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- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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?
- 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.
I have purchased my gift and will mail it tomorrow.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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?
- 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!
- 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.
- 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. ...
- 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...
- 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!
- 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...
- 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!
- 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...
- Sat Sep 16, 2017 9:54 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Preseason Poll
- Replies: 37
- Views: 20388
Re: Preseason Poll
Shouldn't the point range go from either 26-2 or 25-1, not 26-1?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
- 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...
- 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?
- 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.
- Sat Jul 01, 2017 9:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: On Trash Writing Absofuckinglutely NOT Considered a Fine Art
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4769
Re: On Trash Writing Absofuckinglutely NOT Considered a Fine
Just add a clue about this video and this tossup is good to go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DDkwdPaYmk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DDkwdPaYmk
- 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...
- 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)...
- 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...
- 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?
- 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...
- 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
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.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?
- 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...
- 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?
- 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...
- 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!
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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?
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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].
- 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!