Google Code Jam 2003 Announced

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Google Code Jam 2003 Announced

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday September 17, 2003 @04:47AM from the something-to-hack-on dept.

An anonymous reader says "O'Reilly Developer News is reporting details of the newest Google programming contest, Google Code Jam 2003. Prizes range from t-shirts to ten grand and you can use any programming language you want to solve the increasingly challenging problems." Update by J : ... as long as it's Java, C++, C# or VB.NET.

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All right! by anon*127.0.0.1 · 2003-09-17 04:48 · Score: 4, Funny

Finally, a chance for me to show what COBOL can really do!

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1. Re:All right! by GoofyBoy · 2003-09-17 04:57 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  (((If (You can ((keep track of) all the)) crazy )) brackets ) !)
  
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2. Re:All right! by tuffy · 2003-09-17 05:08 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  (((If (You can ((keep track of) all the)) crazy )) brackets ) !)
  
  You missed an open-paren
  ;)
  
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Cheap Labor by inputsprocket · 2003-09-17 04:50 · Score: 5, Funny

When your stuck on how to code something....
run a competition and let others do the coding for you.
oh and don't forget to through in a t-shirt or to for all the hard work
If you enter "Google code jam 2003" in Google by TasosF · 2003-09-17 04:52 · Score: 5, Funny

What you get is a page full of Perl Jam.

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Examples of problems by 192939495969798999 · 2003-09-17 04:54 · Score: 5, Funny

A typical Google sample problem: Suppose there are X lockers in the hallway, and someone is opening every Nth locker where n is a prime number. Write a program to parse all the html files on the internet and return something useful. :)

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Art contest announced by FuzzyBad-Mofo · 2003-09-17 05:00 · Score: 5, Funny

In related news, the American Art Foundry(*) has announced an open art contest. Artists are free to use whatever medium they choose, as long as it's oil on canvas.

* Not a real organization
Re:Any language? by SeanTobin · 2003-09-17 05:03 · Score: 4, Funny

Time to break out my perl to C converter! You haven't seen obfuscated perl until you've seen it in C!

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Your choices by 955301 · 2003-09-17 05:18 · Score: 4, Funny

Yeah, the limit on programming languages reminds me of The Jerk. No, not my grandfather, but the Steve Martin movie. Specifically, a scene where he is working at a carnival stand:

Carnival Goer:
What'd I win?

Navin:
Uh, anything in this general area right in here. Anything below the stereo and on this side of the bicentennial glasses. Anything between the ashtrays and the thimble. Anything in this
three inches right in here in this area. That includes the Chiclets, but not the erasers.

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Re:Obviously looking for people to hire by What+is+a+number · 2003-09-17 05:23 · Score: 4, Funny

The same people who read slashdot while at work...

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If you use VB to win... by Enrico+Pulatzo · 2003-09-17 05:28 · Score: 4, Funny

you also get a mask, to protect your anonymity ;) Just kidding!
Can we use Google to find the solutions? by phamlen · 2003-09-17 05:31 · Score: 4, Funny

As virtually every good developer can attest, the first thing you do when stuck with a hard computer program is....

...Google for the answer!

I wonder if that violates the spirit of the competition?
Re:Looking for telecommuters? by shralpmeister · 2003-09-17 05:45 · Score: 4, Funny

As much as I'd love to work at a place like Google, there's no way I'm moving to Cali-fall-into-the-ocean-fornia.
Yes, yes! Rember folks, California really is falling into the ocean. It is also a nightmare of wildfires, earthquakes, sharks, deadly volcanoes, poison gasses, smog, etc. You don't want to live here! It's horrible... horrible!
Re:Looking for telecommuters? by hondo77 · 2003-09-17 06:44 · Score: 4, Funny

It's even worse than that, folks. Los Angeles has banned lap dancing. There truly is no reason to live here anymore.

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