JoshCheek

From:  James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net>
To:  <%= to %>
Subject:  Addressing Needs

<%= to[/\w+/] %>:

Just wanted to send a quick note assuring that your needs are being
addressed.

I want you to know that my team will keep working on the issues,

JoshCheek

# my submission for http://rubylearning.com/blog/2010/07/31/rpcfn-cycle-tracks-12/
#
# update: I hadn't realized it, but this challenge actually ended today. 
# Mine was very similar to the guy who won, which you can see at http://gist.github.com/502083
# (though he included a very nice 1.9 only solution)

def skip_tracks( ary , i )
  i %= ary.size
  ary.replace  ary[i..-1]+ary[0...i]
end

JoshCheek

# http://gist.github.com/571709
# Okay, after class, I cleaned it up just a small amount, and added bigdecimal
# Other than that, this was written in class by team Riskies, if you can't tell, our team was pretty much the best.

require 'rubygems'
require 'sinatra'
require 'bigdecimal' # use big decimals, because IEEE floats are imprecise, and we are working with money

class String
  def to_bd

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#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
  int i;

  // signed
  printf("int8_t, bytes: %ld, signed: true\n",sizeof(int8_t));  
  for( i = -64*4  ;  i < -64*3 ; ++i ) {

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<!-- It is probably easier to read if you initialize item_images to be an empty hash -->
<% @item.item_images ||= Hash.new %>
<% @item.item_images.each do |key, image| %>
  <img src="<%= image.path %>" width="397" <% if key != 0 %>style="display:none"<% end %> />
<% end %>


<!-- Or return a default value for when it is nil -->
<% (@item.item_images || Hash.new).each do |key, image| %>
  <img src="<%= image.path %>" width="397" <% if key != 0 %>style="display:none"<% end %> />

JoshCheek

#!/usr/bin/env ruby -Ku

# take countries by atheism                 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_atheism
# compare to countries by homicide rate     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

# calculations and analysis down below

countries = {
  "Sweden"=>{:atheism=>85, :crime=>1.17},
  "Denmark"=>{:atheism=>80, :crime=>1.11},

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$ for ver in `rvm list strings` ; do rvm use $ver ; ruby bm.rb ; echo ; echo ; done
Using /Users/josh/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.5.2
      user     system      total        real
for loop    1.435000   0.000000   1.435000 (  1.435000)
while loop  1.034000   0.000000   1.034000 (  1.034000)
times loop  1.126000   0.000000   1.126000 (  1.126000)


Using /Users/josh/.rvm/gems/jruby-1.5.3
      user     system      total        real

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# fx must be started as follows
# /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -jssh


# watir example
require 'firewatir'
fx = FireWatir::Firefox.new
fx.goto 'pastie.org'
text = fx.text_field :id , 'paste_body'
text.set "hello, world!"

JoshCheek

http://tinyurl.com/josh-lightning-talks

• Present trip to RDRC
• How to contribute to F/OSS
• Ruby method overloading
• Chem timer
• Land of Lisp book review
• Metaprogramming Ruby book review
• Cucumber Watir example

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

typedef struct {
  char* name;
  int (*pointer)( int arg ); 
} Method;

typedef struct {
  Method* methods;