Fucking Hilarious.
^Damnit, I was about to post that.
HAHAHA when i heard about the donkey punch, one of my friends told me, my first thought was “damn he didnt tell us he got on!!”
[quote]malonetd wrote:
It’s the reason Ken and Brad (probably the two best Jeopardy players of all time) lost to Watson.
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I’m not saying the outcome would have changed but a big disadvantage for the humans was that there was two of them. There are areas where the computer has the advantage and there are areas where the humans have the advantage. The humans had to split their advantage the computer didn’t have another computer to split with. How about two computers and one human? That might have turned out very different.
[quote]on edge wrote:
[quote]malonetd wrote:
It’s the reason Ken and Brad (probably the two best Jeopardy players of all time) lost to Watson.
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I’m not saying the outcome would have changed but a big disadvantage for the humans was that there was two of them. There are areas where the computer has the advantage and there are areas where the humans have the advantage. The humans had to split their advantage the computer didn’t have another computer to split with. How about two computers and one human? That might have turned out very different.[/quote]
I completely agree. I was just trying to point out the importance of buzzer speed.
Well, I just tried out for Jeopardy! through the online test. It’s the firs step in this whole process. I think I did pretty good, but it might be close. There were several questions about the opera/classical music where I read it was like “Blam! Done.” They give you fifteen seconds per question to type in the correct one and hit submit and they just bombard you like that non-stop for about 15-20 minutes straight. There were probably about seven or eight where I had no answer at all and the rest I feel mostly confident about. Except for one question which was "The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand from this country started WWI, and I typed in “WWI” and hit submit. Fucking retard. If I miss out by one question I’m going to kill myself. With a shotgun, to the face. Right in the middle of my fucking house. I am going to blow my brains out with a shotgun in my face in the middle of my living room if I miss out on being on Jeopardy because of that one question.
But I’ll never know. It says on the screen after the test ends that they never show you your score, they only contact you in the near future if you qualify for the next step. We’ll see what happens…
Think positive! This is the kind of shotgun you should be thinking about as a celebration. lol, as the french say, duhbell bearrell side by each.
I’m curious, do you know when the questions will end?. Seeing a countdown of say one hundred questions would add more anxiety and pressure, at least I would think so. Also, if you got your smarts from your parents what was their response to your brain fart with WWI? Pity, empathy or disgust lol.
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
Well, I just tried out for Jeopardy! through the online test. It’s the firs step in this whole process. I think I did pretty good, but it might be close. There were several questions about the opera/classical music where I read it was like “Blam! Done.” They give you fifteen seconds per question to type in the correct one and hit submit and they just bombard you like that non-stop for about 15-20 minutes straight. There were probably about seven or eight where I had no answer at all and the rest I feel mostly confident about. Except for one question which was "The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand from this country started WWI, and I typed in “WWI” and hit submit. Fucking retard. If I miss out by one question I’m going to kill myself. With a shotgun, to the face. Right in the middle of my fucking house. I am going to blow my brains out with a shotgun in my face in the middle of my living room if I miss out on being on Jeopardy because of that one question.
But I’ll never know. It says on the screen after the test ends that they never show you your score, they only contact you in the near future if you qualify for the next step. We’ll see what happens…[/quote]
With you normal responses it must have been a bitch to just type one word answers.
hahahaahahahaahahahahahahaahahahahaha
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
Well, I just tried out for Jeopardy! through the online test. It’s the firs step in this whole process. I think I did pretty good, but it might be close. There were several questions about the opera/classical music where I read it was like “Blam! Done.” They give you fifteen seconds per question to type in the correct one and hit submit and they just bombard you like that non-stop for about 15-20 minutes straight. There were probably about seven or eight where I had no answer at all and the rest I feel mostly confident about. Except for one question which was "The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand from this country started WWI, and I typed in “WWI” and hit submit. Fucking retard. If I miss out by one question I’m going to kill myself. With a shotgun, to the face. Right in the middle of my fucking house. I am going to blow my brains out with a shotgun in my face in the middle of my living room if I miss out on being on Jeopardy because of that one question.
But I’ll never know. It says on the screen after the test ends that they never show you your score, they only contact you in the near future if you qualify for the next step. We’ll see what happens…[/quote]
With you normal responses it must have been a bitch to just type one word answers.
hahahaahahahaahahahahahahaahahahahaha
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Ha. Ha. Ha.
Yes, it was a bitch to type one-word answers. But, the last laugh’s on you, motherfucker! I just got an email confirming that I made it past the first preliminary test! I go down to Sacramento in a month for the live audition. This is my chance to shine, where my overwhelming wit combined with my irresistible charm and dashing good looks FINALLY becomes an asset for me.
Good news, congrats.
Good stuff Brother!
I’m not kidding that I heard somewhere a long time ago that you should try to buzz in with your index ginger, not your thumb. Something about it being faster.
^^ ha…I’ll leave “ginger” in there.
Here’s something about buzzers: How to win on the Buzzer
[quote]pushharder wrote:
You’d better take a crash course on Lincoln, Delbert.[/quote]
Where should I go to get this crash course? Southern Methodist U? U of A at Birmingham? Ole Miss?
Congrats: If you haven’t already, check out the February issue of Esquire, page 98.
Congrats! Good luck!
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
Well, I just tried out for Jeopardy! through the online test. It’s the firs step in this whole process. I think I did pretty good, but it might be close. There were several questions about the opera/classical music where I read it was like “Blam! Done.” They give you fifteen seconds per question to type in the correct one and hit submit and they just bombard you like that non-stop for about 15-20 minutes straight. There were probably about seven or eight where I had no answer at all and the rest I feel mostly confident about. Except for one question which was "The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand from this country started WWI, and I typed in “WWI” and hit submit. Fucking retard. If I miss out by one question I’m going to kill myself. With a shotgun, to the face. Right in the middle of my fucking house. I am going to blow my brains out with a shotgun in my face in the middle of my living room if I miss out on being on Jeopardy because of that one question.
But I’ll never know. It says on the screen after the test ends that they never show you your score, they only contact you in the near future if you qualify for the next step. We’ll see what happens…[/quote]
With you normal responses it must have been a bitch to just type one word answers.
hahahaahahahaahahahahahahaahahahahaha
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Ha. Ha. Ha.
Yes, it was a bitch to type one-word answers. But, the last laugh’s on you, motherfucker! I just got an email confirming that I made it past the first preliminary test! I go down to Sacramento in a month for the live audition. This is my chance to shine, where my overwhelming wit combined with my irresistible charm and dashing good looks FINALLY becomes an asset for me.[/quote]
hahahaahhahaahahahaahahahaaha
Are you going to change the Avi now?
Good luck. I dont know about the good looks part.
Hey DB, check out this article (scroll down near bottom of page 1)