Comments for Noldorin's Blog http://blog.noldorin.com Musings on science, technology, philosophy, and the many other wonders of life Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:29:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Combinatorics in C# by Gever http://blog.noldorin.com/2010/05/combinatorics-in-csharp/comment-page-1/#comment-1576 Gever Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:29:26 +0000 http://blog.noldorin.com/?p=703#comment-1576 Hi, This is beautiful example and solution, but 1 year ago I was come up against with factorial, that has been value up to max int. Therefore , current solution is suitable to the limited permutations and generic solution is using in delegates without collection results in the list. Thanks, Hi,
This is beautiful example and solution, but 1 year ago I was come up against with factorial, that has been value up to max int. Therefore , current solution is suitable to the limited permutations and generic solution is using in delegates without collection results in the list. Thanks,

]]> Comment on Google Code Jam in C# by Noldorin http://blog.noldorin.com/2009/09/google-code-jam-in-csharp/comment-page-1/#comment-1189 Noldorin Sat, 15 May 2010 15:10:47 +0000 http://noldorin.com/blog/?p=283#comment-1189 Hi Daniel, I think the advice I would offer to anyone competing in GCJ would be to familiarise yourself with the general types of problem first. Although it may seem like there are a lot of different questions they can ask, they are often similar beneath the surface. Of course, make sure you are comfortable with C#, and all the tricks of the language - to help speed things up, I use a helper class like the one in the post and set up the code template before hand. Apart from that, if you are really serious, just practice as many past questions as possible, and check out the top C# solutions, which you can view (warning: some are very hard to understand without comments though). Also, don't jump to quickly into any solution - I always prefer to approach the problems step by step, even if they seem simple. That probably sums up most of what I have discovered to be helpful... Good luck! :) Hi Daniel,

I think the advice I would offer to anyone competing in GCJ would be to familiarise yourself with the general types of problem first. Although it may seem like there are a lot of different questions they can ask, they are often similar beneath the surface. Of course, make sure you are comfortable with C#, and all the tricks of the language – to help speed things up, I use a helper class like the one in the post and set up the code template before hand.

Apart from that, if you are really serious, just practice as many past questions as possible, and check out the top C# solutions, which you can view (warning: some are very hard to understand without comments though). Also, don’t jump to quickly into any solution – I always prefer to approach the problems step by step, even if they seem simple.

That probably sums up most of what I have discovered to be helpful… Good luck! :)

]]> Comment on Google Code Jam in C# by Daniel http://blog.noldorin.com/2009/09/google-code-jam-in-csharp/comment-page-1/#comment-1185 Daniel Sat, 15 May 2010 10:00:44 +0000 http://noldorin.com/blog/?p=283#comment-1185 Hello Noldorin. Thanks a lot for your blog, for it has been of great help to me. I am a Nigerian doing my B.Sc in Electronic & Electrical Engineering. I started programming C# recently and I attempted GCJ Africa 2010 but didn't qualify. Could you give me any advice on preparing for next year's GCJ Africa and GCJ World? I would really appreciate it, thanks for everything. Daniel Hello Noldorin. Thanks a lot for your blog, for it has been of great help to me. I am a Nigerian doing my B.Sc in Electronic & Electrical Engineering. I started programming C# recently and I attempted GCJ Africa 2010 but didn’t qualify. Could you give me any advice on preparing for next year’s GCJ Africa and GCJ World? I would really appreciate it, thanks for everything.
Daniel

]]> Comment on LINQ to YAML by matt kocaj http://blog.noldorin.com/2009/05/linq-to-yaml/comment-page-1/#comment-1137 matt kocaj Mon, 10 May 2010 08:35:03 +0000 http://alexreg.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-1137 So how far along with this are you? I'm in the market for a YAML provider that supports LINQ So how far along with this are you? I’m in the market for a YAML provider that supports LINQ

]]> Comment on The Traveller’s Paradox by Noldorin http://blog.noldorin.com/2010/03/the-travellers-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-901 Noldorin Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:39:42 +0000 http://blog.noldorin.com/?p=543#comment-901 The story is complete, at last... Apologies again for my absent-mindedness regarding the update. Hopefully the conclusion ties up all the lose ends, but don't hesitate to ask still if anything is not clear. The story is complete, at last… Apologies again for my absent-mindedness regarding the update. Hopefully the conclusion ties up all the lose ends, but don’t hesitate to ask still if anything is not clear.

