chose not to be their customer again because of their response, they would understand and respect that. WTF?
maybe they don't what whiney little gits hassling them all day long with inane questions
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Posted: Oct 13th 2006 2:44PM (Unverified) said

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Maybe the DC is actually a better buy.
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Posted: Oct 13th 2006 2:49PM (Unverified) said

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I guess Amazon isn't the only site with questionable recommendations, Netflix has gone as far as offering a million dollars to anyone that can improve their recommendation algorithm http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/02/1359221. I believe the contest lasted about a week before a team of consultants bettered the "15 years of really smart [Netflix] people banging away at the problem". Looks like Amazon needs to look into doing something similar.

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Posted: Oct 13th 2006 2:55PM Searchx said

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Instead of looking in the Toys and Games category, you should look in the Computer & Video Games section. Then you won't see "teh kiddie!1" stuff.
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Posted: Oct 13th 2006 4:17PM (Unverified) said

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Welcome to Joystiq, your only source for the most useless uninteresting news out there.
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Posted: Oct 13th 2006 3:06PM KTXL said

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The only game-related recommendations I got were 360, DS, and GC games. I own two out of three of 'em (I did borrow my bro's GC for a month to play Resi 4, but I don't own it), so not bad.

If you're reading this, then you've probably read a bunch of childish bitching and moaning from the kids above me. Aren't they a hoot?
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Posted: Oct 14th 2006 6:22AM (Unverified) said

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the weird thing is that pic Joystiq chose looks a little like me

(if you look at the rest of my recommendations i look distinctly unhinged)
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Posted: Oct 13th 2006 4:44PM (Unverified) said

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I preordered a Wii on amazon and now it's recommending me Xbox 360 accessories and games.
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Posted: Oct 13th 2006 4:50PM (Unverified) said

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Hehe.. I have a Dreamcast with 2-3 controllers, 30-40 games (most on CD-R), 1 VMU, 1 Memory Card, S-Video Cable, Composite (RCA) cable, and a couple other accessories. Anyone know what it might be worth?
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Posted: Oct 14th 2006 12:45AM ill trooper said

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Sidetalkin' to Sonic there?
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Posted: Nov 12th 2006 9:20PM (Unverified) said

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For people looking for a Dreamcast I have plenty to sell on my site.
pokemonguyx.tripod.com
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