Place | 7 October 2010 | 19 February 2011 | 6 November 2011 | 7 November 2011 | 9 November 2011 | 19 November 2011 | 27 November 2011 | 8 April 2012 | 9 June 2012 |
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1 | Precious Moments | Precious Moments | Precious Moments | Precious Moments | Precious Moments | Precious Moments | Precious Moments | Precious Moments | Precious Moments |
2 | Kirby | Hampsterdance | Kirby | Hampsterdance | Yoshi | Hampsterdance | Yoshi | Kirby | Kirby |
3 | Yoshi | Kirby | Yoshi | Kirby | Hampsterdance | Yoshi | Toad | Hampsterdance | Yoshi |
4 | a dog. | Peanuts | Hampsterdance | Yoshi | Kirby | Pokemon | Hampsterdance | a dog. | Powerpuff Girls |
5 | Hampsterdance | Yoshi | a dog. | Powerpuff Girls | Pokemon | Kirby | Kirby | Yoshi | Pokemon |
6 | Peanuts | a dog. | Peanuts | a dog. | Toad | Peanuts | The Chipmunks | Pokemon | Toad |
7 | Pokemon | Pokemon | Pokemon | Pokemon | Parappa | a dog. | South Park | Toad | Hampsterdance |
8 | Powerpuff Girls | Toad | Powerpuff Girls | Peanuts | Peanuts | South Park | Peanuts | Jar Jar Binks | The Chipmunks |
9 | Winnie the Pooh | Powerpuff Girls | South Park | Toad | a dog. | Toad | Parappa | The Chipmunks | South Park |
10 | Toad | The Chipmunks | Toad | Parappa | Winnie the Pooh | Powerpuff Girls | Jeanie Tomaini | South Park | Peanuts |
11 | Pinocchio | South Park | Parappa | The Chipmunks | Powerpuff Girls | Winnie the Pooh | Jar Jar Binks | Bomberman | a dog. |
12 | The Chipmunks | Winnie the Pooh | The Chipmunks | Jar Jar Binks | South Park | Natalie Portman | Pokemon | Powerpuff Girls | Bomberman |
13 | Bomberman | Parappa | Winnie the Pooh | Winnie the Pooh | The Chipmunks | The Chipmunks | Powerpuff Girls | Peanuts | Parappa |
14 | Garfield | Lego | Pinocchio | Pinocchio | Lego | Lego | Garfield | Lego | Lego |
15 | Lego | Bugs Bunny | Garfield | Garfield | Care Bears | Parappa | a dog. | Winnie the Pooh | Winnie the Pooh |
16 | South Park | a legless woman. | Jar Jar Binks | South Park | Big Bird | Lara Croft | Lego | Big Bird | Pinocchio |
17 | Jar Jar Binks | Jar Jar Binks | Bomberman | Bomberman | Bomberman | Jar Jar Binks | Lara Croft | Parappa | Bugs Bunny |
18 | Parappa | Pinocchio | a legless woman. | Lego | Jeanie Tomaini | Bugs Bunny | Natalie Portman | Wheels | Natalie Portman |
19 | Bugs Bunny | Big Bird | Lego | Bugs Bunny | Natalie Portman | Wheels | Fat Ass | Natalie Portman | Jar Jar Binks |
20 | Natalie Portman | Garfield | Natalie Portman | a legless woman. | Pinocchio | Garfield | Winnie the Pooh | Cacodemon | Cacodemon |
21 | Lara Croft | Bomberman | Lara Croft | Natalie Portman | Hanson | Algore | Bomberman | Garfield | Care Bears |
22 | Big Bird | Algore | Bugs Bunny | Big Bird | Jar Jar Binks | Cacodemon | Pinocchio | Pinocchio | Hanson |
23 | Davros | Care Bears | Care Bears | Lara Croft | Lara Croft | Pinocchio | Bugs Bunny | Davros | Wheels |
24 | a legless woman. | Lara Croft | Big Bird | Care Bears | Garfield | Jeanie Tomaini | Care Bears | Bugs Bunny | Garfield |
25 | Hanson | Natalie Portman | Cacodemon | Cacodemon | Beavis&Butt-head | Bomberman | Cacodemon | Lara Croft | Big Bird |
26 | Algore | Beavis&Butt-head | Wheels | Wheels | Fat Ass | Beavis&Butt-head | Beavis & Butt-head | Jeanie Tomaini | Lara Croft |
27 | Fat Ass | Davros | Davros | Fat Ass | Algore | Fat Ass | Big Bird | Care Bears | Jeanie Tomaini |
28 | Beavis&Butt-head | Cacodemon | Fat Ass | Davros | Wheels | Big Bird | Wheels | Beavis & Butt-head | Fat Ass |
29 | Cacodemon | Fat Ass | Algore | Beavis&Butt-head | Bugs Bunny | Care Bears | Davros | Al Gore | Davros |
30 | Wheels | Wheels | Beavis&Butt-head | Algore | Cacodemon | Davros | Hanson | Marilyn Manson | Beavis & Butt-head |
31 | Care Bears | Hanson | Hanson | Marilyn Manson | Davros | Hanson | Al Gore | Fat Ass | Al Gore |
32 | Marilyn Manson | Marilyn Manson | Marilyn Manson | Hanson | Marilyn Manson | Marilyn Manson | Marilyn Manson | Hanson | Marilyn Manson |
I did the test slowly over several months, with the aid of savestates - specifically, June 8, 2010 until just a little while earlier today (Oct. 7) according to the creation and modification dates on my savestate file. I did not experience any significantly traumatic events during this time (although something relevant to the Holmes and Rahe scale happened).
Completed in two sittings approximately 24 hours apart
Done in approx. 5-6 sittings. Not sure when I actually started this test; it would have been sometime in early September. The creation date of the savestate file appears to be 1 October 2011, but that is when I moved to a new computer.
I have been watching a lot of South Park lately.
I did this test on the 5-November-2011 build in one sitting. Yeah... it looks like I got Manson and Hanson mixed up for the first time.
I did this test on the 7-November-2011 build in one sitting.
I did this test on the 16-November-2011 build in one sitting.
It took me this long to figure out that Jeanie Tomaini was the "legless woman."
Bug reports resolved |
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General comments, which I probably could/should have said earlier: Mergesort somehow feels less "fair" than shellsort, and it seems to make the results more easily manipulated. (Of course, I am trying to do the test as honestly as possible.)
I am not asking you to return to shellsort. Possible bug: In the "now the whole lineup" section of the results display (i.e., the graphical display after the text), the progress meter is visible showing 95%. (The exact number may vary between tests, but I was too lazy to repeat the test just for this.) Logically, it should either display 100% or not display at all. Note: The number not equaling 100% is not a bug: same discussion as above |
I did this test on the 26-November-2011 build in two sittings, with the break at approximately 50% on the progress meter (savestate used of course).
Same build as before (26 November 2011); done in three (?) sittings
Still the 26 November 2011 build. Completed in two sittings
The television set which I normally use to watch South Park is no longer functioning (specifically, the backlight is at fault). There are more important things I could mention, but I won't bother to do so...
I thought I was rather nice to Jar Jar Binks this time; turns out I was wrong. That's what mergesort does...
Yes, I am trying to do the test as fairly as possible, trusting my first instincts.