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Robert Tappan Morris, an Uncommon card
Robert Tappan Morris is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 41
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 73,000
Power 103 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Robert Tappan Morris quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Robert Tappan Morris card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is best known for creating the Morris worm in 1988, considered the first computer worm on the ______.
Answer
Internet. He is best known for creating the Morris worm in 1988, considered the first computer worm on the Internet. From the Robert Tappan Morris article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Uranium-238. Uranium-238 67 · Robert Tappan Morris 62 · Desiccant 58 · Cucumis metuliferus 53 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Uranium-238. Uranium-238 120,000 · Bicarbonate 92,000 · Robert Tappan Morris 73,000 · Hypernova 57,000 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 is best known for creating the Morris worm in 1988, considered the first computer worm on the Internet.
- Morris was prosecuted for releasing the worm, and became the first person convicted under the then-new Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
- He went on to cofound the online store Viaweb, one of the first web applications, and later the venture capital funding firm Y Combinator, both with Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston and Trevor Blackwell.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Robert Tappan Morris article was read about 73,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 41: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Robert Tappan Morris
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Robert Tappan Morris (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Trevor Blackwell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
