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- PlacentiaSoccerMom
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I talked awhile back about how I didn't understand why my times were 7 or 8 seconds for something that I know took less than 2 seconds before I hit submit (see "Babe Ruth" see "Red Sox" click, click). I swore that time kept running down after you clicked, but this actually makes more sense, that time starts before you even see the question!JBillyGirl wrote:I think I had a similar problem today, and I didn't wait to press the "final click." The question just took several seconds to load and this time was counted against me, and I know there was a problem because I knew the answer right away. I'm not glad to hear it's happened to you, but it's nice to know I'm not crazy.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Today I clicked on my unanswered questions to get the warning page. I had to go do something and then came back to the computer to get the final click to get my question. The question took forever to load and it counted against my time. Next time I will close the window and go back to the My Sploofus page to get my unanswered question.
I'm definitely not going to answer on my laptop anymore. I knew I should have waited to play that showdown thing until I was on the desktop, but it didn't take over 5 seconds to figure out who did Lust for Life!
Although as many as I've missed this month (4! It's a new monthly record and that's only through the 10th), the time really doesn't matter. Ha!
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Or at least that's not a symptom of it.JBillyGirl wrote:I think I had a similar problem today, and I didn't wait to press the "final click." The question just took several seconds to load and this time was counted against me, and I know there was a problem because I knew the answer right away. I'm not glad to hear it's happened to you, but it's nice to know I'm not crazy.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Today I clicked on my unanswered questions to get the warning page. I had to go do something and then came back to the computer to get the final click to get my question. The question took forever to load and it counted against my time. Next time I will close the window and go back to the My Sploofus page to get my unanswered question.

I just ordered chicken and an egg from Amazon. I'll let you know.
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I keep timing out before I ever see the question. That page hangs up for some reason. Just happened for the third of forth time this month. 

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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
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I read a SF series once that talked about this issue. I think it was the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. In the books they used Earth clocks on Mars but they were programmed to just stop for 39 minutes, and some seconds at midnight every day and then start back up again.nitrah55 wrote:Back where I belong today.
How was I supposed to know how long a Martian day is?
Kind of made for an interesting period of "no time" every night.
The Martian calendar had 24 months of 28 days each. I think they used Jan-Dec and then Jan2-Dec2 for each year. Finally, the universal 28 day month!
No matter where you go, there you are.
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Hee hee. Good point!gsabc wrote:Or at least that's not a symptom of it.JBillyGirl wrote:I think I had a similar problem today, and I didn't wait to press the "final click." The question just took several seconds to load and this time was counted against me, and I know there was a problem because I knew the answer right away. I'm not glad to hear it's happened to you, but it's nice to know I'm not crazy.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Today I clicked on my unanswered questions to get the warning page. I had to go do something and then came back to the computer to get the final click to get my question. The question took forever to load and it counted against my time. Next time I will close the window and go back to the My Sploofus page to get my unanswered question.

