I will post a buttload of trivia on this thread at random throughout the day. Each member from each team has ONE GUESS at each answer... no more. Each correct guess is worth one point. The team with the most points per person* wins.
Trivia ends at 11:59 PM Eastern today.
* For example... if team A had 3 people and got 6 points ... but team B had 6 people and 9 points ... team A would win b/c they'd have 2 points per person, compared to team B's 1.5 points per person.
1) In what year will UNIX machines suffer their own form of the Y2K bug?
2) If I push a 5 kg box on a frictionless floor with a force of 3 N until it has traveled 10 meters... then push it with a force of - 3 N until I am back where I started.... how much work have I done upon the box?
3) What is Moore's Law?
4) If it takes a power of 2P to life an elevator a distance d at velocity v... how much power is needed to life an elevator 2d at v^2
5) What is the derivative of e^x ?
#3 Moore's Law is: the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits had doubled every year since the integrated circuit was invented. Moore predicted that this trend would continue for the foreseeable future. In subsequent years, the pace slowed down a bit, but data density has doubled approximately every 18 months, and this is the current definition of Moore's Law, which Moore himself has blessed. Most experts, including Moore himself, expect Moore's Law to hold for at least another two decades.
5) derivative of e^x is e^x
4) Square root of P
work upon request...
I think the answer to #2 is 60 J
Laettners Legacy Wrote:#3 Moore's Law is: the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits had doubled every year since the integrated circuit was invented. Moore predicted that this trend would continue for the foreseeable future. In subsequent years, the pace slowed down a bit, but data density has doubled approximately every 18 months, and this is the current definition of Moore's Law, which Moore himself has blessed. Most experts, including Moore himself, expect Moore's Law to hold for at least another two decades.
correct
niusfactuary Wrote:5) derivative of e^x is e^x
correct
Bartindekalb Wrote:Answers:
1) 2038
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niusfactuary Wrote:2) 0 J
correct
niusfactuary Wrote:4) 4P
correct
6) What is the English translation of "Res Publica Non Dominetur" -- and what was the original language?
7) What famous composer got his start as court musician of Duke Johann Ernst?
8) How many books are in the Hitchhiker's Trilogy?
9) When approaching a black hole, what boundary do you pass where not even light can escape?
10) US History: ____?____ and Tyler too.
georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:8) How many books are in the Hitchhiker's Trilogy?
6
For bonus:
1) The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
2) The Restaraunt At The End Of The Universe
3) Life, The Universe, And Everything
4) So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish
5) Young Zaphoid Plays It Safe
6) Mostly Harmless
georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:1) In what year will UNIX machines suffer their own form of the Y2K bug?
2) If I push a 5 kg box on a frictionless floor with a force of 3 N until it has traveled 10 meters... then push it with a force of - 3 N until I am back where I started.... how much work have I done upon the box?
3) What is Moore's Law?
4) If it takes a power of 2P to life an elevator a distance d at velocity v... how much power is needed to life an elevator 2d at v^2
5) What is the derivative of e^x ?
Looks like someone is taking physics this semester...
georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:10) US History: ____?____ and Tyler too.
Tippecanoe
Blzer4Life Wrote:georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:8) How many books are in the Hitchhiker's Trilogy?
6
Incorrect
#6
Latin
"The republic will not be dominated," or, "The republic must not be
dominated."
georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:7) What famous composer got his start as court musician of Duke Johann Ernst?
Bach
georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:9) When approaching a black hole, what boundary do you pass where not even light can escape?
The speed of light, also know as the light barrier.
blah Wrote:georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:10) US History: ____?____ and Tyler too.
Tippecanoe
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Bartindekalb Wrote:7) Johann Sebastien Bach
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tarheelsben1 Wrote:#6
Latin
"The republic will not be dominated," or, "The republic must not be
dominated."
Close enough -- I was looking for public, but republica is ambiguous.
georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:Blzer4Life Wrote:georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:8) How many books are in the Hitchhiker's Trilogy?
6
Incorrect
3
Blzer4Life Wrote:georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:9) When approaching a black hole, what boundary do you pass where not even light can escape?
The speed of light, also know as the light barrier.
Incorrect.
tarheelsben1 Wrote:georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:Blzer4Life Wrote:georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:8) How many books are in the Hitchhiker's Trilogy?
6
Incorrect
3
Incorrect
georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:8) How many books are in the Hitchhiker's Trilogy?
5, although the 5th is not always called the 5th.
blah Wrote:georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:8) How many books are in the Hitchhiker's Trilogy?
5, although the 5th is not always called the 5th.
Correct
georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:9) When approaching a black hole, what boundary do you pass where not even light can escape?
Event Horizon
blah Wrote:georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:9) When approaching a black hole, what boundary do you pass where not even light can escape?
Event Horizon
correct
11) If you're digging for fossils.... after what point will roughly 50% of the genus on Earth vanish from the fossil record?
12) Mission Impossible: worth 5 points: what's the name of my cat? (hint: it's somewhat related to ncaabbs)
georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:12) Mission Impossible: worth 5 points: what's the name of my cat? (hint: it's somewhat related to ncaabbs)
How long have you had your cat?
13) "I'm doing a operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat."
That quote is by whom?
14) Acronym soup... have to get them all... DMA IANAL FWIW FLOPS PCI-X
blah Wrote:georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:12) Mission Impossible: worth 5 points: what's the name of my cat? (hint: it's somewhat related to ncaabbs)
How long have you had your cat?
For fear of somehow giving something away -- I'm not answering that. :shhh:
georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:13) "I'm doing a operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat."
That quote is by whom?
Linux Torvalds
blah Wrote:georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:13) "I'm doing a operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat."
That quote is by whom?
Linux Torvalds
oooooo I am sorry I cannot accept that.
georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:blah Wrote:georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:13) "I'm doing a operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat."
That quote is by whom?
Linux Torvalds
oooooo I am sorry I cannot accept that.
Bastard...typo.
I know it is Linus.
blah Wrote:georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:blah Wrote:georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:13) "I'm doing a operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat."
That quote is by whom?
Linux Torvalds
oooooo I am sorry I cannot accept that.
Bastard...typo.
I know it is Linus.
Linus Torvalds
georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:12) Mission Impossible: worth 5 points: what's the name of my cat? (hint: it's somewhat related to ncaabbs)
Buzz
tarheelsben1 Wrote:blah Wrote:georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:blah Wrote:georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:13) "I'm doing a operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat."
That quote is by whom?
Linux Torvalds
oooooo I am sorry I cannot accept that.
Bastard...typo.
I know it is Linus.
correct
Linus Torvalds
Wrong on both cat guesses
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