WikiCards
Play on iPhone nowFree in Safari. Add it to your Home Screen.Play
WikiCards · Card list · Science cards · Andrew Tridgell
Uncommon card · Science
Andrew Tridgell, an Uncommon card
Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell is an Australian computer programmer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 32
- Power
- 87
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 20,000
Power 87 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Andrew Tridgell quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Andrew Tridgell card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is the author of and a ______ to the Samba file server, and co-inventor of the rsync algorithm.
Answer
contributor. He is the author of and a contributor to the Samba file server, and co-inventor of the rsync algorithm. From the Andrew Tridgell article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Group 11 element. Group 11 element 58 · Andrew Tridgell 55 · Oliver Darcy 52 · Bay rum 49 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is the author of and a contributor to the Samba file server, and co-inventor of the rsync algorithm.
- He has analysed complex proprietary protocols and algorithms, to allow compatible free and open source software implementations.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Andrew Tridgell article was read about 20,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 32: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Andrew Tridgell
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
More Science cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Andrew Tridgell in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Gregory G. PincusUncommon · Science · ATK 57 DEF 30
- Muhammad MirzaUncommon · History · ATK 51 DEF 36
- Oliver DarcyUncommon · Society · ATK 52 DEF 35
- Archduke Joseph Karl of AustriaUncommon · History · ATK 59 DEF 28
- Fahad AlbutairiUncommon · Arts · ATK 58 DEF 29
- Ferid MuradUncommon · Science · ATK 57 DEF 30
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Science cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Andrew Tridgell (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Singa Kuttty sivasakthi from Bangalore, India, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
