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BBTranscriptTeam
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by BBTranscriptTeam » Mon Oct 03, 2016 2:27 pm
Bill Matheny (BB basketball_junkie)
Catholic priest
Saint Albans, W.V.
Bill will donate his winnings to his elementary school, St. Francis of Asissi.
$500,000
Patented in 1960, the Luhn algorithm is used in which of these tasks?
A: Changing traffic lights B: Predicting tornadoes
C: Verifying credit card numbers D: Conducting a military draft
Bill knows tornadoes
have a scale not called Luhn. The year makes him lean toward credit card numbers
, but he can’t risk $200,000 so he walks.
C: Verifying credit card numbers
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SportsFan68
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by SportsFan68 » Sat Jan 07, 2017 4:25 pm
$500,000
Patented in 1960, the Luhn algorithm is used in which of these tasks?
A: Changing traffic lights B: Predicting tornadoes
C: Verifying credit card numbers D: Conducting a military draft
Bill knows tornadoes
have a scale not called Luhn. The year makes him lean toward credit card numbers
, but he can’t risk $200,000 so he walks.
C: Verifying credit card numbers
Yay, Bill! Well done!
I have no lifelines left, and I suspect I went out on $250,000. Sayonara.
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ghostjmf
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by ghostjmf » Sun Jan 08, 2017 8:22 am
500K: I haven't looked up what I had left, but like contestant all I could think of was "not tornadoes". Even if I had 50/50 left & one of the choices was "tornadoes" I'm not sure I'd have gone w/ other choice. Only if I still had +1 & they were sure would I have guessed here.
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earendel
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by earendel » Mon Jan 09, 2017 11:44 am
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Bill Matheny (BB basketball_junkie)
Catholic priest
Saint Albans, W.V.
Bill will donate his winnings to his elementary school, St. Francis of Asissi.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$500,000
Patented in 1960, the Luhn algorithm is used in which of these tasks?
A: Changing traffic lights B: Predicting tornadoes
C: Verifying credit card numbers D: Conducting a military draft
Bill knows tornadoes
have a scale not called Luhn. The year makes him lean toward credit card numbers
, but he can’t risk $200,000 so he walks.
C: Verifying credit card numbers
I would have already used my ATA and possibly the 50:50 so I'm down to my +1. I'm pretty sure it's not A or B and don't know why D would use an algorithm. I'd use my +1 and hope for better confidence.
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Estonut
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by Estonut » Tue Jan 10, 2017 3:01 am
earendel wrote:I'm pretty sure it's not A or B and don't know why D would use an algorithm.
Conducting a military draft would use an algorithm to ensure randomness in its selections.
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