April 2010 Meeting Notes
Compiled by Dave Jaffe
Contributions from Kevin Appert and others
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09:50 |
Coffee and a Chat |
10:15 |
Programmer's Challange - CH Ting "We haven't
done a programmer's challenge for a long time. How about tackling this one for
the morning session in our April meeting?"
- Programmer's Challenge: When did Jesus actually die?
Clues:
- He died on a Friday.
- The Thursday before his death was Passover, which is the 14th
day of 1st month on Jewish calender.
- Passover occurs on the first full moon after the Spring
equinox.
- This year Passover was Monday 3/29/2010.
- This year the Spring equinox was Sunday 3/21/2010.
- A year has 365.256363 days.
- A month has 29.530689 days.
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"Which year around 30 AD had Passover on a
Thursday?"
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"Both integer and floating point math are acceptable, but
you will need six decimal digit precision."
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"Go figure. Let's compare notes in the morning session.
Bring and show your code."
- Brad Nelson's code
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11:48 |
Lunch We will walk to
The Treehouse by
Tresidder Union. Here is the
menu.
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13:00 |
Introductions, Announcements, Discussions, and Gossip -
All Assembled We discussed the Maker Faire, the Embedded Systems
Conference, and other things. |
13:30 |
Quantum Computing Overview - Jack J.
Woehr Quantum computing (QC) promises a path to solving in polynomial
time computations which execute in exponential time on digital binary
computers. But can QC be made practical, efficient, and affordable? Jack
presented this talk via Skype.
- Slides - 48 Kb pdf file
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14:30 |
Break |
14:45 |
A (hopefully not) Continuous Job Hunt - Dennis A.
Ruffer Landing four jobs in the last four years has given Dennis some
experiences that he can pass on. Here are some topics he discussed:
- State of the job market for Forth practitioners?
- Relocating - how is the job climate elsewhere?
- Marketing firms
- Resumes - (how many pages is sufficient?)
- Job shops
- Here is the search term he used on
Indeed: forth -"so forth" -"forth worth"
-"forth smith" -"set forth" -"sets forth" -"setting forth" -"put forth"
-"putting forth" -"bring forth" -"back and forth" -"forth coming" -"brings
forth" -"puts forth" -"forth core" -"forth consecutive" -"drive forth"
-"bringing forth" -"every forth" -"Forth Group" -"brought forth" -"brining
forth" -"bursts forth" -"burst forth" -"venturing forth" -"asset forth" -"lay
forth" -"Forth Wroth" -"forth doctor" -"carrying forth" -"going forth" -"go
forth" -"our forth" -"orth year" -"calling forth" -"carries forth" -"Ft. Forth"
-"Forth Worth" -"Forth Wayne" -"Forth & Towne" -"carries forth" -"carry
forth" -"back & forth" -"call forth" -"calls forth" -"set forth" -"step
forth" -"forth level" -"forth right" -"comes forth" -"carried forth" -"moving
forth"
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16:00 |
Adjourn |
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Other items:
- Forth
- Forth
material from UK including FIG UK Resource CD
- The
A-Z of Programming Languages - Forth
- Software
- Hardware
- Books
- Other
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