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swp
Feb 4, 2014, 7:36:16 PM2/4/14
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Round 5! Congratulations on making it this far.
The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua Kreitzer, Calvin,
Mark Brader, Peter Smyth, and Erland Sommarskog.
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#5. Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. How deep?
(You may answer in feet or meters, but I will
convert to feet for the results posting)
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swp
The contest is now open to Pete, Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, Joshua Kreitzer, Calvin,
Mark Brader, Peter Smyth, and Erland Sommarskog.
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#5. Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. How deep?
(You may answer in feet or meters, but I will
convert to feet for the results posting)
***
swp
Pete
Feb 4, 2014, 7:48:03 PM2/4/14
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Dan Blum
Feb 4, 2014, 7:57:42 PM2/4/14
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Dan Blum to...@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Mark Brader
Feb 4, 2014, 8:42:17 PM2/4/14
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Stephen Perry:
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "Most people are other people. Their thoughts
m...@vex.net | are someone else's opinions..." --Oscar Wilde
> #5. Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. How deep?
2,345 feet?
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Mark Brader, Toronto | "Most people are other people. Their thoughts
m...@vex.net | are someone else's opinions..." --Oscar Wilde
Dan Tilque
Feb 4, 2014, 10:16:12 PM2/4/14
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Dan Tilque
Joshua Kreitzer
Feb 4, 2014, 10:35:46 PM2/4/14
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calvin
Feb 5, 2014, 1:37:36 AM2/5/14
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cheers,
calvin
Erland Sommarskog
Feb 5, 2014, 3:29:31 AM2/5/14
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swp (Stephen...@gmail.com) writes:
> ***
> #5. Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. How deep?
> (You may answer in feet or meters, but I will
> convert to feet for the results posting)
> ***
1531 m.
> ***
> #5. Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. How deep?
> (You may answer in feet or meters, but I will
> convert to feet for the results posting)
> ***
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Peter Smyth
Feb 5, 2014, 3:37:16 PM2/5/14
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Peter Smyth
swp
Feb 5, 2014, 9:24:53 PM2/5/14
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1400.0 ft Joshua Kreitzer
2000.0 ft Pete
2200.0 ft Dan Blum
2345.0 ft Mark Brader
2450.0 ft Dan Tilque
4048.5 ft Calvin (aka 1234 m)
5023.0 ft Erland Sommarskog (aka 1531 m)
6369.0 ft CORRECT ANSWER (aka 1637 m)
and then there were 7. Peter Smyth is eliminated.
I find it difficult to fathom that so many of you were off by over a kilometer.
(I am also sore from ice removal activities, last night's storm was bad and
there are still a several hundred thousand people without power. We lost power
for around 16 hours total, and the schools are closed for 2 days so the kids are
going a little stir crazy. The pictures are up on facebook, look for Santa as
a young man to find me there if you are so inclined.)
swp
Mark Brader
Feb 5, 2014, 9:51:24 PM2/5/14
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Stephen Perry:
> 1200.0 ft Peter Smyth
> 1400.0 ft Joshua Kreitzer
> 2000.0 ft Pete
> 2200.0 ft Dan Blum
> 2345.0 ft Mark Brader
> 2450.0 ft Dan Tilque
> 4048.5 ft Calvin (aka 1234 m)
> 5023.0 ft Erland Sommarskog (aka 1531 m)
> 6369.0 ft CORRECT ANSWER (aka 1637 m)
> ...I find it difficult to fathom that so many of you were off by over
> a kilometer.
I was surprised that you were off yourself by a kilofoot.
I thought I remembered a number around 2,100 or 2,200, but I couldn't
remember whether that was feet or meters. But I didn't believe it
could be over a mile deep and I wouldn't remember that, so I picked
feet. Oops!
I don't know if I was thinking about the average depth or if I was just
completely mistaken.
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Mark Brader | "Oh, sure, you can make anything sound sleazy if you,
Toronto | you know, tell it exactly the way it happened."
m...@vex.net | -- Bruce Rasmussen: "Anything But Love"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1200.0 ft Peter Smyth
> 1400.0 ft Joshua Kreitzer
> 2000.0 ft Pete
> 2200.0 ft Dan Blum
> 2345.0 ft Mark Brader
> 2450.0 ft Dan Tilque
> 4048.5 ft Calvin (aka 1234 m)
> 5023.0 ft Erland Sommarskog (aka 1531 m)
> 6369.0 ft CORRECT ANSWER (aka 1637 m)
> a kilometer.
I was surprised that you were off yourself by a kilofoot.
I thought I remembered a number around 2,100 or 2,200, but I couldn't
remember whether that was feet or meters. But I didn't believe it
could be over a mile deep and I wouldn't remember that, so I picked
feet. Oops!
I don't know if I was thinking about the average depth or if I was just
completely mistaken.
--
Mark Brader | "Oh, sure, you can make anything sound sleazy if you,
Toronto | you know, tell it exactly the way it happened."
m...@vex.net | -- Bruce Rasmussen: "Anything But Love"
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Feb 6, 2014, 3:28:57 AM2/6/14
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Mark Brader (m...@vex.net) writes:
> Stephen Perry:
>
>> 1200.0 ft Peter Smyth
>> 1400.0 ft Joshua Kreitzer
>> 2000.0 ft Pete
>> 2200.0 ft Dan Blum
>> 2345.0 ft Mark Brader
>> 2450.0 ft Dan Tilque
>> 4048.5 ft Calvin (aka 1234 m)
>> 5023.0 ft Erland Sommarskog (aka 1531 m)
>> 6369.0 ft CORRECT ANSWER (aka 1637 m)
>
>> ...I find it difficult to fathom that so many of you were off by over
>> a kilometer.
>
> I was surprised that you were off yourself by a kilofoot.
>
> I thought I remembered a number around 2,100 or 2,200, but I couldn't
> remember whether that was feet or meters. But I didn't believe it
> could be over a mile deep and I wouldn't remember that, so I picked
> feet. Oops!
I can't escape the observation that this is the second question where we
> Stephen Perry:
>
>> 1200.0 ft Peter Smyth
>> 1400.0 ft Joshua Kreitzer
>> 2000.0 ft Pete
>> 2200.0 ft Dan Blum
>> 2345.0 ft Mark Brader
>> 2450.0 ft Dan Tilque
>> 4048.5 ft Calvin (aka 1234 m)
>> 5023.0 ft Erland Sommarskog (aka 1531 m)
>> 6369.0 ft CORRECT ANSWER (aka 1637 m)
>
>> ...I find it difficult to fathom that so many of you were off by over
>> a kilometer.
>
> I was surprised that you were off yourself by a kilofoot.
>
> I thought I remembered a number around 2,100 or 2,200, but I couldn't
> remember whether that was feet or meters. But I didn't believe it
> could be over a mile deep and I wouldn't remember that, so I picked
> feet. Oops!
who have answered in metres have been closer to the correct answer, and
everyone who has answered in feet has been below the correct target!
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