Good morning lovers and critics of the quiz of the day.
Sorry, I want to ask you a question.
I know that those who donate can see the days before the "Question of the Day", but can those who donate money to the site also answer questions that have not been answered in the previous days, as long as they are within thirty days?
I don't know if I asked the question clearly.

Fine ..... I caved .......
I went back and answered a month's worth.
To be honest, 2 were unlucky guesses, 6 were very lucky guesses, about 10 were good hunches, and the rest I actually knew.
Dave B
PS Doug, you were right, I got sucked back in ......

RE: Dave, "BEWARE"!!

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Number 2😊

Dave, "BEWARE"!!
"It will be nice sometimes to read the discussions and to understand the topic of the numerous daily emails (that I couldn't read before). "
The more you do that the more likely you are to be drawn into a discussion ... and get 'hooked' like the rest of us!🙄
Cheers, Doug😎

Dave,
Well done👍 BUT Shush! Keep it under your hat!
Careless talk costs QotD rankings😁
Cheers, Doug😎

Doug,
De-Blurring never occurred to me.
But, now that you mentioned it, I applied a little simple magic and VOILA, there it is. 😁
Not that it matters much, as I am a lot more stress-free, avoiding the AI daily questions altogether.
It will be nice sometimes to read the discussions and to understand the topic of the numerous daily emails (that I couldn't read before). Thanks for the hint.
Dave B

Option 2 with me as well
Rick

post 3771 I am with Doug my vote is option 2.
Roy

Some of us are here to learn, others already know many answers. So really only option 1 is right. For those keen to hit the 100% mark, then the question needs to be fixed, with all scores on the wrong question deleted, this will also help for those who have learnt something new.

Thanks Stephen for asking.

My opinion is this:

Definitely not the third option, never.

In the case where the question is well formulated and the problem is only in the answers I would adopt the first option, that is, correcting the question (as in today's case). Perhaps by eliminating the person who made the mistake by giving them a second chance.

If, on the other hand, the question is difficult to understand, or is open to subjective interpretations or in any case misleading, the second solution is better, that is, reformulating a completely new question.
Even in this case, the counts of those who made the mistake unintentionally should be reset.

Hi Stephen,
My vote goes to Option 2.
"Guten Abend aus München. Great show and a pleasure to be here with you tonight.
Here is the vote from Germany.
Unsere Zwölf Punkte gehen an ... Option zwei!😁"
"Thankyou Germany. Donc, douze points vont à la deuxième option😊"

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You're welcome MouldBuilder, I'm glad it was helpful to you and others (memory needs help and little tricks).

Since this is bound to happen again, what is the correct action next time around when we know there’s an error?

1. Fix the current question
2. Generate a totally different question
3. Leave it as is

And your time starts… now… 😁

Stephen

Hi Peter,
The trick is to ... de-blur it😉😁
But you know -
A magician NEVER reveals his secrets!🙊
Cheers, Doug😎

Good grief Doug. I have enough trouble reading the clear text on my IPhone early in the morning. I think it would drive me mad to try to read the blurred writing.😳😬😬

Thanks for your picture Alessandro. It is a very good way to remember the assignments of the triangles on the tops of Cardinal buoys.

Guys, obviously the last word is Fireboat's but for me there is no problem in resetting everything and asking the question again, so no one feels bad.
I'm sorry that someone feels penalized.
The important thing is that AI does not create our culture (which is also based on error).

I always look favorably on human intervention on errors of a blind machine.

Roy,
With a little ingenuity even blurred out text can be read 😉

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Ref: The Dreaded Glitch!
Thanks Stephen,
That makes sense, and puts my mind at rest😉
So in effect it was bad or unfortunate timing on my part.
Was beginning to think it was the onset of dementia.

