Programmed to collect and process big data, it would have the ability to deliver statistics that never fail to show long-term improvement in the human condition.
The NBA is using the cloud to deliver statistics, from the most recent games all the way back to the first game played in 1946.
And in the past eight years, breeding has been increasingly influenced by the emergence of so-called "nicking services," which deliver statistics based solely on the performance of horses produced by the cross of one stallion line on another.
Beyond delivering an overview of the British undergraduate admissions process, the panel delivered statistics on international applications in recent years, specifying that the number of applicants from China has spiked, while the number of applicants from Africa and Eastern Europe, particularly Poland, has fallen.
Another case in point: RealEstate.com is today launching the beta version of @Housewatch, a Twitter bot that can instantly deliver statistics and information to home buyers, sellers and agents who use the social networking service.
Yet after delivering these statistics at a rally on Sunday evening in Portsmouth, N.H., Mr. Clinton had a testier moment as well.
Here, an algorithm searches the websites of 21 UK news outlets, delivering coverage statistics and numbers of articles written by individual journalists.
The injury did not stop Burgess delivering match statistics that would be remarkable for any other player but have become the norm for him – he made 195 metres from 22 carries, 30 tackles and offloaded three times.
Theirs might be a match made in movie-genre heaven if the filmmakers didn't insist on wagging their fingers in our faces and delivering dire statistics by the ream, the intimations of Antwerp intrigue and an American journalist, Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), whose preferred interview method involves shimmying up to her subject like a pole dancer.
Even if you are delivering dreary statistics about last year's crop failure, put something of yourself into your speech.
