Don't know much about science... or do you?
smilergrogan - 100% of 220 = 220
Bob Juch - 50% of 260 = 130
jarnon - 50% of 112 = 56
kroxquo - 73% of 68 = 49.64
Bob78164 - 10% of 80 = 8
franktangredi - 0% of 52 = 0
ShamelessWeasel - 0% of 168 = 0
themanintheseersuckersuit - 0% of 96 = 0
Smiler wants first place this week. Can he get it?
One kilobyte (kB) of information on a disk is exactly how many bytes?
Your answer is due by Monday 6/16 at 4 PM EDT.
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The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 9, Friday
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The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 9, Friday
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"In times of crisis, the wise build bridges. The foolish build barriers." --Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020)
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 9, Friday
One kilobyte (kB) of information on a disk is exactly how many bytes? , give or take some enamel. --Bob
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1024
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear." Thomas Jefferson
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 9, Friday
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1024 (x'400')
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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1000
You live and learn. Or at least you live. - Douglas Adams
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 9, Friday
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1000 officially, though 2^10 is common usage
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 9, Friday
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1024
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Pastor Fireball
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 9, Friday
One kilobyte (kB) of information on a disk is exactly how many bytes?
Remember how I said in the rules that, on "Fat Chance" questions, the most obvious answer will almost always be the wrong answer?
Well, guess what? You are witnessing the other side of the "almost always" today. In the case of this question, the most obvious answer is the correct answer and the so-called "real" answer is the forfeit. The correct answer is 1,000 bytes.
According to the International System of Quantities, made binding by the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission in 1999, memory cards have their capacities stated in terms of binary (powers of 2) but disks follow the normal decimal multiples (powers of 10). One kilobyte on a memory card is 1,024 bytes, but one kilobyte on a disk (which is what this question asked) is 1,000 bytes.
There is a term for 1,024 bytes of information on a disk. It's a kibibyte (KiB). I swear, I am not making that word up.
I know that a question like this is dirty pool, but I have to keep the game interesting and unpredictable in these final weeks.
Smiler and krox didn't fall for my double bluff, so they win their bets. Smiler has the biggest end-of-week score we've seen so far. That radically changes the overall standings. Bob J is still leading, but now it's only by about 73 points.
Week 9 Scores
smilergrogan - 8 + 12 + 40 + 160 + 220 (+ 4) = 444
ShamelessWeasel - 16 + 32 + 24 + 96 + 0 (+ 4) = 172
Bob Juch - 32 + 68 + 0 + 160 - 130 (+ 4) = 134
kroxquo - 4 + 0 + 16 + 48 + 49.64 (+ 4) = 121.64
themanintheseersuckersuit - 0 + 0 + 0 + 96 + 0 (+ 4) = 100
Bob78164 - 0 + 0 + 0 + 80 - 8 (+ 4) = 76
jarnon - 0 + 16 + 0 + 96 - 56 (+ 4) = 60
franktangredi - 0 + 20 + 0 + 32 + 0 (+ 4) = 56
Total Scores After Week 9
Bob Juch - 972.15
smilergrogan - 899.52
ShamelessWeasel - 738.69
franktangredi - 509.87
kroxquo - 401.22
Bob78164 - 361.59
jarnon - 299.77
themanintheseersuckersuit - 288.83
plasticene - 171.8
earendel - 162
MarleysGh0st - 31.8
christie1111 - 26.35
Appa23 - 21
Vandal - 5.2
silverscreenselect - 0
Remember how I said in the rules that, on "Fat Chance" questions, the most obvious answer will almost always be the wrong answer?
Well, guess what? You are witnessing the other side of the "almost always" today. In the case of this question, the most obvious answer is the correct answer and the so-called "real" answer is the forfeit. The correct answer is 1,000 bytes.
According to the International System of Quantities, made binding by the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission in 1999, memory cards have their capacities stated in terms of binary (powers of 2) but disks follow the normal decimal multiples (powers of 10). One kilobyte on a memory card is 1,024 bytes, but one kilobyte on a disk (which is what this question asked) is 1,000 bytes.
There is a term for 1,024 bytes of information on a disk. It's a kibibyte (KiB). I swear, I am not making that word up.
I know that a question like this is dirty pool, but I have to keep the game interesting and unpredictable in these final weeks.
Smiler and krox didn't fall for my double bluff, so they win their bets. Smiler has the biggest end-of-week score we've seen so far. That radically changes the overall standings. Bob J is still leading, but now it's only by about 73 points.
Week 9 Scores
smilergrogan - 8 + 12 + 40 + 160 + 220 (+ 4) = 444
ShamelessWeasel - 16 + 32 + 24 + 96 + 0 (+ 4) = 172
Bob Juch - 32 + 68 + 0 + 160 - 130 (+ 4) = 134
kroxquo - 4 + 0 + 16 + 48 + 49.64 (+ 4) = 121.64
themanintheseersuckersuit - 0 + 0 + 0 + 96 + 0 (+ 4) = 100
Bob78164 - 0 + 0 + 0 + 80 - 8 (+ 4) = 76
jarnon - 0 + 16 + 0 + 96 - 56 (+ 4) = 60
franktangredi - 0 + 20 + 0 + 32 + 0 (+ 4) = 56
Total Scores After Week 9
Bob Juch - 972.15
smilergrogan - 899.52
ShamelessWeasel - 738.69
franktangredi - 509.87
kroxquo - 401.22
Bob78164 - 361.59
jarnon - 299.77
themanintheseersuckersuit - 288.83
plasticene - 171.8
earendel - 162
MarleysGh0st - 31.8
christie1111 - 26.35
Appa23 - 21
Vandal - 5.2
silverscreenselect - 0
"[Drumpf's] name alone creates division and anger, whose words inspire dissension and hatred, and can't possibly 'Make America Great Again.'" --Kobe Bryant (1978-2020)
"In times of crisis, the wise build bridges. The foolish build barriers." --Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020)
"In times of crisis, the wise build bridges. The foolish build barriers." --Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020)
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Bob Juch
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 9, Friday
I looked this up after I answered and found that no matter what device you're talking about, "kB" is 1000 but "KB" is 1024. Live and learn.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.