* OcUk 2011 Distributed Computing Competition *

datalol-jack · 19 Sep 2011 at 20:32

If your not including the area behind the unit on the bottom shelf the i'll go 2277

Where would all the naughty films go?

Mr. Brightside · 19 Sep 2011 at 20:37

If including the hidden area on the bottom shelf: a nice round 2,400

If not including the hidden area on the bottom shelf: a nice round 2,300

PhilthyPhil · 19 Sep 2011 at 20:50

Marine Iguana · 19 Sep 2011 at 21:04

datalol-jack said:
Where would all the naughty films go?

Top shelf

datalol-jack · 19 Sep 2011 at 21:06

Marine Iguana said:
Top shelf

MGP · 19 Sep 2011 at 21:12

I'm going to plump for 2650.

And I want to see the evidence of all shelves filled with a mightily impressive DVD collection to prove how inaccurate my guesstimate is

datalol-jack · 19 Sep 2011 at 21:24

Hmmm, it is indeed very logical to think that the final value would be given by: shelf total - total of covered area. But knowing Mr T, I suspect tricks and tom foolery! Hence my guess, but I too expect to be proven way off the mark as I tend to over-analyse these things.

Having said that, in a competition like this, the person who answers last has an enormously big mathematical advantage, since there is a simple technique to have a punt without doing any of the measurements... I shall say no more. :eek:

Marine Iguana · 19 Sep 2011 at 21:52

*Plans trip to Tbags house and a measuring tape in secret*

Frozennova · 19 Sep 2011 at 21:54

Hmmm I never even thought if the bottom shelf is full length

ToxicTBag · 19 Sep 2011 at 22:09

ReaVerUK said:
Go on then i'll take 2375 if your including the full length of the bottom shelf assuming it goes all the way from wall to wall. If your not including the area behind the unit on the bottom shelf the i'll go 2277

Yup yup, full length i see you managed to negotiate the arsenic and nerve gas traps i set in your cell hmmmmphhh :mad:

datalol-jack said:
Where would all the naughty films go?

The mere suggestion that i might watch naughty films is both inflamatory and derisory ..... now where's that well worn copy of Debbie Does Darlington :eek:

Mr. Brightside said:
If including the hidden area on the bottom shelf: a nice round 2,400

If not including the hidden area on the bottom shelf: a nice round 2,300

I like round figures

ToxicTBag · 19 Sep 2011 at 22:16

datalol-jack said:

Marine Iguana said:
Top shelf

You have a warped and evil brain Mr Marine

In fact a complete sherlock holmes collection occupied the top shelf and disney the 2 below, the other stuff well i thought it was in the attic .... still no sign of Debbie Does Darlington ***sigh***

Marine Iguana said:
*Plans trip to Tbags house and a measuring tape in secret*

Am going to make a point of not answering the door to strangers with tape measures for the next few weeks.

datalol-jack · 19 Sep 2011 at 22:21

Yup yup, full length i see you managed to negotiate the arsenic and nerve gas traps i set in your cell hmmmmphhh

So...it was a trap after all! *dun dun dun* Sir, you have the full and undivided attention of my monocled eye now. Do not move!

The mere suggestion that i might watch naughty films is both inflamatory and derisory ..... now where's that well worn copy of Debbie Does Darlington

I say!

Classics are hard to beat though.

I like round figures

Now you have my Captain Akbar (predictive text thinks Barbara, lol) sense really tingling! >.>

petriodet · 19 Sep 2011 at 22:21

i've been folding for a while, my guess is 2667 including the hidden bottom shelf.

datalol-jack · 19 Sep 2011 at 22:29

*Plans trip to Tbags house and a measuring tape in secret*

Grab a fake moustache, a black fedora and a spacious trench coat. I have a cunning plan! Meet by the church at midnight. Pass phrase is, "the Sultan of Brunei wears Mickey Mouse!" Don't be late.

ToxicTBag · 19 Sep 2011 at 22:30

petriodet said:
i've been folding for a while, my guess is 2667 including the hidden bottom shelf.

Hi petriodet if you want to take a pot shot at the total you have to be "in it to win it", take a quick look at The How ... section on front page and come back to us if you want to enter and you've understood the requirements

ToxicTBag · 19 Sep 2011 at 22:35

datalol-jack said:
Grab a fake moustache, a black fedora and a spacious trench coat. I have a cunning plan! Meet by the church at midnight. Pass phrase is, "The Sultan of Brunei wears Mickey Mouse!" Don't be late.

Judgeneo · 19 Sep 2011 at 22:48

At that resolution I can't really tell how much closer to the camera the right side is than the left side, so by best guess would be 3330 DVDs

and I know I'm not eligible, so if I win, I'll donate my prize to the member who started doing seti for this comp, who has got the most points out of everyone who started seti for this competition. If that makes sense?

edit: btw, that is presuming no stacking of DVDs, or placing them beneath the bottom shelf.

datalol-jack · 19 Sep 2011 at 22:56

ToxicTBag said:

This was a rather dirty Paint job. I hope you appreciate the gesture.

Giskard2k · 19 Sep 2011 at 23:59

datalol-jack said:
Hmmm, it is indeed very logical to think that the final value would be given by: shelf total - total of covered area. But knowing Mr T, I suspect tricks and tom foolery! Hence my guess, but I too expect to be proven way off the mark as I tend to over-analyse these things.

Having said that, in a competition like this, the person who answers last has an enormously big mathematical advantage, since there is a simple technique to have a punt without doing any of the measurements... I shall say no more.

True DJ, but definately not in the spirit of the game old chap, as I'm sure you will agree.

datalol-jack · 20 Sep 2011 at 00:11

True DJ, but definately not in the spirit of the game old chap.

Exactly why I jumped in head first - cheap tricks be damned!

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