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by Auger recombination
Thu Feb 04, 2021 11:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 39
Views: 15744

Re: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

Jem Casey wrote: Thu Feb 04, 2021 6:45 pm It's worth noting that none of the clues are descriptions of the Chinese Room or refer to Searle's work in any way until his name is read.
Well, don't I just look the fool
by Auger recombination
Thu Feb 04, 2021 5:33 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 39
Views: 15744

Re: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

I, and at least a few other people I've spoken to, found the Turing tossup confusingly worded. My teammate buzzed and negged with Searle at the same place I would have, shortly before Searle's name was said. I had just studied the Chinese Room thought experiment with what I thought was a reasonable...
by Auger recombination
Thu Oct 01, 2020 1:03 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
Replies: 54
Views: 10359

Re: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions

I doubt it will make a difference to anyone playing the set, but Packet 9 Bonus 16 says that Eleanor Blake Kirkpatrick was the founder of the OKC Museum of Art, which she isn't, although she was involved in its early history. Additionally, in Packet 12 Tossup 6, in addition to being related to publi...
by Auger recombination
Sun Feb 09, 2020 9:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 SCT general discussion
Replies: 38
Views: 6383

Re: 2020 SCT general discussion

As a reader of this set, something that may not have been evident to the players is that this set contained far more typos than are acceptable. Specifically, it was not uncommon to have to reread a sentence because there was an important word missing that I had to fill in myself. One that I remember...
by Auger recombination
Sun Jan 26, 2020 5:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
Replies: 66
Views: 25362

Re: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata

Can I see the tossup on slavery from the Bible? I buzzed on the clue about the Sabbath year with something about forgiving debts
by Auger recombination
Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:23 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
Replies: 60
Views: 10258

Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread

5. The integral of a “white” process that follows this distribution gives a Wiener process. The convolution of two distributions gives this distribution if and only if this distribution is the inputs according to the Cochran decomposition theorem. Interpolating with a process based on this distribu...
by Auger recombination
Fri May 31, 2019 10:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2019 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 144
Views: 56834

Re: 2019 HSNCT discussion

Legendre polynomials have this property since the inner product of two of them is proportional to a Kronecker delta function. Vectors must be linearly independent if they mutually have this property. The Gram-Schmidt process finds vectors that have this property, possibly (*) normalized. Two vector...
by Auger recombination
Wed May 29, 2019 11:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Comic Book Eyes
Replies: 2
Views: 4807

Re: Comic Book Eyes

This happened. By my count, the final scores were as follows:
mike: 45
isaiah: 10
sam: 20
woody: 50
several others: <=0

EDIT: Packet and answers/sources are now on the archive
by Auger recombination
Mon May 27, 2019 8:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Comic Book Eyes
Replies: 2
Views: 4807

Re: Comic Book Eyes

Now that the tornadic weather has gone past where I live, hopefully my internet will regain stability. I'll be doing this at Wednesday, 8:30 central time
by Auger recombination
Mon May 20, 2019 10:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Comic Book Eyes
Replies: 2
Views: 4807

Comic Book Eyes

Inspired by Mike Cheyne, I have some Eyes That Do Not See-esque questions that are about comic books. I'll read them on the discord on Tuesday at 9 pm Central time
by Auger recombination
Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:35 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Trash Player Poll
Replies: 13
Views: 9604

Re: 2019 Trash Player Poll

In the last year or so of writing about fantasy sports, Tracey Hickman has gone from being just a good sports player to powering every sports question bar 6 at ACRONYM, with the majority of those powers in the first line.
by Auger recombination
Fri Apr 19, 2019 10:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Player Poll 2019
Replies: 92
Views: 63829

Re: Player Poll 2019

Not only is Caleb Kendrick a really good quizbowl generalist, he's probably the best philosophy player in the country
by Auger recombination
Fri Apr 19, 2019 1:28 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 discussion: Question Content
Replies: 90
Views: 46667

