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By komet (Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 06:06:02 AM EST) (all tags)

How about some Programming Fun Challenges on Husi? Would you participate? If there is enough response I can make up some nice problems.

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I'm not a programmer by georgeha (5.33 / 3) #1 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 06:25:47 AM EST

I'm more of a debug engineer. Can all the programmers here make a complex program that breaks, so I can point fingers at the person responsible?

Yeah, sure. by komet (6.00 / 1) #2 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 06:30:42 AM EST

In fact, we have already created a buggy program for your perusal. Here it is. Symptoms include crashing under moderate load, especially when using the search function; an excess of the gramatically dubious "I can't seem"; and general rustiness.

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<ni> komet: You are functionally illiterate as regards trashy erotica.
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Your sig by gazbo (3.00 / 0) #3 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 06:31:27 AM EST

Needs to reference hulver.com not janes.demon....

Probably just need to re-type the same macro, I guess, and let it re-expand in the context of the new server.

"Engarde!" cried the larvae, huskily. - Scrymarch

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Is it not working for you? by georgeha (3.00 / 0) #4 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 06:35:22 AM EST

It works for me, but I should redo it, I suppose.

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I can see it. by komet (3.00 / 0) #5 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 06:37:39 AM EST

Do guns like that really exist? I thought all double-barreled guns had the barrels side-by-side. Wouldn't your gun cause the upper bullet to fall onto the lower one during flight? You can probably tell I'm European.

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<ni> komet: You are functionally illiterate as regards trashy erotica.
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Sure do by georgeha (3.00 / 0) #8 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 06:47:05 AM EST

Look here.

I've never shot a double barreled shotgun, but my understanding is that you rarely fire both barrels simultaneously. The trigger is usually a dual trigger, so you can fire one barrel at a time.

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: plus by garlic (3.00 / 0) #14 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 07:16:14 AM EST

in cases where you would fire both barrels (on purpose), you'd be using shot, not slugs.

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I think it's a temporary thing by gazbo (3.00 / 0) #9 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 06:54:47 AM EST

It was broken for a while - presumably because your image relies on hulver's home box to be up in order to send an HTTP redirect to hulver.com. Negative redundancy!

That's my guess as to why it stopped working anyhow.

"Engarde!" cried the larvae, huskily. - Scrymarch

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IMHO by komet (3.00 / 0) #10 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 06:56:15 AM EST

hulver (or another editor ;) ought to do a global s|http://janes.demon.co.uk|http://hulver.com|gi over the entire database. There are a few comments with story or comment links that still point to janes.

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<ni> komet: You are functionally illiterate as regards trashy erotica.
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: Heh by gazbo (3.00 / 0) #16 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 07:25:08 AM EST

I'd happily do it, although I think you may be assuming editors have significantly too much power here.
That sort of thing requires DB terminal access, and the best I can manage is story editing (not even comment editing). If there are any stories you have in mind that need fixing then I'd be happy to oblige, of course.
"Engarde!" cried the larvae, huskily. - Scrymarch

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Yes, but I won't join in by R Mutt (3.00 / 0) #6 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 06:41:20 AM EST

I'm crap at optimizing algorithms. But it's fun to watch self-declared programming geniuses start hurling their rattles out of the pram when they realise they're getting their arses kicked.

Ah well. by komet (3.00 / 0) #7 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 06:46:02 AM EST

IMHO, the key word in PFC is FUN. Pity some people on K5 lost sight of that.

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<ni> komet: You are functionally illiterate as regards trashy erotica.
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: Yes by gazbo (3.00 / 0) #17 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 07:27:19 AM EST

That was why I enjoyed tmoertel's "lightning fast pfc", as it was fast, lighthearted and accessible, and nobody took it seriously. Even though I only entered a joke entry, it was still good fun.
"Engarde!" cried the larvae, huskily. - Scrymarch

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must be by sasquatchan (5.00 / 1) #11 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 07:06:37 AM EST

fun, interesting and not suck up too many hours. The past few PFCs were just outlandish in time requirements and what not.

: I agree completely by komet (5.00 / 1) #12 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 07:11:51 AM EST

which is why I structured the poll around the amount of time people would be willing to put in.

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Sounds good by cameron (3.00 / 0) #13 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 07:12:07 AM EST

I didn't participate in any of the Fun Challenges on K5 - and I'm not much more than an occasional lurker here - but I can program (more or less) and am likely to have enough spare time on my hands to do such stuff once Uni's finished and exams are over (which is to say, next Monday). So bring on the HuSi PFC's!

As long as I can do it in VHDL by garlic (3.00 / 0) #15 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 07:17:48 AM EST

Poll results! by Breaker (3.00 / 0) #18 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 08:46:59 AM EST

Heh, and we talk about the falling attention span of our kids...

I'd imagine most HuSsies are >25 and the longest we're up for is 30 mins of coding!

Although I suspect this may be because we have other things to be doing.

I'd like to think by komet (3.00 / 0) #21 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 12:49:13 PM EST

that it's less due to attention span and more to do with actually having a life...

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<ni> komet: You are functionally illiterate as regards trashy erotica.
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: <25'er by lunar (5.00 / 1) #23 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 10:39:15 PM EST

I agree. I'm a college student. And I really don't do too much that involves having a life. It's more peaceful that way though.

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Heh by lb008d (3.00 / 0) #19 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 11:03:11 AM EST

Well, since jjayson's not here you won't have to deal with the line-noise that is K.

Actually by komet (3.00 / 0) #20 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 12:48:32 PM EST

I'm very interested in jjayson's K antics.

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: Whatever turns your crank... by lb008d (3.00 / 0) #22 Thu Nov 20, 2003 at 01:26:51 PM EST

What I've always wanted to know is how do you do your .sig? That's pretty cool.

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Shoot! by TurboThy (3.00 / 0) #24 Fri Nov 21, 2003 at 02:48:11 PM EST

I'm in, as long as I can supply programs written in MosML.
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Just a quick suggestion: | 24 comments (24 topical, 0 hidden) | Trackback

-	Yes, if I can solve the problem within 5 minutes	0%
-	Yes, if I can solve the problem within 10 minutes	9%
-	Yes, if I can solve the problem within 20 minutes	4%
-	Yes, if I can solve the problem within 30 minutes	33%
-	Yes, if I can solve the problem within 1 hour	14%
-	Yes, if I can solve the problem within 2 hours	4%
-	Yes, the harder the better, time is no object	14%
-	No, I can't program	9%
-	No, I honestly couldn't care less	9%


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