Which part of "EDITING AND DELETING POSTS IS NOT ALLOWED" did you not understand? This time I'll let it slide, but please do not edit again, people. I will enforce the rules next time.
Anyway, the clock is ticking .... you have 8-hours-and-some-minutes.
A. Alexander Alekhine
Born: Moscow
In early 1909, Alekhine won the Russian Master title in St. Petersburg.
B. Jose Raul Capablanca
Born: Havanah
He learned chess at the age of four by watching his father play and in 1901, at the age of 12, he beat Juan Corzo, the Cuban champion. Capablanca was regarded as the most naturally talented chess player anyone had ever seen. He was educated in America, studied engineering at Columbia University and spent much of his free time playing masters at the Manhattan Chess Club in New York City, where he achieved a sensational win in a match against US Champion Frank Marshall crushing him by 8 wins to 1 with 14 draws in 1909 when he was 20 years old.
In 1904 Jose went to a private school in New York and entered Columbia University in 1906 to study chemical engineering. Capablanca spent much of his time at the Manhattan Chess Club and played many games with the current world champion, Emanuel Lasker. Fifteen years later, Capablanca would defeat Lasker for the world championship. In 1908 Capablanca's patron withdrew his financial support because Capa was giving too much time to chess and not enough time to studies. Capablanca then attempted to live by means of chess. In 1909 U.S. Champion Frank Marshall agreed to a match with Capablanca. Capa won with 8 wins, 14 draws, and 1 loss
C. Already counted wrong.
D. Garry Kasparov
Born: Azerbaijan (small country outside of Russia)
There was no Azerbaijan Chess Championships. He (Garry) played most his tournaments in Russia and Germany.
Discussion:
Though (B) beat the Cuban champion, it didn't say he won the Cuban Championship. It seems he moved to the US shortly after to study at Columbia. (A) is wrong cause he won the Masters in St. Petersburg. (D) Since Garry never won his "home" championship cause there is none, this could be the answer.
What do you consider home...the country he resides in or the country he was born in.
Answer to NavyJoe's clarification question: the country he is the citizen of at the time. So if someone is (for example) born in Vietnam, later becomes a US citizen, and then wins the US championship, this does count as being 'the champion of his country'.
Since Jose beat the Cuban Champion at age 12 (while living in Cuba), and beat the US Champion(while living in the US), I'm leaning towards Garry. But it doesn't say if Garry moved to Russia when he won the Masters there. I'm not sure here...
The drama is at its final hour! Will anyone be bold enough to place an answer, and risk eternal damnation? Or will the MTGS community decide that $64,000 are enough cash to get by? Oooh, I can hardly stand the tension <cue Millionaire ominous music...>
Discussion Post: I'm strongly leaning towards Capablanca since he defeated the Champion in a casual match according to a couple results from Google. If no one objects I'll post him as the answer in about twenty minutes unless someone else posts first.
Well, you have the cajones, I'll give you that ... of course being right could also help ... and you are right!
Alekhine won the USSR championship in 1920 (also the Russian Amateur championship, which I'm not sure counts, but the point is moot).
Fischer was the US champion 3 times in all.
Kasparov was the champion of USSR twice. After the fall of USSR he also was the champion of Russia once.
Capablanca did defeat the Cuban champion and the US champion in his day, but both times in non-title matches. He was never a champion of any country.
And now, for $250,000:
In a GbE (Gigabit Ethernet) device, which part of the receiver circuit is the least useful when receiving data over a 150-meter-long cable ?
a. Echo canceller
b. FEXT canceller
c. NEXT canceller
d. Differential delay
The 4-wire to 2-wire hybrid used in analog telephone transmission network introduces an echo in the received path. Due to electric current leakage in the hybrid, a part of the signal energy is reflected back to the source of the signal, which causes an echo.
B. FEXT Canceller
The gigabit transceiver 200 also includes an A/D first-in-first-out buffer (FIFO) 218 to facilitate proper transfer of data from the analog clock region to the receive clock region, and a loopback FIFO block (LPBK) 234 to facilitate proper transfer of data from the transmit clock region to the receive clock region. The gigabit transceiver 200 can optionally include an additional adaptive filter to cancel far-end crosstalk noise (FEXT canceller).
