Comments on: Final Hours http://blogs.mathworks.com/contest/2006/04/12/final-hours/ The MATLAB Programming Contest is a semi-annual competition where contestants submit MATLAB code to try to solve a challenge. For more information, see http://www.mathworks.com/contest/overview.html Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:45:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: the cyclist http://blogs.mathworks.com/contest/2006/04/12/final-hours/#comment-43 the cyclist Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:49:57 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/contest/?p=39#comment-43 Specifically, take the code of "Chuck Norris 4" (the unobfuscated version of ""sirroN kcuhC 4"), and substitute my "a37" function for the "nthroot" function. I'm afraid I won't be providing any documentation for that any time soon. 8-) Specifically, take the code of “Chuck Norris 4″ (the unobfuscated version of “”sirroN kcuhC 4″), and substitute my “a37″ function for the “nthroot” function.

I’m afraid I won’t be providing any documentation for that any time soon. 8-)

]]> By: Stijn Helsen http://blogs.mathworks.com/contest/2006/04/12/final-hours/#comment-42 Stijn Helsen Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:23:29 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/contest/?p=39#comment-42 By using the "Chuck Norris" submission as a reference, and the unobfuscater I've submitted (and Matlab's autoindent) you can get already something. By using the “Chuck Norris” submission as a reference, and the unobfuscater I’ve submitted (and Matlab’s autoindent) you can get already something.

]]> By: Markus http://blogs.mathworks.com/contest/2006/04/12/final-hours/#comment-41 Markus Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:58:20 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/contest/?p=39#comment-41 So it seems that utr alias the cyclist alias Tim Vaughan won his third contest. Congratulations! The winning code is an obfuscated one, so far so good. It would be nice if you would let him replace that version by the non-obfuscated, maybe even a well-documented version. I think this would be interesting to the other contestants of this contest as well as for other people who want to review the results of this contest at another time. So it seems that utr alias the cyclist alias Tim Vaughan won his third contest. Congratulations!

The winning code is an obfuscated one, so far so good. It would be nice if you would let him replace that version by the non-obfuscated, maybe even a well-documented version. I think this would be interesting to the other contestants of this contest as well as for other people who want to review the results of this contest at another time.

]]> By: Stijn Helsen http://blogs.mathworks.com/contest/2006/04/12/final-hours/#comment-40 Stijn Helsen Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:16:39 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/contest/?p=39#comment-40 Luckily there is no real point about the 1 second too late. It was far from best anyway. Luckily there is no real point about the 1 second too late. It was far from best anyway.

]]> By: Matthew http://blogs.mathworks.com/contest/2006/04/12/final-hours/#comment-39 Matthew Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:02:16 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/contest/?p=39#comment-39 The shutoff of the entry submission is somewhat decoupled from the code that actually accepts the entry. The timestamp is what counts. The shutoff of the entry submission is somewhat decoupled from the code that actually accepts the entry. The timestamp is what counts.

]]> By: David Jones http://blogs.mathworks.com/contest/2006/04/12/final-hours/#comment-38 David Jones Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:59:40 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/contest/?p=39#comment-38 My theory is the last entry arrived just before 5:00:00pm when the queue closed, and then took a fraction of a second to get processed, timestamped and stored in the database. Oh what controversy if "poptastic 20" turns out to be the winning submission! My theory is the last entry arrived just before 5:00:00pm when the queue closed, and then took a fraction of a second to get processed, timestamped and stored in the database. Oh what controversy if “poptastic 20″ turns out to be the winning submission!

]]> By: Alan Chalker http://blogs.mathworks.com/contest/2006/04/12/final-hours/#comment-37 Alan Chalker Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:03:56 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/contest/?p=39#comment-37 Done at last!!!! Now it's just a waiting game. There are ~360 entries in the queue at 5PM, and given each entry tends to take ~1 min that is 6 hours of processing time. Hopefully we'll know the results by midnight tonight. Although I do note that the last entry is David Jones, submitted 1 second after the deadline?!?!?!? Done at last!!!! Now it’s just a waiting game. There are ~360 entries in the queue at 5PM, and given each entry tends to take ~1 min that is 6 hours of processing time. Hopefully we’ll know the results by midnight tonight.

Although I do note that the last entry is David Jones, submitted 1 second after the deadline?!?!?!?

]]> By: the cyclist http://blogs.mathworks.com/contest/2006/04/12/final-hours/#comment-36 the cyclist Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:01:21 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/contest/?p=39#comment-36 We seem to be in a calm before the storm. We seem to be in a calm before the storm.

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