Students face off in programming contest

the hunter · 04-12-2006, 08:02 PM

SAN ANTONIO — Brainy students worked in teams of three Wednesday to cram an entire semester of work into five hours by solving such computing puzzles as how to connect gears of a clock when given a specific shaft speed.

Russia's Saratov State University took an early lead among the 82 teams, having correctly solved five questions in eight attempts. The only U.S. school in the top 10 was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, placing seventh in the early results.

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the hunter getting hitched Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,655	Students face off in programming contest SAN ANTONIO — Brainy students worked in teams of three Wednesday to cram an entire semester of work into five hours by solving such computing puzzles as how to connect gears of a clock when given a specific shaft speed. Russia's Saratov State University took an early lead among the 82 teams, having correctly solved five questions in eight attempts. The only U.S. school in the top 10 was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, placing seventh in the early results. Read article

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