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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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: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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