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This is the new Wiki page for Compute This for anyone who cares.
This is the new Wiki page for Compute This for anyone who cares.
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Yeah... that was what i planned on doing for it.. but yeah, I took a few glances at the site (noaa) here and there but never really did any practice tests for it.ZekeBud wrote:How should you run things? I'd advise letting a coach or some other friend take a general look at the rules, then let them find some obscure data sets on the final chosen site (preferably something that you can graph, but whatever). Then, go off and try to find what they were looking at. It'll help you learn the skills needed to find stuff, but also force you to become comfortable with whichever search engine you like. It's a good way to practice for the event and to find some sort of comfort.

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What about Balloon Race? That event is 100x worse than Compute This. I've done both... at least you can study for Compute This.ZekeBud wrote:My absolute disgust for this event cannot be accurately measured by current human means.
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Good point Ballon Race had so many varibles they ended up cutting it this year because it was soo bad you could be as well trained as possible and still get a 1 because of Air Currents.Aia wrote:What about Balloon Race? That event is 100x worse than Compute This. I've done both... at least you can study for Compute This.ZekeBud wrote:My absolute disgust for this event cannot be accurately measured by current human means.

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[/quote]What about Balloon Race? That event is 100x worse than Compute This. I've done both... at least you can study for Compute This.[/quote]
compute this is more practicing, not studying, you just have to know how to do it, not as much actual information, but more of a process
compute this is more practicing, not studying, you just have to know how to do it, not as much actual information, but more of a process
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has anyone ever done tyhis event? im considering entering it. Im really good with computers and the internet so would i fit into this? and would anyone have any suggestions for what i should also enter? danka
i dunno what to write. oh i know! wait never mind. hmm. ive got it! i shall meh a lot. no that doesnt seem like much fun hmm oh ive got it. if youve read this ive just wasted about 16 seconds of your life


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this is a good event, especially if you are good at finding stuff on the internet, you also have to be able to use excel, so if you are good at both of those and like doing it, then yes, you should do this event
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You should do great,
you sound just like why I want to do the event.

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ok. if theres anything new i can probably figure it out. any links would be appreciated. thanks 

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all I know of is this Compute This Wikizorbak5044 wrote: any links would be appreciated. thanks
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