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ChromeOS Laptop-Smashing Ad Equation Solved
An anonymous reader writes "Google's latest marketing video for Chrome OS is interesting to watch for the laptop-smashing amateurs or the slow motion fans, but the real fun may be at 2:24 in the video where a X=G/(CHROM-3) equation is displayed on a chalkboard. Only 20 hours later, it has already been cracked by Jamendo founder Sylvain Zimmer and his team. They posted details on how they did it and won a Cr-48 netbook, which may not even be delivered because they are not in the US."
Actually quite basic math there too. Why did solving this come with an award? I can point to several thousand problems in various books on my shelves that are orders of magnitude more difficult than that entire problem, all of which are commonly assigned as nothing more than homework problems. Hell, I just did it in Wolfram Alpha in 5 mins. The only really tricky part was the URL bit but EVERYONE does that these days so it's assumption #1. Old puzzle methodology is old. Come on Google, be original. And to the winnars, enjoy the Chromebook.
Where's the -1 misinformed rating. People see "cloud" and they think OMG! Internet connection required! When in fact it's more of a background synchronization process. Android phones are very similar. I can destroy mine right now and I'll lose basically nothing. I buy a new phone, log into my Google account, and nearly everything is automatically restored. Pictures, apps, bookmarks, passwords, email, calendar, contacts, messages, background, et cetera. All this on a device that had 'cloud' features tacked on -- not built-in as a core concept.