Re: Can't access my Google Code Project

2009-09-06 Thread David Anderson
Unbanned. - Dave On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 18:22, David Andersondander...@google.com wrote: That would work. Get one of the owners of the project to ping me at my google address (see email header). - Dave On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 15:39, coldahuntdes...@gmail.com wrote: Haha I see. Would it

commercial links

2009-09-06 Thread Richard
hello, I work on an open source project hosted at Google Code. I also offer commercial services using this project. So, am I permitted to mention this service on the Google Code project page? thanks, Richard --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

Re: commercial links

2009-09-06 Thread David Anderson
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 00:29, Richardrichar...@gmail.com wrote: I work on an open source project hosted at Google Code. I also offer commercial services using this project. So, am I permitted to mention this service on the Google Code project page? As long as the software you host is open

[gcj] Re: waiting for final intimation of 1st round

2009-09-06 Thread Bartholomew Furrow
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Bartholomew Furrow fur...@gmail.com wrote: Per rules you have to solve at least one small and one large input, not score =33 pts. While this seems to be same - ACRush. (with dot) will or will not advance based on this. Per current rules he will not (and there

[gcj] Re: hi

2009-09-06 Thread Viswanath
If the array size is unpredictable and large, you can use data structures like vectors if the language you're using supports it On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 3:06 AM, sap30 sap.qu...@gmail.com wrote: hi i am very new to coding first of all i want to know the solution of the first problem how you

[gcj] Re: can the language used by the contestant be displayed in the scoreboard?

2009-09-06 Thread Jan L. Peterson
On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 20:51 -0700, dionysus wrote: the programming language used by contestant be displayed in the scoreboard find contestants of the same country, I think it's been mentioned a couple of times on the list, but if you've missed it you can go to http://www.go-hero.net/jam/

[gcj] Re: hi

2009-09-06 Thread smloh
Hi sap queue/sap30, the array bounds are based on the limits specified in the problem for the large dataset. This way the program can handle up to the maximum-sized data fed to it in testing. So, in this case 5000 max words in the dictionary, and 15 max characters per word + 1 end of string

[gcj] Re: Solution check

2009-09-06 Thread Luke Pebody
http://code.google.com/codejam/contest/dashboard?c=90101# Log in if necessary. Click on View my submissions. You can download the input and output. If that doesn't shed any light, then attach them to your reply to this message, and I'll try and help. On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 3:37 AM,

[gcj] Re: Can anyone tell me why there are three sub round in the round1

2009-09-06 Thread Luke Pebody
No. You are nearly correct. Assuming that regardless of skill level, each person is equally likely to pick group A, B or C: In Round 1A, 500 people will qualify from group A and 500 people will qualify from group B. Then when Round 1B starts, the 500 top people from group C will be better than

[gcj] Re: favorite programming language?

2009-09-06 Thread rem
Java is more verbose than C++, but it's still possible to be in top with it. For example, this year's ACM ICPC champions are using Java. And I think writing short solutions is more about finding the simplest algorithm that solves problem than choosing the 'right' programming language. On Sep 5,

[gcj] Re: Algorithm book

2009-09-06 Thread qasim zeeshan
Do anyone have CLRS? On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Viswanath viswanat...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, CLRS is a good book, but a really big one. You can also use the algorithms tutorials in topcoder. On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:03 AM, Satyajit Malugu malugu.satya...@gmail.com wrote: CLRS is

[gcj] Re: Algorithm book

2009-09-06 Thread qasim zeeshan
Well, it was a stupid question from my side. I just didn't understand the abbreviation CLRS. I actually have it :) Thanks On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Aditya V Daga avd...@gmail.com wrote: Search and download cormen from 4shared.com On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 2:58 PM, qasim zeeshan

[gcj] Re: Intuitive explanation of an efficient solution for problem C Welcome to Code Jam

2009-09-06 Thread sameer mhatre
Your solution is same as mine. Only difference is that I am traversing test string backward and using hash map to improve running time. You can improve the running time of your code by avoiding inner loop which traverse 0 to 18. We can keep each distinct characters of target string welcome to

[gcj] Re: 2008 Round 3 Endless Knight How is linear transformation done?

