Which of these Olympic games would you watch (if they existed)?
Olympic World of Warcraft.
Olympic Bowling.
Olympic Chess.
Olympic Poker.
Olympic Programming.
Olympic Cooking.
Which of these Olympic games would you watch (if they existed)?
"I am probably the laziest programmer on the planet, a fact with which anyone who has ever seen my code will agree." - esbo, 11/15/2008
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Oops, those should have been checkboxes instead of radio buttons.
Is there a way of changing them?
"I am probably the laziest programmer on the planet, a fact with which anyone who has ever seen my code will agree." - esbo, 11/15/2008
"the internet is a scary place to be thats why i dont use it much." - billet, 03/17/2010
grr, no Olympic Mahjong. Or Pool.
Anyways, I'd like Olympic Martial Arts.
Bowling?
I'd rather see Aussie ANZAC veterans play bowls. I'm not kidding. Beats bowling in excitement every day. Pass.
Chess?
Wonderful to play, dead boring to watch. Pass.
Poker?
Having failed miserably at poker, I grew a distaste for anyone succeeding at it. Pass.
Programming?
What languages? What libraries? What platforms? What program types? Speed or size? There would be more medals to had than a century worth of summer Olympics. Pass.
Cooking?
Eating Olympics would be more exciting. Drinking olympics would be more fun. But cooking olympics? Pass.
... Olympic World of Warcraft? Eesh! Not to mention being forced to watch a video game screen on television. Pass.
Last edited by Mario F.; 02-21-2010 at 10:18 PM.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
And there's more in fact. Judo, wrestling, etc...
But could be interesting a olympic event that gathered a healthy dose of martial arts and testosterone.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
Yes, I corrected myself... I just threw out the first one that came to mind and stuck with it before I decided I should start naming the rest.
I think you're talking Ultimate Fighting Championship.
In my opinion, with the strength that sport has been building, I wouldn't be shocked to see that in the 2016 or 2020 Olympics.
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Had a look at UFC... isn't it a mixed style fight? I'm thinking actual martial arts. Not cable tv comedians.
Last edited by Mario F.; 02-21-2010 at 10:28 PM. Reason: "comic actors"? changed to "comedians". Just really late here.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
Olympic mahjong would be fun if more people learned it.
If you buy Four Winds Mahjong, you'll have little me as an oversees partner. Mostly I play COJ rules and Japanese preferably. Do not appreciate Hong Kong rules, but sure will play it too. I appreciate American Modern rules too.
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Last edited by Mario F.; 02-21-2010 at 10:41 PM. Reason: forgot to link it
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
"I am probably the laziest programmer on the planet, a fact with which anyone who has ever seen my code will agree." - esbo, 11/15/2008
"the internet is a scary place to be thats why i dont use it much." - billet, 03/17/2010
Aww. For a second I thought when you said "New Olympic Games," you meant to toss out the entire decrepit, corrupt, spam-ridden mess and replace it with something more in the spirit of international competition.
I'm disappointed now.
Code://try //{ if (a) do { f( b); } while(1); else do { f(!b); } while(1); //}
"I am probably the laziest programmer on the planet, a fact with which anyone who has ever seen my code will agree." - esbo, 11/15/2008
"the internet is a scary place to be thats why i dont use it much." - billet, 03/17/2010
Heheh, something like Sasuke/"Ninja Warrior"?Originally Posted by cpjust
Look up a C++ Reference and learn How To Ask Questions The Smart WayOriginally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
I would drink Olympic coffee
The UFC is boring to watch -- you have to sit through like five or ten fights before anything interesting happens. It's less interesting than plain ol' boxing. It's illegal in some states too, eg. New York (but not because it's boring).
The WWF is way more exciting and more athletic, altho it is more like the "ultimate performance" than the "ultimate fight".
Last edited by MK27; 02-22-2010 at 08:32 AM.
C programming resources:
GNU C Function and Macro Index -- glibc reference manual
The C Book -- nice online learner guide
Current ISO draft standard
CCAN -- new CPAN like open source library repository
3 (different) GNU debugger tutorials: #1 -- #2 -- #3
cpwiki -- our wiki on sourceforge
I would like to participate in programming, but watch cooking.
It's actually not good to measure time. It would be best to have a fixed time limit but problems difficult enough so people would not only score 0 or max points, but other amounts too. Something along the lines of IOI.
Last edited by maxorator; 02-22-2010 at 12:26 PM.
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