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- Thu Feb 04, 2021 11:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 39
- Views: 15908
- Thu Feb 04, 2021 5:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 39
- Views: 15908
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...
- Thu Oct 01, 2020 1:03 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Longhorn Invitational Tournament Individual Questions
- Replies: 54
- Views: 10566
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...
- Sun Feb 09, 2020 9:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 SCT general discussion
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6459
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...
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 5:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 66
- Views: 25578
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
- Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
- Replies: 60
- Views: 10413
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...
- Fri May 31, 2019 10:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 144
- Views: 57503
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...
- Wed May 29, 2019 11:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Comic Book Eyes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4821
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
mike: 45
isaiah: 10
sam: 20
woody: 50
several others: <=0
EDIT: Packet and answers/sources are now on the archive
- Mon May 27, 2019 8:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Comic Book Eyes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4821
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
- Mon May 20, 2019 10:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Comic Book Eyes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4821
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
- Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:35 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Trash Player Poll
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9671
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.
- Fri Apr 19, 2019 10:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Player Poll 2019
- Replies: 92
- Views: 64645
Re: Player Poll 2019
Not only is Caleb Kendrick a really good quizbowl generalist, he's probably the best philosophy player in the country
- Fri Apr 19, 2019 1:28 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2019 discussion: Question Content
- Replies: 90
- Views: 47408
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...
- Fri Apr 12, 2019 2:02 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 28058
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
- Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:57 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICT format and seeding discussion
- Replies: 74
- Views: 45759
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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- Sat Sep 22, 2018 9:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO Trash online mirror ANNOUNCEMENT (Sun., 9/23)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11580
Re: CO Trash online mirror ANNOUNCEMENT (Sun., 9/23)
Why is this being hosted on Skype instead of Discord?
- Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO Trash online mirror ANNOUNCEMENT (Sun., 9/23)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11580
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)
- Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 91
- Views: 48652
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...
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 91
- Views: 48652
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...
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 7:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: YANKOVIC: The Young Adult Fiction Tournament
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7475
Re: YANKOVIC: The Young Adult Fiction Tournament
Is this happening tomorrow? And if so, when?
- Mon Apr 30, 2018 8:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
- Replies: 121
- Views: 63185
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...
- Sun Apr 29, 2018 1:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Your Favorite Question
- Replies: 45
- Views: 30985
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...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish
- Replies: 76
- Views: 41663
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...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Player Poll 2018: Delightfully Devilish
- Replies: 76
- Views: 41663
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...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
- Replies: 121
- Views: 63185
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...
- Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
- Replies: 64
- Views: 8397
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...
- Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ICT general discussion
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2120
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...
- Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
- Replies: 64
- Views: 8397
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...
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: College QB In the News
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6237
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
- Wed Apr 11, 2018 1:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8065
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...
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: REJECT
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4114
Re: REJECT
I have uploaded the packets I've gotten for this to the archive.
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8065
Re: a completely innocuous ict/nats prediction thread
Take that, Itamar/Charles.Unicolored Jay wrote: 10. Oklahoma (UG)
11. Missouri
12. WUSTL A
- Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: REJECT
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4114
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
Me
Isaac Kirk-Davidoff
Shan Kothari
Conor Thompson
Jack Edmondson
Mike Bentley
Alex Shaw
Taylor Harvey
Paul Kirk-Davidoff
Michael Zhuang
Sameer Apte
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 5:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: 2018 ACF Nationals (April 21-22 at MIT)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 75071
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?
- Fri Mar 30, 2018 7:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: REJECT
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4114
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...
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Midseason poll
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11684
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.
- Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154661
Re: IT IS THE FINALS: Best Song of the 2000s
I'm glad at least one other Midwest player has correct taste.Make sure your seatbelt is fastened wrote:brightside
Mr. Brightside by The Killers
- Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TRICON 5: COMING SUMMER 2017
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18621
Re: TRICON 5: COMING SUMMER 2017
Yo Fred can these be posted to the archive?
- Sun Jan 28, 2018 10:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154661
Re: ELITE EIGHT: Best Song of the 2000s
Mr. Brightside by The Killers
Hey Ya! by Outkast
Hey Ya! by Outkast
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 3:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154661
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
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
- Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154661
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...
- Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154661
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...
- Fri Jan 05, 2018 4:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154661
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...
- Tue Jan 02, 2018 11:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154661
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
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
- Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154661
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...
- Tue Dec 26, 2017 10:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154661
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
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
- Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154661
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
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
- Thu Dec 21, 2017 10:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154661
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
Beautiful - Christina Aguilera
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
Abstain
Wake Up - Arcade Fire
Toxic - Britney Spears
Chasing Pavements - Adele
- Thu Dec 21, 2017 5:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154661
Re: VENTING TIME: Best Song of the 2000s
Not having Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger vs. Stronger is a crime against bracketology.
- Tue Dec 19, 2017 12:41 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154661
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...