C. NEXT Canceller
Since each receiver has access to the data for the other three pairs causing this interference, it's possible to nearly cancel the effect. This is accomplished with three adaptive NEXT canceling filters (see the figure, again). Adding the outputs of these filters directly to the FFE output cancels the NEXT impairment. Similarly, because of the bi-directional nature of the channel, an echo impairment results from each transmitter on its own receiver signal. Once again, using another adaptive filter with an output directly added to the FFE output nearly cancels this impairment. The outputs of the FFE, echo canceller, and the three NEXT cancellers combine with the output of an adaptive feedback filter in the Decision Feedback Sequence Estimation (DFSE) block to form a signal known as the soft decision. This signal is fed to a slicer output, which has the input of the adaptive feedback filter as its output. Using past decisions, this filter estimates postcursor inter-symbol interference caused by the channel for the current symbol. By subtracting it from the FFE + NEXT canceller + echo canceller, it forms the soft decision signal and does Viterbi decoding
D. Differential Delay
Differential delay is the relative arrival time measurement between the members of a
VCG. This means that in an EoS network, buffering is used at the terminating end of a
VCG in order to re-align the data stream. For high-order VCAT paths, including STS-1-
nV, STS-3c-nV, VC-3-nV, and VC-4-nV where n is the number of path members, the
differential delay is measured by examining the Multi-Frame Indicator (MFI) present in
the path overhead of each VCG member. The MFI, which is located in the H4 byte as in
figure 2, increments frame-after-frame for each member of a VCG.
Since D is used to delay the receiving data, I would say D is out.
Since A is used to eleminate "echo"
Since B is used to elimante noise for the transceiver
Since C is used to keep your transmit path seperate from your receive path.
Well, less than three hours to the deadline, and the debate rages on (well, not really ... just one post) - is it A, B, C, or D? Or should MTGS just take the money and run? All is left for me is to sit here and wait...
My checkbook is is open and my pen is ready, guys. For which sum should I write the cheque - 125,000, 250,000, or 32,000 ?
Well, less than three hours to the deadline, and the debate rages on (well, not really ... just one post) - is it A, B, C, or D? Or should MTGS just take the money and run? All is left for me is to sit here and wait...
My checkbook is is open and my pen is ready, guys. For which sum should I write the cheque - 125,000, 250,000, or 32,000 ?
What?! Look at the initial post; he is dead. Deceased. Kaputt. Indefinitely horizontal. In mafia games, you see, people are occasionally "killed off," and when that sad event occurs, he or she is no longer allowed to post, on account of rigor mortis and what-have-you.
'Welcome to Mafia Salvation', it said, 'Population: 3,660.' And someone, they never figured out who, had painted on the sign in red letters: '1,831 to lynch.'
Ouch! That hurts! Less than two hours from having a $125,000 cheque in hand, the MTGS collective conscious drops question #9, and will have to be content with $32,000.
The correct answer is B. FEXT (far end cross-talk) canceller, since at high cable length (>100m) the effect of far-end crosstalk is negligible compared to echo and near-end crosstalk. As for the differential delay, it is always necessary, except for perhaps extremely short cables.
Oh well, 32K is better than nothing. This thread is now open for a general discussion about the game. If there is sufficient demand, I'll run another one.
Well, I will run a new game, but I need more feedback. Could anything be improved, like the format, the selection of the question, the presentation... anything else you can think of?
"at the age of 12, he beat Juan Corzo, the Cuban champion"
but it never says he became the cuban champion......
Which part of "EDITING AND DELETING POSTS IS NOT ALLOWED" did you not understand? This time I'll let it slide, but please do not edit again, people. I will enforce the rules next time.
Anyway, the clock is ticking .... you have 8-hours-and-some-minutes.
A. Alexander Alekhine
Born: Moscow
In early 1909, Alekhine won the Russian Master title in St. Petersburg.
B. Jose Raul Capablanca
Born: Havanah
He learned chess at the age of four by watching his father play and in 1901, at the age of 12, he beat Juan Corzo, the Cuban champion. Capablanca was regarded as the most naturally talented chess player anyone had ever seen. He was educated in America, studied engineering at Columbia University and spent much of his free time playing masters at the Manhattan Chess Club in New York City, where he achieved a sensational win in a match against US Champion Frank Marshall crushing him by 8 wins to 1 with 14 draws in 1909 when he was 20 years old.
In 1904 Jose went to a private school in New York and entered Columbia University in 1906 to study chemical engineering. Capablanca spent much of his time at the Manhattan Chess Club and played many games with the current world champion, Emanuel Lasker. Fifteen years later, Capablanca would defeat Lasker for the world championship.
In 1908 Capablanca's patron withdrew his financial support because Capa was giving too much time to chess and not enough time to studies. Capablanca then attempted to live by means of chess. In 1909 U.S. Champion Frank Marshall agreed to a match with Capablanca. Capa won with 8 wins, 14 draws, and 1 loss
C. Already counted wrong.
D. Garry Kasparov
Born: Azerbaijan (small country outside of Russia)
There was no Azerbaijan Chess Championships. He (Garry) played most his tournaments in Russia and Germany.
