Watson blows away the competition tonight,

Playinghardball

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Tue Feb-15-11 10:05 PM
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Watson blows away the competition tonight,

But amazingly misses the final answer...

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marmar

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Tue Feb-15-11 10:06 PM
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1. Great !!!!

Who's Watson?

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Playinghardball

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Tue Feb-15-11 10:08 PM
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2. The IBM computer....

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Betsy Ross

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Tue Feb-15-11 10:10 PM
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3. Final score? n.t

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Playinghardball

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Tue Feb-15-11 11:15 PM
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6. Watson finished with $35,734.

Jennings had $4,800 and Rutter had $10,800.

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KeepItReal

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Tue Feb-15-11 10:35 PM
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4. During the course of the game, Watson had crashed multiple times

"Watson appeared to have breezed through Double Jeopardy, but that was apparently not the case. During the course of the game, Watson had crashed multiple times during the taping, said NOVA producer Michael Bicks, who had been at the taping of the show. The half hour match took four hours to tape, he said."

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IBMs-Watson-Wins-in-Jeopardy-Needs-Lessons-in-US-Geography-845727/

Would the humans be given multiple chances to get it together?

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Merlot

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Tue Feb-15-11 10:40 PM
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5. "The half hour match took four hours to tape,"

That put the humans at distinct disadvantage. They were sure to get tired and stressed for four hours of what should have been a half hour taping.

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LisaL

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Tue Feb-15-11 11:35 PM
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8. Exactly.

Would humans be given multiple breaks if they needed to "reboot?"

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LisaL

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Tue Feb-15-11 11:35 PM
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7. That does not sound fair. If it crushed, then I would think

it should be disqualified. Presumably the humans would not be given multiple breaks to rest up.

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hunter

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Wed Feb-16-11 12:28 AM
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9. He didn't crash.

He was fighting off aliens in the eighth dimension.

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