2009-09-06 Thread decor
What I get from the explanation is for the equation below ( 2 1 )( r' ) = ( r ) ( 1 2 )( c' ) = ( c ) given r, c a integer solution must exist for r' c' for reachability. Am I correct ? On Sep 6, 3:16 pm, decor avdb...@gmail.com wrote: In the contest analysis of the problem, it is written

[gcj] Re: Algorithm book

2009-09-06 Thread Peter Smit
See http://projects.csail.mit.edu/clrs/ . Textbook, *Introduction to Algorithms* (Second Edition) by Thomas H. Cormen http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ethc, Charles E. Leisersonhttp://theory.lcs.mit.edu/%7Ecel, Ronald L. Rivest http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/%7Erivest, and Cliff

[gcj] Re: Solution check

2009-09-06 Thread Luke Pebody
I also need the .in file. On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:41 PM, togguillaume.all...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Luke Thanks for the help, this is what I did before posting on the list. Here is (my far from optimal code) and the solution I got. One question: What is checked ? The solution or the code ?

[gcj] Re: Scoreboard with Filters

2009-09-06 Thread Sandaruwan Gunathilake
I added few more :) I was bit afraid that my server will run out of juice. The scores resides in a separate mysql table(for searching by correct submissions) and the doctrine ORM uses 1 query for each contestant displayed :( Regards, Sandaruwan On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 2:57 PM, rem

[gcj] Re: Solution check

2009-09-06 Thread tog
Here it is ... On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Luke Pebodyluke.peb...@gmail.com wrote: I also need the .in file. On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:41 PM, togguillaume.all...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Luke Thanks for the help, this is what I did before posting on the list. Here is (my far from optimal

[gcj] Re: in C++ how to format the output for int type

2009-09-06 Thread gustavo pacianotto gouveia
on the icpc contest, when the input or output is big, they recomend to use printf/scanf insted of cout/cin ... i'm not sayng that they make diference on inputs like those, but, when we have peculiar inputs, a little constant on the time is crucial.. 2009/9/5 romanr goo...@romanr.info gustavo

[gcj] Re: waiting for final intimation of 1st round

2009-09-06 Thread gun
Hi furrow, I didn't get your last point that who is being eliminated because of registration under false name?? On Sep 6, 11:58 am, Bartholomew Furrow fur...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Bartholomew Furrow fur...@gmail.com wrote: Per rules you have to solve at least one

[gcj] Re: Practice-C EggDrop output set

2009-09-06 Thread Satyajit Malugu
Can any one explain how to formulate a solution for this? I mean what is the algorithm and the premise?I've seen one top coders(jonick) solution and he solved it with dynamic programming all the way. But what is mystic for me is how was he able to find the relation between the current problem and

[gcj] Re: Solution check

2009-09-06 Thread Davi Costa
Thats my output with my accepted program, On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 9:45 AM, tog guillaume.all...@gmail.com wrote: Here it is ... On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Luke Pebodyluke.peb...@gmail.com wrote: I also need the .in file. On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:41 PM,

[gcj] Re: in C++ how to format the output for int type

2009-09-06 Thread NetKnight
I prefer to use fprintf ^_^ lol 2009/9/6 gustavo pacianotto gouveia gustavo.paciano...@gmail.com on the icpc contest, when the input or output is big, they recomend to use printf/scanf insted of cout/cin ... i'm not sayng that they make diference on inputs like those, but, when we have

[gcj] Can i change the time for round 1 at this time???

