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by akessler
Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2012 ICT: question-specific discussion
Replies: 48
Views: 14333

Re: 2012 ICT: question-specific discussion

The Old Capulet tossup, I think, should have said also accept "Lord Capulet," although I buzzed off of half-remembered knowledge, so it's possible I'm wrong. The moderator in my room accepted Lord Capulet from the other team, although apparently according to Wikipedia: Capulet is the patr...
by akessler
Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:51 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ICT Prediction Thread
Replies: 111
Views: 45250

Re: ICT Prediction Thread

4. Harvard Last year’s ICT winner, I don’t think that they will repeat the feat and go for the trifecta because of their loss of Andy, who got a huge NAQT boost. With that being said, this team has shown their ability to regroup from that loss by adding the former State College players Graham Moyer...
by akessler
Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Peaceful Resolution at Chicago (3/3/2012)
Replies: 82
Views: 33886

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Peaceful Resolution at Chicago (3/3/2012)

Kooikerhondje wrote:I'm really enjoying the aesthetic of the win-loss records. Each team beat all of the teams ranked lower than it and lost to all of the teams ranked ahead of them.
Not only that, but the PPB of the teams is strictly decreasing.
by akessler
Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VCU Open 2011 Thanks & Discussion
Replies: 151
Views: 33637

Re: VCU Open 2011 Thanks & Discussion

A clue about The Glass Bead Game said one of these mentored Knecht, but he has so mentors in that book I was rushing through my mind to figure out exactly which one was wanted. In this case at least, while I'd like to see the question again, I think it's fairly clear that they're referring to the M...
by akessler
Sun Aug 14, 2011 4:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VCU Open 2011 Thanks & Discussion
Replies: 151
Views: 33637

Re: VCU Open 2011 Thanks & Discussion

What are the alternate early answers, if any, to the image compression TU in Round 6? I powered it in the first line after hearing "discrete cosine transform" but on further reflection "audio compression" would still have been a valid answer at that point, unless there's somethin...
by akessler
Sun Mar 13, 2011 3:55 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PSAT/NMSQT @ St. Anselm's Abbey School (3/12/2011)
Replies: 59
Views: 33387

Re: PSAT/NMSQT @ St. Anselm's Abbey School (3/12/2011)

I wonder what the highest PPB for an E Team is an any tournament. TJ E has got to be up there at over 17PPB. http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=Bellarmine&id=2&page=standings Okay, is that like an actual "real" E Team, though? You guys notoriously split up your teams in intere...
by akessler
Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:58 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PSAT/NMSQT @ St. Anselm's Abbey School (3/12/2011)
Replies: 59
Views: 33387

Re: PSAT/NMSQT @ St. Anselm's Abbey School (3/12/2011)

One of TJ E's games against Longfellow has somewhat messed up stats -- it says we heard 21 bonuses and got 50 points on them, which is incorrect in several ways (also, it says there were 0 tossups heard). My record of the game shows 160 points earned on 10 bonuses heard, which is consistent with the...