> This is fascinating stuff and well worth learning for its own sake Touché. As a web developer, I have no illusions on competing with people with the proper m

> This is fascinating stuff and well worth learning for its own sake Touché. As a web developer, I have no illusions on competing with people with the proper mathematical background. However, there are still some problems that are relevant and interesting in our field(collaborative filtering for instance) So I guess if you temper your expectations, you won't get burned.