2009-09-06 Thread kiran deorukhkar
Can i change the time for round 1 at this time???i was not able to update b4 5th sep. plz help me... Kiran --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups google-codejam group. To post to this group, send email to

[gcj] Re: Solution check

2009-09-06 Thread ASTS
Comparing to my small output file your generated output is incorrect...check it again... On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 6:15 PM, tog guillaume.all...@gmail.com wrote: Here it is ... On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Luke Pebodyluke.peb...@gmail.com wrote: I also need the .in file. On Sun, Sep

[gcj] Re: Algorithm book

2009-09-06 Thread Mayank Jaiswal
This book is the most awesome literature available on algorithms in the market. Also used as text book in a lot of universitites. On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Peter Smit pe...@smitmail.eu wrote: See http://projects.csail.mit.edu/clrs/ . Textbook, *Introduction to Algorithms* (Second

[gcj] Re: a simple c++ question

2009-09-06 Thread Walter Rodriguez
You should use a cin.ignore() after cini; because cin don't ignore the last '\n' #include iostream using namespace std; int main() { int i; string s; cin i; cin.ignore(); getline(cin, s); cout i endl; cout s endl; return 0; } On Sep

[gcj] Re: Can anyone tell me why there are three sub round in the round1

2009-09-06 Thread Асямов Игорь
The top-scoring 1000 finalists from each sub-round, totaling 3000 skilled programmers, will advance to Round 2. Correct me if I'am not right. 2009/9/6 Luke Pebody luke.peb...@gmail.com No. You are nearly correct. Assuming that regardless of skill level, each person is equally likely to pick

[gcj] Re: Prohibited National Participation (IRAN)

2009-09-06 Thread Bartholomew Furrow
Thank you for the pointer. Please send any reports where you think someone has cheated or is ineligible for the contest to programmingcontestfeedb...@google.com. On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 1:13 AM, Doron doron.neum...@gmail.com wrote: How come there is a participant from Iran?

[gcj] Re: waiting for final intimation of 1st round

2009-09-06 Thread Bartholomew Furrow
I didn't get your last point that who is being eliminated because of registration under false name?? There's a contestant who took the nickname ACRush. -- NOT ACRush, who won last year's Code Jam -- who provided a name that was clearly false, so he was eliminated. This sort of thing happens

[gcj] how to use breakoint in netbeans

2009-09-06 Thread vicky
i have started programming in java(netbeans ide) so as to use data structures available easily . i donot understand its debugging features completely i am comfortable with using (F7,F8-stepover/into) options and add-watch otions comfortably but could not understand how to use breakpoints. i also

[gcj] Re: favorite programming language?

2009-09-06 Thread vikas mehta
@rem - hey rem enligtened to see at the top again this year. i am actually quite behind in coding. without wasting your precious time , i will request u to give me some suggestions on programming. on java part, i thinks it better for me because u need not learn a whole lot knew c++stl library of

[gcj] Re: Practice-C EggDrop output set

2009-09-06 Thread Luke Pebody
This blog here has a detailed explanation for that problem: http://blog.puzzlearena.com/search/label/GoogleCodeJam On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Satyajit Malugumalugu.satya...@gmail.com wrote: Can any one explain how to formulate a solution for this? I mean what is the algorithm and the

[gcj] Re: Practice-C EggDrop output set

2009-09-06 Thread Satyajit Malugu
Thanks! Nice website. On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Luke Pebody luke.peb...@gmail.com wrote: This blog here has a detailed explanation for that problem: http://blog.puzzlearena.com/search/label/GoogleCodeJam On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Satyajit Malugumalugu.satya...@gmail.com wrote:

[gcj] Re: Intuitive explanation of an efficient solution for problem C Welcome to Code Jam

2009-09-06 Thread vicky
hats off to u all .for me , can somebody give a comprehensive list of all different currently known techniques of programming . also if possible plz explain me about, from where to prepare questions particular to each technique(branch and bound especially). On Sep 6, 3:03 am, sameer mhatre

