- MSBKO6 Round 4 - Meteorology - 18 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #486 - ANSWERS & SCORES - 2 Updates
- Calvin's Quiz #485 - ANSWERS & SCORES V3 - 1 Update
| 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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