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Each time they are caught goofing off, they lose 1+ (n-1) % of a point on their final grade, where n = the number of times the student is goofing off.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Laptops in Class Redux 2010

Each time they are caught goofing off, they lose 1+ (n-1) % of a point on their final grade, where n = the number of times the student is goofing off.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Laptops in Class Redux 2010

She has to place a standing order with the pet supply shops for all the kinds of birdseed she needs for Σ (n) partridges, Σ (n-1) * 2 turtledoves, Σ (n-2) * 3 french hens, and so on.

Alex calling : Bev Vincent 2010

Also, the DC of “Aid Another” is fixed at 10, so I suspect what actually happens over time is that everyone gets VERY good at helping out the party expert, to the point where most checks are effectively at + (n-1) * 2 most the time.

4e PHB Readthrough – Chapter 5: Skills « Geek Related 2008

So each new copy adds approximately logn - log n-1 bits, on average.

Jonathan Wells: Another ID Creationist Who Doesn't Understand Information Theory - The Panda's Thumb 2009

So each new copy adds approximately logn - log n-1 bits, on average.

Jonathan Wells: Another ID Creationist Who Doesn't Understand Information Theory - The Panda's Thumb 2009

The visual system solves a problem of image reconstruction (loosely speaking, from a dynamic n-1 dimensional array of “pixels” to a dynamic virtual n dimensional array of “voxels”) that we know to be highly non-trivial.

Why Can’t We Visualize More Than Three Dimensions? Sean 2009

True to human form, everyone from generation n-1 or earlier decries the late realizations of the newcomers as we scoot over to make room for them, like people looking sideways at those loudly entering a movie already in progress.

History Version 3 2009

Averaged over all n, then, each new copy gives approximately log n - log n-1 extra bits. wile coyote replied to comment from Toidel Mahoney

Jonathan Wells: Another ID Creationist Who Doesn't Understand Information Theory - The Panda's Thumb 2009

Under a variety of legislative, standards, policy and treaty negotiations, the people who brought you Police Academy n-1 are working to prohibit open source, to make open ports a crime, and turn Web 2.0 into AOL 0. 9b.

Boing Boing 2006