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Chinook, of course, was developed by a team at the University of Alberta headed by Jonathan, who now is the acting Chair of the Department of Computing Science (and all around prolific Comp Sci Guy). Personally, though, I'd think this would be worth more than $16,000.
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January 20, 2005 -- 1:48 PM
posted by Par
Click the Chinook link to find out the answer.
A plastic that comes from oranges instead of petroleum, and pumps CO2 out of the atmosphere?
An outraged, right-wing interest group in the US that is upset about the 'gaying' of children and has 'Family' in its name?
January 20, 2005 -- 11:17 AM
posted by alison
but what's the answer Paras?
I wasn't too terribly worried, but you know that adrenaline feeling you get when you smell gas in the basement? that's sort of what I was going on... But it calmed down. I figured I've actually heard that noise a lot after I shower... probably soap bubbles or something but yeah, I'm not panicking about it anymore. Thanks for the moral support y'all. More I think I was curious and seeking reassurance. But I still really hate our house. I'd much rather be in a wood stove-heated cabin with outdoor plumbing... but I'm like that on a regular basis, so nothing's new there...
January 20, 2005 -- 9:57 AM
posted by edo
No no... everything is out to get Percy.
January 20, 2005 -- 9:42 AM
posted by Par
You've officially made it when you're a question on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Ok, so he wasn't the exact question, but Jonathan Schaeffer just sent this e-mail to the games group here at the department:
$16,000 question to Chuck:
Completed in 1994, the computer program Chinook is thought to
be the world's best player of what game?
A. Checkers B. Backgammon
C. Scrabble D. Bridge
Chuck does not know (and he has used up all his life lines), so
he decides to walk with $8000.
Completed in 1994, the computer program Chinook is thought to
be the world's best player of what game?
A. Checkers B. Backgammon
C. Scrabble D. Bridge
Chuck does not know (and he has used up all his life lines), so
he decides to walk with $8000.
Chinook, of course, was developed by a team at the University of Alberta headed by Jonathan, who now is the acting Chair of the Department of Computing Science (and all around prolific Comp Sci Guy). Personally, though, I'd think this would be worth more than $16,000.
January 20, 2005 -- 9:37 AM
posted by Al
Seen the commercial and it was funny but not in a good way. I'm still sitting on the fence about this one.
January 20, 2005 -- 9:36 AM
posted by Al
Look everyone a transforming car! Go here to see it. I know I didn't put much effort in finding this site but who is going to know?
January 20, 2005 -- 9:35 AM
posted by Par
See, Beck, I have almost the opposite problem. I assume that if other people can do something, then I should not have a problem with it. I guess I start with stuff that isn't special and attempt it, rather than turn stuff that is special into the perfectly normal...
(Oh, and the placebo effect is awesome.)
I uploaded this but forgot to post it yesterday. It's an (apparently fradulent) ad for the Volkswagen Polo. (The apparently fradulent bit is because Volkswagen claims they didn't make the ad.) Nevertheless, it stands as a (possibly backfiring) example of viral marketing. (Another example would be the Burger King Subservient Chicken.) This one just might approach bad taste, though.
January 20, 2005 -- 9:33 AM
posted by Al
Bubbles flow in the direction of the strongest component of a vector field. Just because air is lighter then water does not mean they automatically float to the top. Bubbles are still pockets of air that are subjected to the laws of fluid mechanics. The main one being that all substances in a flow go in one direction due to bernouli principle. So no Alison bubbles don't move up unless the water is going in that direction. They can float to the top of the flow but direction wise they must follow where the flow is going. Damn I though I would never have to think about fluid mechanics ever again.
January 20, 2005 -- 12:41 AM
posted by nobody knows my face
1. What's wrong with having sex with unconscious men? I do it to women all the time. As a third-wave feminist I think we should be equals in this regard. Props to Anna for carrying the pro-choice torch, however one-sided that choice may be! I'm gonna ace this friggin feminist anthropology class. Wait and see, wait and see!
2. I think it's probably millions of little beetles that have infested your plumbing. Make sure when you take a shower tomorrow morning that you let it run for about ten minutes just to get all the beetles out. Their eggs will still be stuck in the pipes of course, so this isn't a permanent solution by any means. By tomorrow there'll probably be more than ever. Trust me. It happened to me once. The only way to fix it was by flushing gasoline down the toilet and then setting the plumbing on fire. That fixes those bastards right good lemme tell ya.
3. Thank GOODNESS someone solved the mystery of whether or not more than one person in the world gets a strange feeling on their tongue when they eat grapefruit! This just proves once and for all, beyond the shadow of a doubt that modern science is a fucking miracle!
4. FUBAR = Fucked Up Beyond ALL Recognition
January 19, 2005 -- 11:58 PM
posted by Jess
Alison - everything will be fine.
In other news - did anyone else read the comics in the Gateway today? I thought the Anna cartoon was a little ironic. Hmm, making jokes about having sex with unconscious men? Human rights complaint anyone? Somehow, I doubt it.
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