[01:13] MSG: Read error: Operation timed out [02:26] Join: Caelian_ joined #corewars [02:29] MSG: Ping timeout: 240 seconds [04:44] MSG: Ping timeout: 240 seconds [04:44] Join: Caelian|w joined #corewars [07:39] Join: triple joined #corewars [10:55] Join: yoR joined #corewars [10:57] ih yoR [11:00] hi [11:43] Join: Core_new joined #corewars [12:11] Join: fiveop joined #corewars [12:11] so now I'm here [12:12] bvowk: at this college is another fresher from calgary ;) [12:14] Hi fop [12:14] hi Roy [12:15] I'm currently trying to figure out what type of bed sheet I need [12:16] Huh? [12:16] There were fitted and flat sheets [12:16] I want one of the type I know :P [12:17] but I know where to find this kind of missing knowledge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_sheet [12:20] and there is a kind of different 'shop'. I haven't yet figured out how to buy something [12:23] Where are you currently then? [12:24] in my room [12:24] * yoR suggests fitted :P [12:26] yes I will buy such one [12:26] http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Thompson+Lane,+Cambridge,+Cambridgeshire,+CB1,+UK&ie=UTF8&ll=52.209724,0.117931&spn=0.003077,0.010042&z=17&om=1 [12:26] thompson lane 35 acutally :) [12:26] Just 'Camebridge' would have been sufficient [12:28] :P [12:29] http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ringwade+1+Nieuwegein,+Netherlands&sll=52.209724,0.117931&sspn=0.003221,0.009978&ie=UTF8&ll=52.056198,5.11096&spn=0.006465,0.019956&z=16&om=1 [12:30] I have only 500MB/day max so I won't look at that :/ [12:31] Aww, thats not so much.. [12:32] Ok, new goal for today, 1000+ points for all the squares on the current recmath competition [12:32] only 1000 ... [12:32] More is better, but I have to start with something [12:35] Doing in between programming for work and chatting, not going to spend much time on it [12:35] My current algorithm is soooo slow messing with all the words, it takes 10minutes to generate one square :-P [12:36] you should go evolving and lend a supercomputer [12:39] Are you in the team with bvowk? [12:41] I don't participate [12:42] You should! [12:43] you should write an algorithm who looks for words that have many subwords and tries to arange them in a way that produces the most additional words (in other directions) [12:43] but that's perhaps a bad heuristic [12:49] Thats what my pc is doing, and thats why its halting :P [13:05] MSG: Quit: humhum [14:12] Join: fiveop joined #corewars [14:23] fiveop: didn't realise you were in Cambridge (I'm currently about 6 miles outside) [14:23] You may be able to tell from the username :-) [14:24] pak, long time since I've seen you here :) [14:25] * pak21 I have always been here [14:25] But I'm normally very quiet :-) [14:31] you studied here? [14:32] +'ve [14:34] MSG: Quit: humhum [14:58] Hmm, now I wonder, what would be quicker, inserting everything in a sortedlist, or put everything in a list and sort once afterwards... [15:03] I'd guess the latter. [15:24] Join: fiveop joined #corewars [15:24] re [15:29] Wb. Yeah, I was at .cam from '95 to about '03-ish. (Undergrad and PhD). [15:30] What was your subject? And what do you do now? And :) in which college have you been? [15:31] Undergrad was NatSci -- eventually did Part III Physics. PhD was in Astrophysics at the IoA. [15:31] I'm now a software developer :-) [15:32] not exactly what you learned [15:32] I'm doing Part III in Math now [15:33] Well, my PhD was in computational stuff, and I realised half way through that I enjoyed programming more than physics :-) [15:34] my developement up until now was rather in the opposite direction [15:34] I enjoyed programming during school, started to study maths and now would even live without my pc, except there's irc and icq :/ [15:38] There was also the issue of finding a job with reasonable stablity and decent pay, which doesn't happen in academia. [15:41] yes [15:42] This is the only thing that's making me look for alternatives (but I would really like to work at a university) [15:44] -that's+which's [15:46] can you tell me what the normal closing times of shops are in the uk (like sainsbury ;)) [15:46] I think 20:00 Mon - Sat, then 17:00 on Sunday. [15:46] sunday? [15:46] ok [15:46] It's written on a big notice on the outside if you go there :-) [15:47] that might be the case :P [15:47] this afternoon I had fun getting to know how to buy something in an argos store [15:47] Other shops will generally close earlier -- about 17:00 or 17:30. [15:48] The trick with Argos is always to pay online first, then you only have to queue up once. [15:48] Although you may not have a UK credit card yet? [15:48] haven't a german one neither [15:49] which college where you member of? [15:50] Trinity Hall (although I pretended to be at Kings for my PhD... long story :-) ) [15:51] my ip might betray me [15:52] It does :-) [15:52] In fact, the domain name means I don't even have to look it up. [15:53] Part: Core_new left #corewars [15:53] Next week all the events needing a suit will start [15:54] or rather happen [15:54] http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/b?s=GBPEUR=X <-- drop please [15:55] Just be glad you're not American. [15:56] I yesterday met another fresher from california [15:56] and as an oversea student they have to pay nearly twice as much as I do [15:57] not only nearly, since when I don't need to pay college fees after some form fun with the dfes it's more then twice that much [15:57] Its the perfect time now to order stuff from the US though [15:58] and I've to admit in the last three month the gbp has already droped around 0.06 points (around 