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by t-bar
Sat Jan 27, 2018 11:20 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regs Specific Questions and Errors
Replies: 63
Views: 18980

Re: Specific Questions and Errors

Can I see math bonus whose the last part mentioned something about 3(mod7) and 5(mod7) or similar? I believe the answerline was _inverse_ but I had trouble parsing what was going on. Identify the following steps one takes while encoding a message with the RSA algorithm, for 10 points each. [10] Fir...
by t-bar
Fri Jan 26, 2018 1:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regs Specific Questions and Errors
Replies: 63
Views: 18980

Re: Specific Questions and Errors

Can I see the tossup on "counting"? I only got to hear the first couple lines (it was during our bye round and was buzzed on quickly). But, I really enjoyed seeing new and original linguistics content come up. also, can I see the tossup on "indices"? The ability to vocalize this...
by t-bar
Thu Jan 25, 2018 10:46 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 36
Views: 14018

Re: Thanks and General Discussion

That all makes sense and I respect it. However there was a packet called "Michigan A + Berkeley B + MIT A", which led me to believe that our packet was to be used. This packet was built from the one written by what I believe is the "real" Michigan A team (Saul, Austin, and Noah,...
by t-bar
Thu Jan 25, 2018 1:42 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regs Specific Questions and Errors
Replies: 63
Views: 18980

Re: Specific Questions and Errors

Could I see the bonus on lift / angle of attack / camber? I think the wording on the last part made me think it was an angle for some reason. Identify the following terms one might encounter while designing an aircraft that won’t stall mid-flight, for 10 points each. [10] “Stalling” refers to a red...
by t-bar
Wed Jan 24, 2018 7:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regs Specific Questions and Errors
Replies: 63
Views: 18980

Re: Specific Questions and Errors

Can I see the tossup on characteristics? I'd like to see if characteristic functions came up and I just forgot those existed. Seeing the tossup on "price discrimination" would be cool too. I want to look up the papers that were mentioned early in that tossup that made me neg with somethin...
by t-bar
Wed Jan 24, 2018 6:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regs Specific Questions and Errors
Replies: 63
Views: 18980

Re: Specific Questions and Errors

Could I see the quantum computing bonus? I was glad to see both the adiabatic algorithm and quantum annealing come up, but it seemed a little hard to figure out exactly what the last part was looking for. I really like the physics on the whole, this is just a minor quibble. Identify the following a...
by t-bar
Mon Jan 22, 2018 7:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regs Specific Questions and Errors
Replies: 63
Views: 18980

Re: Specific Questions and Errors

Could I see the tossup on Al-Ghazali? I’m curious as to where the first sentence is from. A work by this thinker describes the trust in one’s legal advocate, the trust of a child in their mother, and the trust of a corpse in its washer as the three stages of trust in God. This thinker ended another...
by t-bar
Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regs Specific Questions and Errors
Replies: 63
Views: 18980

Re: Specific Questions and Errors

Can I see the tossup on freezing? The cryo-EM clue was a little confusing but the rest of the clues seemed to be fine. Also interested in seeing the bonus on perfect numbers, because I thought I heard the word "perfect" in the question. This process occurs along either a horizontal or ver...
by t-bar
Mon Jan 22, 2018 4:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 36
Views: 14018

Re: Thanks and General Discussion

I'm sorry to be that guy but I was wondering when the final A-values and compiled OphirStats will be up. Selfishly, we want to know if we will be able to take a look at those results before SCT. Final A-values will be released as soon as possible after the British Regionals site, which is next week...
by t-bar
Mon Jan 15, 2018 5:03 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!
Replies: 122
Views: 90044

Re: HSQBRank 2017-18: Now with a Patreon page!

Someone help me out here. Our team appears in the rankings at #37, but I can't figure out which tournament qualified us. The ones I've checked so far don't give us that aPPB, but I can't for the life of me unearth ACF Fall @ NIU. It doesn't seem to be in the database. It looks like the stats were p...
by t-bar
Fri Jan 12, 2018 12:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament—March 2018
Replies: 66
Views: 34850

Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament—March 2018

Is there a date set for the NYU site?
by t-bar
Fri Dec 22, 2017 12:17 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here
Replies: 65
Views: 5267

Re: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here

Thanks to Dylan Minarik for the Munch- and Hokusai-themed socks!