I don't envy your task of taming AI.
I know from my own programming experience (decades before AI was even a 'Twinkle in his father's eye😜) that the more you tweak a new subroutine the worse it can often get☹️🤕
1 problem solved - 2 more created.
Cheers, Doug😊
PS I believe it might have been fairer to all to scrap the 'buoy' question and set a completely new one.

The best thing would have been is to ignore this day question and set everything back. Then start fresh for the next day. The first question was good as you just had to delete the wrong answers and you were left with one. Had it right the first time and chose the same answer the second time which was wrong as I thought it was all the same answered. The outcome you chose to redo the answers was not fair. Please delete this days results and start fresh which I do not think you will do as others have more influence on this🤔

Great and right choice Fireboat.
It would have been wrong and misinformative to pass off as correct a notion that was clearly incorrect.
Well done Stephen.


The administrator is human, he thinks with his head and is superior to AI.

Not fair, why the second chance as I got the first time correct. Put in the same answer as I did the first time now that was wrong,”. Why?

Second chance to all today! I've updated the question and reset any entries.

Also Doug... I may have found a reason for your glitch by accident. I discovered the database is creating a few questions per day, not just the one! Shouldn't be happening... so I'll fix that later. It could be that when you clicked it was right, then the database got another update, page refreshed, the new question was then wrong... seems possible. Some were the same question but the answers swapped about.

Stephen

I'm with Neil on the "red and black with circles/spheres" as Isolated danger. At least that's the way they had out on the Long Island Sound over an old sugar boat wreck. My Dad would point it out on high speed runs to see the lighthouse on Great Captain's Island. Wonderful memories.

The description told me that it was a cardinal buoy. I have forgotten which is which so is about time that I brushed up on my CEVNI.😳

Wow, hard question, like a trick question. Took a whole to chose the answer but ended up choosing the correct one🤔

I meant this for those who didn't understand.
I'm still thinking about it though.
I'm groping in the dark, or rather in a blurry fog.
We hope for an intervention by Fireboat.

Wrong! There should have been a westerly cardinal mark option...

The answer should have been a Westerly Cardinal Mark. I went for the only Cardinal option.

Isolated Danger is Red and Black, with 2 spheres on top.

I did like it that the quiz shows the dangers of Generative AI.

Well as all of the answers are wrong, I decided to guess what the Ai was thinking, and got it wrong. So it's just the same as not answering.😁

Anyone coming to the Q o D will have these responses (re- all the above incorrect) blurred out. That does lead to frustration and wasted time! I note % choices are changing as I type.

An early re-set would be appreciated.
Roy

Hello everyone.
Today I am in great difficulty because the signal as described indicates a cardinal signal, specifically the safe passage to the West (west passage of danger).
Signals of this type are international and cannot be interpreted or mistaken.
When I learned them I used a simple method for cardinal signals: Cones with opposite vertices draw the letter E (so East), while cones with joined vertices draw the letter W (so West). North is indicated by cones pointing up and south by cones pointing down.
It is certainly not an isolated danger, these are not safe waters and even less a special signal.

But what to do? If I skip the question it will be considered incorrect, I might as well throw it out randomly (I will have a 25% chance of getting it right).
I hope Stephen (Fireboat) intervenes first.
The answer c is wrong but at least it is correct that it is a cardinal signal.

Hi all, yes all the answers are wrong according to the maritime code of cardinal marks.
The one described is for staying west of a danger.

Roy

Do we all agree that the answer today is none of the above? It should be safe passage to the west?

I may have to reset today’s question.

Getting closer to AI being reliable but then it throws in a curve ball, or a buoy 😫

Stephen

Hi All,
Bin a long day, so I think I'll wait 'til after breakfast to answer the next question😉
Night night, sleep tight and don't let the bedbugs bite😁😮😠

😴💤💤💤

Hi Alessandro,
I usually have a vague idea what I want to write, but ...
To make sure I check with my favourite translator, see link below, which seems to be pretty accurate😉
"Di solito ho una vaga idea di cosa voglio scrivere, ma...
Per essere sicuro di controllare con il mio traduttore preferito, vedi il link qui sotto, che sembra essere abbastanza accurato."

