Failure to Code
Posted on October 9, 2007 at 12:34 Down the Drain
Argh, I joined a contest in TopCoder and just this morning I scanned through the entries and I couldn’t help but smile and tremble as I saw them. Then I knew via e-mail that my entry got disqualified. Ah, the pain, it hurts inside. Huha~
Dear simulationelson,
This email is in regard to {insert filename of entry} submitted on Monday, October 8, 2007 at 10:43 SGT
Unfortunately, your TopCoder Studio submission has failed review for the following reason(s):
As stated in the Spec Doc, other colors are acceptable, however, the focus must be kept on the tournament colors. Your design does not focus on the tournament colors.
Sincerely,
Jessica Williams
TopCoder Studio
If only I had enough time, and good attitude not to confuse myself on the requirements (not about the color scheme at all), perhaps I could have made it (yeah, right). I’ll post my entry, maybe later.
Edit: I think the Biology20 3rd long exam we had at 1 this afternoon was the same thing as what our classmates who took the subject last sem had. See, we asked them about it this morning and they said that one essay question was, “If you are on a boat stranded in the middle of the ocean, would you drink seawater for survival?” John Paul immediately exclaimed, “It really is here!” upon seeing that it was indeed in our questionnaire too. Haha. Also, my report in CMSC123 this morning on Selection – Randomized Quick-Select was a success. Yea! =P
Blogosphere
Posted on October 7, 2007 at 16:23 Down the Drain
Kyla sang the National Anthem “Lupang Hinirang” in Pacquiao’s match against Barrera today. She looked very cute and beautiful and, good enough, did the song very well. On the other hand, the match itself was not well – uh, in a way that it gave a different impression compared to Manny’s his previous fights. I think there was no round in which he was able to make Marco Antonio fall. As I was watching, part of my attention was on today’s newspaper (in between breaks I was having a fun chitchat with Shiela and Arjay).
In today’s Junior Inquirer, “Blogger Power” was on the front page. The writer is Denise Anne Castro, 12 years old from Quezon City. Part of what she wrote was:
“A blog or a web log is personal journal that a user posts online for the entire world to see. Think of it as a public diary of a person’s daily experiences. It may include pictures, video clips, or links to other sites.
Blogging has become so popular because it covers just about anything: from politics to pop culture, or whatever’s on your mind. What’s more, anyone in the world with access to the Internet can view a blog with a mere click of the mouse.”
Then my roommate directed me about the “The Amazing Race Asia 2.” I know that in the first season Aubrey Miles participated, but lost. Oh c’mon.. What can you expect from a girl like her? Hehe. In this new race, two teams from the Philippines will be joining. I was delighted upon knowing so. It’s even made more interesting that one of them is a married couple but are not Filipinos at all! I didn’t know they’d allow this kind of thing. Then again, two heads are still better than one, right!? The other team is composed of Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez. Reading the article was super worthwhile.
{prepares hands for haggard typing}
And oh, by the way, Manny Pacquiao won once again, by unanimous decision.