Re: ACF Nationals 2019 discussion: Question Content

This is somewhat nitpicky, but Nixon's dog Checkers died before Nixon became president, so I don't think it would be accurate to refer to him as a "presidential dog." Also, the tossup on Laplace transforms has a sentence fragment at the end of the third line, "that partial fraction ex...
by Auger recombination
Fri Apr 12, 2019 2:02 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)
Replies: 37
Views: 27859

Re: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)

I will be doing a two year Masters of Applied Mathematics at the University of Colorado Boulder starting in the fall
by Auger recombination
Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:57 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ICT format and seeding discussion
Replies: 74
Views: 45202

Re: The ICT format is awful and unfair (or: why I now play for the "Ann Arbor Campus, University of Michigan")

RE: the 2v3 matchup in round 1, Caleb and I both specifically raised that issue in the ICT discussion thread last year after we had to play WUSTL round 1

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by Auger recombination
Sat Sep 22, 2018 9:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO Trash online mirror ANNOUNCEMENT (Sun., 9/23)
Replies: 22
Views: 11493

Re: CO Trash online mirror ANNOUNCEMENT (Sun., 9/23)

Why is this being hosted on Skype instead of Discord?
by Auger recombination
Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO Trash online mirror ANNOUNCEMENT (Sun., 9/23)
Replies: 22
Views: 11493

Re: CO Trash online mirror ANNOUNCEMENT (Sun., 9/23)

Tracey and I are looking for someone who knows modern TV/movies or the sports Brits watch (soccer/cricket/blimpy bounce bounce/etc)
by Auger recombination
Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:14 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 48198

Re: 2018 HSNCT discussion

Henri Picciotto phrased a problem about these things in terms of boxes of chicken nuggets. Frobenius numbers answer the question "What is the largest amount that can't be made by combining" these things. Balance puzzles ask you to find a cannonball or one of these objects with a (*) diffe...
by Auger recombination
Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 91
Views: 48198

Re: 2018 HSNCT discussion

Henri Picciotto phrased a problem about these things in terms of boxes of chicken nuggets. Frobenius numbers answer the question "What is the largest amount that can't be made by combining" these things. Balance puzzles ask you to find a cannonball or one of these objects with a (*) diffe...
by Auger recombination
Mon Jun 04, 2018 7:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: YANKOVIC: The Young Adult Fiction Tournament
Replies: 10
Views: 7424

Re: YANKOVIC: The Young Adult Fiction Tournament

Is this happening tomorrow? And if so, when?
by Auger recombination
Mon Apr 30, 2018 8:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
Replies: 121
Views: 62518

Re: ACF Nationals discussion

I quite liked the bonuses I recall (the ones you listed plus Pell's equation/Diophantine/units). In particular, I think every bonus part was an important thing, and no hard part seemed unreasonable. The only criticism I have is that "units" stuck out to me as an easy hard part; it's a fun...
by Auger recombination
Sun Apr 29, 2018 1:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Your Favorite Question
Replies: 45
Views: 30780

Re: Your Favorite Question

1. A “study” of this kind of science fiction is presented in Gary Westfahl’s book Cosmic Engineers, which examines Hal Clement’s story “Mission of Gravity.” For 10 points each: [10] Give this adjective that describes science-fiction stories that seemingly focus on scientific accuracy rather than ch...
by Auger recombination
Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish
Replies: 76
Views: 41339

Re: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish

My number one is Jacob Reed. He was the second scorer in the top bracket at ICT (based on overall, since NAQT doesn't have a separate page for individual playoff stats) Top ten PP20TUH in 2018 ICT Division I playoffs only: Itamar Naveh-Benjamin, 73.48 Jakob Myers, 69.47 Chris Ray, 68.23 Hidehiro An...
by Auger recombination
Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish
Replies: 76
Views: 41339

Re: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish

My number one is Jacob Reed. He was the second scorer in the top bracket at ICT (based on overall, since NAQT doesn't have a separate page for individual playoff stats) Top ten PP20TUH in 2018 ICT Division I playoffs only: Itamar Naveh-Benjamin, 73.48 Jakob Myers, 69.47 Chris Ray, 68.23 Hidehiro An...
by Auger recombination
Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
Replies: 121
Views: 62518

