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/--[ What happens when you think in terms of computer programs ]---------------\
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|        -------------------------------                                       |
|        |                             |                                       |
|        |        Cracker Barrel       |                                       |
|        |      Old Country Store      |                                       |
|        |                             |                                       |
|        |  Pancakes..............4.95 |                                       |
|        |  Chicken Fried Steak...8.95 |                                       |
|        |  Eggs and Bacon........3.95 |                                       |
|        |  Soup of the Day.......5.95 |                                       |
|        |                             |                                       |
|        ------------------------------|                                       |
|                                                                              |
|                             ^                                                |
|                            / \         ------------------------              |
|                           / . \        |   Game Instructions  |              |
|                          / 0 0 \       |    Leave only one,   |              |
|                         / 0 0 0 \      |   you're a genius!   |              |
|                        / 0 0 0 0 \     |   Leave four or more |              |
|                       / 0 0 0 0 0 \    |   you're just plain  |              |
|                       -------------    |   "eg-no-ra-moose".  |              |
|                                        ------------------------              |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|     ___                                                /\/\/\/|              |
|    /   \   Honey, look! Your                           |      |              |
|   / / **   favorite! Chicken      Hold on, I'm going   (v)(v) 3              |
|   | \ -/ /   Fried Steak!        to solve this stupid  |      |              |
|    \| |                            puzzle real quick.  | ---  |              |
|    /   \   \                                            \____/               |
|              Okay. I'm going                             |  |                |
|                 to order.                                                    |
|                                                                              |
---[ 20 minutes later ]---------------------------------------------------------
|                                                                              |
|            ^                 /\/\/\/|                                        |
|           / \                |      |         Oh really? We'll see           |
|          / 0 \               (v)(v) 3       who's an "ignoramus" when        |
|         / . . \              |      |    /    I get through with             |
|        / . . . \             | ---  |            you tonight.                |
|       / . . 0 . \             \____/                                         |
|      / 0 . . . 0 \             | |                                           |
|      -------------                                                           |
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|     ___                                                /\/\/\/|              |
|    /   \   How'd your little                           |      |              |
|   / / **   puzzle go sweetie?      Eh, I almost got    (^)(^) 3              |
|   | \ -/ /                        it. I left 2 pegs    |      |              |
|    \| |                           due to a careless \  | ---  |              |
|    /   \                          mistake, but if I     \____/               |
|                                   had time to try        |  |                |
|                                    again I'd get it                          |
|                                perfect. Let's just eat.                      |
|                                                                              |
---[ later that night ]---------------------------------------------------------
|                                                                              |
|  #!/usr/local/bin/ruby                                                       |
|                                                                              |
|  class Peg                                                                   |
|                                                                              |
|    def initialize()                                                          |
|      ....                          /\/\/\/|                                  |
|    end                             |      |                                  |
|                                    (?)(?) 3    Hmm. Should I use a list?     |
|  end                               |      |       Or a hash with x,y         |
|                                    | ---  |      coordinates for keys?       |
|  class Game                         \____/                                   |
|                                      |  |                                    |
|    def solve                                                                 |
|      ...                                                                     |
|    end                                                                       |
|                                                                              |
|  end                                                                         |
|                                                                              |
|  ...                                                                         |
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| killnine@killnine.com [~]# ./barrel_cracker.rb                               |
|                                                                              |
| 2,0 => 0,0                                                                   |
| 4,0 => 2,0                                  /\/\/\/|                         |
| 3,2 => 3,0                                  |      |                         |
| 1,1 => 3,1                                  (0)(0) 3   That's right bitch.   |
| 3,0 => 1,0                                  |      |                         |
| 0,0 => 2,0                                  | \_/  |                         |
| 3,3 => 1,1                                   \____/                          |
| 4,1 => 2,1                                    |  |                           |
| 1,1 => 3,1                                                                   |
| 4,3 => 4,1                                                                   |
| 2,0 => 4,2                                                                   |
| 4,1 => 4,3                                                                   |
| 4,4 => 4,2                                                                   |
| You left only one peg! You're a genius!                                      |
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| killnine@killnine.com [~]#                                                   |
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/--[ comics ]------------------------------------------------------------------\

03.11.2008 - [0027] Celebrity Worship at the SXSW Interactive Conference
01.17.2008 - [0026] People who take themselves too seriously
03.30.2007 - [0025] A summary of Mark Zuckerberg's speech at Startup School
03.07.2007 - [0023] Who needs white strips?
03.07.2007 - [0022] Tiresome conversations
03.06.2007 - [0021] Dreamer
03.02.2007 - [0020] No one ever responds to my personal ads
03.01.2007 - [0019] Stop software abuse
02.28.2007 - [0018] Steve's Debris
02.27.2007 - [0017] Programming Styles Compared
02.26.2007 - [0016] What Would Jay-Z Do?
02.24.2007 - [0015] My brain is a dumb terminal
02.21.2007 - [0014] What if Camus were a Computer Scientist?
02.21.2007 - [0013] Memorization vs. Understanding
02.20.2007 - [0012] An elegant proof of determinism
02.20.2007 - [0011] A tribute to geeks 
02.20.2007 - [0010] Getting p0wned by your girlfriend 
02.19.2007 - [0009] I don't understand social networking
02.19.2007 - [0008] Don't judge a book by its cover
02.19.2007 - [0007] The day I tried to learn Spring and Hibernate
02.18.2007 - [0006] Sometimes I hate web standards evangelists
02.18.2007 - [0005] Last year I quit my job to become an online poker player
02.18.2007 - [0004] Graffiti in the math building
02.17.2007 - [0003] Every geek's fantasy: Meeting a girl in a wi-fi cafe
02.17.2007 - [0002] What happens when you think in terms of computer programs
02.17.2007 - [0001] It's hard to answer questions honestly at work in your 20's

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