FireballX301

Aug 3 2005, 03:49 AM | Post #16

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Now that I've made the reward ten times as high, I'll make the questions TEN TIMES AS HARD. Whoo.

1. Identify the source of these 3 quotes:

a) "dirka dirka Mohammed jihad dirka dirka,"
b) "Goddam it, you'll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!"
c) "Quoth the Raven"

2. Given that I (assume I am 170 cm tall) am standing on the end of a caboose, holding a rifle, 55 cm long. The location of my feet at the starting position can be considered the origin.

The train accelerates to the right at a constant acceleration of 5 meters per second squared. At time equals 15 seconds, I point the rifle straight up with the chamber level to the top of my head, and fire. The rifle bullet will take 25 seconds to reach it's apex of 4 miles in the air.

Assuming all motion is two-dimensional and there are no crosswinds, where will the rifle bullet land with respect to the origin?

3. What are these, in general?



4. Convert this hexadecimal number to octal.

81fa1

5. In my first post, I alluded to meat before using 'gp'. Why did I use that term, that is, where did I get the presumption of meat as currency?

6. What's the main difference between a switch and a hub?

7. Balance this equation.

__H2SO4 + __NaIO3 --> __H2 + __Na2SO4 + __IO3-

8. What is the purpose of the 'Method of Frobenius'?

9. Without modifying this image directly, make it true.



Again, 100k for answering all of this correctly.

This post has been edited by FireballX301: Aug 3 2005, 04:13 AM

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Ryan

Aug 3 2005, 05:44 PM | Post #17

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1:
a-
b-United States Marine Corp; Captain Henry P.
c-Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven"

2:
I spent ages on this one, got to the quadratic equation for the time the bullet spends in the air and got a tad muddled :angry:

3:
Armour-Piercing Bullets :huh:

4:


5:
The Medieval times

6:


7:
Failed chemistry miserably :unsure:

8:
To find a series solution about zero of the form

9:
Rotate it 180deg.

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Baakalor

Aug 3 2005, 07:59 PM | Post #18

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This really belongs in Off-Topic instead of RS Chat.

>>>MOVED<<<

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FireballX301

Aug 3 2005, 09:07 PM | Post #19

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QUOTE(Baakalor @ Aug 3 2005, 12:59 PM)

This really belongs in Off-Topic instead of RS Chat.

>>>MOVED<<<

Why? I'm offering a in-game runescape cash reward, and the other moderators and admins saw fit to leave it where it was.

Requesting a move back to RS chat.

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SupaPhat

Aug 3 2005, 09:12 PM | Post #20

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Baak in this case Ill move it back soley for this reason: I can undertsand why you moved it, the only thing thats off-topic is the questions had they been "What do you get when you examine a R2h?" this would have stayed in RuneChat.

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Deathbyape

Aug 3 2005, 09:31 PM | Post #21

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QUOTE(FireballX301 @ Aug 2 2005, 10:49 PM)

Now that I've made the reward ten times as high, I'll make the questions TEN TIMES AS HARD. Whoo.

1. Identify the source of these 3 quotes:

a) "dirka dirka Mohammed jihad dirka dirka,"
B) "Goddam it, you'll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!"
c) "Quoth the Raven"

2. Given that I (assume I am 170 cm tall) am standing on the end of a caboose, holding a rifle, 55 cm long. The location of my feet at the starting position can be considered the origin.

The train accelerates to the right at a constant acceleration of 5 meters per second squared. At time equals 15 seconds, I point the rifle straight up with the chamber level to the top of my head, and fire. The rifle bullet will take 25 seconds to reach it's apex of 4 miles in the air.

Assuming all motion is two-dimensional and there are no crosswinds, where will the rifle bullet land with respect to the origin?

3. What are these, in general?



4. Convert this hexadecimal number to octal.

81fa1

5. In my first post, I alluded to meat before using 'gp'. Why did I use that term, that is, where did I get the presumption of meat as currency?

6. What's the main difference between a switch and a hub?

7. Balance this equation.

__H2SO4 + __NaIO3 --> __H2 + __Na2SO4 + __IO3-

8. What is the purpose of the 'Method of Frobenius'?

9. Without modifying this image directly, make it true.



Again, 100k for answering all of this correctly.

1.
a)Team America(Abu Musab al Zarqawi),
b)Captain Henry P. "Jim" Crowe, USMC, Guadalcanal, 13 January 1943
c) 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe

2. The bullet would land 75 meters from the orgin

3. 50 caliber rifle bullets

4. 201372001

5. People in the old days use to barter and use items such as meat for currency

6. A switch is a higher performance alternative to a hub.

7. H2SO4 + 2NaIO3 --> H2 + Na2SO4 + 2IO3-

8. To find the soulution of a differential equation using the following formula:

9. If you flip the picture horizontally, it becomes 11 - 10 = 01

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Deathbyape

Aug 3 2005, 11:28 PM | Post #22

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Edit, sorry for the double post, I don't want to screw up my time on my entry. Just found some interesting info.


