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Friday[04], Jan 23, 2015 [
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Tonight's Topic: "GO HAWKS! to Super Bowl XLIX -- Part 1/2"
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Good morning/evening,
everybody! Thank you for joining us last night.
We hope you discovered something interesting during the time we spent together on the Insomniac Net last night.
Thanks to you all for playing along -- it was a lot of FUN for us. Hopefully, you had fun too!
-- The ever-delightful Shelley [KF7TBA] and just plain old LW [K7LWA] (email K7LWA.INS@gmail.com).
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++ "GO HAWKS! to Super Bowl XLIX -- Part 1/2" ++
Tonight's and next week's Friday night's Insomniac Nets are for both football Superbowl fans and non-fans.
As many of you know, last Sunday's NFL Post Season Conference games resulted in the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks heading to Phoenix, Arizona to meet head-to-head for Super Bowl XLIX (49).
Probably just as many -- if not more --
could care less about any more football or another Super Bowl.
Accordingly, we have provided you a choice of two Questions Sets (QS1 & QS2) -- both with the same Answers.
So depending on your fondness (or not) for the Super Bowl on Feb 1, YOU can pick which Question Set you want to answer.
(Again, regardless of the Questions Set you answer, the correct answers will be the same for either Question Set.)
However, we will only read the Question Set (QS1) about the Seattle Seahawks going to the Super Bowl ("GO HAWKS!").
The other Question Set (QS2) about generic and Trademarked product names is given below -- between the Quote of the Day and the Check-in Roster listing.
(By the way, you can find this Yahoo-groups email posted on our Blog: 2015[04]Q -- Ins-Net Qs for Jan 23, 2015_"GO HAWKS! to Super Bowl XLIX -- Part 1/2".)
So, accordingly, please choose from any of the 3 (reuseable) answers of "A", "B", or "C" (if applicable!) for each question.
Good Luck & GO HAWKS!
Tonight's Topic: "GO HAWKS! to Super Bowl XLIX -- Part 1/2"
Answers = [C-A-A]
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We hope you discovered something interesting during the time we spent together on the Insomniac Net last night.
Thanks to you all for playing along -- it was a lot of FUN for us. Hopefully, you had fun too!
-- The ever-delightful Shelley [KF7TBA] and just plain old LW [K7LWA] (email K7LWA.INS@gmail.com).
Please check out Winsystem's Insomniac Trivia Net page.
You can get these Questions & Answers at the Yahoo-groups' Messages Link.
++ "GO HAWKS! to Super Bowl XLIX -- Part 1/2" ++
Tonight's and next week's Friday night's Insomniac Nets are for both football Superbowl fans and non-fans.
As many of you know, last Sunday's NFL Post Season Conference games resulted in the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks heading to Phoenix, Arizona to meet head-to-head for Super Bowl XLIX (49).
Accordingly, we have provided you a choice of two Questions Sets (QS1 & QS2) -- both with the same Answers.
So depending on your fondness (or not) for the Super Bowl on Feb 1, YOU can pick which Question Set you want to answer.
(Again, regardless of the Questions Set you answer, the correct answers will be the same for either Question Set.)
However, we will only read the Question Set (QS1) about the Seattle Seahawks going to the Super Bowl ("GO HAWKS!").
The other Question Set (QS2) about generic and Trademarked product names is given below -- between the Quote of the Day and the Check-in Roster listing.
(By the way, you can find this Yahoo-groups email posted on our Blog: 2015[04]Q -- Ins-Net Qs for Jan 23, 2015_"GO HAWKS! to Super Bowl XLIX -- Part 1/2".)
So, accordingly, please choose from any of the 3 (reuseable) answers of "A", "B", or "C" (if applicable!) for each question.
Good Luck & GO HAWKS!
Questions Sets (QS1): ++ "GO HAWKS! to Super Bowl XLIX -- Part 1/2" ++
Question #1: What name did most sports media use for reporting on the NFL controversy about the New England Patriots' use of underinflated footballs (i.e., softer and easier to throw and catch footballs) in the AFC Championship Game last Sunday? (96%)
A. "BAD-Red-White-and-Blue-Balls", or
B. "Plush Pro Piggy Balls", or
C. "Deflate-Gate" or "DeflateGate"
Patriots Deflation Controversy
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The NFL's investigation into the New England Patriots' underinflated footballs began Sunday night immediately after the AFC Championship Game, has included nearly 40 interviews to this point and is ongoing, the league announced in a statement Friday.
