MetaFilter posts tagged with Modeling

Figure 3. Basic model outbreak scenario. Susceptibles are quickly eradicated and zombies take over, infecting everyone.

brundlefly — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:03:37 -0800

When Zombies Attack!: Mathematical Modelling of an Outbreak of Zombie Infection [pdf] (via)

Star Maiden, Walking Liberty

carsonb — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:02:45 -0800

Descending Night, Audrey Munson [Nudity] via feuilleton

the peculiarities of journal citation data

zennie — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:25:19 -0800

The scholarly literature forms a vast network of academic papers connected to one another by citations in bibliographies and footnotes. The structure of this network reflects millions of decisions by individual scholars about which papers are important and relevant to their own work. Therefore within the structure of this network is a wealth of information about the relative influence of individual journals, and also about the patterns of relations among academic disciplines. Our aim at eigenfactor.org is develop ways of extracting this information. Borrowing methods from network theory, eigenfactor.org ranks the influence of journals much as Google’s PageRank algorithm ranks the influence of web pages. By this approach, journals are considered to be influential if they are cited often by other influential journals. C.R. Shalizi, care of the the University of Michigan's Center for the Study of Complex Systems, has more on the history of why all this is necessary and how it came to be.

The total value of all your mines, mills, money bins, and so fourth is one multiplujillion, nine obsquatumatillion, six hundred and twenty-three dollars and sixty-two cents!

JBennett — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:42:10 -0800

A miniature of Scrooge McDuck's money bin. (in the words of the model maker) This is a set of images documenting a model of the world's richest duck's money bin, built by me, using blueprints created by the great Don Rosa and Dan Shane.And remember Carl Barks - the mind behind the idea of a man storing all his money in a giant concrete bin.

These ain't no slashies, folks... These are the pure breeds.

Gervais Brooke-Hamster — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:14:45 -0800

You have to be beautiful to create something beautiful: Designer // Slash // Model

Miniatures!

nj_subgenius — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 21:10:06 -0800

M i n i a t u r e s!

Aletheia

Blazecock Pileon — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 01:18:26 -0800

Beethoven stretches out and relaxes. Gorillas belch to let others know where they are. Fish sing the body electric (.mov, 12 MB) for food and safety. How has your own perception shaped your worldview?

Let's just take one more...

d-no — Mon, 22 May 2006 03:01:57 -0800

How many group photographs do you have to take to get one in which nobody is blinking? Nic Svenson and Dr Piers Barnes work it out.

What did the big tomato say the the squished tomato? SketchUp!

rzklkng — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:52:57 -0800

Google Releases Sketchup for All. Google has released a free version of SketchUp (video and tutorials), quite possibly the coolest and most intuitive 3D authoring tool. An added bonus of SketchUp is it's integration into Google Earth. Google has also provided a 3D Warehouse for the posting of your models, which can be downloaded into either application (SketchUp for editing, Earth for displaying). Kind of gives you some insight into their plans for using Google Earth as an Automotive (Honda and Volkswagen) GPS service. (Sidenote: how long until this is seen as a threat to national security?)

3D models for Adobe Reader 7

nthdegx — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 11:54:06 -0800

Some nifty 3D models for test-driving the Universal 3D capabilities of Adobe Reader 7.

Not approved for protective use

mwhybark — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:19:32 -0800

Kartenfalthelme. Work getting you down? Feel assaulted by schedules, bosses, unreasonable demands? In an imperialist mood? Order your KuK Atelier cardmodel helmets today! Für Vergrößerung klicken! [All content in German, but don't let that stop you!]

tsumo — Sun, 30 Dec 2001 15:14:57 -0800

Um... can someone explain to me how a parent could do this to their child? Check out some accompanying links and tell me how this isn't child porn and why these parents aren't in prison right now.

tdecius — Thu, 07 Oct 1999 11:59:52 -0800

For those who like to build things, I enjoyed Build Your Own Boba Fett and Build Your Own Tom Servo, especially the Servo. I have most of the parts, so I'll probably have my very own Servo by Christmas.