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by Daegan
Mon Oct 31, 2011 3:39 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Tuscumbia Fall Middle School Academic Tournament - 10/29/11
Replies: 8
Views: 3090

Re: Tuscumbia Fall Middle School Academic Tournament - 10/29/11

Jason Loy wrote:Special thanks go out to Ray Lehnhoff, who recruited three additional staffers after a series of late drops.
You're very welcome sir. Anything to keep the movement alive :D
by Daegan
Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:34 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: To anyone who wants to learn more about classical music
Replies: 2
Views: 2569

To anyone who wants to learn more about classical music

I added it to my desktop feed reader.

MSNBC, campus news, Computer Architecture and various programming languages, security problems, and now classical music. It's getting quite diverse now days.
by Daegan
Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So I've been thinking
Replies: 13
Views: 1935

So I've been thinking

http://173.30.99.237/qbtps/ This supports IE 7-8 and FireFox. I've not tested with anything else. It's still pretty rough right now, and the stats aren't live. I'm going to add a page tomorrow or the next day to allow a more "detailed" description of tournaments (basically opening up room...
by Daegan
Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So I've been thinking
Replies: 13
Views: 1935

So I've been thinking

I have a working version of the tournament posting system. I'll have the beta online later today, as my web host decided I didn't need FTP access tonight. It's still in beta so it doesn't have all of the functionality that I'm going to provide (although it's miles ahead of the hsquizbowl.org one). N...
by Daegan
Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:15 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Class schedules for next semester
Replies: 212
Views: 237428

Class schedules for next semester

MTH 215 - Discrete Math -- 3
MTH 261 - Calculus 1 -- 5
PHY 220 - Intro to Digital Computing -- 4
CSC 325 - Computer Architecture -- 4

Hopefully I can find a gen ed to fit in here somewhere.
by Daegan
Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So I've been thinking
Replies: 13
Views: 1935

So I've been thinking

I have a few thoughts 1) You will have to teach moderators all over Missouri how to use this software. This I think will be most difficult. 2) Question companies often repeat questions in different sets, this is well known, this will have to be addressed in the system 3) Many rural schools have no ...
by Daegan
Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So I've been thinking
Replies: 13
Views: 1935

So I've been thinking

Let me clarify that. Whenever a stat person creates a match, the teams are stored as mere Strings (in terms of data types) The only people that would need to register for this web app are those that want to manage the stats, and given that registration takes about <15 seconds, I don't see why that's...
by Daegan
Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So I've been thinking
Replies: 13
Views: 1935

So I've been thinking

Charbroil: The advantage is that it centralizes everything and provides a free resource to have stats for tournaments posted, as well as announcements. The email restriction is not for college tournaments, merely college teams. If there isn't a single member on the team with a valid college email ad...
by Daegan
Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So I've been thinking
Replies: 13
Views: 1935

So I've been thinking

Recently I've taken an interest in trying to fill a niche in the Quiz Bowl world. Below is a project that I intend to start development on. I would like comments and suggestions about this web application. <big>Introduction - What's the project?</big> I intend to develop a web application to do the ...
by Daegan
Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Epic Win thread
Replies: 19
Views: 2760

Epic Win thread

I count this as an epic win: Playing Mo State at Brock Landers Memorial on Saturday, I had to listen while they bageled a bonus on Miley Cyrus which I would have had an easy 20. Almost getting rewarded for Miley knowledge? ....totally an epic win. I hate Miley Cyrus and confusing her with Taylor Sw...
by Daegan
Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: district predictions
Replies: 25
Views: 2962

district predictions

C2D4 I have Belle.

It's my old team and they're really strong this year. Last year with a weaker lineup they came within 1 point of beating Valley Park in the final round (~20 points)

As I hear it, Belle v Valley Park IS C2D4 districts this year.
by Daegan
Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: College destinations
Replies: 70
Views: 11731

College destinations

Missouri State University DOES have a quiz bowl team. Anyone interested can contact me for more information about it at the following address: lehnhoff690@missouristate.edu We're a new team but we practice several times a week. We're working on getting our team officiated, which is turning out to be...
by Daegan
Fri May 30, 2008 5:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Player movement
Replies: 79
Views: 12270

Player movement

KentB wrote: MSU will have a team for sure. Jason Loy is going to get one going. So basically, you'd be inheriting a very good player to help get you started.
Excellent. Any idea who some of the other people are?
by Daegan
Fri May 30, 2008 5:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Protests
Replies: 29
Views: 2321

Protests

Standard procedure is (and if it isn't it should be) if the moderator goofs on the question, toss it and get a replacement - even if it's as trivial a missing negative sign or mixing up North Dakota with South Dakota. In theory, a less-than-virtuous moderator could get away with making 1-2 intentio...
by Daegan
Fri May 30, 2008 9:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Protests
Replies: 29
Views: 2321

Protests

I don't know...it more or less makes sense to me. The moderator asked a question which was almost totally the same and got the right answer. I guess she could have used a replacement question...like the time at Helias where we were playing Richland (the game we won), it was question number 49, and ...
by Daegan
Fri May 30, 2008 8:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Protests
Replies: 29
Views: 2321

Protests

We were at a conference game and the moderator said something to the effect of "give the chemical formula for sulfate" (as a bonus) the team replied with the correct answer, but she read it wrong, meaning to say sulfite. She gave them the points because "they knew it", we protest...
by Daegan
Fri May 30, 2008 7:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Player movement
Replies: 79
Views: 12270

Player movement

Belle's seniors: me [ray] : MSU Andrew : BYU Samy : MS&T MSU doesn't have a team and I don't know that they will.. there was talk of it but nothing is certain. Andrew isn't going to join the BYU team, he's more interested in playing soccer. Samy isn't going to play (she wasn't very good anyway :)