Help me guess this person's name. I've been given some clues. [more inside]
posted by Cogito on Nov 20, 2009 - 12 answers

When is the best time of the year to catch deeply discounted seasonal clothing at retail or online stores? [more inside]
posted by l2yangop on Feb 4, 2009 - 5 answers

WisdomOfCrowdsFilter: I read a theory smewhere that there's a peculiar thing that happens when you ask a group of people to estimate something. As I remember it, there's something about the magic number of 50%, but I'm not wholly sure how this works. The idea was basically that when at least 50% of the individuals were estimating properly in some way, the average estimate would eventually converge on the true value, but when less then 50% of the individuals estimated properly, widely divergent values would emerge. Essentially, more then 50% or _something_ produced good estimates, less then 50% produced estimates that were substantially worse than those produced by just one individual. I've spent some time with Google and Wikipedia on Estimation and Delphi methods, but to no avial. Any mifites know what I'm talking about?
posted by zachlipton on Apr 21, 2007 - 19 answers

I keep hearing this song when I'm out and about in Australia. What is it? Humming included. [more inside]
posted by divabat on Feb 25, 2007 - 12 answers

What is the name of this song that has been driving my friend crazy trying to figure out? He made this in garageband to help his quest.
posted by gerg on Sep 2, 2006 - 4 answers

What are some of the techniques to guess more accurately someone's age?
posted by Sharcho on Feb 1, 2006 - 20 answers