Garrgh! And it was the first one of his trivias I knew the answer for. :-( Even spent 5 minutes googling the bonus question, and emailing Ted just now. I really should read the latest emails first when I come back from leave. Sigh.
Hey Ted, How about a new question for those of us who didnt get our answer in before the result was prematurely revealed. (ie anyone who answered before Edgars post is still in the running but anyone after (like me :-< ) has to answer a new question)??? -----Original Message----- From: Edgar P Dollin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 27 November 2003 21:35 To: 'Ted Husted'; Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: [FRIDAY] YA Stuts In Action / JUnit in Action Trivia Quiz 1) Computing Machinery and Intelligence 2) Alan M. Turing Bonus I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream Edgar PS, never read any Turing, but now I understand his influence. Still haven't read an Ellison, my patience with Science Fiction left after 30 years of Trek. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ted Husted [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 12:56 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: [FRIDAY] YA Stuts In Action / JUnit in Action Trivia Quiz > > > Last time, we asked contestants to identify the cartoonist > responsible for this gem: > > ---- > > Tour of Accounting: > > "Over here we have our random number generator." > > "NINE NINE NINE NINE NINE NINE" > > "Are you sure that's random?" > > "That's the problem with randomness: You can never be sure." > > ---- > > The answer, of course, is: Scott Adams, born June 8, 1957, > who launched the Dilbert strip in 1989. > > From the several correct responses, we arbitrarily selected > > > BECKY L. NORUM > > > as our winning contestant. (Becky, please send your surface > mail address to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and indicate whether you > would like JUnit in Action or Struts in Action) > > ---- > > NEXT: > > In 1950, the journal MIND, a Quarterly Review of Psychology > and Philosophy, published a seminal paper regarding > artificial intelligence. > > 1 What was the title of the paper? > > 2 Who was the author of the paper? > > Any contestants correctly answering these two questions will > qualify for this week's drawing. As always, the correct > answers are the ones that I expect :) > > ** BONUS QUESTION ** > > 3 The author of this paper used his initials for his first > and middle name. What Hugo-winning story by Harlan Ellison > regarding artificial intelligence features a protagonist > whose name are these same two initials? > > Any contestant correctly answering the bonus question will > also qualify, regardless. :) [I do love my Ellison!] > > ---- > > The contest will run until Thursday, December 4, 2003, > 23:59:59, so everyone has a chance to participate. > > The lucky winner selected from the correct responses will > receive their choice of either a signed copy of Struts in > Action *OR* JUnit in Action. > > PLEASE be sure to reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you have an interesting science fiction or computer > science question that is hard, or at least fun, to google, > please send it to me. The first to suggest a question that we > use also wins! > > -Ted. > > PLEASE be sure to reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Ted Husted, > Junit in Action - <http://www.manning.com/massol/>, > Struts in Action - <http://husted.com/struts/book.html>, > JSP Site Design - > <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=> 1861005512>. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
