Sentences with phrase «number cruncher in»

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

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 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.

The number crunchers over at OKCupid's blog also presented some interesting behavior patterns on race and matching in a posting in October 2009.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

And now some number crunchers with dubious models and no real understanding yet as to how the climate really works are telling us what the climate will be like in a 100 years?

At present the number crunchers and statisticians are in charge and Historical climatologists are taking a back seat as far as influence goes.

Sometimes in their zeal to exaggerate the «social benefits» of one of its programs, the number - crunchers at government agencies will stoop to absurd arguments that end up coming back to bite them.

Both Lexis and Westlaw have done their usual slew of Joint Ventures, Mergers and Buyouts in the world of legal technology to boost ever decreasing revenues and as late as mid March press departments at both companies were in silent mode as the number crunchers and management run around furiously creating end of... [more]

Both Lexis and Westlaw have done their usual slew of Joint Ventures, Mergers and Buyouts in the world of legal technology to boost ever decreasing revenues and as late as mid March press departments at both companies were in silent mode as the number crunchers and management run around furiously creating end of Q. 1 figures for boards, MD's and investors that are designed to ensure that their jobs last into quarters 2 & 3 of 2013.

Number crunchers also have their piece of the pie with finance and insurance firms pulling in the big bucks.

Finding trustworthy data in emerging markets is chief among the concerns, but number crunchers say that information in well - developed countries such as France can be tough to retrieve, too.