The packet I wrote had that mica tossup and also a bonus on the stellar spectral classification system. Maybe you all didn't get to it when you heard the round. Roger can comment on the larger issue but the short answer is that teams must not have felt like writing much of those categories when they submitted questions. On the other hand, I'm glad to see that people are starting to write quality computer science instead of that janky-ass expand the programming language acronyms shiznick that used to pass as CS. Dave > Now for the questions: for the most part, they felt fair enough. > The science was inaccessible to me, but then again I suck at science, > so I cannot be the judge. But I felt the lit, for which I am quite > average, was quite accessible to most teams. The only thing I would > like to have seen with the science was at least a smattering of > questions on astronomy and earth science. As far as I could > remember, there was zero astronomy, and for earth science, the only > question I heard was on mica (though Rick Grimes told me of a couple > of bonuses later in packets). I know these aren't major science > subjects, but I feel they do deserve 1-2 combined questions per > packet. > -Adam Fine
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