Comments for Transient Savant http://quasistoic.org/ts but still a permanent idiot Fri, 16 May 2008 15:09:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 Comment on Perplex City and Magic Squares by Marcel http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2006/08/13/magic-square-solver/#comment-2980 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:20:40 +0000 http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2006/08/13/magic-square-solver/#comment-2980 Hi, nice that you are also interested in magic squares and a nice attempt to find solutions. I see that your program finds 924 solutions for a 4x4 magic square. However, in reality there are lots more. But there are 880 unique solutions (a unique solution cannot be obtained by rotating and/or mirroring another solution). I wrote a program in Fortran which can find all solutions for magic squares of any length. It can be run under DOS or Windows. You can download it freely at download.com (the name is magic square generator 1.0). For 4x4 it will find all 880 solutions in about 5 minutes. My approach is comparable with yours by incrementing numbers and testing rows, columns and rows as soon as possible. However the order I incremented numbers was different (e.g. for 4x4, for other sizes similar): a b c d e h i j f k m n g l o p I hope you enjoy the program. Hi,

nice that you are also interested in magic squares and a nice attempt to find solutions.
I see that your program finds 924 solutions for a 4×4 magic square. However, in reality there are lots more.
But there are 880 unique solutions (a unique solution cannot be obtained by rotating and/or mirroring another solution).
I wrote a program in Fortran which can find all solutions for magic squares of any length.
It can be run under DOS or Windows.
You can download it freely at download.com (the name is magic square generator 1.0).
For 4×4 it will find all 880 solutions in about 5 minutes. My approach is comparable with yours by incrementing numbers and testing rows, columns and rows as soon as possible.
However the order I incremented numbers was different (e.g. for 4×4, for other sizes similar):

a b c d
e h i j
f k m n
g l o p

I hope you enjoy the program.

]]> Comment on Perplex City and Magic Squares by Matt http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2006/08/13/magic-square-solver/#comment-2979 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:03:37 +0000 http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2006/08/13/magic-square-solver/#comment-2979 Hey I am also a software engineer and I noticed that you are missing quiet a few answers one being the magic square of 7 2 11 14 12 13 8 1 6 3 10 15 9 16 5 4 Else very interesting and good attempt Hey I am also a software engineer and I noticed that you are missing quiet a few answers one being the magic square of
7 2 11 14
12 13 8 1
6 3 10 15
9 16 5 4

Else very interesting and good attempt

]]> Comment on Words that End in J by cancer free http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2005/12/23/words-ending-in-j/#comment-2978 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:15:58 +0000 http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2005/12/23/words-ending-in-j/#comment-2978 We'll you made the first step by QUITTING. But here's the real deal. You have to get rid of all the loser friends that smoke around you. Because your'e still breathing that cancer in you body. I carry a squirt gun around and squirt people that are smoking. I squirt their cancer stick. I am 240lbs 6'2 solid. I can get away with it here in Cali. I laugh at people that smoke. It just shows you the kinda losers they are. It's funny that these are the same idiots that are trying to save trees & whales. But, they sit there and smoke their CANCER.. It tells you on the side of the box, YOU WILL DIE, IF YOU ARE STUIPD ENOUGH TO SMOKE THESE THINGS. Grow up people. It also costs you about $2000.00 a year. Witch you can't afford anyway. Smoke POT at lease you feel good when you do smoke it.Not only that butt if you smoke and your kids see you, then they think it's ok. Great role model. Cancer free out! We’ll you made the first step by QUITTING. But here’s the real deal. You have to get rid of all the loser friends that smoke around you. Because your’e still breathing that cancer in you body. I carry a squirt gun around and squirt people that are smoking. I squirt their cancer stick. I am 240lbs 6′2 solid. I can get away with it here in Cali. I laugh at people that smoke. It just shows you the kinda losers they are. It’s funny that these are the same idiots that are trying to save trees & whales. But, they sit there and smoke their CANCER.. It tells you on the side of the box, YOU WILL DIE, IF YOU ARE STUIPD ENOUGH TO SMOKE THESE THINGS. Grow up people. It also costs you about $2000.00 a year. Witch you can’t afford anyway. Smoke POT at lease you feel good when you do smoke it.Not only that butt if you smoke and your kids see you, then they think it’s ok. Great role model. Cancer free out!