I have purchased my gift and will mail it tomorrow.
by t-bar
Mon Nov 27, 2017 8:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Good Quiz Bowl Gift Ideas ('Tis The Season!)
Replies: 2
Views: 358

Re: Good Quiz Bowl Gift Ideas ('Tis The Season!)

I'm answering based on the assumption that you want the gift to be at least potentially useful as a quizbowl study tool. If you just mean "what are gifts that intellectually-curious people would enjoy," then the space of possibilities becomes much broader! For literature, anthologies of sh...
by t-bar
Mon Nov 27, 2017 4:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here
Replies: 65
Views: 5267

Re: Secret Mount Vinokurov #11: Sign Up Here

Name: Stephen Eltinge Email: stepheneltinge@gmail.com I would love: 1) Warm, colorful socks (men's size 10) 2) A book about the NBA, especially NBA history; I am fairly ignorant on this topic but would like to know more 3) A book about the history of some place in the Americas--any place and any tim...
by t-bar
Fri Nov 24, 2017 12:47 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (1/20/18)
Replies: 43
Views: 52030

Re: 2018 ACF Regionals Global Announcement (1/20/18)

The main reason I'd recommend submitting longer tossups is because editors are liable to cut and/or alter clues - so if you give us more to work with, we're more likely to keep your clues. Keep it reasonable, of course - there's probably not a real need to spend the effort writing tons of of ten-li...
by t-bar
Sun Nov 12, 2017 4:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
Replies: 175
Views: 166513

Re: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud

1) Server-side caching stats. When someone initially wants some stats for a tournament, the server will do the calculation and save it somewhere. When someone comes along 15-30 seconds later and asks for the same stats calculation, we'll give them the previously calculated result. This will prevent...
by t-bar
Mon Nov 06, 2017 4:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2017 at Stanford, 11/4
Replies: 2
Views: 3414

Re: ACF Fall 2017 at Stanford, 11/4

I see that the posted results, labeled "Round Robin," have Berkeley A leading the field by two games. Were there any more games played after this?
by t-bar
Mon Nov 06, 2017 4:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2017 @ Georgia Tech (11/5/17)
Replies: 7
Views: 4708

Re: ACF Fall 2017 @ Georgia Tech (11/5/17)

Thanks for posting results, Justin. If you get a chance, can you post a combined stats file? Thanks!
by t-bar
Fri Nov 03, 2017 9:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: EFT at the University of Michigan (10/21)
Replies: 18
Views: 11724

Re: EFT at the University of Michigan (10/21)

Should we be expecting an SQBS report at some point? I know we have the scoresheets in the subforum, but many of the results that are easy to read off of SQBS reports are harder to extract from the raw data or Ophir's summary sheets.
by t-bar
Sat Oct 28, 2017 10:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PB 2017: Specific Questions Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 10410

Re: PB 2017: Specific Questions Discussion

I enjoyed this set a lot, and I heard multiple interesting and rewarding questions in pretty much all the categories I know anything about. I may have more comments later, but I want to point out two things that affected gameplay for us, and should probably be tweaked for the few future mirrors. 1. ...
by t-bar
Mon Oct 16, 2017 7:06 pm
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: Flashcard Resources
Replies: 22
Views: 14933

Re: Flashcard Resources

I got the same problem a while ago and used some online service to convert .json to .csv, like https://konklone.io/json/ or anything else. It could be a problem with the original Anki add on. But the csv should work That's exactly what I do now to create Anki decks. Alright I'm just straight up bad...
by t-bar
Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:29 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2018: seeking host bids
Replies: 2
Views: 2470

Re: ACF Nationals 2018: seeking host bids

As a reminder, if you're planning to submit a bid, please get it in by next Tuesday!
by t-bar
Sun Oct 08, 2017 2:44 pm
Forum: New Collegiate Teams
Topic: Starting to Write Questions
Replies: 8
Views: 13231

Re: Starting to Write Questions

Welcome to college quizbowl! If you haven't already, you should get in contact with Susan Ferrari ( Susan on these forums), who played quizbowl at the University of Chicago and now works at Grinnell. She has tons of experience with all aspects of quizbowl, including but certainly not limited to ques...
by t-bar
Tue Oct 03, 2017 8:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Nationals?
Replies: 2
Views: 2740

Re: Nationals?

