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PostIcon Posted on: Feb. 15 2011,06:48  Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
Or whatever.  This is interesting (http://isteve.blogspot.com/2011/02/jeopardy.html)
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if the supercomputer triumphs, it will probably be for another reason entirely: because it can activate the buzzer most quickly.


I can attest to that.  When I was on Jeopardy, I knew most of the questions; it's just VERY DIFFICULT to time the buzzer right.  This is also interesting (describing a "College Bowl" match):
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Announcer: "In the South Pacific, there's Bora-Bora; in the state of Wash--"

BUZZ

Me: [pausing for a couple of very long seconds while I tried to figure out why I buzzed in] ... Walla Walla.


I did something very similar in a high school match:
Announcer: The Circus Maximus was in Rome---

BUZZ

Me: The gluteous maximus [pause, as the announcer's eyes get wide]...is...your...butt muscle.

Announcer:  That's correct.
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Heh.

College Bowl sounds so much more interesting than Jeopardy.  I like not hearing the whole question, and puzzling it out as I hear the answer, and ponder how they made that leap with that information.  That's much more interesting to me than that Jeopardy crap.

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Right, so the only test for Watson is "can Watson figure it out before the question is over"  because he can ring in instantly.  You could see Jennings getting annoyed.

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