"While the evidence thus far supports the conclusion that footballs that were underinflated were used by the Patriots in the first half, the footballs were properly inflated for the second half and confirmed at the conclusion of the game to have remained properly inflated," the NFL's statement read.
"The goals of the investigation will be to determine the explanation for why footballs used in the game were not in compliance with the playing rules and specifically whether any noncompliance was the result of deliberate action. We have not made any judgments on these points and will not do so until we have concluded our investigation and considered all of the relevant evidence."
The investigation centers on Playing Rule 2, Section 1, which requires that the balls be inflated to between 12.5 and 13.5 pounds per square inch.
"Prior to the game, the game officials inspect the footballs to be used by each team and confirm that this standard is satisfied, which was done before last Sunday's game," the NFL's statement read.
Deflategate Ramifications (VIDEO) : Adam
Schefter and Louis Riddick discuss the distraction of Deflategate to
the Patriots and a timeline for punishment from the NFL.
[SOURCE: ESPN -- NFL investigating 'Deflategate']
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[SOURCE: ET Online: Top late-night jokes about Patriots "deflate-gate"] -- more hot air about underinflated footballs (K7LWA)
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What the heck is Deflategate anyway?
What are the advantages of a deflated football?
(CNN) "Let's call this NFL game balls for dummies. Oh, don't take offense. Up until a few days ago, when the Deflategate "scandal" broke, we were all dummies when it came to the esoterica of NFL ball rules...."[SOURCE: CNN Story & VIDEO: What the heck is Deflategate anyway?]
Question
#2: Seattle Seahawk's Quarterback, Russell Wilson (#3) is
also Alaska Airlines' CFO
-- True or False? (78%)FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The NFL's investigation into the New England Patriots' underinflated footballs began Sunday night immediately after the AFC Championship Game, has included nearly 40 interviews to this point and is ongoing, the league announced in a statement Friday.
"While the evidence thus far supports the conclusion that footballs that were underinflated were used by the Patriots in the first half, the footballs were properly inflated for the second half and confirmed at the conclusion of the game to have remained properly inflated," the NFL's statement read.
"The goals of the investigation will be to determine the explanation for why footballs used in the game were not in compliance with the playing rules and specifically whether any noncompliance was the result of deliberate action. We have not made any judgments on these points and will not do so until we have concluded our investigation and considered all of the relevant evidence."
The investigation centers on Playing Rule 2, Section 1, which requires that the balls be inflated to between 12.5 and 13.5 pounds per square inch.
"Prior to the game, the game officials inspect the footballs to be used by each team and confirm that this standard is satisfied, which was done before last Sunday's game," the NFL's statement read.
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[SOURCE: ET Online: Top late-night jokes about Patriots "deflate-gate"] -- more hot air about underinflated footballs (K7LWA)
What the heck is Deflategate anyway?
What are the advantages of a deflated football?
(CNN) "Let's call this NFL game balls for dummies. Oh, don't take offense. Up until a few days ago, when the Deflategate "scandal" broke, we were all dummies when it came to the esoterica of NFL ball rules...."[SOURCE: CNN Story & VIDEO: What the heck is Deflategate anyway?]
A. True, or
B. False.
Chief Football Officer Russell Wilson
It’s been over 10 years since a team has made it to the Big Game back-to-back and we are ready to cheer our Chief Football Officer, Russell Wilson, all the way to a win—again.
[SOURCE: Our Chief Football Officer | Alaska Airlines] (yeah, I know -- another trick(y) question: 78% of you picked it! -- K7LWA)
Question
#3: Used
since 2002, the Seahawks home stadium traps and amplifies exceptional
amounts of noise and reflect
it back
onto the field. Collectively known as "The 12th Man" for the
effect they can have on games, the Seahawk fans' noise is routinely
observed on University of Washington earthquake monitoring
seismographs. -- True or False? (94%)It’s been over 10 years since a team has made it to the Big Game back-to-back and we are ready to cheer our Chief Football Officer, Russell Wilson, all the way to a win—again.
