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The Prime Number Shitting Bear
Well, that was fun. I managed to get up early today and go over to Microsoft to help people out with testing puzzles for the CMU puzzle hunt recruiting event in a few weeks. It was sort of like a mini PH for us. They split us into teams and had us work on stuff from about 10am to 6pm.
I can't say anything about the puzzles, of course, but I can say I had a lot of fun. Was on a team with Kevin and Michelle, and Drew, and Jason, and a recent CMU grad named Craig who was really nice. Some puzzles were good, some were bad, either way, any of you still at CMU, I recommend you go do the Hunt when they're there (I think it's November 12th-ish?)
The funniest moment of the day had to be when Drew was trying to figure out some number sequences and he wanted to know if some numbers were prime, and so Kevin says, and I am utterly not making this up,
"Google for 'prime number shitting bear'."
Well, sure enough, there is a web page with an applet with, of all things, a bear, who shits prime numbers. No, really. I could not stop laughing about this for a good half hour, and for the rest of the day when anyone wanted to make me lose it and collapse into giggles, they'd just say something to me about "the bear", and BOOM, I was gone.
After the puzzle testing, we had a wrapup where we gave our feedback. Then, I went to dinner with Drew and Jason, and with Mike Janney, who had shown up late and got put on the other team. Mike's the Fearless Leader of L'iboncatipu, the MS Puzzle Hunt team I've been on the last few years. He's a pretty awesome guy, so it was fun to hang out for a while. I'm really psyched for the real Puzzle Hunt in three weekends. Woooo.
Well, anyway, I'm kinda tired, so I may nap and try to wake up at 2am for what will again hopefully be the last game of Second Stage. Or I might sleep. Who knows! Whee.
I can't say anything about the puzzles, of course, but I can say I had a lot of fun. Was on a team with Kevin and Michelle, and Drew, and Jason, and a recent CMU grad named Craig who was really nice. Some puzzles were good, some were bad, either way, any of you still at CMU, I recommend you go do the Hunt when they're there (I think it's November 12th-ish?)
The funniest moment of the day had to be when Drew was trying to figure out some number sequences and he wanted to know if some numbers were prime, and so Kevin says, and I am utterly not making this up,
"Google for 'prime number shitting bear'."
Well, sure enough, there is a web page with an applet with, of all things, a bear, who shits prime numbers. No, really. I could not stop laughing about this for a good half hour, and for the rest of the day when anyone wanted to make me lose it and collapse into giggles, they'd just say something to me about "the bear", and BOOM, I was gone.
After the puzzle testing, we had a wrapup where we gave our feedback. Then, I went to dinner with Drew and Jason, and with Mike Janney, who had shown up late and got put on the other team. Mike's the Fearless Leader of L'iboncatipu, the MS Puzzle Hunt team I've been on the last few years. He's a pretty awesome guy, so it was fun to hang out for a while. I'm really psyched for the real Puzzle Hunt in three weekends. Woooo.
Well, anyway, I'm kinda tired, so I may nap and try to wake up at 2am for what will again hopefully be the last game of Second Stage. Or I might sleep. Who knows! Whee.