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Yacht Trivia Questions: Battle the Bots!

Discussion in 'General Yachting Discussion' started by YachtForums, Feb 26, 2009.

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  1. YachtForums, Feb 27, 2009
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    YachtForums

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    Some great humor came out of this thread!

    K1W1 - you surprise me. I thought you were just smart!

    revdcs - I thought sea cows were native to Florida. You have them too?
  2. revdcs, Feb 27, 2009
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    No, we don't have sea cows here. I thought this image would be particularly challenging for the bots because, if you look closely, you'll see it's a load of bull!
  3. K1W1, Feb 27, 2009
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    Hi,

    That wasn't the first word that crossed my mind....
  4. NYCAP123, Feb 27, 2009
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    Gotta remember who owns these mega's.:rolleyes:
  5. Fishtigua, Feb 27, 2009
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    To really get the Bots, ask to finish the well know saying:-

    'I'm not a coward, I've bought a ........'?
  6. Seafarer, Feb 27, 2009
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    wooden boat? :p
  7. Arniev, Mar 2, 2009
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    Carl,
    Your example will work fine as this will stop most bot intrusions.
    Have you heard about the guys at Oak Ridge Labs? I read in CNET that they developed s/w using "borg-like cyberbots" (i.e. Star Trek) which are "aware" of each other and patrol the whole network. If an intrusion is detected in one part of the system, such as a diversionary attack, all the other cyberbots are alerted, thereby averting any "sneak-attack" through other network points.
    A little too sophisticated for YF, though.
    Arnie
    :)
  8. YachtForums, Mar 9, 2009
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    I'm happy to say, it's been almost 10 days and not a single bot has been able to impersonate a carbon based life form. For now, it looks like we've kicked some bot-butt.

    And tonight, March 9, 2009... we eclipsed 15,000 members.

    Congrats everyone! :)
  9. Savasa, Mar 10, 2009
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    Greetings,
    Boy am I glad I'm already registered. Those were some tough questions! But Mr. YF, do what you gotta do to keep this site up.
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