ACF Nationals will be on the weekend of April 21-22, 2018. We are actively seeking host bids: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewto ... =8&t=20511. If your school wants to host ACF Nationals, let us know!
by t-bar
Tue Oct 03, 2017 8:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2018: seeking host bids
Replies: 2
Views: 2470

ACF Nationals 2018: seeking host bids

Hello all! ACF is currently seeking a host site for ACF Nationals, to be held on the weekend of April 21-22, 2018. (We apologize for the delay in getting this solicitation posted.) You can bid to host ACF Nationals using this form . We are looking to receive as many bids as possible from many differ...
by t-bar
Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:54 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Preseason Poll
Replies: 37
Views: 20388

Re: Preseason Poll

Progcon wrote:if you get a 1st place vote, you get 26 points, and if you get a 25th place vote, you get 1 point, and so on
Shouldn't the point range go from either 26-2 or 25-1, not 26-1?
by t-bar
Tue Aug 22, 2017 7:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2017)
Replies: 32
Views: 20095

Re: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2017)

This makes me curious what the eligibility rules would be for people in a university system, but not affiliated with a "traditional" campus with undergrads (i.e. UC Hastings Law, USCF Med school, etc). The reason I bring this up is because I know Richard Yu is at medical school at SUNY Do...
by t-bar
Tue Aug 15, 2017 1:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Sivakumar Day Inter-Nationals
Replies: 32
Views: 14667

Re: Sivakumar Day Inter-Nationals

Did this ever get posted?
by t-bar
Mon Jul 24, 2017 4:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Sivakumar Day Inter-Nationals
Replies: 32
Views: 14667

Re: Sivakumar Day Inter-Nationals

Sure, I'd be interested. Available tonight, Tuesday, and Thursday.
by t-bar
Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:11 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2017 NSC set discussion
Replies: 85
Views: 53920

Re: 2017 NSC set discussion

In quantum mechanics, operators corresponding to observables must have eigenvalues with this property, meaning the operators must be self-adjoint and Hermitian. Aren't self-adjoint and Hermitian the same thing? I didn't write this one, but yes. (I guess one technically refers to the operator and on...
by t-bar
Tue May 09, 2017 5:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2017)
Replies: 32
Views: 20095

Re: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2017)

As my signature would suggest, I'll be at Cambridge doing a one-year master's, and will hopefully be able to play the UK circuit as much as possible. My eligibility for ACF stuff isn't a lock though, since my degree program may lock me into a research degree which might keep me from taking (enough)...
by t-bar
Fri Mar 24, 2017 11:03 am
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: Speaking about Quiz Bowl at a middle school conference
Replies: 3
Views: 6231

Re: Speaking about Quiz Bowl at a middle school conference

Not a testimonial, but if you manage to recruit any new coaches, I'm sure the high school hosts in the area would be excited to hear about it. Ambitious middle schools are always welcome at high school tournaments (as Middlesex frequently demonstrates), but middle school alums are also a great sourc...
by t-bar
Fri Feb 24, 2017 2:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: This Tournament is a Crime at Harvard (3/4/17)
Replies: 7
Views: 5315

Re: This Tournament is a Crime at Harvard (3/4/17)

Can we get a field update?
by t-bar
Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals Qualification A-Values
Replies: 5
Views: 4151

Re: ACF Nationals Qualification A-Values

While checking over the A-value calculations, I noticed some typos which led to errors in the calculations for certain teams' strength of schedule (SOS) correction. This resulted in a small A-value change for every team (due to a change in the overall average SOS), as well as some more substantial A...
by t-bar
Wed Feb 22, 2017 4:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals Qualification A-Values
Replies: 5
Views: 4151

Re: ACF Nationals Qualification A-Values

raffi_-_c-a-n-a-d-a.mp3 wrote:Are the numbers in the calculations available for everyone to see like they are for NAQT D-values?
Sure; I've added a second sheet ("Calculations") with more detailed statistics to the document posted above. If anyone notices any incorrect data on this sheet, please let me know.
by t-bar
Wed Feb 22, 2017 3:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals Qualification A-Values
Replies: 5
Views: 4151

ACF Nationals Qualification A-Values

A-values for ACF Nationals qualification are now available at the following link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T-27M8MsoNilgLVjh6WfpNfDHzIndxgD8lbYsCiFyQo/edit. As the spreadsheet explains, teams highlighted in purple, blue, yellow, or green have qualified for ACF Nationals. Our tentative...
by t-bar
Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Nash Memorial (sometime after Nats)
Replies: 4
Views: 3073

Re: Nash Memorial (ICT 2017)

