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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 25 01:55AM -0600 Less than 35 hours now remain to enter RQ 246 before it closes. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "If each hand had an extra digit, we'd probably be msb@vex.net | planning for a 144-year flood." --Mark Monmonier |
| Bruce <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Feb 24 02:08PM On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:42:55 -0800, Calvin wrote: > 1 In his 1942 short story "Runaround" Isaac Asimov introduced his > three laws governing what? robot behavior > 4 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following line: "And if I get > scared, you're always around."? > 5 Copacabana Beach is located in which city? Rio > International wickets in a career ranging from 1984 to 2003? > 7 Though technically a territory of the Commonwealth, Jervis Bay is > located on the coast of which Australian state or territory? New South Wales > 8 Which car manufacturer's logo features four rings? Audi > 9 Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Hermes? Mercury |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Feb 24 04:30PM Calvin wrote: > 1 In his 1942 short story "Runaround" Isaac Asimov introduced his > three laws governing what? Robotics > 2 The biennial world championship contract bridge tournament for > national teams is better known by what alliterative two word title? Diamond Decks > 3 Which character did David Jasen portray in the BBC sitcom "Only > Fools and Horses"? Derek "Del Boy" Trotter > 4 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following line: "And if I get > scared, you're always around."? > 5 Copacabana Beach is located in which city? Rio de Janeiro > 6 Which left-arm Pakistani paceman took more than 500 One Day > International wickets in a career ranging from 1984 to 2003? Wasim Akram > 7 Though technically a territory of the Commonwealth, Jervis Bay is > located on the coast of which Australian state or territory? Queensland > 8 Which car manufacturer's logo features four rings? AUdi > 9 Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Hermes? > 10 "Ethics", published posthumously in 1677, was the magnum opus of > which Dutch rationalist philosopher (1632-1677)? Kant Peter Smyth |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 24 07:33PM +0100 > 1 In his 1942 short story "Runaround" Isaac Asimov introduced his > three laws governing what? Robots > 2 The biennial world championship contract bridge tournament for > national teams is better known by what alliterative two word title? Bermuda Bowl > 5 Copacabana Beach is located in which city? Rio de Janeiro > 6 Which left-arm Pakistani paceman took more than 500 One Day > International wickets in a career ranging from 1984 to 2003? Singh > 7 Though technically a territory of the Commonwealth, Jervis Bay is > located on the coast of which Australian state or territory? Queensland > 8 Which car manufacturer's logo features four rings? Audi > 9 Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Hermes? Janus > 10 "Ethics", published posthumously in 1677, was the magnum opus of > which Dutch rationalist philosopher (1632-1677)? Calvin -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Feb 24 08:13PM > 1 In his 1942 short story "Runaround" Isaac Asimov introduced his > three laws governing what? Robotics > 2 The biennial world championship contract bridge tournament for > national teams is better known by what alliterative two word title? No idea > 3 Which character did David Jasen portray in the BBC sitcom "Only > Fools and Horses"? Derek Trotter > 4 Which hit song of 1965 includes the following line: "And if I get > scared, you're always around."? You're So Good To Me??? > 5 Copacabana Beach is located in which city? Rio > 6 Which left-arm Pakistani paceman took more than 500 One Day > International wickets in a career ranging from 1984 to 2003? Wasim Akram > 7 Though technically a territory of the Commonwealth, Jervis Bay is > located on the coast of which Australian state or territory? Tasmania? > 8 Which car manufacturer's logo features four rings? Audi > 9 Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Hermes? Mercury > 10 "Ethics", published posthumously in 1677, was the magnum opus of > which Dutch rationalist philosopher (1632-1677)? Kant? (Nah, that's wrong) |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 24 02:47PM -0600 "Calvin": > > 1 In his 1942 short story "Runaround" Isaac Asimov introduced his > > three laws governing what? Erland Sommarskog: > Robots Calvin, since you said "governing what" (asking for the topic of the laws) rather than "of what" (asking for their title), I suggest that answers like this should be accepted. -- Mark Brader | "I don't mean to be snooty or snippy or some other msb@vex.net | six-letter word starting with s, ending in y, and Toronto | having a doubled letter in the middle... Ah! Snotty! | Didn't mean to be that either." -- Hashi Lebwohl |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 24 11:53PM +0100 > Calvin, since you said "governing what" (asking for the topic of the > laws) rather than "of what" (asking for their title), I suggest that > answers like this should be accepted. I would certainly hope so. I was considering some more sophisticated answers, but since the laws defines the behaviour of robot, that seems a perfectly valid answer. