Word: ratios
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Those outside the electronic priesthood often have trouble grasping the principles of the new microtechnology or comprehending the accomplishments of the minuscule computers. The usual human sense of scale, the proportion between size and capability, the time ratio assumed between thought and action, are swept into a new and surreal terrain. Consequently, people tend to anthropomorphize the computer; they are superstitious about it. In 2001: A Space Odyssey, the companionable computer HAL turns rogue in outer space and methodically begins assassinating its masters. In a B-movie called Demon Seed, the world's most advanced computer actually impregnates a scientist...
...Department of Agriculture defines parity as the ratio of production costs to food and livestock prices that existed during the years 1910-14, when prices and costs were thought to be in reasonable harmony. Farmers, however, define parity differently, and much more simply: "It is a return on our labor in relation to our cost," one man said last month. "Parity is kind of like a minimum wage," another explained. This discrepancy between definitions may be part of the problem...
...January 27, 12,201 applied for admission to the Class of '82, a substantial increase over last year's figure of 11,922, Fitzsimmons said. Of the applicants, 7792 are men and 4409 are women, yielding a male-to-female ratio of 1.77 to 1. Because of the increase in the number of female applicants, the ratio dropped from last year...
...ratio between public and private school students seems to be about the same, Fitzsimmons said, adding the number of public school applicants in California may increase...
...applicants will compete for approximately 1600 positions. The male-female mix will "strictlydepend on who the best people are," Fitzsimmons said. In the past, the ratio of males to females admitted varied only slightly from the ratio of applicants