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Carl Malamud, a Common card
Carl Malamud is an American technologist, author, and public domain advocate, known for his foundation Public.Resource.Org.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 126
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,500
Power 126 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Carl Malamud quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carl Malamud card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Malamud is the author of eight books, including Exploring the ______ and A World's Fair.
Answer
Internet. Malamud is the author of eight books, including Exploring the Internet and A World's Fair. From the Carl Malamud article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Carl Malamud. Carl Malamud 69 · Brian O'Leary 66 · Marseille Observatory 62 · ODR4 57 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Christina Pagel. Christina Pagel 7,200 · Carl Malamud 5,500 · Department of Mathematics 4,000 · Marseille Observatory 1,700 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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 was also founder and president of the Internet Multicasting Service, an organization based in Washington D.C. During his time with this group, he was responsible for developing the first Internet radio station, for putting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database on-line, and for creating the Internet 1996 World Exposition.
- Malamud is the author of eight books, including Exploring the Internet and A World's Fair.
- He was a visiting professor at the MIT Media Laboratory and is the former chairman of the Internet Software Consortium.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carl Malamud article was read about 5,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Carl Malamud
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Carl Malamud (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : LawResourceOrg, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