]]> Comment on Playlist Synchronisation for Portable Devices by godofwar http://blog.noldorin.com/2009/06/playlist-synchronisation-for-portable-devices/comment-page-1/#comment-860 godofwar Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:38:39 +0000 http://alexreg.wordpress.com/?p=220#comment-860 Hi, I look at all your posts, keep them coming. Hi, I look at all your posts, keep them coming.

]]> Comment on The Traveller’s Paradox by Jerry Coffin http://blog.noldorin.com/2010/03/the-travellers-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-817 Jerry Coffin Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:10:09 +0000 http://blog.noldorin.com/?p=543#comment-817 Since he still hasn't replied, I'll put in my two cents worth: you ask one giant (doesn't matter which one) which path the other giant would tell you was safe, then take the OTHER path. Reasoning: if you're talking to the honest giant, he'll honestly tell you the path the other would have indicated -- which would have been a lie, so you do NOT want to take it. If you're talking to the lying giant, he has to lie about which path the truthful giant would have indicated, so he also points you toward the path you don't want to take. Since he still hasn’t replied, I’ll put in my two cents worth: you ask one giant (doesn’t matter which one) which path the other giant would tell you was safe, then take the OTHER path.

Reasoning: if you’re talking to the honest giant, he’ll honestly tell you the path the other would have indicated — which would have been a lie, so you do NOT want to take it.

If you’re talking to the lying giant, he has to lie about which path the truthful giant would have indicated, so he also points you toward the path you don’t want to take.

]]> Comment on The Traveller’s Paradox by Noldorin http://blog.noldorin.com/2010/03/the-travellers-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-715 Noldorin Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:44:56 +0000 http://blog.noldorin.com/?p=543#comment-715 Oops, it seems I've totally forgotten about this, apologies. I will try to post an update explaining the result a bit more some in the near future, given I'm not so burdened with other matters at the moment! Oops, it seems I’ve totally forgotten about this, apologies. I will try to post an update explaining the result a bit more some in the near future, given I’m not so burdened with other matters at the moment!

]]> Comment on The Traveller’s Paradox by Mau http://blog.noldorin.com/2010/03/the-travellers-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-571 Mau Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:09:23 +0000 http://blog.noldorin.com/?p=543#comment-571 any news? :-) any news? :-)

]]> Comment on Where to find free Classical music by Noldorin's Blog » Blog Archive » Musical Gem of the Week #3 - Musings on my countless projects, software, science, and various other curiosities http://blog.noldorin.com/2008/12/where-to-find-free-classical-music/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Noldorin's Blog » Blog Archive » Musical Gem of the Week #3 - Musings on my countless projects, software, science, and various other curiosities Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:57:44 +0000 http://alexreg.wordpress.com/?p=84#comment-509 [...] This wonderful recording by Raffaele Terlizzi, is again of very high quality and free to download. Although I’m hardly informed to judge, it would seem that this performance was made on a fortepiano (an instrument of Scarlatti’s day, as opposed to the more modern pianoforte) – either way, it gives a feeling of contemporary authenticity. On the subject of online recordings, you can find a immense number of great recordings of piano/keyboard music available for download from the Piano Society website (which I somehow managed to miss out from my previous list of resources for free clasical music). [...] [...] This wonderful recording by Raffaele Terlizzi, is again of very high quality and free to download. Although I’m hardly informed to judge, it would seem that this performance was made on a fortepiano (an instrument of Scarlatti’s day, as opposed to the more modern pianoforte) – either way, it gives a feeling of contemporary authenticity. On the subject of online recordings, you can find a immense number of great recordings of piano/keyboard music available for download from the Piano Society website (which I somehow managed to miss out from my previous list of resources for free clasical music). [...]

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