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12th Internet Problem Solving Contest, This Sunday

Posted by timothy on from the how-about-that-durned-oil-spill dept.

misof writes "Roughly a thousand teams from all around the globe have already registered for IPSC 2010, which takes place on Sunday, June 6. $3,000 in prize money (courtesy of Facebook, Inc.) is waiting for the best few of them. Participation is free and the contest is open to everybody. IPSC is what you could call a programming contest with a twist. Over the years, the problems always push the boundary and go beyond the usual stuff you see in a programming contest. For example, in past few years the contestants have had to understand how arithmetic in computers differs from that in mathematics, produce a sequence of cache requests that generates many page faults, solve a logic puzzle given as a Flash game, and recognize images to evaluate a rock-paper-scissors game."

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  1. First! by lazyDog86 · · Score: 5, Funny

    When will they have a contest to get rid of all those lame "First!" comments?

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  2. International Practical Shooting Confederation by Unending · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They could have chosen the name better that acronym is fairly well known for something else...

    1. Re:International Practical Shooting Confederation by Garble+Snarky · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Your IPSC could have chosen their name better, seeing that it overlaps with...
      Intel Personal Supercomputer
      International Private Society Club
      Interagency Perchlorate Steering Committee
      Interim Political and Security Committee
      ...

      Would you kindly recommend an unused acronym?

    2. Re:International Practical Shooting Confederation by Arancaytar · · Score: 3, Insightful

      They could have picked their schedule better, too. June 6 is the second round of Google's 2010 Code Jam contest...

  3. Arithmetic by by+(1706743) · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...understand how arithmetic in computers differs from that in mathematics...

    That's a good question. I mean, computers don't have fingers, so how exactly can they do arithmetic?

    1. Re:Arithmetic by glwtta · · Score: 4, Funny

      I mean, computers don't have fingers, so how exactly can they do arithmetic?

      They don't? But I thought they were digital?

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  4. facebook.. really? by binaryseraph · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please tell me I'm not the only one who is amused by facebook being the giver of the prize money. Oh wait, this just IN: BP Oil to provide $6000 to winner of Endangered Species Survival contest.

  5. Who is the real winner? by Megaflux · · Score: 3, Interesting

    3000 bucks for solving a problem that would cost FB at least 10 times more money in developing cost....