I love Jeopardy, mostly because I’m an elderly person trapped in a marginally young person’s body. I sadly missed the finale of this year’s Teen Tournament, but am glad to see that my favorite competitor ended up winning. Don’t let his silly final answer, or the other clips mislead you, this dude is very, very smart, and very deserving of the win.
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rock'n'roll, country, punk & metal.
bands that combine all four successfully.
design, graphic & interior.
the intersection of philosophy & sociology.
ampersands.
andrew wk.
emergent gameplay, of the videogaming variety.
cursing.
beards.
beer.
bbq.
cjlo.
deep fried everything.
americana.
making lists, including this one of my life's ambitions, and these of things on my mind at the time.
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i took a trip! read about it here.
evidence of my lame yuppie side on my (gasp!) house blog here.
I shit you not, Watson narrowed down these three options in response to the clue:
- Familiarity is said to breed this, from the Latin for “despise”.
There you have it… Jeopardy-playing super computers listen to metal.
Well, tonight is the night I’ve been waiting for… yep, just in time for VD, a computer is gonna school us all in trivia. I’m a huge Jeopardy fan,
[18. Be a contestant on Jeopardy.]
and I’ve been excited to see IBM’s Watson take on the show’s most successful guests, Ken Jennings & Brad Rutter. It’ll be a three day tournament, starting with this evening, and based on the above results from a practice tournament, I predict that the AI is gonna kick the HI’s ass.
