Now, astrophysicists Michael Warren and Chris Fryer have used the IBM RS / 6000 SP supercomputer of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center in Oakland, California, (the fourth fastest number
cruncher in the world) to carry out the first three - dimensional supernova simulations.
De Blasio is relying on Heastie and his members to carry his water in those talks, and the two men huddled for over an hour Saturday afternoon along with several mayoral aides including Dean Fuleihan, director of the city's Office of Management and Budget and formerly a top number
cruncher in the Assembly.
What must be worrying for the number
crunchers in the Lib Dem Cowley Street HQ is that Clegg and the Lib Dems should have been the natural depository of the dustbin vote of those who are fleeing from the disaster which is Gordon Brown.
The only ones who think $ 90 e-books are reasonable are the number
crunchers in big New York offices.
Not exact matches
Comparing state - by - state flight searches for travel over the end - of - summer holiday to last year's Labor Day searches, Kayak's data
crunchers found that online searchers
in Michigan, Oregon and Tennessee have been checking out vacations
in the U.K. — now more affordable thanks to a deep swoon
in the British pound.
The number
crunchers at 3G might think that they can come
in and clean up Kraft, but clearly this is not just a balance sheet issue.
You need a number
cruncher, but you want to figure
in the right qualities and qualifications.
A point worth remembering is that successful handicappers usually have some skill at this and most groups of professional bettors have at least one «number
cruncher» among them who didn't muck around at the back of the class and paid attention
in school during math lessons.
Opening those massive stores of statistical data to researchers, watchdogs and that crazy guy who's coding
in his basement all night could have serious positive effects, not the least
in bringing
in a lot more number -
crunchers to help with analysis and also with relating that data to other non-governmental sources.
The ace political number
cruncher Robert (now Lord) Hayward tells me: «Unless something substantial changes
in the remaining days of the Euro referendum campaign, the balance of probability is that the nation will vote to leave.»
«The number
crunchers were telling him that there was good evidence that the Tories» economic recovery was only going to work for a few people rather than for everyone — and that
in an election about the cost of living, he would always have the upper hand.»
But the party's number
crunchers have been hard at work and reckon they're either ahead of the SNP or within a single percentage point of them
in more than a dozen more.
Political numbers
cruncher Jerry Skurnik called Ulrich the «strongest» of the contenders mentioned so far, noting about 50,000 to 60,000 of the voters
in his Council district also live
in NY - 9.
In truth, it was about giving the Tories the 20 - seat bonus, relative to Labour, that number -
crunchers said would be his.
According to Democratic consultant and numbers -
cruncher Matt Isbell, this is the highest share of the vote received by any Florida Democrat
in at least a decade.
Political numbers
crunchers have insisted NY - 9 is indeed
in play for the Republicans, noting President Obama carried the district by just 56 percent
in 2008 (relatively low for the Democrat - dominated city).
But this double counts data from March and is not the way
in which the number -
crunchers advise us to use the figures to compare unemployment trends.
The Moment The Mare - Nostrum supercomputer at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center takes center stage
in a former chapel, which proved the perfect size to accommodate the 44 - ton data
cruncher.
The speediness was only possible because the collaboration had approved the text of the paper
in advance, leaving just a few gaps to fill
in once the number -
crunchers had analysed 284 of the first ALICE collisions.
During the Vietnam War, soldiers blamed the number
crunchers — those informing decisions
in the Pentagon based on body counts and kill ratios — for the war's bad turn.
BALTIMORE — Most mathematicians are more interested
in double integrals than triple axels, but one team of number
crunchers is concerned that the International Skating Union's new rules for awarding marks for competitive figure skating may fall flat on their face.
Lead animator Greg Shirah and Horace Mitchell, the head data
cruncher on the project, had the idea to drop the particles
in the ocean all at the same time, evenly distributing them.
The number
crunchers over at OKCupid's blog also presented some interesting behavior patterns on race and matching
in a posting
in October 2009.
These are the best words to include
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crunchers at dating sites, we put together 25 tips for writing the perfect profile.
your profile down
in good faith to see 7 Tips for an Irresistible Online Dating Call it the algorithm method: Working with data
crunchers at dating sites, we put together 25 tips for writing the perfect profile.
How to Create the Perfect Online Dating Profile,
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crunchers at dating sites, we put together 25 tips for writing the perfect profile.
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crunchers at dating sites, we put together 25 tips for writing the perfect profile.
Writing your profile is the first step of online dating, Working with data
crunchers at dating sites,
in.