[SOURCE: Our Chief Football Officer | Alaska Airlines] (yeah, I know -- another trick(y) question: 78% of you picked it! -- K7LWA)
A. True, or
B. False.
Pacific
Northwest Seismic Network:
Seismic Analysis of the NFC Championship Game between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers:
"... However, more importantly we now have the proverbial nail in the coffin as proof for the source of the seismic signals we have been calling "Dance Quakes."
Not only that but the "Dance Quake" following the go-ahead touchdown and 2-point conversion seems to be the biggest seismic signal yet seen associated with a Seahawks game...
(See saved version of the Hawk-O-Grams (seismograms) are available.)...
Our staff at the game have loaded some video clips they took from the press box of critical parts that illustrate the different crowd reactions.
By getting approximate times (within 10-15 sec) of when things start or stop I have been able to identify pretty much exactly what generates what sort of seismic signal.
The spectrogram above has been annotated with my observations from the video clip...
From Paul Bodin, the PNSN manager (and Seahawk fan): "I think we pretty much have this all figured out. Indeed football fans generate recognizable seismic signals depending on what's going on. Seahawk fans do get coordinated and move together with appropriate music on the stadium sound system." (includes seismograms & game videos -- K7LWA)
[SOURCE: Packers versus Seahawks game analysis -- too exciting | Pacific Northwest Seismic Network]
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Professor John
Vidale (PNSN Director) discusses the seismic activity the
occurred during the NFC Championship Game on Sunday as the
Seahawks mounted a comeback against the Packers.
''... played a song and
the people started dancing in the stands with such vigor that everyone thought that there might have
been an earthquake.
And that was the biggest vibration. So we saw five or six big shakes and the biggest one was when the fans were dancing in the stands to celebrate.
[what were the readings? do you equate this to earthquakes -- what kind of numbers can you give us?]
It's hard to give numbers, because earthquakes -- with this kind of shaking -- tend to be magnitude zero (0.0) or point three (0.3) and they all tend to be over within a fraction of a second -- the biggest motions. So these are ... somewhat weak, but long motions.
So the peak amplitude might be like a magnitude zero (0.0) earthquake, but the amount of energy that's carried in the vibrations over the 30 seconds or minute is more like a magnitude 2.0 earthquake...."
[VIDEO: Fans Generate Seismic Activity - YouTube]
=================Seismic Analysis of the NFC Championship Game between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers:
"... However, more importantly we now have the proverbial nail in the coffin as proof for the source of the seismic signals we have been calling "Dance Quakes."
Not only that but the "Dance Quake" following the go-ahead touchdown and 2-point conversion seems to be the biggest seismic signal yet seen associated with a Seahawks game...
(See saved version of the Hawk-O-Grams (seismograms) are available.)...
Our staff at the game have loaded some video clips they took from the press box of critical parts that illustrate the different crowd reactions.
By getting approximate times (within 10-15 sec) of when things start or stop I have been able to identify pretty much exactly what generates what sort of seismic signal.
The spectrogram above has been annotated with my observations from the video clip...
From Paul Bodin, the PNSN manager (and Seahawk fan): "I think we pretty much have this all figured out. Indeed football fans generate recognizable seismic signals depending on what's going on. Seahawk fans do get coordinated and move together with appropriate music on the stadium sound system." (includes seismograms & game videos -- K7LWA)
[SOURCE: Packers versus Seahawks game analysis -- too exciting | Pacific Northwest Seismic Network]
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And that was the biggest vibration. So we saw five or six big shakes and the biggest one was when the fans were dancing in the stands to celebrate.
[what were the readings? do you equate this to earthquakes -- what kind of numbers can you give us?]
It's hard to give numbers, because earthquakes -- with this kind of shaking -- tend to be magnitude zero (0.0) or point three (0.3) and they all tend to be over within a fraction of a second -- the biggest motions. So these are ... somewhat weak, but long motions.
So the peak amplitude might be like a magnitude zero (0.0) earthquake, but the amount of energy that's carried in the vibrations over the 30 seconds or minute is more like a magnitude 2.0 earthquake...."
