"error c2236: unexpected 'class' 'Vertex'. Did you forget a ';'?"Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Someone needs to have a talk with Visual Studio about its attitude...
"error c2236: unexpected 'class' 'Vertex'. Did you forget a ';'?"
Most Awesomest Homework Problem Ever
9.53
The object of the Kevin Bacon Game is to link a movie actor to Kevin Bacon via shared movie roles. The minimum number of links is an actor's Bacon number. For instance, Tom Hanks has a Bacon number of 1; he was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon. Sally Fields has a Bacon number of 2, because she was in Forrest Gump with Tom Hanks, who was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon. Almost all well-known actors have a Bacon number of 1 or 2. Assume that you have a comprehensive list of actors, with roles (for instance, see the Internet Movie Database files: actor.list.gz and actress.list.gz at ftp://ftw.fu-berlin.de/pub/misc/movies/database.) and do the following:
a. Explain how to find an actor's Bacon number.
b. Explain how to find the actor with the highest Bacon Number.
c. Explain how to find the minimum number of links between two arbitrary actors.
lol, wut? Where on Earth do textbook authors come up with these questions?
The object of the Kevin Bacon Game is to link a movie actor to Kevin Bacon via shared movie roles. The minimum number of links is an actor's Bacon number. For instance, Tom Hanks has a Bacon number of 1; he was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon. Sally Fields has a Bacon number of 2, because she was in Forrest Gump with Tom Hanks, who was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon. Almost all well-known actors have a Bacon number of 1 or 2. Assume that you have a comprehensive list of actors, with roles (for instance, see the Internet Movie Database files: actor.list.gz and actress.list.gz at ftp://ftw.fu-berlin.de/pub/misc/movies/database.) and do the following:
a. Explain how to find an actor's Bacon number.
b. Explain how to find the actor with the highest Bacon Number.
c. Explain how to find the minimum number of links between two arbitrary actors.
lol, wut? Where on Earth do textbook authors come up with these questions?
Monday, April 13, 2009
For I Will Live and Die, huah, A Pirate King!
So I know I haven't been posting, but I do have this little thing called school, and it makes it tough to find time to update. Anyway, something so momentous happened this weekend that I just had to share it.
In this new age of technology where everyone rents movies online, all these little po-dunk video rentals shops are going out of business. My sister and I, being the bargain hunters and movie connoisseur we are, always look for these small examples of our declining economy and pounce on them to find the best deals for cheap movies. Usually these places only have VHS for sale, but we figure that even if we can only watch the movie once or twice, buying from these businesses is way cheaper than actually going out and renting the movie.
Now this weekend the victim was Sunburst Video, it was a pretty shady place, but we trekked on over there and found they were selling VHS for $1 each! Sadly most of the movies were scary Spanish romances. But there were a few gems we managed to find. Among mine were an unopened copy of Wayne's World on VHS and A Perfect Murder. Both amazing films. But the real score came when we were wandering down one of the aisles and my sister makes a little squeal and picks up a movie and shoves it into my hands. It was The Pirates of Penzance! (in very good condition too) We were over come with joy. It was a great find. We marveled at the fact that over the two weeks that this sale had been going on no one had managed to steal this movie from us. You have to realize that this movie was one of my favorites when I was a child. We had it on laser disc and then our laser disc player broke and we couldn't find anyone who could fix it. So the poor disc has sat in our cabinet for years, never being touched. But what made the find amazing is just how rare this movie is. I've never been a snob or a collector, but this movie is near impossible to find and hasn't even been released on DVD yet. And to think I scored a copy of it for 1 measly dollar. Obviously the owners had not done their research when marking their films for sale. When my sister when to another going out of business sale she managed to find a copy of it, but had to pay $20 for a beat up old VHS copy. It truly made my weekend.
My family then proceeded to watch the film while making food for Easter. The best part was that none of us were actually watching it but we all managed to know exactly what the characters were going to say next. So we all sung along to our favorite parts.
For those of you who don't know what I am talking about: http://tinyurl.com/cxmfb9 do it now, its pure awesomeness!
In this new age of technology where everyone rents movies online, all these little po-dunk video rentals shops are going out of business. My sister and I, being the bargain hunters and movie connoisseur we are, always look for these small examples of our declining economy and pounce on them to find the best deals for cheap movies. Usually these places only have VHS for sale, but we figure that even if we can only watch the movie once or twice, buying from these businesses is way cheaper than actually going out and renting the movie.
Now this weekend the victim was Sunburst Video, it was a pretty shady place, but we trekked on over there and found they were selling VHS for $1 each! Sadly most of the movies were scary Spanish romances. But there were a few gems we managed to find. Among mine were an unopened copy of Wayne's World on VHS and A Perfect Murder. Both amazing films. But the real score came when we were wandering down one of the aisles and my sister makes a little squeal and picks up a movie and shoves it into my hands. It was The Pirates of Penzance! (in very good condition too) We were over come with joy. It was a great find. We marveled at the fact that over the two weeks that this sale had been going on no one had managed to steal this movie from us. You have to realize that this movie was one of my favorites when I was a child. We had it on laser disc and then our laser disc player broke and we couldn't find anyone who could fix it. So the poor disc has sat in our cabinet for years, never being touched. But what made the find amazing is just how rare this movie is. I've never been a snob or a collector, but this movie is near impossible to find and hasn't even been released on DVD yet. And to think I scored a copy of it for 1 measly dollar. Obviously the owners had not done their research when marking their films for sale. When my sister when to another going out of business sale she managed to find a copy of it, but had to pay $20 for a beat up old VHS copy. It truly made my weekend.
My family then proceeded to watch the film while making food for Easter. The best part was that none of us were actually watching it but we all managed to know exactly what the characters were going to say next. So we all sung along to our favorite parts.
For those of you who don't know what I am talking about: http://tinyurl.com/cxmfb9 do it now, its pure awesomeness!
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