Discussion:
Though (B) beat the Cuban champion, it didn't say he won the Cuban Championship. It seems he moved to the US shortly after to study at Columbia. (A) is wrong cause he won the Masters in St. Petersburg. (D) Since Garry never won his "home" championship cause there is none, this could be the answer.
What do you consider home...the country he resides in or the country he was born in.
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=519290
Well we know it is either
b. Jose Raul Capablanca
d. Garry Kasparov
Since Jose beat the Cuban Champion at age 12 (while living in Cuba), and beat the US Champion(while living in the US), I'm leaning towards Garry. But it doesn't say if Garry moved to Russia when he won the Masters there. I'm not sure here...
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=519290
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thats what most everyone agreed with.
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Alekhine won the USSR championship in 1920 (also the Russian Amateur championship, which I'm not sure counts, but the point is moot).
Fischer was the US champion 3 times in all.
Kasparov was the champion of USSR twice. After the fall of USSR he also was the champion of Russia once.
Capablanca did defeat the Cuban champion and the US champion in his day, but both times in non-title matches. He was never a champion of any country.
And now, for $250,000:
In a GbE (Gigabit Ethernet) device, which part of the receiver circuit is the least useful when receiving data over a 150-meter-long cable ?
a. Echo canceller
b. FEXT canceller
c. NEXT canceller
d. Differential delay
PLEASE READ THE RULES IN FULL BEFORE ANSWERING!
A. Echo Canceller
The 4-wire to 2-wire hybrid used in analog telephone transmission network introduces an echo in the received path. Due to electric current leakage in the hybrid, a part of the signal energy is reflected back to the source of the signal, which causes an echo.
B. FEXT Canceller
The gigabit transceiver 200 also includes an A/D first-in-first-out buffer (FIFO) 218 to facilitate proper transfer of data from the analog clock region to the receive clock region, and a loopback FIFO block (LPBK) 234 to facilitate proper transfer of data from the transmit clock region to the receive clock region. The gigabit transceiver 200 can optionally include an additional adaptive filter to cancel far-end crosstalk noise (FEXT canceller).
C. NEXT Canceller
Since each receiver has access to the data for the other three pairs causing this interference, it's possible to nearly cancel the effect. This is accomplished with three adaptive NEXT canceling filters (see the figure, again). Adding the outputs of these filters directly to the FFE output cancels the NEXT impairment. Similarly, because of the bi-directional nature of the channel, an echo impairment results from each transmitter on its own receiver signal. Once again, using another adaptive filter with an output directly added to the FFE output nearly cancels this impairment. The outputs of the FFE, echo canceller, and the three NEXT cancellers combine with the output of an adaptive feedback filter in the Decision Feedback Sequence Estimation (DFSE) block to form a signal known as the soft decision. This signal is fed to a slicer output, which has the input of the adaptive feedback filter as its output. Using past decisions, this filter estimates postcursor inter-symbol interference caused by the channel for the current symbol. By subtracting it from the FFE + NEXT canceller + echo canceller, it forms the soft decision signal and does Viterbi decoding
D. Differential Delay
VCG. This means that in an EoS network, buffering is used at the terminating end of a
VCG in order to re-align the data stream. For high-order VCAT paths, including STS-1-
nV, STS-3c-nV, VC-3-nV, and VC-4-nV where n is the number of path members, the
differential delay is measured by examining the Multi-Frame Indicator (MFI) present in
the path overhead of each VCG member. The MFI, which is located in the H4 byte as in
figure 2, increments frame-after-frame for each member of a VCG.
Since D is used to delay the receiving data, I would say D is out.
Since A is used to eleminate "echo"
Since B is used to elimante noise for the transceiver
Since C is used to keep your transmit path seperate from your receive path.
I'm voting C.
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=519290
My checkbook is is open and my pen is ready, guys. For which sum should I write the cheque - 125,000, 250,000, or 32,000 ?
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If we walk do we just start over again?
C, NEXT Canceller
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The correct answer is B. FEXT (far end cross-talk) canceller, since at high cable length (>100m) the effect of far-end crosstalk is negligible compared to echo and near-end crosstalk. As for the differential delay, it is always necessary, except for perhaps extremely short cables.
Oh well, 32K is better than nothing. This thread is now open for a general discussion about the game. If there is sufficient demand, I'll run another one.