Cin cin, Doug😉😂

https://www.translator.eu

Excellent Italian, very good Doug.

Hi Doug I often think of Nerys, a like from her used to make my day! What a lady she must have been! Agree sadly missed.
regards
Roy

Hi Doug
Not really hiding.Healing Dec I went in for bypass surgery 4 months later I'm finally getting to feel like my old self.
Spring is just around the corner and I'm looking foreword to getting outside to walk more.
Rick

Hi you Oldie Newby, welcome back😀
Where ya been hiding? What have you been up to?
Yeah, know what you mean, but I'm a bit of a 'stand up man'.
Like the toys you can tip over but always come back up😁
Cheers,Doug😎

Hi Roy,
Thanks for your faith in me👍
BTW; just noticed this in one of your posts on this thread-
"I am fitting a boomkin,..."
Reminded me of an anecdote from our dear departed and sorely missed Fleet Admiral and OC of our Wrens Division Nerys RIP.
The topic of 'boomkin' came up and she recounted a story from her Thames sailing barge days, before she herself became a barge Captain.
Her Captain was sitting on the stern boomkin doing his business, no WC on board (😮🙈), when from astern they heard a loud cheer and shouts of encouragement.
Coming up from astern was a small cruise ship with passengers and crew crowded onto the foredeck all yelling him on!🙈
RIP Nerys, we badly miss her expertise and humour.
I still have the Port & Starboard socks she sent me hanging from a shelf above my PC desk.
My tribute to a wonderful Lady.
Cheers, Doug😎

Carefull Doug Falling hurts But its the getting back up that I find the hardest
Rick

HI Doug, glad you are restored! I got it wrong, so no complaints.
Roy

Thankyou Alessandro👍
Grazie mille per la vostra fiducia in me😉
Tutto è bene quel che finisce bene!
Ciao, Doug😎

For what my opinion is worth (certainly not technical since I don't understand anything about IT) I vote for Doug's sincerity.
In my opinion Stephen did well to reinstate it in the correct answer.

Thankyou Stephen👍
Weird!🤔 Roy also seems to have suffered from some 'oddities'?
I only know that I nearly fell off my chair at the response😮
A 'First' for me that I could have done without😉
AI's revenge😁
Cheers, Doug😎

I was wrong, it was 1 minute and 9 seconds after the new question was released. The server works on GMT+0 (no summer time).

Not accusing you of fiddling! It's likely something unusual happened. Somehow C must have been selected. I'd be curious to know if anyone else has seen this? I've a feeling it's been mentioned before.

Stephen

Hi Stephen,
Don't waste too much time on it.
If that's what the server 'thinks' then reset me to 93% if you wish.
I don't want to be accused of some kind of fiddle or 'bleating'.

Another oddity; 1minute 19 seconds?
I would swear before The Old Bailey that I answered A. (a No Brainer) at 02:24 CET Summer Time, being ZULU/GMT plus 2 hours.
I had been catching up with the Snooker World Championship replays (was out with Gisela in the evening as the matches were played) with one eye on the clock😜
Result was confetti about halfway down the screen, then a flash of 'white screen', then the wrong answer screen!
Quite a conundrum! Glitch my end?
Graphic card / CPU misreading the cursor position, interrupt?
Did have a lot going on: two match screens, MB site and Email!
Cheers, Doug😎

No clue why it happened. I know you answered within 1 minute and 19 seconds of the question going live. So I was going along the thoughts of the submission and the server going out of line with the current days question. But looking at the server logs, you did submit answer C…

Why the confetti if that was the case I haven’t worked out still! 🤣 perhaps an uncleared cache somewhere.

Might be worth giving it 5 minutes after a new question is out before submitted an answer 🤷‍♂️

I’ll have another dive into it later.

Stephen