This seemed obvious, but everyone that has all three answers correct will share the points after it closes at 12:00 noon, Mountain Time USA on October 19th :>
1 - Sara Miller created PERL and it stands for "yy56dhdy4/44fL" (the secret code to get into computer screen!)
2 - There are 47 CCs of air inside every original Mac (coincidentally exactly the same volume as resides between the ears of `babygrl282`, or whatever it's handle is today)
3 - Meshy Shenky (that was too obvious ol' friend!)
I saw the Q&A and posted the answers there before I saw this discussion. I guess you wanted the answers posted here, so you could share points or something? I'm REALLY sorry, man!
Trying to make a fair spirited trivia contest out of the available tools here could be backfiring..... I did intend for the answers to go in the Q&A though :>
Hey, it's all in fun, and hopefully it'll get better as it goes along :)
If anyone has ideas to make TR trivia #2 more fun, intuitive, and fair etc... please let me know.
OK, glad I didn't mess you up. You're right, this format is really limiting.
Maybe to make it more fair, people could email answers to you, then you could post a comment with the names of the people with correct answers; then those people couldpost their answers to the question to receive points?
Basically, once someone posts a correct answer to either Discussions or Q&A, you have no way of knowing if other people came up with it independently or are just copying the first correct answer. Incorporating email would eliminate that glitch.
I also wondered if it would work better as multiple choice, or if points should be awarded in catagories like "Most Creative" or "Extra Obscure Info" or something.
I kind of hate to close a question immediately after the first correct answer, butthen maybe I need to chose harder questions then :>
If anyone wants to submit a really hard question, let me know :>
I think I messed myself up this first run, actually :) heheheee
I will be modifying the next contest, but with this one I'm sticking by the rules I started with to be fair, so, if you want points, please post your answers to all three in the Q&A and thanks for playing!
If you're asking for technical help, please be sure to include all your system info, including operating system, model number, and any other specifics related to the problem. Also please exercise your best judgment when posting in the forums--revealing personal information such as your e-mail address, telephone number, and address is not recommended.
Want Points? TR Trivia #1
Date: 10/10/01 12:49 PM EDT
Status: Unanswered
Points: 1000
TR trivia #1
#1 Who created PERL and why was it named thus?
#2 Inside an original Mac, what are there 47 of?
#3 Who created the Internet Worm?
Please answer all three. This contest will end on 19 October, 2001. You must answer all three correctly to recieve points.
I hope you enjoy the fun :)