Friday, May 19, 2017

Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 21 updates in 3 topics

gwowen@gmail.com: May 18 04:34AM -0700

On Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 12:50:27 AM UTC+1, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> Gareth Owen /1.99999988079
 
Grrr. Forgot to fill the significand up with 1's.
Never mind, plenty close enough.
 
> 4. In order for a storm to be classified as a hurricane it must
> have surface winds (sustained for at least 1 minute) of at least
> what speed, according to the National Weather Service in the US?
 
83mph
Bruce <bbowler@bigelow.org>: May 18 11:47AM

On Wed, 17 May 2017 18:50:22 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
 
> 4. In order for a storm to be classified as a hurricane it must
> have surface winds (sustained for at least 1 minute) of at least what
> speed, according to the National Weather Service in the US?
 
73 MPH
ArenEss <areness1@yahoo.com>: May 18 06:58AM -0500


>4. In order for a storm to be classified as a hurricane it must
> have surface winds (sustained for at least 1 minute) of at least
> what speed, according to the National Weather Service in the US?
 
Category 1 storms (lowest classification of a "hurricane" is
between 74-95mph. So, 74mph is my answer.
 
ArenEss
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 18 04:21AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in
>> 3. Using the IEEE standard representation of floating-point numbers,
>> what is the largest value that can be represented in 32 bits?
 
> ** CORRECT ** 2^128 - 2^104
 
Even after seeing the answer, I still don't even understand the question.
Can someone please refer me to a Wikipedia article or something like that
which will clarify this for me?

 
> 4. In order for a storm to be classified as a hurricane it must
> have surface winds (sustained for at least 1 minute) of at least
> what speed, according to the National Weather Service in the US?
 
74 miles per hour
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 17 05:42PM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> ** CORRECT ** 2^128 - 2^104
> Dan Tilque 10^128
 
Dammit. Massive brainfart there on my part. I meant 2^128, of course. I
knew it wouldn't have been correct, but close enough.
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 17 11:47PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> > ** CORRECT ** 2^128 - 2^104
> > Dan Tilque 10^128
 
Dan Tilque:
> Dammit. Massive brainfart there on my part. I meant 2^128, of course...
 
You mean "I protest: didn't you realize that the '10' was in base 2?" :-)
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "This is an excellent opportunity for
msb@vex.net | out-of-context quoting..." --Mike Hardy
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 17 11:50PM -0500

Mark Brader:
>>> 3. Using the IEEE standard representation of floating-point numbers,
>>> what is the largest value that can be represented in 32 bits?
 
Joshua Kreitzer:
> Even after seeing the answer, I still don't even understand the question.
 
Ah, that would make it harder.
 
> Can someone please refer me to a Wikipedia article or something like that
> which will clarify this for me?
 
This page does a good job:
 
http://steve.hollasch.net/cgindex/coding/ieeefloat.html
 
I was meaning to cite it in the answer posting, but it slipped my mind.
--
Mark Brader "Remember, this is Mark we're dealing with.
Toronto Rationality and fact won't work very well."
msb@vex.net -- Jeff Scott Franzman
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 18 09:53AM +0200

> 4. In order for a storm to be classified as a hurricane it must
> have surface winds (sustained for at least 1 minute) of at least
> what speed, according to the National Weather Service in the US?
 
35 m/s
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: May 18 07:51AM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
 
> 4. In order for a storm to be classified as a hurricane it must
> have surface winds (sustained for at least 1 minute) of at least
> what speed, according to the National Weather Service in the US?
 
75 miles per hour
 
Peter Smyth
swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: May 18 04:34PM -0700

,trying this on a strange device. no idea if it will work.
 
75 mph
 
swp, who completely spaced on that last one and is grateful to still be in it
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 18 06:49PM -0500

Mark Brader:
> 4. In order for a storm to be classified as a hurricane it must
> have surface winds (sustained for at least 1 minute) of at least
> what speed, according to the National Weather Service in the US?
 
Bruce Bowler 73 mph /1.0089
 
** CORRECT ** 64 knots
 
ArenEss 74 mph *1.0047
Joshua Kreitzer 74 mph *1.0047
Peter Smyth 75 mph *1.0183
Stephen Perry 75 mph *1.0183
Erland Sommarskog 35 m/s *1.0630
Marc Dashevsky 80 mph *1.0862
Gareth Owen 83 mph *1.127
 
See e.g.:
 
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutgloss.shtml#h
http://w1.weather.gov/glossary/index.php?word=hurricane
 
 
Gareth Owen is eliminated. This contest is now open only to Bruce
Bowler, Marc Dashevsky, Joshua Kreitzer, Stephen Perry, Peter Smyth,
Erland Sommarskog, and the entrant posting as "ArenEss". You have
up to 4 days to enter Round 5, from the time this is posted.
 
