Question
An anthropologist applied a field with this prefix to the “self” for a theory of alcoholism as a positive feedback loop. Stafford Beer combined this prefix with “synergy” for a national system of telex machines meant to guide economic planning under Salvador Allende. Hyderabad’s HITEC (“high-tech”) City is often nicknamed with this prefix. Gregory Bateson and Norbert Wiener developed a cross-disciplinary field with this prefix that studies both organic and inorganic control systems. This prefix describes “weapons” such as Stuxnet that can target infrastructure like electrical grids. William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer popularized a sci-fi aesthetic based in hacker culture that appends this prefix to “punk.” For 10 points, what prefix indicates virtual versions of crime, security, and bullying? ■END■
Summary
2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 67% | 101.67 |
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 64.20 |
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 50.11 |
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 14% | 77.29 |
2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 90.25 |
2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 40.33 |
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 62.60 |
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 11 | 100% | 0% | 18% | 60.45 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Geoffrey Wu | Columbia A | Johns Hopkins A | 20 | 10 |
Trenton Burges | Indiana B | Purdue D | 25 | 10 |
Qingyu Zhang | UF A | UF B | 26 | 10 |
Sophie Higgs (DII) | UW A | SFU | 27 | 10 |
Benjamin Watson | Oxford B | Birmingham | 34 | 10 |
Yaj Jhajhria (DII) | UW B | UBC A | 39 | 10 |
Abhinav Rachakonda (UG) | Texas B | Missouri | 41 | 10 |
Anirudh Bharadwaj | Penn A | Penn State A | 42 | 10 |
Yash Mandavia | UIUC B | Purdue A | 42 | 10 |
Sam Macchi (D2) | Vassar A | Oregon State | 42 | 10 |
Tom Haines | Durham A | Edinburgh | 42 | 10 |
Delia Cropper | Oxford A | Team 1 | 42 | 10 |
Max Kolda | Notre Dame | WashU D | 43 | 10 |
Daniel Lian (DII) | Michigan C (UG) | Kenyon B (DII) | 43 | 10 |
Roman Bassett | UF D | Florida Tech B | 43 | 10 |
Benny Feldman | UChicago C | WashU B | 44 | 10 |
Ian McDowell | Cambridge C | LSE B | 44 | 10 |
Danny | Pitt A | Michigan D | 48 | 10 |
Rohan Shelke | Berkeley B | Stanford A | 51 | -5 |
Michael Hunding | UIUC A | Indiana A | 51 | 10 |
Hrishit | NYU B | Texas A | 51 | -5 |
Odysseas Gabrielatos | Warwick A | Bristol A | 51 | 10 |
Cormac Stephenson | Southampton A | Southampton B | 52 | 10 |
Anila Moparthy | UIUC D | UChicago D | 53 | 10 |
Shiva Tegulla | UCF A | UF C | 53 | 10 |
Cormac Beirne | LSE A | Southampton A | 53 | -5 |
Anne Fjeld (DII) | Alberta | UBC B | 55 | 10 |
Jacob Puthipiroj | Northwestern A | WashU C | 56 | 10 |
Logan Mathis | SIUE A | UChicago B | 56 | 10 |
Towery McNeil (D2) | Mississippi State | Vassar B | 56 | -5 |
Charlie Lowman | Imperial B | Warwick B | 56 | 10 |
Vinu Harihar | Berkeley A | Berkeley C | 58 | -5 |
Owen Edelson (DII) | Kenyon A (UG) | Michigan State B (UG) | 63 | 10 |
Benjamin Allen (UG) | Central Oklahoma | NYU A | 69 | 10 |
Andrei Hui | Cambridge B | Southampton B | 78 | -5 |
Alessandro d'Attanasio | Cambridge D | Durham B | 78 | 10 |
Justin Lee | Imperial A | Bristol B | 78 | 10 |
Jack Casey | UIUC C | UChicago A | 81 | 10 |
Michal Gerasimiuk | Stanford M | Stanford L | 82 | 10 |
Chase Barrick | Lehigh A | Rutgers C | 82 | 10 |
Elie Aoun (UG) | CWRU A (UG) | Michigan State C (UG) | 82 | 10 |
Devito Stevanus (UG) | McGill E | Arkansas | 82 | -5 |
Vedh Ramesh | Penn B | Penn State B | 85 | 10 |
Prahalad Rao (DII) | Ohio State B (DII) | Pitt B (UG) | 85 | 10 |
Cormac Stephenson | Southampton A | LSE A | 85 | 10 |
Parker Knudson (D2) | Texas C | Texas D | 88 | -5 |
Aidan Bernardo | Florida Tech A | UF E | 88 | 10 |
Chauncey Lo | Columbia B | Bard A | 92 | 10 |
Adam Monusko | Michigan B | Ohio State C (DII) | 103 | 10 |
Meredith Wiper (DII) | CWRU B (UG) | CWRU D (DII) | 103 | -5 |
Alexander Nichols | UCF B | Florida State University A | 103 | 10 |
Michael Wu | Southampton B | Cambridge B | 103 | 10 |
Abby Smith | Berkeley C | Berkeley A | 106 | 10 |
Cyrus Zhou | WUSTL A | Ole Miss | 106 | 10 |
Hayden Webb (D2) | Arkansas | McGill E | 114 | 10 |
Luca Balescu (D2) | Texas D | Texas C | 116 | 10 |
Ethan Bosita | Stanford A | Berkeley B | 117 | 10 |
Mithilesh Gopalakrishman (DII) | CWRU D (DII) | CWRU B (UG) | 117 | 10 |
Claire Harvey (D2) | Vassar B | Mississippi State | 117 | 10 |
Athena Shadden (UG) | Texas A | NYU B | 117 | 10 |