Watson on Jeopardy next week.

[Thyme]

What is Toronto??????
how much did you wager


[spoiler]$947[/spoiler]

Oh, you sneak.

[KonohaShinobi]

So watson gets the answers from a text file and not the spoken language...so he gets a sort of head start by the time we see Watson's Computing bar at the bottom of the screen.

Ken's holding his own right now, last 10 minutes, only a couple thousand behind.

[Commander Fuckass]

So watson gets the answers from a text file and not the spoken language...so he gets a sort of head start by the time we see Watson's Computing bar at the bottom of the screen.

Ken's holding his own right now, last 10 minutes, only a couple thousand behind.

uh Im pretty sure he gets the text file while its being read...

[Samus Aran]

uh Im pretty sure he gets the text file while its being read...

yep. trebek specifically stated that watson gets it at the same time that the other contestants to.

[burzumfan420]

if u think about it one day watson would be posting on internet forums

[Wrench]

Made me laugh how pissed Ken looked when Watson got to answer.

[Samus Aran]

Made me laugh how pissed Ken looked when Watson got to answer.

yeah, ken actually tried to buzz in for almost every question

watson was just a tiny bit faster on the trigger

[ME##]

yeah, ken actually tried to buzz in for almost every question

watson was just a tiny bit faster on the trigger

I'm pretty sure his strategy was pressing the button first and answering the question second. 

[Samus Aran]

I'm pretty sure his strategy was pressing the button first and answering the question second. 

yeah i seem to recall ken even just took a guess and got it right once

on day 2 i think