Re: ACF Nationals discussion

This was my first and, unless I play in grad school, likely my only ACF Nationals. I had a great time and this set was a blast to play on. I can't talk about most of the categories, but I really enjoyed the myth and literature in this tournament. Specifically, whoever wrote the hard scifi/Heinlein/N...
by Auger recombination
Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Replies: 64
Views: 8246

Re: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion

I was pretty surprised that the bonus part on "reduced mass" didn't have mu listed as an (at least promptable) answer. There was another case later in the day when Maia said a Greek letter for a different bonus and wasn't prompted. Was there a conscious decision on NAQT's part to not incl...
by Auger recombination
Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ICT general discussion
Replies: 20
Views: 2083

Re: 2018 ICT general discussion

I really really really disliked the schedule format that this year's ICT used. The first five games having essentially the largest effect on final placing by a pretty huge margin didn't feel great, especially since for some reason we had to play a 2 seed vs 3 seed matchup as our very first game of t...
by Auger recombination
Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Replies: 64
Views: 8246

Re: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion

I was pretty surprised that the bonus part on "reduced mass" didn't have mu listed as an (at least promptable) answer. There was another case later in the day when Maia said a Greek letter for a different bonus and wasn't prompted. Was there a conscious decision on NAQT's part to not inclu...
by Auger recombination
Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: College QB In the News
Replies: 7
Views: 6211

Re: College QB In the News

OU was going to get interviewed and then the whole teacher strike happened so they no longer cared about us
by Auger recombination
Wed Apr 11, 2018 1:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread
Replies: 14
Views: 8023

Re: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread

10. Oklahoma (UG) 11. Missouri 12. WUSTL A Take that, Itamar/Charles. https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/game.jsp?game_id=748236 I honestly think your teams are better than ours, but since we're on the subject of last year's ICT... https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/game.jsp?game_id=748252 ht...
by Auger recombination
Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: REJECT
Replies: 5
Views: 4100

Re: REJECT

I have uploaded the packets I've gotten for this to the archive.
by Auger recombination
Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread
Replies: 14
Views: 8023

Re: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread

Unicolored Jay wrote: 10. Oklahoma (UG)
11. Missouri
12. WUSTL A
Take that, Itamar/Charles.
by Auger recombination
Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: REJECT
Replies: 5
Views: 4100

Re: REJECT

I'll keep a running list of packets I've received here:
Me
Isaac Kirk-Davidoff
Shan Kothari
Conor Thompson
Jack Edmondson
Mike Bentley
Alex Shaw
Taylor Harvey
Paul Kirk-Davidoff
Michael Zhuang
Sameer Apte
by Auger recombination
Sat Mar 31, 2018 5:25 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
Replies: 64
Views: 72974

Re: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)

Also does anyone have some advice on where/how close to campus teams should stay?
by Auger recombination
Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: REJECT
Replies: 5
Views: 4100

REJECT

There's been no announcement about a tournament to be read on the drive to the national tournaments so I thought I'd make one. REJECT is a tournament for all of the questions you have that have been rejected from packet submission tournaments that you believe the world needs to see. Alternatively al...
by Auger recombination
Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Midseason poll
Replies: 16
Views: 11642

Re: Midseason poll

On the topic of team hyping, Oklahoma's full A team will, for the first time since ICT two years ago, actually be together at a national tournament. Also, we have the number 6 D value. Just saying.
by Auger recombination
Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152847

Re: IT IS THE FINALS: Best Song of the 2000s

Make sure your seatbelt is fastened wrote:brightside
I'm glad at least one other Midwest player has correct taste.