- ulysses5019
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I'm with you stride for stride. Last night's miss was legitimate.Here's Fanny! wrote:I talked awhile back about how I didn't understand why my times were 7 or 8 seconds for something that I know took less than 2 seconds before I hit submit (see "Babe Ruth" see "Red Sox" click, click). I swore that time kept running down after you clicked, but this actually makes more sense, that time starts before you even see the question!JBillyGirl wrote:I think I had a similar problem today, and I didn't wait to press the "final click." The question just took several seconds to load and this time was counted against me, and I know there was a problem because I knew the answer right away. I'm not glad to hear it's happened to you, but it's nice to know I'm not crazy.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Today I clicked on my unanswered questions to get the warning page. I had to go do something and then came back to the computer to get the final click to get my question. The question took forever to load and it counted against my time. Next time I will close the window and go back to the My Sploofus page to get my unanswered question.
I'm definitely not going to answer on my laptop anymore. I knew I should have waited to play that showdown thing until I was on the desktop, but it didn't take over 5 seconds to figure out who did Lust for Life!
Although as many as I've missed this month (4! It's a new monthly record and that's only through the 10th), the time really doesn't matter. Ha!
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
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Re: Sploofus standings
Today's question: 18.1% have answered correctly. But before I answered, it might have been 18%, so YAY! I was perilously close to quadruple digits.Here's Fanny! wrote:Boom! Just missed my second in a row. A whopping 22.2% got this one right.eyégor wrote:You get those?!?!?Here's Fanny! wrote: What bothers me more than that is I think I've only had one question so far this month that was answered correctly by over 50% of the people. Most have been in the low teens and a couple were single digits!
What did I do to piss off the Spoofus Question Gods?
I usually only see 1 or 2 a month. <40% for almost everything I see, mostly in the random selection range (15-25%).
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as of 11:30am pacific time 11 July 2008
rankings are approximate and reflect bbs in the top 3000 only.
Please add yourself in this thread if you have been missed. Please indicate Sploofus handle.
13373 Eyegor
13225 Jbillygirl
13059 Juliannars
12811 Nellunatic1980
12699 Gotribego26
12603 Nitrah55
12428 Trevormcphee
12149 Bumpa
11771 Mikehardware
11702 Rexer25
11539 Revdodd
11399 Theconfessor
11282 Ritterscoop
11263 Loudmouthlee
11241 1000aire
11141 Kroxquo
11094 momobil
10983 Killertomato
10595 Thecalvinator
10588 Dunadan
10500 Panicindetroit
10444 Vadame
10295 Weyoun
10250 Peter5858
10172 Kusch
9839 Earendel100
9684 Andrewjackson
9577 Silvercamaro
9235 Jarnon
9006 Gsabc
8971 Estonut
8966 Tmitsss
8644 Njwizard
8638 Gibson1910
8380 Ulysses5019
8222 Ne1410s
8072 5littleducks
7933 Peacock2121
7383 Kayrharris
3 questions
1) Marley, are you Marleybean, currently showing 10528 pts?
2) Is the Pumpkin Eater in the house, currently showing 8500 pts?
3) Fanny, if you are out of 4 digits, would you supply your Sploofus name?
I'm working on the pencils.
rankings are approximate and reflect bbs in the top 3000 only.
Please add yourself in this thread if you have been missed. Please indicate Sploofus handle.
13373 Eyegor
13225 Jbillygirl
13059 Juliannars
12811 Nellunatic1980
12699 Gotribego26
12603 Nitrah55
12428 Trevormcphee
12149 Bumpa
11771 Mikehardware
11702 Rexer25
11539 Revdodd
11399 Theconfessor
11282 Ritterscoop
11263 Loudmouthlee
11241 1000aire
11141 Kroxquo
11094 momobil
10983 Killertomato
10595 Thecalvinator
10588 Dunadan
10500 Panicindetroit
10444 Vadame
10295 Weyoun
10250 Peter5858
10172 Kusch
9839 Earendel100
9684 Andrewjackson
9577 Silvercamaro
9235 Jarnon
9006 Gsabc
8971 Estonut
8966 Tmitsss
8644 Njwizard
8638 Gibson1910
8380 Ulysses5019
8222 Ne1410s
8072 5littleducks
7933 Peacock2121
7383 Kayrharris
3 questions
1) Marley, are you Marleybean, currently showing 10528 pts?
2) Is the Pumpkin Eater in the house, currently showing 8500 pts?
3) Fanny, if you are out of 4 digits, would you supply your Sploofus name?
I'm working on the pencils.
- eyégor
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I'm glad that Mr. Sploofus saw my gripe that I don't see any easy questions. The last three days were 59, 56 & 44%.
Too bad I slow clicked all three, so no big bonuses. I really should wait till I wake up to play this game.
Of course this month the only miss I've had was a miss click on the button, so I am way overdue for a run of chokes & 'whaddats'.
Too bad I slow clicked all three, so no big bonuses. I really should wait till I wake up to play this game.
Of course this month the only miss I've had was a miss click on the button, so I am way overdue for a run of chokes & 'whaddats'.
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- Rexer25
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I am torn. I have not Google, but it is tempting.JBillyGirl wrote:Just curious -- does anyone try to Google these questions? I haven't seen any prohibition on doing so, and I've heard it's OK to Google in at least some other contests on Sploofus. Is it a no-no with TQOTD?
I assume it is against the spirit of the competition, which I think prompts us to know stuff or try to figure it out.
On the other hand, and there is often another hand, anyone could Google in a second window, so you would not be taking unfair advantage. You would not be using a resource other players don't have.
I tell my students it is the teacher's responsibility to make up new questions for exams, so they can't learn everything from the previous section's tests. And there is a certain amount of stuff sploofus question-writers can do to make them ungooglable. But not all of them.
Tonight I was asked for another term for mitochondria, which I was able to eliminate two of them and just sort of felt my way to the correct answer. I know it is better to know everything, but my life has not been long enough to manage that yet, so I must intuit sometimes. But being able to eliminate two of the answers was indeed about knowing some facts, so we take heart when we can.
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- PlacentiaSoccerMom
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- ulysses5019
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- eyégor
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Speaking of hobbits, I never could keep them straight, even though 75% of contestants can. The descent begins.ulysses5019 wrote:Who knew hobbits like to drink?PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:We had a wine flight with dinner, there was no absinthe. There was also a lovely port served with dessert that tasted like liquid caramel.
- hermillion
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Put me in the 25% with you, eyegor. If you've seen one hairy-footed little guy, you've seen 'em all!eyégor wrote: Speaking of hobbits, I never could keep them straight, even though 75% of contestants can. The descent begins.
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- Ritterskoop
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I have returned to the top 100 after missing two early Qs this month. Tonight's was vocabulary, on which I always bet a token if I have one, and I did.
If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. - Tom Robbins
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At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. - attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.