... that parents routinely drug their children to achieve desirable behavior, then turn around and drug themselves with prozac, caffein[e], or alcohol to fill the emptiness of their own sorry existence.
No kidding. Am I the only one who finds it a little disturbing that the FDA recently ga ve approval to a prozac derivative for the treatment of PMS? And don't get me started on alcohol....
This programming contest is being conducted by ICFP, which implies a context of functional programming. However, rather than debate the definition of a "functional programming language," we will allow submitted programs to be written in any language whatsoever, as long as it has an implementation for Pentium PCs running Linux (Red Hat 6.2).
All kidding aside, I'm not even sure Slashdot's lameness filter will let brainfuck code through. [brainfuck quine deleted] Nope, it gets "Ascii Art. How creative. Not here though.. You'll just have to follow the link on your own.
This contest isn't just about producing the required result in the quickest amount of time. Points also get awarded for elegance and hack value -- after all, you do have humans judging the winners, and humans can be swayed by rather subjective criteria. Just look at the "Judges' Prize" winner (scroll down) for 1998, which was written in J, of all languages.
Software isn't immoral. People are immoral. All "moral" tools can be put to immoral uses and all "immoral" tools can be put to moral ones. The authors of Jammer are certainly misguided, but if you have need of the tool, then use theirs or write your own.
Take a look at Jammer. It does C/C++ in addition to html and javascript. I don't have any experience with running it on linux, though, so your mileage may vary.
It's not like the GPL requires them to distribute their modified source code outside the DoD -- only to people using it within the DoD, who presumably already have access to the source. And besides, there are a million ways to frame a national-security exception to complying with the GPL if it did.
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Sure, you can assume that all code developed for KDE implicitly allows itself to be linked against QT and should therefore be considered kosher. The problem is, lots of nonKDE code has been incorporated into KDE or KDE utilities without so much as a by-your-leave (eg, with KFloppy). That's morally and legally reprehensible.
Nike is already effective at saturating all earth-bound views with logos. What's the sense in putting an orbital swoosh up when anyone who views the night sky is already wearing a logo somewhere on his clothing?
No that wouldn't, but that's not actually what he has there. There's no law against not releasing the energy you have stored, but there is a law against increasing the energy you have stored without increasing entropy elsewhere -- a frictionless pendulum would be kosher, but a pendulum that maintains the same height/speed in the face of a damping factor wouldn't.
Tell me about it. In this version, you're even restricted as to what kind of decals you can put on the bots -- they must be "tasteful" and suitable for viewing by minors. Sheesh.
All the contestants are nerds, and they use their nerd powers to build devices that smash each other into little pieces. It's at least as newsworthy as any other attempt by mainstream media to notice linux or other icons of hackdom.
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... that parents routinely drug their children to achieve desirable behavior, then turn around and drug themselves with prozac, caffein[e], or alcohol to fill the emptiness of their own sorry existence.
No kidding. Am I the only one who finds it a little disturbing that the FDA recently ga ve approval to a prozac derivative for the treatment of PMS? And don't get me started on alcohol....
We all know AD&D is just a tool of Satan. ;-) So just go back to playing Pokemon like a good prole and pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
From the contest site:
This programming contest is being conducted by ICFP, which implies a context of functional programming. However, rather than debate the definition of a "functional programming language," we will allow submitted programs to be written in any language whatsoever, as long as it has an implementation for Pentium PCs running Linux (Red Hat 6.2).
All kidding aside, I'm not even sure Slashdot's lameness filter will let brainfuck code through. [brainfuck quine deleted] Nope, it gets "Ascii Art. How creative. Not here though.. You'll just have to follow the link on your own.
(BTW, that was a really lame troll.)
This contest isn't just about producing the required result in the quickest amount of time. Points also get awarded for elegance and hack value -- after all, you do have humans judging the winners, and humans can be swayed by rather subjective criteria. Just look at the "Judges' Prize" winner
(scroll down) for 1998, which was written in J, of all languages.
Does this mean they'll have to resort to prostitution to support themselves? Remember, kids: respect your elders.
So the server's been slashdotted. No fear. 1999's is cached here, and 1998's is here.
There's QBCC and there's a linux port of Chipmunk Basic. Both are QBasic compatible.
There's a linux implementation available. That's all it takes.
Software isn't immoral. People are immoral. All "moral" tools can be put to immoral uses and all "immoral" tools can be put to moral ones. The authors of Jammer are certainly misguided, but if you have need of the tool, then use theirs or write your own.
1999 was writing an optimizer for their fictitious NPC language, and 1998 was to implement a program that plays pousse.
Take a look at Jammer. It does C/C++ in addition to html and javascript. I don't have any experience with running it on linux, though, so your mileage may vary.
I'm gonna submit mine in brainfuck. Just to get the contest blacklisted by censorware idiots.
... and, of course, unlimited bragging rights.
;-)
But as George W Bush would say, there ought to be a limit to bragging rights.
It's not like the GPL requires them to distribute their modified source code outside the DoD -- only to people using it within the DoD, who presumably already have access to the source. And besides, there are a million ways to frame a national-security exception to complying with the GPL if it did.
Sure, you can assume that all code developed for KDE implicitly allows itself to be linked against QT and should therefore be considered kosher. The problem is, lots of nonKDE code has been incorporated into KDE or KDE utilities without so much as a by-your-leave (eg, with KFloppy). That's morally and legally reprehensible.
Nike is already effective at saturating all earth-bound views with logos. What's the sense in putting an orbital swoosh up when anyone who views the night sky is already wearing a logo somewhere on his clothing?
No that wouldn't, but that's not actually what he has there. There's no law against not releasing the energy you have stored, but there is a law against increasing the energy you have stored without increasing entropy elsewhere -- a frictionless pendulum would be kosher, but a pendulum that maintains the same height/speed in the face of a damping factor wouldn't.
Answer: crappy cache on the Celerons. It's amazing how much easier it is to pair them up when you don't have to synchronize your caches.
From the rules:
Electricity - The use of electricity as a weapon shall be forbidden. This includes, but is not limited to the following:
¥ Stun Guns/Cattle Prods
¥ RF jamming equipment, etc.
Hacking your opponents' signal would constitute "jamming".
And if that doesn't work, then technical expert Bill Nye should build a baking-soda volcano in Comedy Central's CEO's executive offices.
Robot Wars had that guy from Red Dwarf!
But Battlebots does have that babe from Baywatch. She makes up for her absent geek-value with other, ahem, assets.
There is no restriction on the number of different types of materials that can be used to construct your BattleBot.
I'm going to build my battlebot out of rabid wolverines.
Tell me about it. In this version, you're even restricted as to what kind of decals you can put on the bots -- they must be "tasteful" and suitable for viewing by minors. Sheesh.
All the contestants are nerds, and they use their nerd powers to build devices that smash each other into little pieces. It's at least as newsworthy as any other attempt by mainstream media to notice linux or other icons of hackdom.