Re: [gcj] Re: Old CodeJams

2010-06-02 Thread Bartholomew Furrow
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 6:14 PM, cjoa2 wrote: > Q: Are we allowed to post the problem sets used in GCJ hosted at > TopCoder? Who owns those problem statements, Google or TopCoder? I actually have no idea! They'd have more in common with modern TopCoder problems than modern Code Jam problems,

[gcj] Re: Unfortunately, you did not place in the top 1000 (but I actually did!)

2010-06-02 Thread Christopher Chen
Ouch. To be fair, it's a nice, round number. Easy mistake to make :) On Jun 2, 3:14 pm, Bartholomew Furrow wrote: > That one was all me.  I even sanity-checked the number of people that I was > sending "you advanced" emails to.  2000 sounds about right, right? -- You received this message becau

[gcj] Re: Onsite finals

2010-06-02 Thread Shoubhik78
or ACrush may start his own company as well... :-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. To post to this group, send email to google-c...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-code+unsubscr...@google

Re: [gcj] Re: Onsite finals

2010-06-02 Thread Luke Pebody
The onsite finals, in 2008, were really fun. On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Bartholomew Furrow wrote: > The NDA is mainly in case you discover our secret algorithms by mistake, and > so you don't share interview questions.  Contestants should feel free to > share their experiences at the finals.

Re: [gcj] Re: Onsite finals

2010-06-02 Thread Bartholomew Furrow
The NDA is mainly in case you discover our secret algorithms by mistake, and so you don't share interview questions. Contestants should feel free to share their experiences at the finals. On May 25, 2010 2:39 AM, "AdrianKuegel" wrote: Every finalist has to sign a NDA. But you can get some impre

Re: [gcj] Re: Command line submission tool?

2010-06-02 Thread Bartholomew Furrow
Heh. P.S. don't do that on the real contest. On Jun 2, 2010 10:23 AM, "Hernan Badenes" wrote: Wow, that was a dangerous suggestion, indeed -- given that some people asked "what's the problem in using multiple accounts" already! :) H. On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Bartholomew Furrow wrote: >

Re: [gcj] Re: Command line submission tool?

2010-06-02 Thread Hernan Badenes
Wow, that was a dangerous suggestion, indeed -- given that some people asked "what's the problem in using multiple accounts" already! :) H. On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Bartholomew Furrow wrote: > Log in with another account. :-) > > On Jun 2, 2010 6:26 AM, "Jorge Bernadas" wrote: > > What ab

Re: [gcj] Re: Command line submission tool?

2010-06-02 Thread Bartholomew Furrow
Log in with another account. :-) On Jun 2, 2010 6:26 AM, "Jorge Bernadas" wrote: What about if we submit a correct solution for a problem? If there any way to reset it so we can submit it again? -- Jorge Bernadas On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 01:58, Bartholomew Furrow wrote: > > > > http://codejam

[gcj] Solving Problem C Round 1A "Number Game" in O(log n) time

2010-06-02 Thread Derek Ledbetter
During the week after round 1, I found a much faster way to solve Problem C in Round 1A, "Number Game". It takes O(log(A2) + log(B2)) time, instead of O(min(A2−A1, B2−B1)) like my original solution. So on the large data, my time went from about 92 seconds to 0.07 seconds. I defined a function f(x)

[gcj] Re: Broken Necklace problem

2010-06-02 Thread mtsay
Hi, This problem can be broken down and simplify into looking for the longest contiguous red block + blue block where red block := (R | W)* and blue block := (B | W)*, so you really just need one scan through an ordinary array. On Jun 2, 9:30 am, maverick gugu wrote: > Hi, > >   I couldn't mak

Re: [gcj] Re: Command line submission tool?

2010-06-02 Thread Ahmed Aly
Will you be able to solve "C. Impossible problem"? On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Jorge Bernadas wrote: > What about if we submit a correct solution for a problem? If there any way > to reset it so we can submit it again? > > -- > Jorge Bernadas > > > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 01:58, Bartholomew

Re: [gcj] Broken Necklace problem

2010-06-02 Thread Luke Pebody
The question is simply asking for two consecutive single-colour regions with the largest combined number of beads. 1. Find the size of the regions, by running through the original array, keeping a running count of current region size, refreshing the count whenever the colour changes 2. If

[gcj] Broken Necklace problem

2010-06-02 Thread maverick gugu
Hi, I couldn't make it round 2. But being my first time, it was a nice experience. :-) Hope to get more competitive the next time. I was just working out on a few programs in the mean time. I found some difficulty, This problem is called BROKEN NECKLACE. It would be nice if you can guide me wit

Re: [gcj] Re: Command line submission tool?

2010-06-02 Thread Jorge Bernadas
What about if we submit a correct solution for a problem? If there any way to reset it so we can submit it again? -- Jorge Bernadas On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 01:58, Bartholomew Furrow wrote: > http://codejam-devel.appspot.com/codejam > > The contest is live for 6 days. Ping me if you need it re-

Re: [gcj] help required

2010-06-02 Thread Gökhan Çetin
Its just a text file. You must have been infected with a virus or smt like that my friend. 2010/6/2 your true love > Hello everyone. > Best ofluck for your competition. > I want to know how to open the ".in" extension files(small.in andlarge.in) > provided during the google > code jam on windows

[gcj] help required

2010-06-02 Thread your true love
Hello everyone. Best ofluck for your competition. I want to know how to open the ".in" extension files(small.in andlarge.in) provided during the google code jam on windows... I have tried notepad,notepad++,word,gedit but there is no change.. please help -- You received this message because you ar