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I have just returned from

I have just returned from one of the better critiques I have had in the last year or two. It is always a good sign when you can't get people to shut up about yor project. One of the jury members congratulated us on the effectiveness of our solution and how we were able to address many different issues and resolve them well. That doesn't mean we didn't have any constructive criticism, but it was more the type that leaves you feeling all warm and fuzzy inside.

Checklist for final crit.

1. Make list.
2. Follow list.
3. Do not try to print out full color glossy, large format prints and expect them to be done in 2 hours.
4. Always expect your crit slot to be later than it is due to the Prof Factor, a multiplier:

   Prof Factor Delay = T x [tu/e^2 + j^2 + o^2] / [S x Jm]

   where

   T = Duration of Critique Slots (normally .5 hrs)
   S = number of students
   Jm = number of jury members
   tu/e = Tuyznz ratio
   o = amount of sleep, in hours, for the last 2 days averaged throughout the studio.
   j = number of times a senior faculty member will inturrupt a junior faculty member - if your professor is a senior faculty member, please use 1 as the value, if not use the following formula j = (Y x .625) where Y = number of years at school.

The Tuyznz Ratio is the ratio of useful to extraneous information named after a professor who had an encyclopedic amount of knowledge paired with a sense of duty to share his wealth of information. As tu/e approaches 1, the number of useful to extraneous information that is generated by a particular professor approaches equitable levels. Please not that the generally agreed upon value for tu/e hovers around .125 [that is 1:8 useful to extraneous comments].

NOTE: The agreed upon nominal value to use for o hovers around 4. This is due to the fact that a portion of the studio will be up all night regardless of the assignment, a portion will give up/finish on time, again, regardless of the assignment. Then there is, of course, the portion of the studio that had finished all design around mid-terms and only made small changes to avoid unwarrented thinking, academic investigation, and lost happy hour experience.

Please remember to watch your significant figures and to recognize what this formula really represents.

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