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| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: May 13 12:48PM -0700 On Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 1:37:42 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > Toronto have insulted would be a full-time mission." > msb@vex.net "Deja Q", ST:TNG, Richard Danus > My text in this article is in the public domain. 31.0062766803 swp, sorry for the delay |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 13 05:22PM -0500 Mark Brader: > 1A. What is the numerical value of pi cubed? Joshua Kreitzer 30.959144 /1.0015224155 Bruce Bowler 31 /1.0002024735 Calvin 31 /1.0002024735 ArenEss 31.0062 /1.0000024731 Dan Tilque 31.00622 /1.0000018280 ** CORRECT ** 31.0062766802998201754763150671013952022+ Stephen Perry 31.0062766803 *1.0000000000 Marc Dashevsky 31.0074 *1.0000362288 Peter Smyth 31.01 *1.0001200828 Gareth Owen 31.025 *1.0006038558 Erland Sommarskog 31.070322 *1.0020655598 Dan Blum 31.1806567408 *1.0056240245 Dan Blum, although within 1% of the correct answer, is eliminated. This contest is now open only to Bruce Bowler, Marc Dashevsky, Joshua Kreitzer, Gareth Owen, Stephen Perry, Peter Smyth, Erland Sommarskog, Dan Tilque, and the entrants posting as "ArenEss" and "Calvin". Round 2 will be open for 4 days from the moment of posting, or until everyone has posted an entry. 2. The spectrum of sodium is dominated by a pair of bright lines called the D-lines, which have almost the same wavelength and are responsible for the strong yellowish color of low-pressure sodium lighting. What is the shorter one of these two wavelengths? This is the last time I'll remind you: units of measure must be stated. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | A driver I know is getting uncomfortably close to msb@vex.net | earning the nickname "Crash". --Lee Ayrton My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 13 03:44PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > called the D-lines, which have almost the same wavelength and are > responsible for the strong yellowish color of low-pressure sodium > lighting. What is the shorter one of these two wavelengths? 535 nm -- Dan Tilque |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 13 11:30PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:IY6dnUKWVtWxGorEnZ2dnUU7- > responsible for the strong yellowish color of low-pressure sodium > lighting. What is the shorter one of these two wavelengths? > This is the last time I'll remind you: units of measure must be stated. Since I have no possible way of figuring this one out, I will just give a guess: 0.0001 mm -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: May 13 05:20PM -0700 On Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 6:22:42 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > Mark Brader, Toronto | A driver I know is getting uncomfortably close to > msb@vex.net | earning the nickname "Crash". --Lee Ayrton > My text in this article is in the public domain. 589 nm swp |
| ArenEss <areness1@yahoo.com>: May 13 08:27PM -0500 > called the D-lines, which have almost the same wavelength and are > responsible for the strong yellowish color of low-pressure sodium > lighting. What is the shorter one of these two wavelengths? 589.0 nm ArenEss |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: May 14 06:20AM +0100 > called the D-lines, which have almost the same wavelength and are > responsible for the strong yellowish color of low-pressure sodium > lighting. What is the shorter one of these two wavelengths? 1000 nm I know literally nothing about spectroscopy. I expect I'm tens of orders of magnitudes out here. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 14 11:40AM +0200 > responsible for the strong yellowish color of low-pressure sodium > lighting. What is the shorter one of these two wavelengths? > This is the last time I'll remind you: units of measure must be stated. 5600 nm -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: May 13 11:20AM Mark Brader wrote: > 6. This 1968 British musical adventure, co-written by Roald Dahl, > is about a down-on-his-luck inventor who turns his jalopy into > a flying fantasy car for his children. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang > 1. Found in the Caucasus, this 18,510-foot (5,642 m) mountain > is the highest in Russia. Ancient Greek mythology saw it as > the place where Zeus chained Prometheus. Name it. Elbrus > deepest in the world. With a maximum depth of 5,387 feet > (1,642 m), it contains 1/5 of the world's fresh water. What is > its name? Baikal > 4. At 6,800 sq.mi. (17,700 km²), this lake is the largest within > Russia by surface area. A methane lake on Saturn's moon Titan > is named after it. Name the Russian lake. Baikal > has had the second-largest international border. With a length > of 4,254 miles (6,846 km), this Russian border is shared with > which country? Kazakhstan > 6 others. Which of the second group -- which country that > was not a Soviet republic, but does border Russia -- extends > farthest west? Finland > this mountain range in Russia is found far to the west of > <answer 7> and divides European Russia from Asian Russia. > What is it? Urals > of <answer 8>. It briefly served as a Nazi seaplane base, > established by U-boats. In the Cold War era, Russia tested more > than 200 nuclear devices on the archipelago. What is it called? Peter Smyth |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 13 01:23PM > 1. Ralph Meeker plays Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in this > film-noir thriller with an apocalyptic ending, directed by > Robert Aldrich and released in 1955. Kiss Me Deadly > 2. Robert De Niro plays a halfwit catcher with a terminal illness > in this 1973 baseball drama. Bang the Drum Slowly > 3. Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer star in this 2005 murder > mystery that brings together a private eye, a struggling > actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang > who tells stories to his cellmate, played by Ra?l Juli?. > His tales come across like old movies, but they reveal a subtle > meaning. Kiss of the Spider Woman > 6. This 1968 British musical adventure, co-written by Roald Dahl, > is about a down-on-his-luck inventor who turns his jalopy into > a flying fantasy car for his children. Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang > her past and enlisting the aid of a private investigator played > by Samuel L. Jackson, in this convoluted thriller shot in the > Greater Toronto Area in 1995. The Long Kiss Goodnight > 1. Found in the Caucasus, this 18,510-foot (5,642 m) mountain > is the highest in Russia. Ancient Greek mythology saw it as > the place where Zeus chained Prometheus. Name it. Erebus > 2. At 2,294 miles (3,692 km) in length, what is the longest river > in Russia? It rises in hills northwest of Moscow and empties > into the Caspian Sea. Volga > deepest in the world. With a maximum depth of 5,387 feet > (1,642 m), it contains 1/5 of the world's fresh water. What is > its name? Lake Baikal > 4. At 6,800 sq.mi. (17,700 km?), this lake is the largest within > Russia by surface area. A methane lake on Saturn's moon Titan > is named after it. Name the Russian lake. Lake Ladoga > has had the second-largest international border. With a length > of 4,254 miles (6,846 km), this Russian border is shared with > which country? China > 6 others. Which of the second group -- which country that > was not a Soviet republic, but does border Russia -- extends > farthest west? Norway; Sweden > natural and 16 cultural. One of the natural sites features some > of the world's most magnificent volcanoes -- and is located on > what Far East Russian peninsula? Kamchatka > this mountain range in Russia is found far to the west of > <answer 7> and divides European Russia from Asian Russia. > What is it? Urals > 9. Russia once shared this North Pacific island with Japan. > It is Russia's largest. Name it. Sakhalin -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: May 13 04:16PM +0100 > 1. Ralph Meeker plays Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in this > film-noir thriller with an apocalyptic ending, directed by > Robert Aldrich and released in 1955. A Kiss Before Dying > 2. Robert De Niro plays a halfwit catcher with a terminal illness > in this 1973 baseball drama. Bang The Drum Slowly > 3. Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer star in this 2005 murder > mystery that brings together a private eye, a struggling > actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang > that Walston has a hot wife, played by Felicia Farr, and > Walston promises to pimp her out to the crooner -- but instead > substitutes a local hooker, played by Kim Novak. Big Bang, Last Kiss > who tells stories to his cellmate, played by Raúl Juliá. > His tales come across like old movies, but they reveal a subtle > meaning. Kiss Of The Spider Woman > 6. This 1968 British musical adventure, co-written by Roald Dahl, > is about a down-on-his-luck inventor who turns his jalopy into > a flying fantasy car for his children. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang > 7. Stanley Kubrick's second film, released in 1955, is about a > 29-year-old welterweight boxer, at the end of his career, > who rescues his neighbor who's been kidnapped. Big Bang, Last Kiss > in which he straps an elderly woman into a wheelchair and sends > her down a staircase. Ouch! The movie was remade in 1995, but > if it matters, we're talking about the original version's title. A Kiss Before Dying > a plot involving hate literature, white-supremacist militias, > and arms trafficking. Filmed in Calgary, the movie also features > Penelope Ann Miller. Big Bang, Last Kiss > her past and enlisting the aid of a private investigator played > by Samuel L. Jackson, in this convoluted thriller shot in the > Greater Toronto Area in 1995. Last Kiss Goodnight |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: May 13 10:23PM -0700 On Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 1:14:53 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > Robert Aldrich and released in 1955. > 2. Robert De Niro plays a halfwit catcher with a terminal illness > in this 1973 baseball drama. "Bang the Drum Slowly" > 3. Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer star in this 2005 murder > mystery that brings together a private eye, a struggling > actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor. "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" > who tells stories to his cellmate, played by Raúl Juliá. > His tales come across like old movies, but they reveal a subtle > meaning. "Kiss of the Spider Woman" > 6. This 1968 British musical adventure, co-written by Roald Dahl, > is about a down-on-his-luck inventor who turns his jalopy into > a flying fantasy car for his children. "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" > in which he straps an elderly woman into a wheelchair and sends > her down a staircase. Ouch! The movie was remade in 1995, but > if it matters, we're talking about the original version's title. "Kiss of Death" > her past and enlisting the aid of a private investigator played > by Samuel L. Jackson, in this convoluted thriller shot in the > Greater Toronto Area in 1995. "The Long Kiss Goodnight" > 2. At 2,294 miles (3,692 km) in length, what is the longest river > in Russia? It rises in hills northwest of Moscow and empties > into the Caspian Sea. Volga? > has had the second-largest international border. With a length > of 4,254 miles (6,846 km), this Russian border is shared with > which country? Mongolia > 6 others. Which of the second group -- which country that > was not a Soviet republic, but does border Russia -- extends > farthest west? Finland > this mountain range in Russia is found far to the west of > <answer 7> and divides European Russia from Asian Russia. > What is it? Urals |
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