To get as many people using their system? I, for one, am often put off when having to fill in a form to gain access to some area of a site. If I just just sign in using some shared system, I would use more of these sites.
really pisses me off, because I don't know how to use ZModem over SSH on Linux, so I have to zip up my site, take it over to a Winbox, fire up HyperTerminal, and Telnet in
You really want to use is "scp". Secure CoPy.
From "man scp":
scp copies files between hosts on a network. It uses ssh(1) for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the same security as ssh(1).
I can't imagine such a dongle could be cheaper than picking up a really cheap and nasty keyboard. Here in the UK, you can regularly get keyboards for 2GBP at computer fairs.
You'll also have the added advantage of having a keyboard attached to machine, just in case.
The killer here is the speed of PHP - The maps they are talking about are big (905x730, 10,631 apples, 1,950 robots, but could be 1,000x1,000, 20,000 apples and 10,000 robots), and you have to play through an entire game in 60 seconds.
An non-optimal routine I wrote takes about 4s to evaluate each move (Using something like the rules you outlined) on a 2.4Ghz P4. So it's going to take some serious optimisation to get it to the point it can play a decent number of moves.
The first one is to play out the game without calling their routines, that way the overhead of creating nicer-to-work with data structures is minimised. This way, you work out all your moves until you need to randomly jump, and just replay them all to their code. You're probably wanting to make a couple of hundred, though, so still a long way to go.
I definitely agree though that the way to go at this problem is to kill robots and, incidentally, picking up apples along the way.
Interesting problem, I just not convinced that using PHP and having a 60 second limit is the way to go...
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I mean, if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, eating magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music...
That's exactly the point I was trying to make, that Pac-Man didn't affect us, or else Gen-Xers would in fact be doing all the things "Gen-Y kiddies" are doing.
I wasn't being to be funny, I was trying to be informative.
That's exactly right. I mean, if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, eating magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music...
How do you know that he didn't just automate checking which flights had empty seats on them, so he could take advantage of his free tickets?
Sure, it looks likely that he passed this information onto his new employer, but unless you are the defendant, how can you be so sure?
The world needs more people who don't just jump to conclusions from reading one newspaper article.
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Dave Gorman didn't track down 54 other Dave Gormans in his Googlewhack adventure.
His adventure where he found 54 other Dave Gorman's was called "Are You Dave Gorman?".
In his Googlewhack adventure, someone emailed him to tell him that there was a googlewhack resulting in his site. He was intrigued. He found a googlewhack on another person's site. He then got that person to find a googlewhack, and so on.
Just for the record, both stories are WAY funnier than the storylines would have you believe. Check out his books, or if you're lucky and he plays somewhere near you, his stageshow. You won't be disappointed.
If you don't like them, I'll give you the money back myself. Shortly before invoicing Dave Gorman...
I've just had this problem, but I fixed it by using Partition Magic 8 to convert the NTFS partition to FAT32, and magically, I had full access to all the files...
What's "a Linux company"? Seriously, I'm interested...
I was thinking of saying something like "is it a company which aspires to be like Microsoft, but isn't ever going to be?", but decided against it because I'll get modded troll...
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To get as many people using their system? I, for one, am often put off when having to fill in a form to gain access to some area of a site. If I just just sign in using some shared system, I would use more of these sites.
You bin to Canada recently?
I tried to bin Canada last week, but it was way too big, and the garbage collectors wouldn't take it.
You don't have as many murders. Life just isn't as much fun if you know you're going to get home safely ...
really pisses me off, because I don't know how to use ZModem over SSH on Linux, so I have to zip up my site, take it over to a Winbox, fire up HyperTerminal, and Telnet in
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You really want to use is "scp". Secure CoPy.
From "man scp"
scp copies files between hosts on a network. It uses ssh(1) for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the same security as ssh(1).
"Since I would like to use it such and don't wish to waste a keyboard just to keep it from complaining, ..."
Where does he say he wants to prevent local access?
I'm sure the UK doesn't have a monopoly on cheap computer peripherals.
I can't imagine such a dongle could be cheaper than picking up a really cheap and nasty keyboard. Here in the UK, you can regularly get keyboards for 2GBP at computer fairs.
You'll also have the added advantage of having a keyboard attached to machine, just in case.
The killer here is the speed of PHP - The maps they are talking about are big (905x730, 10,631 apples, 1,950 robots, but could be 1,000x1,000, 20,000 apples and 10,000 robots), and you have to play through an entire game in 60 seconds.
...
An non-optimal routine I wrote takes about 4s to evaluate each move (Using something like the rules you outlined) on a 2.4Ghz P4. So it's going to take some serious optimisation to get it to the point it can play a decent number of moves.
The first one is to play out the game without calling their routines, that way the overhead of creating nicer-to-work with data structures is minimised. This way, you work out all your moves until you need to randomly jump, and just replay them all to their code. You're probably wanting to make a couple of hundred, though, so still a long way to go.
I definitely agree though that the way to go at this problem is to kill robots and, incidentally, picking up apples along the way.
Interesting problem, I just not convinced that using PHP and having a 60 second limit is the way to go
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I mean, if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, eating magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music ...
That's exactly the point I was trying to make, that Pac-Man didn't affect us, or else Gen-Xers would in fact be doing all the things "Gen-Y kiddies" are doing.
I wasn't being to be funny, I was trying to be informative.
That's exactly right. I mean, if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, eating magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music ...
Your sig :
"According to slashdot users I'm funny, insightful, and interesting! So why arn't girls all over me?"
Because you can't spell?
Compare this also to Ryanair and BA in Europe - Ryanair is massively successful and BA isn't ....
How do you know that he didn't just automate checking which flights had empty seats on them, so he could take advantage of his free tickets?
Sure, it looks likely that he passed this information onto his new employer, but unless you are the defendant, how can you be so sure?
The world needs more people who don't just jump to conclusions from reading one newspaper article.
Dave Gorman didn't track down 54 other Dave Gormans in his Googlewhack adventure.
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His adventure where he found 54 other Dave Gorman's was called "Are You Dave Gorman?".
In his Googlewhack adventure, someone emailed him to tell him that there was a googlewhack resulting in his site. He was intrigued. He found a googlewhack on another person's site. He then got that person to find a googlewhack, and so on.
Just for the record, both stories are WAY funnier than the storylines would have you believe. Check out his books, or if you're lucky and he plays somewhere near you, his stageshow. You won't be disappointed.
If you don't like them, I'll give you the money back myself. Shortly before invoicing Dave Gorman
Once they stop making money, they'll stop making pennies.
I don't think you meant it to be funny, but seriously, this has got me in stitches.
I've just had this problem, but I fixed it by using Partition Magic 8 to convert the NTFS partition to FAT32, and magically, I had full access to all the files ...
Someone should tell him that there are other processor architectures than just x86, processors that aren't supported by MS ...
There is at least one drug that I can grow myself.
Penicillin?
I just have to face facts...I don't belong here.
Go to K5 then and stop boring us.
What's "a Linux company"? Seriously, I'm interested ...
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I was thinking of saying something like "is it a company which aspires to be like Microsoft, but isn't ever going to be?", but decided against it because I'll get modded troll
Marvel Focuses On Games, Trails New Titles
Are Marvel stalking recent games? Is that what this means?
Now, that's not strictly true.
You mustn't use Linux then ... :)
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