His solution is to — with the help of unprepossessing Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), a geeky numbers -
cruncher whose radical ideas are dismissed by every other club
in the league — completely throw out the conventional wisdom and apply a whole new set of metrics to measure player skills.
The film, written by first - time screenwriter Pat Rushin, centers on Qohen Leth (Christoph Waltz), a nervous, very bald man who lives
in a church, has spent his life waiting for a mysterious phone call, and works as an «esoteric data»
cruncher for the Mancorp corporation.
Dorothy Vaughn (played by Octavia Spencer) graduated from college at 19, joined Langley
in 1943, and went on to head the West Computing Group — the segregated black, female number -
crunchers.
But before the staid numbers -
cruncher realizes what he's getting into, it's too late to get out, as his increasingly unpredictable new friend drags him through a world of shoot - outs, double - crosses and espionage that could get them both killed
in more ways than Calvin can count.
So muses Robert (Anthony Hopkins), a renowned mathematician,
in an attempt to console his daughter Catherine (Gwyneth Paltrow), another budding number
cruncher.
Long before that rascally Bugs Bunny tormented Elmer Fudd
in cartoon shorts, British author and illustrator Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit was the gold standard of naughty anthropomorphic carrot
crunchers.
But before the staid numbers -
cruncher realizes what he's getting into, it's too late to get out, as his increasingly unpredictable new friend drags him through a world of shoot - outs, double - crosses and espionage that could get them both killed
in more ways than he can count.
Suddenly, veteran scouts, with their unempirical observations, were cast aside
in favor of Ivy League number -
crunchers, and the longstanding value of sacrifice bunts and stolen bases gave way to the cult of on - base percentage and walks.
For the number
crunchers, here's what the R8 can do: 0 - 100
in just 3.2 seconds and a top speed of 330kmph.
So when DC Entertainment president Diane Nelson let slip
in an interview last month that «Now there are a million downloads a month of DC stories from our digital publishing,» that gave the numbers
crunchers something to play with.
Tatty coaches full of carrot -
crunchers up for the Xmas wallet - fuck, pale - skinned, rust - grazed Transit vans with England flags taped across their back windows, boogaloo bruvvers
in Seven Series BMWs, throw - cushion specialists
in skateboard - sized Smart cars, Conan - the - fucking - Barbarian motorcycle couriers, warped flat - bed trucks piled high with scrap metal, one - eyed old Routemaster buses — the whole stinky caravan of London wholesale - to - retail, five credit - worthy days before Christmas was intent on crushing this bit of Yank, wannabe roadkill... So Dave slewed the Fairway over to the nearside lane and waited to see whether he'd make it.
I'm sure as hell not interested
in putting my writing career on hold until my forties, staying stuck
in a job I hate, just so that I can raise little crumb
crunchers.
For the number
crunchers, IDC has predicted Apple to end up with a market share of 53.8 percent by end 2012 (down from 56.3 percent
in 2011), while Android is likely to have 42.7 percent of the market, up from 39.8 a year ago.
It appears that announced bar industry details are
in an indistinguishable class from features moaning about Hollywood's «declining» film industry; by neglecting to represent continually developing remote receipts, the number -
crunchers bar 60 - 80 % of aggregate b.o. receipts.
It seems that reported pub industry stats are
in the same class as headlines bemoaning Hollywood's «declining» box office; by failing to account for constantly - growing foreign receipts, the number -
crunchers exclude 60 - 80 % of total b.o. receipts.
-LSB-...] book Super
Crunchers, which I found via Andrew McAfee's Harvard Business Review blog post, The Future of Decision Making: Less Intuition, More Evidence (discussed
in Intuition and the quantitative value investor).
I've just finished Ian Ayres's book Super
Crunchers, which I found via Andrew McAfee's Harvard Business Review blog post, The Future of Decision Making: Less Intuition, More Evidence (discussed
in Intuition and the quantitative value investor).
Ayers provides a copy of the flowchart
in Super
Crunchers.
One of the most interesting ideas suggested by Ian Ayers's book Super
Crunchers is the role of humans
in the implementation of a quantitative investment strategy.
Super
Crunchers is a more full version of James Montier's 2006 research report, Painting By Numbers: An Ode To Quant, providing several more anecdotes
in support of Montier's thesis that simple statistical models outperform the best judgements of experts.
Canine Christmas
Crunchers combine a variety of chews
in a festive holiday stocking.
In order to determine where Americans» furry and slimy companions can enjoy the best quality of life without breaking the bank, WalletHub's number
crunchers compared the creature - friendliness of the 100 largest cities across 21 key metrics.