tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post4407939975686951376..comments2024-03-28T18:17:00.135-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: Do daughtered candidates to better- Look at the Data!Lance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-42950342823847014592013-01-07T11:08:25.520-06:002013-01-07T11:08:25.520-06:00As always, there is a matching xkcd comic: http://...As always, there is a matching xkcd comic: http://xkcd.com/1122/Matthias Galléhttp://www.cs.famaf.unc.edu.ar/~galle/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-60390616899372728272013-01-07T10:32:40.389-06:002013-01-07T10:32:40.389-06:00Humans are extremely high-dimensional, and we only...Humans are extremely high-dimensional, and we only have had 59 trials, which were definitely not I.I.D.<br /><br /><a href="http://xkcd.com/1122/" rel="nofollow">http://xkcd.com/1122/</a>Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965824121030784289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-18953386804646688872013-01-07T10:29:24.316-06:002013-01-07T10:29:24.316-06:00Gary Hart (who ran for Prez in the primaries in 19...Gary Hart (who ran for Prez in the primaries in 1984 and 1988 as<br />a democrat- never got the nomination) was born Gary Hartpence.<br />He shortened his name--- to be more electable? GASARCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134382469361359081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-30098704279647586302013-01-07T10:20:41.234-06:002013-01-07T10:20:41.234-06:00In other meaningless statistics about presidential...In other meaningless statistics about presidential candidates, since 1968 the major-party ticket with the shorter combined last names has won 8 times, and lost only 3 times (in 1976, 1992, and 1996). (There was only one name-length tie, in 2012.) Hypothesis: The average American presidential voter prefers not to remember long names.Andrew Eckfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07739059406915664466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-19368571639630720802013-01-07T10:19:49.652-06:002013-01-07T10:19:49.652-06:00So a male married candidate only knows how to talk...So a male married candidate only knows how to talk to women if he has a daughter ? how did he meet his wife then ? Suresh Venkatasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.com