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Entries from September 2008

Visual Quiz Questions

September 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

As I was telling you earlier, I conducted a Quiz at the GE Research Center in Bangalore, where I also work. So here are the questions. This is best viewed in "fullscreen" mode.
Visual Quiz

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Six Books

September 29th, 2008 · No Comments

When I enter a bookstore, I am like the proverbial child in a candy store. And knowing this, my sister gave me a Rs. 1500 grant (Read b’day gift vouchers) at Crossword. Here’s what I bought. Now I have to print my name on these with a green pen. And read them.
 

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JFWTC Quiz Prelims Questions

September 23rd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Yesterday, I conducted a quiz at work. Over 60 enthusiasts turned up and I was just at the brink or running out of prelims question sheets. Lazy Shourya needs some time to put up the questions of the final round (all pictures), but here are the questions from the written prelims. See how many you [...]

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Software Accretion

September 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Jeff Atwood, in his blog mentions this concept.
Perhaps what we need is a model of software accretion. Start
with a tiny fragment of code that does almost nothing. Look on the
bright side — code that does nothing can’t have many bugs! Test it,
and check it in. Add one more small feature. Test that feature, and
check it [...]

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