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Geek Olympics Code for Gold

Posted by samzenpus on from the synchronized-clicking dept.

Haydn Fenton writes "Wired has a recent article on the16th annual IOI (that's International Olympiad in Informatics), taking place in Athens from Sept 11th to Sept 18th. The 304 programmers from 80 countries will be competing in 7 marathon programming sessions to determine the world's fastest coder. The computers are being supplied by Altec and contestants will have a choice of using either Windows XP or RedHat 9.0. More information can be found on the IOI Website."

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  1. Re:No MacOS X? by Paladin144 · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    All very true. I'm massively perturbed. I feel faint.

    swoons

    But wait, this is offtopic, but I am pissed about that iTunes bug for Macs - the crashing, freezy thing? Damn that sucks! Apple's gotta fix that shit or what'll i do?!

    man, rough day for apple!

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    Electric Monkey Pants
  2. Can You Say Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by ThomasFlip · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Seriously though, some programmers need to get a life.

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    If the dollar is an "I owe you nothing", then the Euro is a "Who owes you nothing." - Doug Casey
  3. Re:Yey Baby! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    You've evaluated your sister's appearance and come to the conclusion that she's good looking?

    He said she was very good looking.