5. "Standard temperature and pressure" is now defined by the
IUPAC to mean a temperature of 0°C and a pressure of 100 kPa,
also known as 1 bar. At standard temperature and pressure,
1 mole of an ideal gas has what volume?
--
Mark Brader | "...she was quite surprised to find that she remained
Toronto | the same size: to be sure, this generally happens
msb@vex.net | when one eats cake, but..." --Lewis Carroll
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: May 18 06:02PM -0700

On Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 7:49:34 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> Toronto | the same size: to be sure, this generally happens
> msb@vex.net | when one eats cake, but..." --Lewis Carroll
 
> My text in this article is in the public domain.
 
0.022711 cubic meter
 
swp
ArenEss <areness1@yahoo.com>: May 18 08:34PM -0500

> IUPAC to mean a temperature of 0°C and a pressure of 100 kPa,
> also known as 1 bar. At standard temperature and pressure,
> 1 mole of an ideal gas has what volume?
 
Well, my time may come to an end here, as I really don't have
a clue on this one. I'll guess 20 liters.
 
ArenEss
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: May 19 03:43AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:0qWdnUpimcGVroPEnZ2dnUU7-
> IUPAC to mean a temperature of 0°C and a pressure of 100 kPa,
> also known as 1 bar. At standard temperature and pressure,
> 1 mole of an ideal gas has what volume?
 
I'm just guessing:
 
100 milliliters
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: May 19 01:41AM -0500

In article <0qWdnUpimcGVroPEnZ2dnUU7-IfNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says...
> IUPAC to mean a temperature of 0°C and a pressure of 100 kPa,
> also known as 1 bar. At standard temperature and pressure,
> 1 mole of an ideal gas has what volume?
 
1 liter {no idea]
 
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 19 09:04AM +0200

> IUPAC to mean a temperature of 0°C and a pressure of 100 kPa,
> also known as 1 bar. At standard temperature and pressure,
> 1 mole of an ideal gas has what volume?
 
6.2E23
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 19 09:06AM +0200

> Well, my time may come to an end here, as I really don't have
> a clue on this one. I'll guess 20 liters.
 
No, you survived, since I did not give a unit. I thought of Avagardo's
number which is just a number, and then it went downhill from there.
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: May 19 07:44AM

Mark Brader wrote:
 
> IUPAC to mean a temperature of 0°C and a pressure of 100 kPa,
> also known as 1 bar. At standard temperature and pressure,
> 1 mole of an ideal gas has what volume?
 
1 litre
 
Peter Smyth
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 18 06:37PM -0700

On Friday, May 12, 2017 at 11:33:06 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
 
> 1 Which hit song of 1968 includes the following line: "Wonder how you manage to make ends meet"?
 
Lady Madonna
 
> 2 Which author created the literary character Tarzan?
 
Edgar Rice Burroughs
 
> 3 Which biblical character was the father of Ham, Shem and Japheth?
 
Noah
 
> 4 Which is the only northern hemisphere country to have won the Rugby World Cup?
 
England
 
> 5 Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx played police detectives in which 2006 film?
 
Miami Vice
Singleton for Gareth
 
> 6 Which element makes up about 90% of the alloy bronze?
 
Copper
 
> 7 Which sport do the Pittsburgh Pirates play professionally?
 
Baseball
 
> 8 Who was the Greek god wealth?
 
Plutus
No-one got this, though Mark was close.
Croesus was a real person
 
> 9 Which 1970s UK TV comedy series was set in Slade prison?
 
Porridge
 
> 10 Whose best-selling 1997 album was titled "Come on Over"?
 
Shania Twain
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 486
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9 48 Gareth Owen
0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 34 Peter Smyth
0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 39 Mark Brader
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 42 Dan Blum
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 42 Pete Gayde
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 42 Marc Dashevsky
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 35 Dan Tilque
1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 28 Erland S
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
6 7 7 7 1 8 7 0 2 3 48 60%
 
Congratulations to Gareth on a comprehensive win.
 
cheers,
calvin
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: May 19 06:39AM +0100


>> 8 Who was the Greek god wealth?
 
> Plutus
 
Deducible from "Plutocracy", but a nice tempting wrong answer ...
 
Good question
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: May 18 06:38PM -0700

Aargh- that TB error has happened again. Re-revised scores:
 
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 485
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 66 Aren Ess
1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 8 52 Gareth Owen
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 58 Don Piven
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 49 Mark Brader
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 7 52 Dan Tilque
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 52 Dan Blum
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 41 Pete Gayde
1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 46 Peter Smyth
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 34 Erland S
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 24 Marc Dashevsky
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
6 8 6 2 6 8 6 9 9 6 66 66%
 
 
cheers,
calvin
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