Hey Defcon, this team thinks they are going to win- what do you think???

[renderman]

Re: Hey Defcon, this team thinks they are going to win- what do you think???

Team Occam's Experimental Division will win because after 5 years of participating, we've given up any hint of fairness and honor, we just want that big wrench.

[Ellen]

Re: Hey Defcon, this team thinks they are going to win- what do you think???

How could we ever forget? I don't think the pyramid idea needs to be revisited...ever.... -Image removed for politeness-

Thank you. That image is the stuff of nightmares. The man said to convince everyone that you are superior, not sadistic....... Though I can see where the line blurs in this case. Carry on. ;)

[YenTheFirst]

Re: Hey Defcon, this team thinks they are going to win- what do you think???

Team Epic Typos has built a massive network of spies and informants. In fact, every member of every team reports directly to me, even if they don't admit it.

[Roo]

Why we will win

Because DEADC0DE compiles faster.

-Roo

[Ellen]

Re: Hey Defcon, this team thinks they are going to win- what do you think???

The aptly named Team Not-Appearing-In-This-Challenge includes myself, Grifter, and approximately 6,856,568,412 other people. (Some of whom are statistically guaranteed to be more intelligent than any single member of any given participating team. Those who are not will be considered Zerg.) Any team members found to be deceased during or prior-to the convention will, unfortunately, be disqualified. Union regulations.

[PunkAB]

Re: Hey Defcon, this team thinks they are going to win- what do you think???

Team Psychoholics will win, because otherwise ATM would be decidable. Proof follows:
Assume we have a Turing Machine L defined as follows:
L = {<M> | M is a Turing machine that on any input outputs "Team Psychoholics loses"}

We can use such a TM to decide ATM in the following way:
H = "On input <M,w> where M is a TM and w is a string:
1) Simulate L on <M,w>
2) If L outputs "Team Psychoholics loses", reject. Otherwise accept."

So, M accepts w iff L outputs "Team Psychoholics loses". So L cannot exist, because H would decide ATM, and
ATM is known to be undecidable. Hence, Team Psychoholics wins.

Man, I need to stop studying...someone hit me with a hammer....

[zfasel]

Re: Hey Defcon, this team thinks they are going to win- what do you think???

"Are we fashionably late?"

MobileDisco doesn't need to resort to cheap antics such as photoshop, mathematical proofs, puns upon our name, or even list our repertoire of achievements. Most importantly, we don't need to insert a joke about Grifter (by the way, What time is lunch this year Grifter?).

We're MobileDisco. 'Nuff said. Alpha-Mike-Foxtrot.

[LosT]

Re: Hey Defcon, this team thinks they are going to win- what do you think???

"Are we fashionably late?"

MobileDisco doesn't need to resort to cheap antics such as photoshop, mathematical proofs, puns upon our name, or even list our repertoire of achievements. Most importantly, we don't need to insert a joke about Grifter (by the way, What time is lunch this year Grifter?).

We're MobileDisco. 'Nuff said. Alpha-Mike-Foxtrot.

Excellent subtlety for the Hackers reference. (You know I love me a good 80s movie)-

LosT

[djnz]

Re: Hey Defcon, this team thinks they are going to win- what do you think???

Group 9 will win this last arcanum simulating situation put on by LosT through our lust for an astounding amount of fun! Our group lacks prior history of playing in puzzling tasks such as this. Our primary tool is social building within all who play. Among twilight hours and java mud runs, having fun is our most important goal. Join us; an army of astronomical proportions will bring down LosT's brainchild.

This purport was brought to you by that symbol which is most commonly found in British lingo inscriptions.

[renderman]

Re: Hey Defcon, this team thinks they are going to win- what do you think???

Excellent subtlety for the Hackers reference. (You know I love me a good 80s movie)-

LosT

Umm, Hackers was 1995: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113243/

-Your friendly neighborhood smart ass

[LosT]

Re: Hey Defcon, this team thinks they are going to win- what do you think???

That was actually an after thought...or possibly a hint....

come on :)

[Ellen]

Re: Hey Defcon, this team thinks they are going to win- what do you think???

That was actually an after thought...or possibly a hint....

come on :)

I was totally about to say that.. Too slow. ;)

[krux]

Re: Hey Defcon, this team thinks they are going to win- what do you think???

How could we ever forget? I don't think the pyramid idea needs to be revisited...ever....

That image still kills me every time I see it.