4%) [16:04] MSG: Quit: dat [16:36] hrm [16:38] MSG: Read error: Operation timed out [16:38] Join: fiveop joined #corewars [16:38] a recmather was here [16:38] when? [16:38] earlier today [16:39] yor mentioned he's recmathing [16:39] and then he mentioned something that made me feel pretty good about my scores so far ;) [16:40] you mean roy? [16:41] oh. [16:41] yeah.. that would be him. [16:41] * bvowk thought yor was a newbie.. [16:41] <-- goes to eat something.. [16:50] so whats up fiveop? [16:50] how's it going? [17:08] nice [17:09] it's going nice? [17:10] i think so? [17:11] still need to buy some stuff for the kitchen [17:33] such are? [17:33] such as rather.. [17:36] dish towel und a cloth for washing ;) [17:36] heh [17:39] * bvowk started his own corporation and went on a massively successful recruiting drive yesterday.. [17:40] hired the most kickass guy I know, and I accepted! [17:41] haha! :) [17:44] so you're at skool now fiveop? [17:44] you managed to avoid running in heathrow? :) [17:45] I wasn't in heathrow [17:45] I used a coach [17:45] ahh [17:45] 20,5 hours of fun! [17:45] fun? [17:45] * bvowk wouldn't call that fun! [17:48] I would neither actually [17:49] so.. how's the uk? [17:49] I hope you can fit into small or extra small tshirts, because thats all I could find.. [17:49] * bvowk does *NOT* [17:50] I'm around 70kg at 1,9m [17:50] so thin fits me, but not short actually [17:52] I'm 1.8m and 98kg [17:52] but its my shoulders that have problems fitting into tshirts [17:52] I spent a long time looking for a tshirt in heathrow (because I had like 6 hours with nothing to do) [17:53] but I couldn't find anything other than small, extra small, and tiny elfin princess size [17:53] which is a big change from here, where shirts come in tarp, extra tarp, and circus tent [17:55] :) [17:56] my dictonary doesn't know tarp [17:56] it's a large sheet of fabric you use to cover things... like hay or something.. [17:58] oh [17:59] http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&q=tarp&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi [18:29] Join: Roy joined #corewars [18:29] Ah bvowk.. I'm glad I made your day ;) [18:29] whats up roy? [18:30] Not much, got my first recmath program to make some squares, but its a silly algorithm and is very slow [18:31] Only did about 20 searches today, with a subset of the words, most of the time just the words with 'X' or 'Y' etc [18:32] heh [18:32] yeah, I've been having some good luck with my algorithm.. [18:32] I'm hoping that wils going to have some kickass new code for me that should speed up the search side of things pretty well [18:32] it's looking quite promising at least.. [18:32] Your algorithm or DAWG/GADDAG [18:33] ? [18:33] wils working on something thats DAWG-like [18:33] but we're hoping it's going to fit neatly in cache and be absurdly fast [18:33] I'm working on the actually word layout algorithms [18:33] I still need to automate my algorithm, its manual now (per square) and not reusable, can be optimized very much. And I still miss some obvious things like checking mirrored words etc [18:34] been through about a couple dozen ideas so far [18:34] manual? [18:34] seriously? [18:34] * bvowk scoffs! [18:34] Not manual, I start it with a given character and it creates one square :-P [18:34] ahh [18:34] * Roy is still running debug-mode [18:34] alright.. thats not quite so bad :) [18:35] my newest test algorithm has spent 185 minutes @ 2.8Ghz so far.. [18:35] it'd better turn out the best grid *EVAH* [18:35] No, I actually made some nice squares, some where even filled 100% with words (just not the best words I guess) [18:35] whats your best score? [18:36] you can privmsg me if you like :) [18:36] hehe ;) [18:48] Hrm, I need to make my solver multi threaded... or just start it double, half my PC is doing nothing! [19:03] MSG: Quit: humhum [19:16] Join: Metcalf joined #corewars [19:17] Hi :-) [19:17] MSG: Client Quit [19:17] heya [19:17] doh. [19:17] Join: Metcalf joined #corewars [19:17] that was a driveby by met. [19:17] heh [19:17] :-) [19:17] hey met [19:18] Pressed the wrong button [19:18] 3 people lurking outside #corewars [19:19] Wow, you were lurking the lurkers? [19:19] Hi Roy :-) [19:19] I'm not sure who the lurkers are yet [19:19] heh [19:20] I might be going to Cambridge on Wednesday or Thursday if anyone's about [19:21] I won't be anywhere near cambridge [19:21] Neither will I... [19:22] :-( [19:22] sf or fiveop may be [19:23] I haven't seen anyone else who might be near Cambridge in #corewars recently [19:24] on a galactic scale, I'm practically there already tho.. [19:24] does that make you feel better met? [19:25] Yes, much better [19:25] pak21 is near it I think, he said something about it today, check the logs [19:25] Oh, I thought he'd moved away [19:27] Gotta go, off to see the Clash of the Coverbands! [19:28] (national competition, a friend of mine plays in it) [19:28] MSG: [19:28] * Metcalf waves to late [19:29] to EQU too [19:40] jeez, a "report on e-mail use", does it count that i delete spam twice a month? [19:41] hrm. [19:56] * Metcalf waves [19:56] MSG: Quit: mov.i #1,1 [21:35] Join: Metcalf joined #corewars [21:35] greetings met-o-tron [21:36] Hi Bvowk [21:37] Just got back on the computer! [21:37] Looking for a book on ebay [21:38] you don't have multiple computers? [21:38] * bvowk looks confused. [21:39] Yes, but only set up the net on this one so far [21:39] Don't have a wireless router :-( [21:39] ahh [21:43] Just looking for some books on compiler / operating system implementation [21:51] MSG: Quit: mov.i #1,1 [22:24] uh.. [22:24] why? [22:42] RedOS?