Author Topic: Big mistake on Jeopardy! (Read 13743 times)

Steve Gavazzi · « **Reply #30 on:** October 16, 2009, 10:50:08 PM »

[quote name=\'BrentW\' post=\'228708\' date=\'Oct 16 2009, 10:37 PM\']My MOTHER of all people said this, but I didn't believe her. Are you serious? You can be selected as a contestant AGAIN after 10 years? Can someone confirm this (not that I don't believe TPIRFAN28, but I just want to have it confirmed.[/quote]
Yes. The rules were changed in November of 2007.

Don Howard · « **Reply #31 on:** October 17, 2009, 10:22:11 AM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'228552\' date=\'Oct 15 2009, 10:23 AM\']They never sued a 5-time champ in the 80s who bounced around on game shows with various identities to skirt eligibity requirements.[/quote]
Ah, yes, "Barbara Lowe". The stuck-up little whore. How I hate her.

HYHYBT · « **Reply #32 on:** October 18, 2009, 04:55:26 PM »

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Simple database. Social, name, date of last appearance, money won. You could do it in a couple of megs.

A bit *too* simple; there are legitimate reasons for getting a new SSN, and some names are very common.

clemon79 · « **Reply #33 on:** October 18, 2009, 05:14:19 PM »

[quote name=\'HYHYBT\' post=\'228794\' date=\'Oct 18 2009, 01:55 PM\']

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Simple database. Social, name, date of last appearance, money won. You could do it in a couple of megs.

A bit *too* simple; there are legitimate reasons for getting a new SSN, and some names are very common.
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Throw DOB on top of that and a match will raise enough of a flag to warrant further investigation whilst adding precisely sixteen bits per record.

ten96lt · « **Reply #34 on:** October 19, 2009, 12:17:54 AM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'228796\' date=\'Oct 18 2009, 04:14 PM\'][quote name=\'HYHYBT\' post=\'228794\' date=\'Oct 18 2009, 01:55 PM\']

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Simple database. Social, name, date of last appearance, money won. You could do it in a couple of megs.

A bit *too* simple; there are legitimate reasons for getting a new SSN, and some names are very common.
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Throw DOB on top of that and a match will raise enough of a flag to warrant further investigation whilst adding precisely sixteen bits per record.
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I'd say Name, DOB and SSN would suffice. It apparently works for blood donation centers. My sister recently gave blood at her high school blood drive and two days later when they entered her info and started processing her blood, the computer red flagged her and her blood because she had the same first name and DOB AND blood type to someone who lived in a town 5 miles away (Weird coincidence? I know.). They called to verify that she wasn't donating under a different last name, but if they can red flag a person that easily, Jeopardy should be able to do the same.

TheLastResort · « **Reply #35 on:** October 19, 2009, 10:54:59 AM »

[quote name=\'ten96lt\' post=\'228813\' date=\'Oct 19 2009, 12:17 AM\']I'd say Name, DOB and SSN would suffice. It apparently works for blood donation centers.[/quote]

I used to work in a data warehouse environment for a major health insurance company, and this was the standard for matching membership and claims data.