]]> Comment on WordPress, my mistress by mike paahana http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2004/05/11/wordpress-my-mistress/#comment-2977 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:39:33 +0000 http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2004/05/11/wordpress-my-mistress/#comment-2977 everyone should have a girlfriend on the side, my life is so much better now that i have someone hoo takes care of me, i can go home and no stress with th ole lady cause no bother me anymore everyone should have a girlfriend on the side, my life is so much better now that i have someone hoo takes care of me, i can go home and no stress with th ole lady cause no bother me anymore

]]> Comment on Words that End in J by a http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2005/12/23/words-ending-in-j/#comment-2975 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:40:57 +0000 http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2005/12/23/words-ending-in-j/#comment-2975 About "Raj". It's not an abbreviation: The term – from the Hindu word for 'reign' – is used to describe British sovereignty in India from the mid-18th century until the establishment of the state of India in 1947. http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=raj I will agree with you on PBJ. Even the entry in the dictionary seems retarded. It's listed as a noun, pronounced as "pee-bee-jay". Sigh. http://www.bartleby.com/61/79/P0127950.html About “Raj”. It’s not an abbreviation:

The term – from the Hindu word for ‘reign’ – is used to describe British sovereignty in India from the mid-18th century until the establishment of the state of India in 1947.

http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=raj

I will agree with you on PBJ. Even the entry in the dictionary seems retarded. It’s listed as a noun, pronounced as “pee-bee-jay”. Sigh.

http://www.bartleby.com/61/79/P0127950.html

]]> Comment on Greasemonkey Del.icio.us Director by thadk http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2005/10/27/greasemonkey-delicious-director/#comment-2974 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:20:28 +0000 http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2005/10/27/greasemonkey-delicious-director/#comment-2974 Just so people don't find themselves pounding their heads on walls figuring out why the updated script is not working: It uses the type-setted version of the " ' " symbol. The blog must convert it. You will have to retype it in the script when you copy and paste. Enjoy. Just so people don’t find themselves pounding their heads on walls figuring out why the updated script is not working:
It uses the type-setted version of the ” ‘ ” symbol. The blog must convert it. You will have to retype it in the script when you copy and paste. Enjoy.

]]> Comment on Good Morning Son by My Name Is Ida http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2004/01/26/good-morning-son/#comment-2973 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:15:58 +0000 http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2004/01/26/good-morning-son/#comment-2973 I always wondered where the hell someone could get a roast beef combo for ten dollars! And he says that "you don't have to pay i've got all the change." how ghetto is it to pay a ten dollar tab with change? crazy ben folds. I always wondered where the hell someone could get a roast beef combo for ten dollars! And he says that “you don’t have to pay i’ve got all the change.”
how ghetto is it to pay a ten dollar tab with change?
crazy ben folds.

]]> Comment on Slippers by Danny Dawson http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2007/03/04/slippers/#comment-2970 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:59:47 +0000 http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2007/03/04/slippers/#comment-2970 I'm actually using them today (the post-its, not the slippers) as we pack up the office for the move. I’m actually using them today (the post-its, not the slippers) as we pack up the office for the move.

]]> Comment on Slippers by claudine http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2007/03/04/slippers/#comment-2969 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:56:22 +0000 http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2007/03/04/slippers/#comment-2969 now if only we had a picture of the cute post-its! now if only we had a picture of the cute post-its!

]]> Comment on Ayon, browser daw ito! by claudine http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2007/03/07/ewokese-firefox/#comment-2968 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:54:58 +0000 http://quasistoic.org/ts/archives/2007/03/07/ewokese-firefox/#comment-2968 For a moment, I thought this post title was in reaction to the movie we saw last night. But it appears to have been posted waaay before we saw "Ang Panama." Ayon = "there" daw = "supposedly" Ito = "this" ============= Taglish! Whee! For a moment, I thought this post title was in reaction to the movie we saw last night. But it appears to have been posted waaay before we saw “Ang Panama.”

Ayon = “there”
daw = “supposedly”
Ito = “this”
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Taglish! Whee!

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