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ECCp-109 Solved

Daerk writes "ECCp-109 has been solved. A week ago. Now wonder my stats haven't updated. Now what am I going to do till climateprediction.net goes live..."

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  1. What I'm gonna do by cordsie · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now what am I going to do till climateprediction.net goes live...
    Figure out what the hell an ECCp-109 is?

    1. Re:What I'm gonna do by Infernus · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, no...he's gonna make a distributed application that tries to figure out what an ECCp-109...

  2. Watch TV? by kvn299 · · Score: 1, Funny

    or better yet, maybe take a walk?

    Na...

  3. Finally! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now I can go to sleep.
    You don't know how much this has been keeping me up.
    None of you know.

    1. Re:Finally! by Xzzy · · Score: 3, Funny

      next week i'll be releasing a distributed computing screensaver for all major operating systems to try and figure it out, we're just putting some finishing touches on the code.

      we WILL know.

  4. Re:What will you do? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I think I'll need to lose some weight before I get into contortion ;)

  5. Uh... What? by abhinavnath · · Score: 4, Funny

    *What* has been solved? EP-what?...

    NOOO!!!!
    Why have I never heard of this? I must be getting dumber!

    Now I'm sure all these uber-geeks are laughing at me.
    Must sit still. Must...find...something...cogent...to...say...

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    1. Re:Uh... What? by unicron · · Score: 5, Funny

      Must sit still. Must...find...something...cogent...to...say...

      That wasn't it.

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  6. Re:ars by mr_z_beeblebrox · · Score: 4, Funny

    We ought to get the people here behind some distributed computing project. I bet we could beat any other team.

    And if we can't....well, we will show impressed we are by posting a link to their website hehehe....

  7. Here's a real math mystery by goldspider · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can anyone here prove the theory first suggested by Beavis that "the angle of the dangle is inversely proportional to the heat of the beat"?

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  8. or join the God existence proof seekers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No client to download. Just write "God, if you can see this, please show yourself!" in a large font on your screen using the blink-tag. If enough people do it, God will see it.

    Note that once we make contact with God, He can cure cancer for us, factor larger integers, or tell us where the aliens are, so this distributed computing project subsumes every other one.

  9. If anyone's interested by ksplatter · · Score: 5, Funny

    they can join my distributed project. Just download my program and it runs in the backround. It will be busy computing the number of Distributed Projects in the world. We currently have 30,000 users. We expect to know the exact number in 100 years.

    FAQ:
    Why will it take so long to figure out:
    Short Answer: The number of Distributed Projects out there grows exponentially.

    Why would anyone want to do this:
    Short Answer: Nobody does

  10. As Homer would say... by triaxcaribdis · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...mmmmmm curvey...

  11. Re:What are you going to do? Beat cancer! by Puggles · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd *love* to switch from SETI to the cancer research program, but I'm definitely not switching to Windows to do it!

    *mumbles something about installing Windows would be spreading cancer*

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  12. A suggestion by Greedo · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about a distributed project where millions of people around the world can correct spelling mistakes in Slashdot articles. Or cancel previously posted stories.

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  13. Re:This is Dilution of Distributed Compute Power! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let's find a cure for islamic nutcases. Oh wait. Einstien already solved that one when he split the atom... good ol' Albert. Always thinking ahead.

  14. Re:What will you do? by roybentley · · Score: 3, Funny

    Unable to resolve target system life.liberty.pursuit-of-happiness.

  15. Re:It's been asked before, but... by jeblucas · · Score: 4, Funny
    At least make it something at least a little interesting, like my proof that 1 + 1 = 3.
    Here's my proof:

    a = a
    a^2 = a^2
    a^2 - a^2 = a^2 - a^2
    Factor both sides, one by binomial, the other by a
    (a + a)(a - a) = a(a - a)
    Divide by the common (a - a) factor...
    (a + a) = a
    2a = a
    2 = 1

    Therefore 1 + 1 = 2 + 1 = 3.
    QED

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  16. Re:Spelling by GreyWolf3000 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think you would have done better with a goatse link.

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  17. Re:What will you do? by remou · · Score: 2, Funny

    stop....doing...that...!!!!!!

    can't get my team and user stats since
    2 days, because of the increase in traffic
    and users!!!!

    neeed.. know... user/team... stats

    seriously though:
    good to see they are getting tons of new
    users lately

  18. Re:It's been asked before, but... by kwan3217 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bad math! BAD! You divided by zero! no donut for you.

    (a-a)=0 for all values of a

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  19. !SPOILER WARNING! by t0qer · · Score: 5, Funny

    The answer is.

    k=281183840311601949668207954530684

    Great movie, really hard to understand ending.

  20. YOU FOOL! by Kenja · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't you realize that once we contact the aliens they can cure all earth diseases with a flick of a tentacle?

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    1. Re:YOU FOOL! by Omnifarious · · Score: 5, Funny

      Except, then they'll also start consuming us for food. That's another often overlooked disadvantage of SETI.

    2. Re:YOU FOOL! by IIRCAFAIKIANAL · · Score: 4, Funny

      Or maybe they'll die of a common human cold, saving us from the brink of destruction at their cruel martian hands.

      Time will tell.

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    3. Re:YOU FOOL! by Asprin · · Score: 4, Funny


      Except, then they'll also start consuming us for food. That's another often overlooked disadvantage of SETI.


      +1 ***INFORMATIVE***?!?!?!

      WTF?!?!?!

      +1 Funny, sure. +1 Interesting, maybe. Hell, I'll even buy +1 Insightful when I'm on Nyquil, but +1 INFORMATIVE?!?! Who's moderating today -- Art Bell?

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    4. Re:YOU FOOL! by Anonymous+DWord · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ever consider that maybe he knows something you don't? Hmm?

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  21. Is it just me ... by Whispers_in_the_dark · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... or does anyone else picture some guy at the distributed computing sorta places going, "Their cycles ... all their cycles ... ARE MINE ... ALL MINE! BWHAHAHAH!" while these programs are going on?

  22. ECCp-109 has been solved by mrroot · · Score: 3, Funny

    now we can finally start working on ECCp-110. Excitement abound.

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  23. Damn, it sucks to be a moderator at times like ths by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm searching for the "-1 Too fucking stupid to get the joke," but it's just not there. Neither is "-1 Irrelevant nitpick." It's just sad.

  24. God is busy by Glonoinha · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually right now he is in custody, explaining the ballistics of a fully laden .223 round.
    Later on he goes to tryouts for the goatse.cx cover model, sponsored by the Federal Bad Guy Rehab Prison.

    Yea, I'm going to hell for that one.

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  25. Will slashdot please hire an editor? by neurojab · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Now" and "No" are not the same word. They vaguely sound the same and have much the same spelling, but CANNOT be used interchangeably. In fact, such interchange could be disastrous given the worst-case context. Imagine the questions "Should I shoot?" or "Is the building clear for demolition?" or "Is Windows ready for mission critical applications?". Clearly "now" and "no" are not the same word, and I trust slashdot editors will check for this in the future.

  26. Re:ars by MadCow42 · · Score: 3, Funny
    >> We ought to get the people here behind some distributed computing project

    We have... it's called "DOS-a-server-randomly", and we solve that problem several times daily.

    q:]

    MadCow.

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  27. Re:It's been asked before, but... by nebenfun · · Score: 2, Funny

    he divided by a donut hole...
    not a zero...

    nbfn