Mr. Brightside by The Killers
by Auger recombination
Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TRICON 5: COMING SUMMER 2017
Replies: 35
Views: 18527

Re: TRICON 5: COMING SUMMER 2017

Yo Fred can these be posted to the archive?
by Auger recombination
Sun Jan 28, 2018 10:18 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152847

Re: ELITE EIGHT: Best Song of the 2000s

Mr. Brightside by The Killers

Hey Ya! by Outkast
by Auger recombination
Mon Jan 22, 2018 3:59 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152847

Re: SWEET SIXTEEN: Best Song of the 2000s

Mr. Brightside by The Killers
I will never not love this song

Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Despite the scurrilous libel being hurled its way by some people, Chicago is in fact a Good Song

Hey Ya! by Outkast
Not really close

Hurt by Johnny Cash[/quote]
As above so below
by Auger recombination
Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:16 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152847

Re: SWEET SIXTEEN: Best Song of the 2000s

1901 by Phoenix vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt is a decent, well-put-together song, but I think lacks something of the vulnerability expressed by the original (which is magnified by how much it contrasts with the rest of NIN's big songs) This may be premature of me to say, bu...
by Auger recombination
Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:16 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152847

Re: SWEET SIXTEEN: Best Song of the 2000s

1901 by Phoenix vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt is a decent, well-put-together song, but I think lacks something of the vulnerability expressed by the original (which is magnified by how much it contrasts with the rest of NIN's big songs) This may be premature of me to say, bu...
by Auger recombination
Fri Jan 05, 2018 4:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152847

Re: ROUND TWO, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s

Time to Pretend by MGMT I don't actually think this is a better song, but I think it's good enough not to get swept by Hey Ya Bad Romance by Lady Gaga Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine Lose Yourself by Eminem Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West Dashboard...
by Auger recombination
Tue Jan 02, 2018 11:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152847

Re: ROUND ONE OVER: Best Song of the 2000s

Crazy by Gnarls Barkley

Mr. Brightside by The Killers

Wake Up by Arcade Fire

Toxic by Britney Spears

99 Problems by Jay-z

Paper Planes by M.I.A.

Ignition (Remix) by R. Kelly
Definitely the hardest choice of this round

Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
by Auger recombination
Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:55 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152847

Re: ROUND ONE, PART THREE: Best Song of the 2000s

Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz Cry Me a River by Justin Timberlake American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West Dashboard by Modest Mouse Hope There's Someone by Antony and the Johnsons I'd have preferred Her Eyes Are Underneath the Ground but whatever Hurt by John...
by Auger recombination
Tue Dec 26, 2017 10:20 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152847

Re: ROUND ONE, PART TWO: Best Song of the 2000s

Hey Ya! by Outkast

Time to Pretend by MGMT

One More Time by Daft Punk

Bad Romance by Lady Gaga

Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand

Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine

Lose Yourself by Eminem

Rehab by Amy Winehouse
by Auger recombination
Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152847

Re: ROUND ONE, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s

99 Problems by Jay-Z

Hips Don't Lie by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean

Supermassive Black Hole by Muse

Paper Planes by M.I.A

Ignition (Remix) by R. Kelly

A-Punk by Vampire Weekend

Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
One of the best songs off of the best album of all time

Last Nite by The Strokes
by Auger recombination
Thu Dec 21, 2017 10:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152847

Re: VENTING TIME: Best Song of the 2000s

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley

Beautiful - Christina Aguilera

Mr. Brightside - The Killers

Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson

Abstain

Wake Up - Arcade Fire

Toxic - Britney Spears

Chasing Pavements - Adele
by Auger recombination
Thu Dec 21, 2017 5:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152847

Re: VENTING TIME: Best Song of the 2000s

Not having Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger vs. Stronger is a crime against bracketology.
by Auger recombination
Tue Dec 19, 2017 12:41 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies: 735
Views: 152847

Re: ROUND 0 PART 1 VOTING NOW: Best Song of the 2000s Bracke

Love Story – Taylor Swift Dashboard – Modest Mouse Definitely not the Modest Mouse song I would have chosen (I'd have preferred about half of Good News over it) but still good Move Your Feet – Junior Senior Fidelity – Regina Spektor American Boy – Estelle featuring Kanye West Fireworks – Animal Col...