Re: [Sheflug] bbc opensource quiz

[James Wallbank <james [at] xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Argh!

I was another 6/7 for screwing up one billion seconds. Then again, I did
complete the quiz in just 15 seconds - so do I get extra brownie points
for speed? Ref? Ref?

I wonder whether the BBC are compiling stats on the number and knowledge
of their quizzers. If so, it might be interesting to see if they make
them public. If a lot of people express a fair degree of knowledge then
that might be a useful stat for Linux advocacy. Maybe they will estimate
the potential market for a TV program about open source from the
result...

James

On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 14:42, Pieter Meiring wrote:
> On Friday 06 Dec 2002 12:29 pm, Craig Andrews wrote:
> > On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 12:24, Chris J wrote:
> > > > I got 5 out of 7..
> > > >
> > > >   Dave.
> > >
> > > 7 out of 7...I need to get out more...
> >
> > Managed 6/7. Got the one about 1 billion seconds wrong :(
> 
> 1,000,000,000 mod 86400 = 6400 which less than 2 hours (7200 secs) ie 1:46 QED
> 
> Yours geekily
> 
> Pieter
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