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Butler Lampson, a Common card
Butler W. Lampson is an American computer scientist best known for his contributions to the development and implementation of distributed personal computing.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 27
- Power
- 85
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,200
Power 85 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Butler Lampson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Butler Lampson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He won the 1992 ACM ______ Award.
Answer
Turing. He won the 1992 ACM Turing Award. From the Butler Lampson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of zones of Nepal. List of zones of Nepal 63 · Butler Lampson 58 · Pierre Bouguer 55 · Lithium iodide 51 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 won the 1992 ACM Turing Award.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Butler Lampson article was read about 8,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 27: each hit it takes is cut by 11 %.
How to get Butler Lampson
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Butler Lampson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Duncan.Hull, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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