[gcj] Re: Participation Statistics Qualification Round 2009

2009-09-06 Thread Siddiq Akbar
@vexorian I agree with you, everybody who achieved 99 score is more meaningful. I have removed the top 100 and top 50... Instead I added the list with all participants who achieved 99 score grouped by country... http://siddiq-technology.blogspot.com/2009/09/google-code-jam-qualification-round.html

[gcj] Re: Algorithm book

2009-09-06 Thread vicky
@anusha i will recommend to find it free on esnips.com On Sep 6, 11:51 am, Anusha K una@gmail.com wrote: is there a ebook of this CLRS.. On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Mayank Jaiswal msjais...@gmail.com wrote:  This book is the most awesome literature available on algorithms in the

[gcj] Re: favorite programming language?

2009-09-06 Thread vexorian
Note also that shorter code does not necessarily equal faster to code or easier to debug. On Sep 6, 12:27 pm, flaming flaminglaw...@gmail.com wrote: Note that Java is a very verbose language, like rem said. What you might do in 4 lines in Java might take you only 3 in Python or similar. Java

[gcj] Re: Participation Statistics Qualification Round 2009

2009-09-06 Thread vgbhat
Hi Siddiq, Nice job! BTW, how did you extract the data from code jam dashboard? Did you use any script again? I am learning on some web stuff. So, want to know :-) Thanks, Vivek On Sep 6, 1:09 pm, Siddiq Akbar sid...@gmail.com wrote: @vexorian I agree with you, everybody who achieved 99

[gcj] Where can I check my choice of Round One ?

2009-09-06 Thread Chen Mingcheng
Dear Administrator: Since I would be free all day, I nearly made the choice randomly, and now I forget what is my choice. Will there be any letter to notify those with importance ? Thank you. Yours sincerely, linyufly September 7th, 2009

[gcj] Re: Can anyone tell me why there are three sub round in the round1

2009-09-06 Thread Hawston LLH
Ya, I think you are right. On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Luke Pebody luke.peb...@gmail.com wrote: No. You are nearly correct. Assuming that regardless of skill level, each person is equally likely to pick group A, B or C: In Round 1A, 500 people will qualify from group A and 500 people

[gcj] Re: Algorithm book

2009-09-06 Thread Anil Kishore
Hi sagar, I have not read CLRS (yet ;)) and in fact no other math books. But, felt that I may be missing something and to get interest in all this, I've taken Masters ;) and I HAVE to read now :(. Our Prof. is following 'Kenneth Rosen' for Discrete Maths, which is a good book, with lot

[gcj] Re: Can anyone tell me why there are three sub round in the round1

2009-09-06 Thread carding!
while I think that the three sub rounds are there for level (i.e. asia, america, europe as mentioned) no one's really stopping you from signing up for any two of the three sub round schedules. the problems will be different on each sub round, and there's really no way to tell which one's going

[gcj] Query

2009-09-06 Thread Dhruva Sagar
Hi, I understand that this query has been raised time and again, even I have asked before. But it is 7th today and its been 5 days since the contest, and I haven't seen any change on the main site indicating my qualification or otherwise. My rank is shown as 6000 with a score of 33 and a lot of

[gcj] Square Fields Problem 2008 Practice Round ?

2009-09-06 Thread decor
Can anyone explain How to solve 2008 Practice Round Square Fields Problem? I m not getting even the slightest of idea of how to go about it?? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups google-codejam group. To

[gcj] Re: Intuitive explanation of an efficient solution for problem C Welcome to Code Jam

2009-09-06 Thread David Gomez
I think i cant give a complete list of all programming techniques, because i dont know them at all =D. But Here is a list, hope its helps: ** Dinamic Programming (read knapsack problem, coins problems, min- max, ...), and for other cases like the C problem, i recommend you try to find a recursive

[gcj] Re: Query

2009-09-06 Thread Bartholomew Furrow
We'll have to ask for your patience here -- we're working our way through a large number of cheating claims. Plus it's a weekend, so a lot of the team is recovering from a very hectic week. :-) Rest assured that if you have 33 points (and didn't cheat, of course), you qualified. Regards,

[gcj] Re: Heartbroken :( /3

2009-09-06 Thread Raquel
Very similar story :( Can´t wait to the next codejam! Raquel On Sep 4, 10:14 am, Ran (neko) ran.halp...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with weekend, and more time slots are a must spread across the weekend and its surroundings. The weekend is not the same all over the world. 1 of round 1 slots

[gcj] Re: Where can I check my choice of Round One ?

