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Google Code Jam 2004

Posted by michael on from the raspberry-jam dept.

cymen writes "Google's Code Jam 2004 is open for registration at TopCoder.com. Slashdot reported on the 2003 winner and Google has a Code Jam 2003 summary. Grab some caffeine and get hacking!"

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  1. I think I speak for all of us when I say by PatrickThomson · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mmm... Jam...

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    I am one of many. My idea is not unique, nor do I expect my voice alone to sway you. I speak in a chorus of opinion.
  2. In case of slashdotting by chris_eineke · · Score: 4, Funny

    Google Cache
    ;)

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    "All you have to do is be fragile and grateful. So stay the underdog." Chuck Palahniuk, Choke
  3. Yearh... by beaviz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Lets give them a Slashdot traffic jam!

  4. Help me win by nearlygod · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm offering $2,500 to anyone who can give my a idea that goes on to win. I am also offering $2,500 to anyone who can impliment said idea so that it results in winning the contest. Any takers?

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    The Tools Of Ignorance wanna be a tool?
    1. Re:Help me win by attam · · Score: 4, Funny

      undisputable proof that bill gates does read /.

  5. Re:Caffeine by palad1 · · Score: 1, Funny
    (yohimbine works as an afrodizziac too)

    Let me guess, you spell Viagra with a ! and a double 4, don't you?

  6. Re:No Perl? by lachlan76 · · Score: 5, Funny

    with VB6, which was a steaming pile of crap

    VB6 has helped me quite a lot - NOTHING else has motivated me to learn C++ like VB6. *NOTHING*

  7. How to win prizes by Radiate · · Score: 2, Funny

    Use Google for flooking up the answers.

  8. Re:oh great by shmert · · Score: 3, Funny

    I tried topCoder for a while. Seems that writing obfuscated code is actually an advantage, since people challenging it will be intimidated by its complexity, and reluctant to challenge it. Possible mistakes are buried in junk.

    Somewhat unrelated, but one of the funnier rounds I saw was for a problem which had a small possible set of results. I don't remember the specifics, but someone posted the following code, baiting someone to challenge the result:

    public class CorrectDoor {
    public int whichDoor(String[] args) {
    return (int) (Math.random() * 10);
    // Do you feel lucky, punk?
    // Go ahead, then, challenge
    }
    }

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    You drank my drink, you drunk!
  9. Re:No Perl? by Idarubicin · · Score: 2, Funny
    How many real geeks are they going to attract?

    All the ones that would sell their souls to be noticed by Google?

    There are more than a few 'real' geeks that would write the code in BASIC while in a barrel going over Niagara Falls in exchange for a chance to work for Sergey Brin.

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    ~Idarubicin
  10. Re:2003 Summary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    Where is the 2003 summary at the summary link? I can't find it.

    You can't find a web page for a competition sponsored by google?

    Hmm, I wish someone would invent a way to search the web...

    Sorry, but you have been disqualified from the competition.

  11. Google's new profit plan by KillaKen187 · · Score: 2, Funny
    1. Don't hire real coders, but have a contest with hacker community during their free time.
    2. Make contest problem related to business related objectives and take code to hired code "fixers" to intergrate into current products
    3. PROFIT (and happy shareholders)

    Sounds a little like the movie Antitrust to me, but who am I to judge, "Don't Be Evil" ohhh I mean Google