Watson's final Jeopardy question

[Ares]

http://cheezcomixed.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/koma-comic-strip-defeating-the-computer-overlord.jpg

http://memebase.com/2011/07/26/memes-comixed-fsck-you-watson/

[SLV^GLD]

I can't read the screen output but I assume Watson left out the "What is..." phrasing of the question.

[undgrd]

That is fucking HILARIOUS!!!!

http://anju66.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/laughing-smiley.gif

[Spectrism]

Good chuckle!

[Ares]

I can't read the screen output but I assume Watson left out the "What is..." phrasing of the question.

No Watson answer is blank because it executed the Linux format command. :D

It didn't actually happen, just a clever joke someone made. But it's funny.

[sirgonzo420]

Hahahahahaha!

[SLV^GLD]

No Watson answer is blank because it executed the Linux format command. :D

It didn't actually happen, just a clever joke someone made. But it's funny.

If Watson had phrased the question correctly he would have received a syntax error.
You seem to have a sense of humor but it does not appear to be overly sensitive.

[Ares]

If Watson had phrased the question correctly he would have received a syntax error.
You seem to have a sense of humor but it does not appear to be overly sensitive.

Just admit it, this is you. :D

Brian (Nullroute)
July 26, 2011 at 12:32

ok… WTF Jeopardy?!

1) fsck REPAIRS filesystems… it’s the linux counterpart to microsoft’s chkdisk.

2) fsck doesn’t have a -f option. Take a look at the man page – http://linux.die.net/man/8/fsck

3) hard drives haven’t had a “format” feature since the late 80s, although making a filesystem on one has been called “format” in some places… in others it’s referred to as “preparing the disk for use” or “making a filesystem”.

4) there are MANY correct answers for making a filesystem – mkfs, mke2fs, mkfs.ext3, mkfs.riserfs, or just about any other flavor that you may wish.

5) it’s one thing for your contestants to have the same *wrong* answer, but it is REALLY obvious when both use the same target device (/dev/hdb1)… that they were coached… by somebody who doesn’t know linux very well.

6) did I mention that fsck does NOT have a -f option.

http://memebase.com/2011/07/26/memes...ck-you-watson/

[SLV^GLD]

It's not me but I did think that whoever made the joke was thinking of the msdos format.com command as the switches are -f to force and -Y to run without confirmation.

fsck in linux is file system checker. I was unaware if it had a formatting capability. I suspected it did not because the general paradigm in linux is to make a tool do one thing and do it well. fsck does have file system recovery features and formatting can be looked at as a form of recovery if the filesystem were wholly corrupted to begin with. That said, I would use the mkfs (that is make file system) command. That said, there is usually more than one way to skin the same cat.

Finally, if you are going to make a geeky joke it's best to have your geek shit lined up, so to speak, otherwise you look marginally humorous to the ignorant and just plain dumb to the knowledgeable. You have to know your audience and deliver to them specifically.

rm -r -f \
would have been far more appropriate

[nunaem]

Since we're critiquing the joke, why did Watson run the command at all? He could have answered without running the command. >:(

[Ares]

It's not me but I did think that whoever made the joke was thinking of the msdos format.com command as the switches are -f to force and -Y to run without confirmation.

fsck in linux is file system checker. I was unaware if it had a formatting capability. I suspected it did not because the general paradigm in linux is to make a tool do one thing and do it well. fsck does have file system recovery features and formatting can be looked at as a form of recovery if the filesystem were wholly corrupted to begin with. That said, I would use the mkfs (that is make file system) command. That said, there is usually more than one way to skin the same cat.

Finally, if you are going to make a geeky joke it's best to have your geek shit lined up, so to speak, otherwise you look marginally humorous to the ignorant and just plain dumb to the knowledgeable. You have to know your audience and deliver to them specifically.

rm -r -f \
would have been far more appropriate

Always a critique :-P

I've used mkfs.ext2(or ext3) /dev/sdb1 before with no issue.

[Ponce]

Only English should be alllowed to be spoken here, to me that you guys are talking in Chinise ):

[Olmstein]

If you got that joke, you might be a nerd.

[undgrd]

If you got that joke, you might be a nerd.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRefevREtAk

[Gaillo]

Uhhh... techie debates aside, what is this "Watson"? Is this some sort of new MSM meme I haven't heard of yet? I gather from the images that it's a computer...

[Ares]

Uhhh... techie debates aside, what is this "Watson"? Is this some sort of new MSM meme I haven't heard of yet? I gather from the images that it's a computer...

Watson is an artificial intelligence computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language,[2] developed in IBM's DeepQA project by a research team led by principal investigator David Ferrucci. Watson was named for IBM's first president, Thomas J. Watson.[3][4]

In 2011, as a test of its abilities, Watson competed on the quiz show Jeopardy!, in the show's only human-versus-machine match-up to date.[3] In a two-game, combined-point match, broadcast in three Jeopardy! episodes February 14–16, Watson bested Brad Rutter, the biggest all-time money winner on Jeopardy!, and Ken Jennings, the record holder for the longest championship streak.[5][6] Watson received the first prize of $1 million, while Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter received $300,000 and $200,000, respectively. Jennings and Rutter pledged to donate half their winnings to charity, while IBM divided Watson's winnings between two charities.[7]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_%28computer%29