Il giorno mar, 27/03/2007 alle 20.13 -0700, Andrew P. Black ha scritto:
My contacts suggest that we might get 3 or perhaps 4 slots, based on previous years. Google apparently uses a formula based on a number of factors, which they don't disclose.
On the #summer-discuss IRC channel people developed many different theories on how the number is determined, including:
- the Google admin roll a d20 and add the Stamina modifier. - the actual formula involves the square root of -pi. - they put each application in a closed box with a cat, then the newest Google intern opens it; if the application is not torn to pieces, it is accepted. - the accepted applications are derived from a solution to the Poisson-Boltzmann equation.
Speaking seriously, I think the accepted/submitted ratio will be around 1/10 . Thus the 3/4 figure from Andrews's contacts.
Giovanni