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That would be why I asked if you could post the full actual text of the puzzle.
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Hi,
there are several bulletin boards on the caesum site, there is one per level,
and one per problem (only accessible once you solved it!).
The fibber problem can be cracked easily by programming; there are tsraightforward
ways, and even better ones.
It can also be solved by hand using a simple calculator (hint: scan the Fibonacci
sequence looking for a pattern in the powers of 2).
Luc Pattyn
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I've been running the squence and squaring each number looking for an noticable pattern but I'm not seeing anything. Most of the puzzles I've run into have an underlying reson for the puzzle. Would you know where else this information would be used? Why would I be looking at a pattern of squared numbers?
I'm listening but I only speak GEEK.
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Squaring ??
Just look at the Fib numbers in binary...
Luc Pattyn
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sorry just miss typed, was meaning, (power of 2) not squared.
I'm listening but I only speak GEEK.
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will you help me about 3d modelling application devlopment,i have requirment to devlop 3d modelling applicationj just like any presentation software.
Hi manish Here.
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You can have look at openGL section on this site.
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Well, i know it's not a part of this site and i don't want to advertise (i really don't have to gain anything) but i'm using TrueVision3D, a DX wrapper (free for demo, 160$ for a single license, no royalties). It's quite fast and extremelly easy to use in vb6, c++, c# and .NET. It's current version is 6.2 but with a license you can get the beta 6.5 which is amazing. Anyway, it has all you'll ever need for creating a 3D modelling software.
PS: To avoid sounding biased, there are also many other engines out there like Torque, Ogre, .. etc but as far as i know they're oriented towards C++. Don't know for sure though. Also you could go for OGL or DX if you can spare the time learning.
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I think Torque can now release code that runs on the XBox 360. That's pretty cool.
the last thing I want to see is some pasty-faced geek with skin so pale that it's almost translucent trying to bump parts with a partner - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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ms raj wrote: will you help me about 3d modelling application devlopment,
a bit late to reply, but you can always try: http://www.openscenegraph.org/[^]
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Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau.
Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Click here.[^]
"Marge, don't discourage the boy! Weasling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel." - Homer Simpson
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amount is too small
Luc Pattyn
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Indeed. I wonder if it wasn't, would the person who cashed it have been able to do so? Imagine the fun mathematicians could have.
"Marge, don't discourage the boy! Weasling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel." - Homer Simpson
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People that handle economic issues is just too limited to imagine the possibilities. Just take the case of negative amounts. If you could issue a check with a negative amount, it would elliminate the need of invoices. Paying your rent would just be a matter of casching a negative check.
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It's amazing to see how much work some people will go through just to avoid a little bit of work.
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Guffa wrote: Paying your rent would just be a matter of casching a negative check.
And how many people would cash it?
"Marge, don't discourage the boy! Weasling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel." - Homer Simpson
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It is not too small. The whole thing came up because apparently Verizon doesn't know the difference between cents and dollars; some guy was inquiring about data transfer rates while he was in Canada, and multiple times they quoted his rate as "0.002 cents/KB" when they meant "$0.002/KB", and consequently his bill was 100 times larger than he expected. He has chronicled the story on his blog: http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/[^].
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Marcus Kwok
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Can you pay a fraction of one cent ??
Luc Pattyn
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I don't think so... as one of the Verizon reps said, "there is no .002 dollars"
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Marcus Kwok
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Verizon bad check fee: $40
Verizon late payment fee: $40
Bank bad check fee: $40
Messing with a minimum wage employee's mind: Priceless?
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Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.
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Classic!
But, IIRC, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) in the US spells out exactly how a financial must be written in order to be valid for a transaction, and this one fails the test. Not surprising, really, as 90% of my college math students had no idea how to correctly write a check in the legal format until we covered it in class. Given the right format, and the right information you can write a legally binding check on a bar napkin; without that, even a printed check does not have to be honored by the recipient if the format is wrong.
"...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9
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I seem to remember reading a story somewhere where a check was written on a piece of steel plating from a ships hull. The check weighed about 4 tons but was perfectly valid. The bank cashed it, then had a couple of security guards with Thompson submachine guns go out and cancel it!
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote: The bank cashed it, then had a couple of security guards with Thompson submachine guns go out and cancel it!
*cough* ricochets *cough*
Has to be an UL.
Besides, regardless of what the cult of 45 would like you to think about the rounds power, armor plate will deflect .50 machinegun rounds, never mind a handgun cartridge.
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Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.
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There was a picture of the check in the book with the two guys who canceled it. The bullets didn't have to go through the steel - just make dents in it. All it had to say was "canceled".
Prop the steel back far enough and the bullets go flying off into the distance (out into the harbor) instead of bouncing back at you.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Hi Guys
I am relative new to Visual Studio... I'm about to do some calculations on my data and I was wondering if anybody can tell me the difference between choosing a Windows application or Console application when starting a project. Seems to me to be easier to implement my algorithms in a console, because it is possible to get the data output in the command-prompt (don't know how to do this in an application) and when doing the GUI I could change it over to an application, is this possible..?
Thanks in advance
AL
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