Is this still happening?
by t-bar
Fri Jan 13, 2017 10:11 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2017 Automatic Bid Applications Open
Replies: 2
Views: 1960

Re: ACF Nationals 2017 Automatic Bid Applications Open

ACF has ruled on and responded to all applications that we received. The following teams have received automatic bids to ACF Nationals: Georgia Institute of Technology (Naveed Chowdhury, Jake Deerin, Thomas Dellaert, and Justin Htay) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Saumil Bandyopadhyay, Julia...
by t-bar
Thu Jan 12, 2017 1:14 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2017 Automatic Bid Applications Open
Replies: 2
Views: 1960

Re: ACF Nationals 2017 Automatic Bid Applications Open

This is a reminder that if teams intend to apply for an automatic bid, they should do so by tonight!
by t-bar
Wed Jan 11, 2017 3:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 ACF Regionals global announcement (2/18/2017)
Replies: 51
Views: 43982

Re: 2017 ACF Regionals global announcement (2/18/2017)

Hello, I think I might have made a mistake with regards to eligibility. In the registration form, it links to a 2015 archived page, which has a different eligibility requirement of Division 2 for Regionals than the new revised 2016-17 one. In the former case, we would be considered eligible since w...
by t-bar
Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2017 Automatic Bid Applications Open
Replies: 2
Views: 1960

ACF Nationals 2017 Automatic Bid Applications Open

Hello everyone, ACF is now accepting applications for automatic bids to attend ACF Nationals 2017. The following teams are eligible to submit bids: Teams from clubs hosting ACF Regionals. Each such club will be granted no more than one automatic bid; if it wishes to send more teams, they must qualif...
by t-bar
Wed Nov 16, 2016 11:34 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Contesting Statistics After a Tournament
Replies: 11
Views: 8571

Re: Contesting Statistics After a Tournament

and have literal proof that the correction should be made If I'm reading right it's actually the opposite situation here--the scorekeeper's record of the game disagrees with what the player is saying, so the OP's quandary is based on a conflict of evidence rather than a reluctance to change the sta...
by t-bar
Tue Nov 08, 2016 1:02 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2016 ACF Fall general discussion
Replies: 49
Views: 26186

Re: 2016 ACF Fall general discussion

I fully expect [...] Babinet's principle to be tossed up at CO 2017. 8. This statement was extended to include polarization by HG Booker, and its vectorial form assumes the surface in question is very thin and perfectly conducting and states that E equals c times B prime sub c. This statement is us...
by t-bar
Sun Oct 30, 2016 10:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Terrapin XXIX at MIT (November 12, 2016)
Replies: 6
Views: 4684

Re: Terrapin XXIX at MIT (November 12, 2016)

Can we get a field update?
by t-bar
Sun Oct 30, 2016 1:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 82
Views: 19460

Re: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion

I enjoyed reading this set. Two minor corrections; I'll add more if I think of them. [10] The reference ellipsoid of a crystal can be determined by finding this vector, symbolized with a capital D. This quantity’s divergence is equal to the free charge density. ANSWER: electric displacement field [p...
by t-bar
Wed Sep 21, 2016 2:16 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2017: seeking host bids
Replies: 3
Views: 2800

Re: ACF Nationals 2017: seeking host bids

The 2017 ACF Nationals will be held at Columbia University, the site of the 2013 and 2014 ACF Nationals. Please watch this thread for more updates in the coming months.
by t-bar
Wed Aug 31, 2016 5:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Omnibus post: ACF rules & organization changes, 2016-17
Replies: 0
Views: 2639

Omnibus post: ACF rules & organization changes, 2016-17

Over the summer, ACF has deliberated over and approved several changes to its rules and procedures for the 2016-17 year and beyond. They are enumerated below. If you have any questions about these changes, please post here or email me at acf.quizbowl@gmail.com. Tournament Fees The base fee for ACF F...
by t-bar
Thu Aug 11, 2016 1:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2017: seeking host bids
Replies: 3
Views: 2800

Re: ACF Nationals 2017: seeking host bids

If you want to host ACF Nationals, please submit a bid by this weekend! We have already received several bids, and hope to make a decision soon. As always, if you have any questions, please contact me at [email protected].
by t-bar
Sun Jul 31, 2016 10:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals 2017: seeking host bids
Replies: 3
Views: 2800

Re: ACF Nationals 2017: seeking host bids

As a reminder, you have about two weeks to submit a bid if you want to host ACF Nationals. Get them in!