Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Day 5 below. Day 6 later this afternoon.
Tomorrow I have my last procedure. Hopefully, I'll be feeling well enough to resume the normal posting schedule Wednesday. If not, Round 7 will begin when I get back.
Good luck.
Tomorrow I have my last procedure. Hopefully, I'll be feeling well enough to resume the normal posting schedule Wednesday. If not, Round 7 will begin when I get back.
Good luck.
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
2: BAMA MAN – Huntsville native Jimmy Wales founded this collaborative online encyclopedia in January, 2001.
4: (FORMERLY) ODD SOX – When this Boston Red Sox catcher signed with the Chicago White Sox in 1981, he reversed the digits of his number from 27 to 72.
6: TEAPOT – A collection of stars in the shape of a teapot appears near this Zodiac constellation named for a legendary archer.
8: BOSON – W and Z Bosons carry weak nuclear force, while these bosons carry the strong force.
10: BILLY PILGRIM – Four outer islands in Boston Harbor are named for this religious leader who served as an advisor to Plymouth governor William Bradford.
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: The SI unit measuring magnetic induction is named for this engineer who invented the first device controlled by radio remote control.
6: Heron, a writer and inventor from this Egyptian city, invented several machines that performed wonders in temples.
9: Nickname shared by an NHL team and the General Atomics MQ-1 Unmanned Ariel Vehicle used by the US Air Force and the CIA.
12: Unimate, a General Motors industrial robot, was the first robot of this type which is not controlled by outside forces.
15: First defined in a robotic context by Norbert Weiner in a book of the same name, this term derives from a Greek word meaning governor.
2: BAMA MAN – Huntsville native Jimmy Wales founded this collaborative online encyclopedia in January, 2001.
4: (FORMERLY) ODD SOX – When this Boston Red Sox catcher signed with the Chicago White Sox in 1981, he reversed the digits of his number from 27 to 72.
6: TEAPOT – A collection of stars in the shape of a teapot appears near this Zodiac constellation named for a legendary archer.
8: BOSON – W and Z Bosons carry weak nuclear force, while these bosons carry the strong force.
10: BILLY PILGRIM – Four outer islands in Boston Harbor are named for this religious leader who served as an advisor to Plymouth governor William Bradford.
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: The SI unit measuring magnetic induction is named for this engineer who invented the first device controlled by radio remote control.
6: Heron, a writer and inventor from this Egyptian city, invented several machines that performed wonders in temples.
9: Nickname shared by an NHL team and the General Atomics MQ-1 Unmanned Ariel Vehicle used by the US Air Force and the CIA.
12: Unimate, a General Motors industrial robot, was the first robot of this type which is not controlled by outside forces.
15: First defined in a robotic context by Norbert Weiner in a book of the same name, this term derives from a Greek word meaning governor.
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagitarius
8:
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6: Alexandria
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4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagitarius
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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2. Wikipedia
4.
6. Sagittarius
8. Higgs bosons?
10.
3. Faraday?
6.
9.
12. clam (autonomous? automaton?)
15.
4.
6. Sagittarius
8. Higgs bosons?
10.
3. Faraday?
6.
9.
12. clam (autonomous? automaton?)
15.
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
2: wikipedia
4: clam
6: Sagittarius
8: that should be gluons
10: (Is Billy a tom? If so,) Wm Brewster.
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: Faraday
6: Alexandria?
9: Predator?
12: no idea.
15: Nope.
2: wikipedia
4: clam
6: Sagittarius
8: that should be gluons
10: (Is Billy a tom? If so,) Wm Brewster.
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: Faraday
6: Alexandria?
9: Predator?
12: no idea.
15: Nope.
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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2: WikiPedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8:
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6: Alexandria (Cairo seemed too obvious, and then there's that library thing)
9: Predator?
12:
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4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius
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6: Alexandria (Cairo seemed too obvious, and then there's that library thing)
9: Predator?
12:
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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2: Wikipedia
4: Fisk
6: Orion
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6: Alexandria
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4: Fisk
6: Orion
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6: Alexandria
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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2. Wikipedia
4. CLAM
6. Sagittarius
8. CLAM
10. CLAM
3. CLAM
6. Alexandria
9. CLAM
12. CLAM
15. Android? (Eh, it's worth a shot.)
4. CLAM
6. Sagittarius
8. CLAM
10. CLAM
3. CLAM
6. Alexandria
9. CLAM
12. CLAM
15. Android? (Eh, it's worth a shot.)
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8:
10: Brewster
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: ampere
6: Alexandria
9: Predator
12:
15: cybernetics
2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8:
10: Brewster
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: ampere
6: Alexandria
9: Predator
12:
15: cybernetics
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton “Lute” Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8: Gluons
10: William “Cherrystone” Clamford
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: Nikola “Barefoot Con” Tesla
6: Alexandria
9: Predator
- sp: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, not “Ariel”
12: Don’t know what you’re after here...my guess would be “automaton,” but I’ll take a clam.
15: Cybernetics
Respectfully submitted—
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And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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2: Wikipedia
4: Fisk?
6: Sagitarrius
8: clam
10: clam
3: Webber?
4: Fisk?
6: Sagitarrius
8: clam
10: clam
3: Webber?
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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2. Wikiprdia
4. Carlton Fisk
6. Sagitarius
8. Higgs
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4. Carlton Fisk
6. Sagitarius
8. Higgs
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8:
10:
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: Gauss
6: Alexandria
9: Predators
12: Automaton (I hope)
15:
2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8:
10:
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: Gauss
6: Alexandria
9: Predators
12: Automaton (I hope)
15:
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
2: Wikipedia
4: Fisk
6: Saggitarius
8: gluons?
10: CLAM
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: Tesla
6: Alexandria?
9: Predator
12: CLAM
15: cybernetics
2: Wikipedia
4: Fisk
6: Saggitarius
8: gluons?
10: CLAM
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: Tesla
6: Alexandria?
9: Predator
12: CLAM
15: cybernetics
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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2. Wikipedia
4. Carlton Fisk
6. Orion
8. CLAM
10. William Brewster
3. CLAM
6. Alexandria
9. Predator
12. CLAM
15. CLAM
4. Carlton Fisk
6. Orion
8. CLAM
10. William Brewster
3. CLAM
6. Alexandria
9. Predator
12. CLAM
15. CLAM
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8: CLAM
10: Brewster
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: Tesla
6: Alexandria
9: Predator
12: autonomous
15: cybernetics
2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8: CLAM
10: Brewster
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: Tesla
6: Alexandria
9: Predator
12: autonomous
15: cybernetics
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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2: Wikipedia
4:
6: Sagittarius
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10:
3: Tesla?
6: Alexandria
9: Ranger?
12: Autonomous
15: Cybernetics?
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6: Sagittarius
8:
10:
3: Tesla?
6: Alexandria
9: Ranger?
12: Autonomous
15: Cybernetics?
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2: Wikipedia
4: Fisk
6: Orion
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9: predator
12: autonomous
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4: Fisk
6: Orion
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9: predator
12: autonomous
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
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YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
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6: Sagittarius
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ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
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6: Alexandria
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2: Wikipedia
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6: Sagittarius
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ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
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