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 25 05:09AM > 1 In his 1942 short story "Runaround" Isaac Asimov introduced his three laws governing what? robots > 5 Copacabana Beach is located in which city? Rio de Janeiro > 7 Though technically a territory of the Commonwealth, Jervis Bay is located on the coast of which Australian state or territory? Northern Territory > 8 Which car manufacturer's logo features four rings? Audi > 9 Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Hermes? Mercury > 10 "Ethics", published posthumously in 1677, was the magnum opus of which Dutch rationalist philosopher (1632-1677)? Kant -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 24 07:30PM +0100 > On Monday, February 20, 2017 at 8:23:56 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote: >> 1 Head brand goods are primarily associated with which sport? > Tennis Protest! I answered alpine skiing, because a friend of mine had some business discussions with Head about that type of equipment. And the Head store I saw in Santiago the other day only seemed to be seelling suitcases and backpacks, with no particular connection to neither tennis nor skiing. Looking at www.head.com, the display features both skiers/snowboards and a tennis player. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 24 03:11PM -0800 Erland Sommarskog wrote: > Protest! > Looking at www.head.com, the display features both skiers/snowboards and > a tennis player. I think we're seeing an Australian bias, here. Australia doesn't even have a ski resort, as far as I know, so of course the company will emphasize tennis there. -- Dan Tilque |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Feb 24 06:21PM -0600 "Calvin": >>>> 1 Head brand goods are primarily associated with which sport? >>> Tennis Dan Tilque: > I think we're seeing an Australian bias, here. Ah, good point. > Australia doesn't even have a ski resort, as far as I know... It does, actually. I don't ski, but I rode this train in the summer of 1988-89: http://www.perisher.com.au/plan-your-trip/new-to-perisher/skitube Here's the company's annual report from 2014 (they don't seem to have put the later years online): http://www.head.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Corporate/Head_-_Annual_Report_2014_bw.pdf Acccrding to the "Income statement" on page 6 (PDF page 10), their revenues from their various divisions in 2014 were: Winter Sports EUR 164.7 million Racquet Sports EUR 149.5 million Diving EUR 57.1 million Sportswear EUR 6.8 million Licensing EUR 7.2 million This would seem pretty strong evidence that skiing should be an acceptable answer, though since the data is over 2 years old, maybe tennis should be given the benefit of the doubt and still accepted also. To really settle the question it would be better if they reported what share of its market this represents for each division, but as far as I can see they don't. Market share only comes up in a few places in the report and only once with a number attached. That's on page 12 (PDF page 16), where it says that in 2014 in the US they reached a "historical peak" of 63% of the market for tennis balls in units (i.e. counting the number of balls sold, not their monetary value). Hope this helps. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "I can be gullible about these kinds of things. msb@vex.net | Or so people tell me, and I believe them." My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Feb 24 03:27PM -0800 Mark Brader wrote: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/8-2/sea/map.pdf > We name a city; you give the letter nearest to its location. > 1. Surabaya. M > 2. Kuching. J > 3. Dili. R > 4. Denpasar. Q > 5. Chiangmai. D > 6. Kuala Lumpur. K > 7. Yangon (formerly Rangoon). C > 8. Hanoi. B > 9. Singapore. L > 10. Manila. G > 40 golds and 90 medals overall, was later found to have run > an extensive doping program. All of those medal performances > still stand. Which country? Soviet Union > "Big Owe") was unfinished at the start of the games, including > lacking the promised retractable roof. When did the stadium > finally get roofed (plus or minus 2 years)? 1985 > 6. Five American boxers won gold at these games, perhaps the > greatest boxing team ever assembled. Name *any* member of > that team. Spinks > 9. Finnish runner Lasse Viren defended his double gold from 1972 > at the Montreal games. Name *either* of the events he won > gold in. 10,000 m > 10. Name the undisputed star of the games, a 14-year-old gymnast > who scored 7 perfect 10's and won 3 gold medals. Nadia Comaneci -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 24 07:38PM +0100 > often and I know the Search Bar now says "Ask Cortana" on it... I guess > everyone just thought "I don't know anything about Halo" and moved on. > (I know nothing about Halo). I do. "I've got a halo around me". That's a line from a Porcupine Tree song from their Deadwing album. I know that. Given that I work in the Microsoft sphere, maybe I should have know that. Then again, explicitly saying Windows Phone is a little misleading, since Cortana appears to be in Windows 10 as well. (I have it turned off.) Then again, given where I spent the last few weeks, I am more concerned not being able to nail alpacas, lamas and guanacos. (I blame the latter on that the guanaco appeared in a setting where I might rather expect an vicuña.) -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
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