Monthly Archives: September 2009

So… I am out. 840th, definitely had a bad round.(Did I ever mention I hate competitions scheduled for 2am…) Questions 1) This was an a pretty easy question, but… I took almost an hour to do it because I was … Continue reading →

Had an Idea this morning. Just jotting it down so I can call prior art when someone try’s to patent it in the future Data compression comes in two kinds, lossless and lossy, png vs jpeg… I propose a new … Continue reading →

Looking at the questions I expected a high cut-off for this one. However Q1 + small data set of Q3 apparently was sufficient. Q1 – I haven’t checked any answers but this seems trivial – count the number of unique … Continue reading →

So looking through some of the stats it appears that round 1B was easier than 1A and a quick look at the questions would have me agreeing. Q1 – a very simple question from a problem solving point of view, … Continue reading →

So it appears I am through to round 2, not that that is amazing news or anything. Qualifying round was pretty easy, solved all the problems – like 2392 other people. 7516 people qualified with a minimum score of 33, … Continue reading →