[VIDEO: Fans Generate Seismic Activity - YouTube]
++ QUOTES OF THE DAY ++ -- from sports report Mike Freeman:
"If your deflated balls last more than four hours, see a medical professional immediately." ... "and a good sports lawyer" (K7LWA)
[SOURCE: Did the Patriots Cheat Against the Colts? Deflategate Explained]
Questions Sets (QS2): ++ "Non-Football Questions --
A. is someone or something whose name is or is thought to be the source of something's name (such as a city, country, era, or product), or
B. is the name of something that is based on or derived from someone or something else's name, or
C. a general words that is, or was at one time, proprietary a brand name or a service mark (e.g., Kleenex is a brand of facial tissues)
"An eponym (Answers A & B) is someone or something whose name is
or is thought to be the source of something's name (such as a city, country,
era, or product); alternately it can be used to refer to the name of something
that is based on or derived from someone or something else's name. Albert
Einstein is the eponym of the element einsteinium; conversely, einsteinium is
an eponym of Albert Einstein."
"Proprietary eponyms are another matter entirely. These are general words that are, or were at one time, proprietary brand names or service marks. Kleenex, for example, is a brand of facial tissues, yet the word is used today to refer to facial tissues of any brand. Xerox is a brand of photocopy machine; that word, too, has been since adopted to refer to any brand of photocopy machine and, moreover, also employed as a verb to describe the act of photocopying. As this illustrates, although brand names are proper adjectives (as in, "Kleenex facial tissues"), when such terms are adopted for general use they tend to become nouns and often also verbs.
Question
#2: Aspirin,
Granola, Heroin, Linoleum, Saran Wrap, Tabloid and Zipper are examples
of defunct
Trademarks often used generically
-- True or False? (78%)"Proprietary eponyms are another matter entirely. These are general words that are, or were at one time, proprietary brand names or service marks. Kleenex, for example, is a brand of facial tissues, yet the word is used today to refer to facial tissues of any brand. Xerox is a brand of photocopy machine; that word, too, has been since adopted to refer to any brand of photocopy machine and, moreover, also employed as a verb to describe the act of photocopying. As this illustrates, although brand names are proper adjectives (as in, "Kleenex facial tissues"), when such terms are adopted for general use they tend to become nouns and often also verbs.
A. True, or
B. False.
A. True, or
B. False.
[SOURCE: Fun With Words: Proprietary Eponyms]
Where two spellings are given, the first spelling is the version in common use, while the second, parenthesized spelling refers to the original product name or service mark.
Active Trademarks Often Used
Generically
|
Active Trademarks Often Used
Generically
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Defunct
Trademarks Used
Generically
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Of Special
Note Nylon is often thought of to be a trademark, but in fact it never was. Special mention must be made of Spam, a product and trademark of Hormel Foods Corp. Rather than broadening by common use to refer to all brands of canned smoked ham and pork instead of just the original brand, the term spam took on a completely different meaning: unsolicited commercial email or electronic postings, usually sent indiscriminately to vast numbers of recipients. |
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Insomniac-Net ANSWERS -- Friday[04], Jan 23, 2015 [ C - A - A ]
Tonight's Topic: "GO HAWKS! to Super Bowl XLIX -- Part 1/2"
Results for Harry [KD4JMV] & Spotted Owl ALERT = 1
| 3 | CAA | 63 | 63 | 64% |
| 2 | AAA | 3 | ||
| 2 | BAA | 0 | ||
| 2 | CAB | 10 | ||
| 2 | CBA | 16 | 29 | 30% |
| 1 | AAB | 0 | ||
| 1 | ABA | 0 | ||
| 1 | BAB | 0 | ||
| 1 | BBA | 0 | ||
| 1 | CBB | 5 | ||
| 1 | ABB | 1 | 6 | 6% |
| 0 | BBB | 0 | 0 | |
| w/ANS | 98 | 98 | 100% | |
| CK-IN | 5 | 5 | ||
| Total | 103 | 103 |
| NOTE:
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our Qs & As 2015[04]A -- Ins-Net As for Jan 23, 2015_"GO HAWKS! -- Part 1/2" [C-A-A] on KF7TBA+K7LWA's Friday Insomniac-Net BLOG (http://k7lwa-ins.blogspot.com/) NOTE: Blog may have Questions posted earlier than Yahoo! |
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