Word: computerize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When the first alarm sounded inside Unit 2 at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, only about 60 employees were at work. Precisely what the engineers at the control panels did to find out why the turbine had tripped?and just what steps they took next?will be the object of long...
Thomas A. Dingman '67, assistant dean of the College, who participated in the sorting process this year, said Thursday that statements in a letter explaining the lottery process he wrote to freshmen this year were "incorrect and misleading" because they imply that the entire assignment process is conducted by computer...
A memo written by the former computer programmer of the lottery stated categorically that officials run part of the lottery manually--and it suggested that officials use certain procedures, such as flipping a coin, in parts of the assignment process.
Dingman said Thursday housing officials conduct the assignment process by hand after a computer punches each group's card with a random number.
The assignment of Houses by hand makes no difference in the outcome of the lottery, Dean Fox said yesterday, adding, "The lottery will not be redone this year because the computer would produce identical results."