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Re: Compute This B
Posted: May 23rd, 2011, 3:53 pm
by starshine
A Person wrote:I had the graph completely finished, but we only finished 2.5 questions (question 5 was 2-part). We ended up getting 23rd place; an increase in last years 59th place
Beat my partner and I by one place.
In my opinion, the graph was much easier than the questions.
Re: Compute This B
Posted: May 23rd, 2011, 3:56 pm
by Paleofreakazoid
starshine wrote:A Person wrote:I had the graph completely finished, but we only finished 2.5 questions (question 5 was 2-part). We ended up getting 23rd place; an increase in last years 59th place
Beat my partner and I by one place.
In my opinion, the graph was much easier than the questions.
Same, although I think the questions were definitely fair. We had to guess on two of them, and forgot to put a URL for the first guess.
Re: Compute This B
Posted: May 23rd, 2011, 4:18 pm
by starshine
Paleofreakazoid wrote:starshine wrote:A Person wrote:I had the graph completely finished, but we only finished 2.5 questions (question 5 was 2-part). We ended up getting 23rd place; an increase in last years 59th place
Beat my partner and I by one place.
In my opinion, the graph was much easier than the questions.
Same, although I think the questions were definitely fair. We had to guess on two of them, and forgot to put a URL for the first guess.
Yes, the questions were definitely fair. It just really bothered my partner and I when we couldn't finish. But it seems that no one else did either.
Re: Compute This B
Posted: May 23rd, 2011, 4:49 pm
by tornado guy
A very well written test. I was kind of hoping for a test with a bunch of NCDC climate data though.
Re: Compute This B
Posted: May 27th, 2011, 3:00 pm
by tornado guy
What would be a good guess for the site that is going to be used for compute this this year?
Re: Compute This B
Posted: May 27th, 2011, 5:37 pm
by starshine
tornado guy wrote:What would be a good guess for the site that is going to be used for compute this this year?
Do you mean next year? If so, probably USGS.gov
Re: Compute This B
Posted: May 27th, 2011, 10:38 pm
by tornado guy
starshine wrote:tornado guy wrote:What would be a good guess for the site that is going to be used for compute this this year?
Do you mean next year? If so, probably USGS.gov
Yes! USGS.gov is what I thought might be used. It sounds like it is a three site cycle for compute this...
Re: Compute This B
Posted: May 28th, 2011, 6:40 am
by starshine
tornado guy wrote:starshine wrote:tornado guy wrote:What would be a good guess for the site that is going to be used for compute this this year?
Do you mean next year? If so, probably USGS.gov
Yes! USGS.gov is what I thought might be used. It sounds like it is a three site cycle for compute this...
It does. USGS, then NASA, then NOAA. I've done practice events with all three sites, and I like NOAA the best.
Then again, I'm biased since I do Meteorology.
Re: Compute This B
Posted: May 28th, 2011, 6:30 pm
by tornado guy
starshine wrote:It does. USGS, then NASA, then NOAA. I've done practice events with all three sites, and I like NOAA the best.
Then again, I'm biased since I do Meteorology.
I like NOAA because there is a bunch of data bases hidden in the site. NASA didn't seem to have any data bases.. But yes I must agree that NOAA is the best site for Compute This!
Re: Compute This B
Posted: May 31st, 2011, 3:15 pm
by tuftedtitmouse12
tornado guy wrote:starshine wrote:It does. USGS, then NASA, then NOAA. I've done practice events with all three sites, and I like NOAA the best.
Then again, I'm biased since I do Meteorology.
I like NOAA because there is a bunch of data bases hidden in the site. NASA didn't seem to have any data bases.. But yes I must agree that NOAA is the best site for Compute This!
starshine, you are not biased...im not in meteorology, and i think that NOAA is the most organized, and has the most databases than NASA, which was a totally mess, and i have looked at USGS, but it doesn't seem that neat as NOAA...but then again, opinions are opinions...