<Ryan> Deathbyape how accurate where the answers you gave to FBX's questions do you think?
<Deathbyape> Pretty accurate
<Ryan> what about #2?
<Deathbyape> which one was that?
<Ryan> the train
<Deathbyape> oh, yeah I'm almost positive on that
<Ryan> how'd you go about doing it then?
<Deathbyape> Its a trick question
<Ryan> are you quite sure?
<Deathbyape> Pretty sure
<Ryan> well lets hear it
<Deathbyape> ok, lemme bring the post up
<Supa> did you nubs decide on anything.
<Ryan> all we could come up with was hot chocolate sauce and your mum
<Deathbyape> ok, theres no crosswind right?
<Ryan> yep
<Deathbyape> So when he reaches that 15 seconds and fires it, the bullet goes straight up, and straight back down
<Ryan>
<Deathbyape> the bullet is still 15 seconds away from the orgin
<Ryan> thats all i needed to hear, now I'll win the prize, thanks
<Ryan> provided the rest of your answers are correct
<Deathbyape> He said he checks if you edit
<Deathbyape>
<Ryan> he says its fine to, thats how i won the last one :?
<Gozu> Deathbyape thinks logically and for obvious stoof
<Gozu> whereas rayan is irish
<Ryan> I'll explain to you tomorrow why thats wrong
<Ryan> just in case you're a math whiz and could steal it from me
<Makoto> hax.
<Ryan> i know.
<Ryan> HES THE ONE WHO TOLD ME I COULD WIN THE FIRST
<Makoto> ;o
<Deathbyape> There are tons of witnesses
<Ryan> i did #2 in it right, some guy got all the rest except that one right
<Ryan> and Travakh said Ryan you can win this by taking his answers and using your #2
<Ryan> so i did.
<Ryan>
<Deathbyape> ...
<Ryan> he said you get nothing for partially right answers..
<firenimmo> Deathbyape
<Ryan> whoever puts down them all correct wins
<Ryan> the end
<firenimmo> unfortunately, he said that partial answers only serve to help other people
<Deathbyape> hes talking about taking my CORRECT answers and using them for himself
* firenimmo|afk is now known as firenimmo
<firenimmo> Deathbyape: unless all are correct, they're partial answers
<Ryan> Deathbyape: if i got number 2 right in my first post it was your right to take it from me & win
<Deathbyape> :\
<Deathbyape> SO basicly on his next comp, I right after he posts it I could make a post that says "Reserved" and then steal everyoen elses "partial" answrers as they roll in?
<firenimmo> yes.
<Deathbyape> wow
<Ryan> course someone could beat you to the right answer, so why would you reserve one?
<Deathbyape> thats kinda screwed but but its not my compitition :\
<Deathbyape> Then I could just steal his
<Deathbyape> and my post would be first
<Ryan> its not, it adds interest
<Ryan> Deathbyape: times..
<Deathbyape> :\

This post has been edited by Deathbyape: Aug 4 2005, 12:35 AM

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Seiferoth

Aug 3 2005, 11:36 PM | Post #23

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QUOTE(Deathbyape @ Aug 3 2005, 07:28 PM)

So basically, heres how to win: Right after Fireballx301 posts the next contest, make a post that says "reserved", then go ahead and steal everyone elses answers

He will go by the edited by time then, because it is forced on everyone and a reserved post would also be classified as spam and should be deleted..

QUOTE(FireballX301 @ Jul 31 2005, 03:59 PM)

and if I see an 'edit', well, that's why edits have timestamps.

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FireballX301

Aug 3 2005, 11:50 PM | Post #24

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*sigh*

Deathbyape, it ain't a trick question. First off, 75 meters from the origin ain't where I am when I fire the rifle. I'm not moving at 5 m/s, I'm ACCELERATING at the rate of 5 m/s^2.

Next, when I've shot the rifle, FROM MY MOVING FRAME OF VIEW it is going straight up. From an independent bystander (that is, someone standing still with reference to the earth and watching me on the train) the bullet is still moving horizontally.

Finally, yes, I'm not brain dead. Not your post # that matters, but timestamps. Like I said, partial answers only benefit others.

Though I'm thinking up a new rule for the next batch of questions. I'll get back to you on that.

NOTE: Nobody's won this batch yet. And not just because of #2.

This post has been edited by FireballX301: Aug 3 2005, 11:50 PM

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Deathbyape

Aug 4 2005, 12:38 AM | Post #25

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Ok, well I was just a little bit mad that stealing answers was allowed :\ I spent around an hour thinking through them all, and then to have them just stolen... well kinda tweaked me. But hey, its not my compitition, I'm not running it, and theres nothing I can do. Best of luck to whoever wins.

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FireballX301

Aug 4 2005, 01:00 AM | Post #26

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OK, ok, fine.

NEW RULES TO BE ADDED ON NEXT BATCH (they do not apply to these)

1. Query submission. You can PM me your batch of answers and I will state whether you've won it or not. If you have, post it here. I will only do this once per person.

2. Group submission. If you choose, you can credit other people with pieces of your answer, and request that the reward be divvied up. This is optional, but recommended.

Why recommended? Think about it this way. Someone posts a partial answer. You steal all the answers and win the 100k without divvying. If that someone steals your answer on the next batch, you're effectively screwed. So divvying up the reward hurts nobody.

^^ Happy?

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Ryan

Aug 4 2005, 10:39 AM | Post #27

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Thats pathetic, how can you complain, just get them all right & then you'll get the prize :rolleyes:

And I did mention that he'd go with the first fully correct answer by noticing edit times and whatnot, but I guess he conveniently forgot to post that :lol:

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Deathbyape

Aug 4 2005, 10:38 PM | Post #28

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QUOTE(Ryan @ Aug 4 2005, 05:39 AM)

Thats pathetic, how can you complain, just get them all right & then you'll get the prize :rolleyes:

I'm not complaning, I was just a little tweaked about having wasted an hour for nothing :\ Plus "just get them all right" is a little bit easier said then done. And just to let you know, It was't the prize that made me mad, I was just going to donate it to the RuneWeb drop party anyways, it was as I said earlier the fact that I speant an hour trying to figure it out, and then someone just taking the answers.

Regardless, the probelm was solved, no real use trying to dig it back out and start things up after its been setteled.

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