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Write over the file with random data, at least seven times.

Narue tried to kill this thread because nobody could say anything nice about her, but then in doing so created something nice to say about her, in that she tried to kill this thread.

What could go wrong with creating one bureaucracy whose job it is to tell other bureaucracies what to do? Question: If the curriculum is set to a national standard, should the Department of Education be renamed to the Ministry of Truth?

Fred Thompson is another crazy person who's decided he'll replace McCain in the trifecta of insanity.

Looks like Smalltalk's syntax is nicer looking and more elegant.

What do you mean, 'divide two matrices'? You multiply matrices, or multiply by matrix inverses. So which do you want to do? Should x/y be (y^-1)x or should it be x(y^-1)?

Awesome. Haskell is the best programming language. I'm not sure how complicated the expressions you're getting are, but there is only one way in which expressions get combined in Haskell: by function application. A good way to organize your thinking is to first get rid of all infix operators -- …

[QUOTE=tgreer;424341]Dani, your "no complaints" argument is your standard flawed reasoning. The only feedback that matters is the feedback you've been given.[/QUOTE] No, you're standing on flawed reasoning. Feedback is not a scientific poll.

First, you have to formally define reduced form. Does this mean converted to a polynomial? Okay. Then convert all divisions by a real number to multiplications by the real number's reciprocal. Then, to simplify an expression tree, do the following: 1. If combined by addition, simplify the subtrees, and then …

> Why do they make computers harder to use and program than they need to be? Here are some examples: Why do you assume that computers are harder to use and program, instead of assuming you were a lot smarter when you were younger? > Why do most spreadsheets and …

If you're rotating 270 degrees (or any multiple of 2pi/4 radians), there's no reason to be using trig functions. Just replace (x,y) -> (y,-x). That's what your code simplifies to, once you replace cos(angle) with 0 and sin(angle) with 1. You don't really need to know trig for this, just …

Error probabilities? Codes? Why are you asking this in a C++ forum.

I disagree. I demand unconditional surrender. There will be no treaty.

Nobody's going to edit your code for you; do your own homework.

I have found Mac OS X to be a good environment for programming. It's like Linux multiplied by Everything Just Works, plus decent fonts, thoughtful UI, better support for the keyboard, better support for everything, and a nice version of Carbon Emacs. Of course, you can't install it everywhere...

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You've given us no clue on how we can help you or on where your problems lie, so I doubt you'll get any more useful help without being more specific. Of course, first, you need to be introspective enough to figure out what problems you have that keep you from …

I like the posting games forum. It's nice not having several dozen posting games threads polluting the Geek's Lounge. It was a good idea making posts in that forum not contribute to the user's total post count, too.

Send the money to me instead; I actually need it.

This is the wrong forum. If you overwrote some of the information in the original file, that will be gone*, but the other information (past the end of the file as it now stands) might still be on your hard drive. * Depending on the file system you're using.

[QUOTE=The Dude;418445][url]http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/animals4[/url] This is a site where you can sign a petition to protect animals against animal cruelty.... Lets all sign it :)[/QUOTE] You don't like the principle of religious freedom, do you?

Do you know what big O notation means?

Wait, it's a bug that people can logon as others on IRC? I thought that was a feature. What do you think NickServ is for?

Of course, y = x + 1. I'd like to nitpick the statement that the height is [TEX]\log n[/TEX]. On a balanced tree, it's correct to say that the height is [TEX]O(\log n)[/TEX], but not exactly (or even remotely close to, in any base) [TEX]\log n[/TEX]

I don't see what the problem is. Why can't you write these programs? There must be some specific information you're lacking. What do you need to figure out how to do in order to make progress towards a solution?

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Forks don't create new threads; they create new [i]processes[/i].

Unemployment is a somewhat bogus measurement of economic prosperity. As are all measurements. First of all, the only "unemployed" that count in the statistics are those that are actively seeking jobs. Second, it counts part-time workers equivalently to full-time workers. It's one tool in the chest of economic measurement tools, …

One example of this might be quickcheck.

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You're being inconsiderate when you deliberately write in a way that is difficult to read. Also, words typed in ALL CAPS will be perceived as shouting.

Cancer research is the best way to throw your money away since the Church stopped selling indulgences.

Yes.

Exe files have to follow a certain format, and not every piece of machine code forms valid instructions. Yours was broken. You'd probably want to take some source code and compile it, if you want to create an exe.

Just use a std::map. You hear me? A std::map. Do you have any good reason to do otherwise? You're probably overestimating the importance of the log n time factor (which hash tables usually still have, albeit in a hidden manner). Of course, maybe you really can't use a std::map for …

[QUOTE=jbennet;407460]why dont they rewrite the java VM in assembley it would be faster. maybe its too big.[/QUOTE] Correctness is more important than speed.

Typically, either you'd learn how to program and do it yourself, or you'd hire somebody else (or a group of people) to do it for you. How much money do you have?

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Carbon credits are 21st century indulgences.

You can find out what it supports by reading 7zip's website.

My first program was a spreadsheet, but after that it was exclusively calculators for a while. There was TI-83 basic and TI-89 basic, both of which were sucky languages, but eventually I escaped to the HP side, where they truly have a good programming environment. I'd say I learned much …

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I love geek jokes SOOOOOOOO much because they make me feel so much more special than all the other people. Only I can understand them, and the jokes remind me of how awesome I am. The puny-minded nincompoops who don't understand the jokes are wasteful idiots who should be shot. …

Well, first, do you know anything about parsing, or just about recursion? Because you'll have to use a bit of that, for your program to understand the expressions the user types in.

[QUOTE=Narue;403315]>My first thought which springs to mind, is, how would you define a 'word'? That's an excellent reaction. After a moment's thought, I'm thinking we (the imaginary company you're interviewing for) could use something like this to process subroutine parameters in a compiler while building a stack frame. The parameters …

Write us a poem.

None of the programs compile, so I would guess O(1).

Criss Angel [i]is[/i] fake. He's a bad magician; he's bad at being a magician. He's a fake magician, because to call him a magician would denigrate magicians who are good at what they do.