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SUMMARY:Codeslinger Shootout
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nOn April 21, 2010 you are invited to test your fast 
 thinking and\nprogramming skills at the GatorLUG meeting. You could wi
 n the coveted title of \"Fastest Codeslinger of 2010\", a cool mug pro
 claiming your victory, and one or more Amazon gift cards.\n\nMain Stre
 et Softworks has generously offered to sponsor the tournament again th
 is year.\n\nThis year there will be two prizes. The first prize will b
 e awarded to the first person who submits a program that calculates th
 e correct result to the problem. The second prize will be awarded to t
 he first person who submits a program written in C that calculates the
  correct result to the problem (written in C means done by you and not
  via a\nconverter of some other language syntax to C). It is possible 
 for one person to win both prizes.\n\nFirst prize - A $500 gift card f
 rom Amazon.com\n\nSecond prize - A $200 gift card from Amazon.com\n\nP
 lease register for the tournament by Friday, April 16, 2010 so that we
  can plan to have enough space and electrical plug-ins for the contest
 ants.\n\nRules\n\n1. Enter the contest by emailing your name and progr
 amming language of choice to clinton _AT_ collins-family.org on or bef
 ore April 16, 2010. You are not limited to using this language during 
 the contest but you do need to be registered to participate.\n2. Bring
  your laptop (or borrow one from a friend) to the meeting.\n3. You may
  use any programming/scripting language/environment you want.\n4. You 
 may not use search engines to look for example code to copy and paste 
 during the event.\n5. You will start up your laptop and programming en
 vironment.\n6. Your hands will come off the laptop and stay off until 
 the sta signal is given.\n7. If you touch the computer before the star
 t signal you will be disqualified.\n8. A general problem with a single
  correct answer will be presented.\n9. You may solve the problem with 
 an algorithm or a simulation.\n10. There will be a question and answer
  period.\n11. After the question and answer period, the start signal w
 ill be given.\n12. The first person to show their source code and corr
 ect answer output to one of the contest judges wins.\n13. A judge will
  look at the code and output to verify the w.nner.\n14. The decision o
 f the judge will be final, no whining allowed.\n15. Hats, boots and le
 ather are optional but good for style points.\n\nFor more information 
 visit https://codetown.com/events/codeslinger-shootout-1
DTSTART:20100421T220000Z
DTEND:20100422T000000Z
CATEGORIES:contest
LOCATION:Virtually Cuban
WEBSITE:http://www.gatorlug.org/node/261 and http://virtuallycuban.com
 /
URL:http://www.gatorlug.org/node/261 and http://virtuallycuban.com/
CONTACT:clinton _AT_ collins-family.org
ORGANIZER:GatorLUG - The Gainesville Linus Users Group via Clint Colli
 ns, organizer
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Michael 
 Levin":https://codetown.com/profile/MichaelLevin
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