2009-09-06 Thread samuel jawahar
Hello any one received the invitation for the second round Regards Jawahar On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Chen Mingcheng linyu...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Administrator: Since I would be free all day, I nearly made the choice randomly, and now I forget what is my choice. Will there be

[gcj] Re: favorite programming language?

2009-09-06 Thread Casper Cola
I agree with you seriously 2009/9/6 rem mullakha...@gmail.com Java is more verbose than C++, but it's still possible to be in top with it. For example, this year's ACM ICPC champions are using Java. And I think writing short solutions is more about finding the simplest algorithm that solves

[gcj] Re: Solution check

2009-09-06 Thread tog
My fault :) I did not realize that the input was changing for every trial ... I kept on trying to upload the same result because I knew it was correct ... but for the previous input set. Next year, I will be more careful about this :) Good luck for the next round ... I will keep on playing but

[gcj] A late question about 'watersheds'..

2009-09-06 Thread jz
hey folks, good job with gcj. i couldn't understand something in prob B 'watersheds'. in following case in sample input, [2 3] 7 6 7 7 6 7 now upper 6 and downer 6 has same altitude. So what i thought was i should follow NORTH WEST EAST SOUTH rule, so upper 6 must be the sink, and the basin

[gcj] Re: Query

2009-09-06 Thread Dhruva Sagar
Hi Bartholomew, Thanks for your reply. I will be more patient :). Thanks Regards, Dhruva Sagar. Pablo Picassohttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/pablo_picasso.html - Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Bartholomew Furrow

[gcj] Re: A late question about 'watersheds'..

2009-09-06 Thread tog
Well I think that since 6 is a sink you can not move to the other one ... You cannot move to a place being at the same height (of your current position) - no slope ;) On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 8:25 AM, jzcmpdebug...@gmail.com wrote: hey folks, good job with gcj. i couldn't understand something

[gcj] Re: A late question about 'watersheds'..

2009-09-06 Thread Dhruva Sagar
According to the rules, water will not flow from the 6 in the first row to the 6 in the second row.Hence the second row will take up 'b' because none of the paths from the second row end up in the first row, it is a completely different/new path. Hope that makes it at least a bit more clear.

[gcj] Re: Кто решил задачу С на квалифике йшн раунде?

2009-09-06 Thread Misha Marchenko
No 4 сентября 2009 г. 23:15 пользователь Fernando Cezar netcrip...@gmail.comнаписал: Wouldn't it be a good idea to keep conversations in English as much as possible? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[gcj] Re: Query

2009-09-06 Thread Dhruva Sagar
Hi Andriy, I am unable to open that link. Thanks Regards, Dhruva Sagar. Samuel Goldwynhttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/samuel_goldwyn.html - I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong. On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Andriy G. Tereshchenko

[gcj] Re: A late question about 'watersheds'..

2009-09-06 Thread Hawston LLH
i think it depend on the definition of flow, either from (high) to (low) or from (high) to (equal or lower). based on the definition given in the question For each cell, if none of its 4 neighboring cells has a lower altitude than the current cell's, then the water does not flow, and the current

[gcj] Re: Query

2009-09-06 Thread zoom
yeah same here.. On Sep 7, 10:27 am, Dhruva Sagar dhruva.sa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Andriy, I am unable to open that link. Thanks Regards, Dhruva Sagar. Samuel Goldwynhttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/samuel_goldwyn.html - I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right,