< Xerol> holy shit the internet's going to be gone by morning

I wrote this up last night, but I wanted to let it stew for a bit before I posted.

If you have checked Digg any time in the past 24 hours, you have probably seen some part of the HD DVD encryption key firestorm. If not, I'll just give an overview of what this whole thing is all about ( Read more... )

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[cb112@cslabpc4 ~]$ cat evaluationtest.cpp
#include
using namespace std;

int incrementAndReturn(int &i) {
return ++i;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
int i = 0;
cout << incrementAndReturn(i);
cout << incrementAndReturn(i);
cout << incrementAndReturn(i) << endl;

i = 0;
cout << incrementAndReturn(i)
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"Find a near-optimal solution to the Rubik's Cube."

More as I figure out exactly what that means and how to do it.

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I don't feel like reporting anything else substantial right now, so here's a picture of a ten pound chocolate bar:


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Here are some photos of miscellaneous pretty things I've encountered on the trip.


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