Word: algorithmic
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...Donnas’ fifth full-length effort, Spend the Night, raises a question: just how much more of the band’s jailbait, piss-and-estrogen rock can one palate? The algorithm for their records has always been fairly obvious, drawing its vivacity from the Beach Boys, melody from the Ramones and potency from Bikini Kill. But even the most rawking of formulas will eventually become tiresome as they keep cranking out the same three-minute, guitar-reliant anthems. The Donnas may need to do some tweaking, and God forbid, some maturing, as the years...
Kirkland House residents have become accustomed to Butler’s friendly birthday inquiry. “I’ve heard him describe his algorithm and known him so long that the mysticism has worn off,” says James R. Whittle ’03, who Butler says was born on a Friday. Whittle says has no idea which day of the week he was born and he hasn’t bothered to check if Butler’s right. This is typical, Butler says, but he is undeterred...
Butler can also can square three-digit numbers in his head, but he is reluctant to reveal his techniques. It takes several Kirkland House visitors and 30 minutes of chit-chat, but he finally caves and shares his secret algorithm with FM—on the condition that it not be published. “I’ll sue the F off your M,” he warns. A few hints: The trick involves massive amounts of mental math, memorization and effort. And it only works for dates after...
...predictable distance from where they live and work. They constantly juggle the competing urges to attack in a convenient and familiar locale and to go unrecognized. That means they tend to pick hunting grounds midway between the places they know best. When a criminals' stats are plugged into an algorithm Rossmo has developed using his theory, it creates a rainbow-hued map, with the crime scenes in lime and yellow zones, the perpetrator's likely home in bright red or orange and the least productive places to look in indigo. It's a tidy treasure map, but Rossmo concedes...
According to faculty members on CUE, departments do not currently have any standardized way to predict class size, but Mitzenmacher and CUE member Rohit Chopra ’04 said they thought a math or computer-based algorithm might be able perform this function—with or without early registration...