tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34454975.post5591943534972217444..comments2023-06-28T16:58:41.189+02:00Comments on Web Reflection: Google Code Jam, or better, how to feel a 100% idiot !Andrea Giammarchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16277820774810688474noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34454975.post-91089831946319153162008-07-18T10:04:00.000+02:002008-07-18T10:04:00.000+02:00Thank you Anonymous, that is exactly was I was thi...Thank you Anonymous, that is exactly was I was thinking about, and what I wrote in the post.<BR/><BR/>I discovered them only after one entire day at work, it was 6:30pm in <B>London</B>, and as you said, and as I though, that kind of classification rank does not make sense because it is only for:<BR/> 1 - people that do not work<BR/> 2 - people that live in USA<BR/><BR/>Thank you alsanan for best wishes, I am not sure I could be in the top 100, but I am sure next time I will be more prepared, knowing how the contest is, and gettin, seriously, holidays to do them.<BR/><BR/>Kind RegardsAndrea Giammarchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277820774810688474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34454975.post-57261682651732751902008-07-18T04:06:00.000+02:002008-07-18T04:06:00.000+02:00Seriously, next year I will get at least 2 days of...<I>Seriously, next year I will get at least 2 days of holidays, so I can read problems without login, use 24 to perfectly solve them, and commit everything in 5 minutes, so I will be the first one in that list.</I><BR/><BR/>Doesn't work that way. Your score is based on the time from the start of the contest, not when you log in (did you seriously think Google hadn't considered that?). With this strategy you'd likely come in 4000th place (in 5 minutes you wouldn't have a chance to fix any mistakes and resubmit).<BR/><BR/>But the ranking for the Qualification Round is really really not important. It's essentially a pass/fail course, with the side-effect that you get some idea of how good your competition is. For the real thing, everyone will be in roughly the same time zone when each contest starts so it will be more equitable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34454975.post-47811151674027259052008-07-18T02:13:00.000+02:002008-07-18T02:13:00.000+02:00Well, to be honest I must admit that I'm now in ho...Well, to be honest I must admit that I'm now in holidays. I've started this afternoon, 12 hours after the start time. Best luck next time Andrea. With a little of sleep and concentration I'm sure you'll be between the first 100. I'm only the 3235th.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://digitta.com/2008/07/google-code-jam-08.html" REL="nofollow">Here</A> is my source as promised.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34454975.post-70674334470953634672008-07-18T00:43:00.000+02:002008-07-18T00:43:00.000+02:00Alsanan, I am pretty much sure the first big file ...Alsanan, I am pretty much sure the first big file has been parsed correctly, but as you say, finger crossed anyway.<BR/><BR/>For the second problem, I started to read flying words, after 11 hours in front of my PC, and I probably did not understand the problem, or my logic was completely crap.<BR/><BR/>If I am not wrong, they should publish everything in a couple of hours, but about the time, the problem is that, as I wrote, I clicked instantly the first link I found in the page, and I read the problem later, and for the first time.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, 1 day at work, starting Google contest for the first time at 6:30 pm, and not a single expected result.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, next year I will get at least 2 days of holidays, so I can read problems without login, use 24 to perfectly solve them, and commit everything in 5 minutes, so I will be the first one in that list.<BR/><BR/>It does not make sense at all, and I am suprised that the contest was in this way ... but hey, sometime it is a good thing to loose, because you know that you found some limit, whatever it is :)Andrea Giammarchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277820774810688474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34454975.post-45498848877637884562008-07-18T00:25:00.000+02:002008-07-18T00:25:00.000+02:00Hi Andrea. I've solved with HTML/Javascript the 2 ...Hi Andrea. I've solved with HTML/Javascript the 2 first problems. I can't solve the third. No way. I've discovered that areas+probabilities are not a good mix for me. I hope that the long sets of the first two problems give me enough score to pass the first phase.<BR/><BR/>I'll try to publish my code tomorrow at <A HREF="http://digitta.com" REL="nofollow">digitta.com</A>.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if I'm who hasn't understand the rules or if its you. The time counts for the small sets when you download it. You have 4 minuts. If you fail to upload a right answer, you must repair your code and re-download a new set. And finally, when everything goes well, try the long set and cross the fingers because you don't know the result until the end of the contest. The time begins to count with the first download of a problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com