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New quotes for Mon Jul 22
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Mon Jul 22 01:28:56 1991
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 91 01:28:22 EDT
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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eichin (Mark W. Eichin):
--- fix one last g++ version 2 bug.
- help plan my new office.
- enjoy Delaware.
- find room for a machine shop, in my apartment.
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honor (Andrew John Cassidy):
To be true to myself.
To eat. Alot.
Thoughts to consider:
Of all the people who have ever fingered me, you are now one.
HUMPTY-DUMPTY WAS PUSHED!!!
favorite song: Forever Young (see /mit/honor/Quotes/forever_young)
(see also /mit/honor/Quotes/aging)
To reach me
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in CA: 1138 Gilbert
Hemet, Ca 92543-7910
(714)-925-5188
in MA: (617)-262-7343
SAE now, Baker in the Fall
email: honor@athena.MIT.EDU
honor@stargate.mit.edu
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jtkohl (John T Kohl):
The 1991 Computer Bowl, Round 3 answers and round 4 questions (answers
to r4 tomorrow):
Answers (Round 3):
1. (comptometer) Pascal
2. ("bit") John Tukey
3. (Logo) Seymour Papert
4. (Atari) Warning (Game of GO)
5. (MANIAC) Los Alamos
6. (SUN) Stanford University Network
7. (BASIC) Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
8. (PLATO) Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations
9. (Aug 81) IBM PC
10. (TRS-80 vs. ENIAC) TRS-80 Model One, 0.66 sec vs. 6.00 sec
11. (Intel 4004) Japanese Calculator
12. (LAN routing through each workstation) Ring Network
13. (3COM) Communications, Computers, Compatibility
14. (DBASE II) CP/M
15. (early chess machine) Mac Hack IV
16. (binary notation) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz
17. (woman-designed video game) Centipede (for ATARI)
18. (video game popular w/ women) Pac Man
19. (first commercial v.g.) Computer Space
20. (4 bits) nibble
21. (Haloid Process) Photocopying
22. (AI Lab floor paint) Yellow
23. (laser printer) 1969
24. (Berliner & Schank) Artificial Intelligence
Questions (round 4, final round):
1. One piece of technology that has never quite made it is the picture
phone. When and where was the picture-phone first displayed. Was it
the 1939 New York World's Fair, the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, or the
1964 New York World's fair?
2. Which of the following computers is not a binary machine? Atanasoff
Machine, Bell Labs One, UNIVAC, or CDC 1604?
3. How many jobs can an IBM 360 computer execute at once?
4. John von Neumann is a well-known pioneer in the computer field. In
what area did he get his first college degree? Was it chemical
engineering, electrical engineering, or mechanical engineering?
5. What do the following three things have in common? BORIS, SHRDLU,
MYCIN?
6. Roger Penrose wrote a book about artificial intelligence. What was
its title?
7. There are several expert systems which have been developed for a
variety of application areas. I'll name the expert system. You name
the author. You need at least two correct answers to score: Hearsay,
or MYCIN
8. What was the name of the first artificial intelligence program. Was
it called The Logical Theorist, Logician, or QWERTYUIOP?
9. When the original Macintosh computer first came out, how much RAM
did it have?
10. Where is the Charles Babbage Institute located? Is it in London,
Washington, DC, or Minneapolis?
11. Here are three words--MILLIAC, DILLIAC, and SILLIAC. One of those
words was the name of a computer. Which one?
12. The computer magazine ANTIC is devoted to coverage of computers
made by which manufacturer?
13. There is a famous vignette in which a well-known computer pioneer
says "Let me show you a nanosecond" and the person holds up a short
length of wire. Who is that computer pioneer?
14. In 1936, a paper that was perhaps the most important in the history
of computer science was published. It was titled "On Computable
Numbers." Who was the author?
15. The names of the people who worked on the development of a famous
personal computer were etched on the inside of its case. What was the
computer?
16. If you were using Lotus 1-2-3 and you wanted to center a label, what
label prefix would you use?
Would it be---a caret, a quote, an apostrophe, or a back slash?
17. If you are using Wordperfect and the letters "P-O-S" are blinking on
the screen, what does that tell you?
18. What are the three operating modes of Windows 3.0?
19. We all know the term DOS, short for disk operating system. But
there was also an operating system called "SOS". What did the letters
"S-O-S" stand for?
20. On what microcomputer was SOS used?
21. If I were configuring a peripheral and I entered the following input
"1200 N 8 1"--What kind of peripheral would I be configuring?
22. On an external modem there are usually several LED indicators to
provide you with feedback on what the modem is doing. Can you tell me
what these indicators stand for? CD, OH, AA
23. Computer Pioneer Charles Babbage was interested in many different
kinds of inventions. According to the book "Digital Deli", Babbage
tried to invent which one of the following gadgets: a portable steam
engine, a cotton candy machine, or shoes for walking on water?
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kagraves (Kenneth A Graves):
Anecdote #3, told by Greg Benford: At an Oxford college, they were
debating what to do with all their money. The concensus was to buy land,
since "for the past thousand years, land has proven to be a very wise
investment for the college."
The crusty old patriarch piped in, "True, but the past thousand years have
been atypical."
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kkyang (Keelan K Yang):
Keelan K. Yang
MIT '94
Course 3: Material Science and Engineering
Mailing address: 402 Marlborough St. E-Mail: kkyang@athena.mit.edu
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: (617) 247-9662
Current involvement: * Delta Pi Fraternity - Secretary
* Undergraduate Association (UA)
UA Committee on Educational Policy - Vice Chair
* Class of 1994 - Class Council
Current Classes: 3.00, 3.13, 18.03, 18.06, 21.391
Classes Completed: 1.00, 3.091, 4.601, 8.01, 8.02, 15A02, 15.501, 18.01,
18.02, 24.00
Schedule: HELL!
Motto: "What the Hell?!"
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nightowl (Heather L Grove):
Dutchess MMichaela Rhillud Alhaellan of Dorath
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sethf (Seth Finkelstein):
To find a burrow and estivate for a while.
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starflt (Derrick Kong):
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