A question to IT KBers, part III

[nodrog:Me]

so they wont know? geez, i thought IT guys were smart?

[hdus001]

Ok, here is the opinion that would have gotten me thrown out of your interview:
you write the following line:

label1: dcx label1

If register value is positive, it will iterate until it becomes zero.
If it is zero it will exit right away.
If it is negative, it will happily decrement until the underflow, at which stage the value in the register will become positive and will keep decrementing itself to zero.
What's the right answer?

Yup that is the right answer. You are hired !!

minor nitpick: if it is 0, it wont exit rightaway..will go negative, then count down eventually to 0 and then exit.

[scracha]

"Reed-Solomon codes, motherfucker, but who could be arsed. And I'm outta here, cos you're a twat."
Edit: Agreed re. 99% of recruitment agents being scum-sucking oxygen thieves.

Bwahahah. Unfortunately this prick was the lead developer. I thought of a couple of more methods but I just blurted out "oh for fucks sake" cos I knew working with this guy was gonna be impossible. He obviously wanted to impress me with his own more efficient method and after 45 minutes of him picking holes in the code I had to handwrite I'd had enough (especially as for once it actually worked!).

Reed-Solomon codes...well I've learned something new today. Am pretty sure I'll never use it but what the hell.






Some days I really miss coding.

[avgas]

can somebody explain how to set the clock on my microwave?

Press the time button, hold down for 4 seconds, when the time displays starts flashing enter the 24hour side (eg 16:00) press time again then enter the minute side (16:34). Press start or time to allow the clock to start.

Some Microwave clocks will allow you to enter the whole time (hours:minutes) all at the same time eg 1,6,3,4 = 16:34

[enigma51]

Press the time button, hold down for 4 seconds, when the time displays starts flashing enter the 24hour side (eg 16:00) press time again then enter the minute side (16:34). Press start or time to allow the clock to start.

Some Microwave clocks will allow you to enter the whole time (hours:minutes) all at the same time eg 1,6,3,4 = 16:34

So how do you make the 6 bit of the time of your clock the 1 bit of your clock?

[Street Gerbil]

Guys, has anyone got a Stroustrup C++ 3rd edition that I can borrow?

[jrandom]

Guys, has anyone got a Stroustrup C++ 3rd edition that I can borrow?

Yup, if you don't mind coming to Newmarket to pick it up.

[scracha]

Guys, has anyone got a Stroustrup C++ 3rd edition that I can borrow?

Hell, I even took my C bibles from the UK. Borrow it....no fuckin chance. It's a classic

[Forest]

Most recruitment agencies scan CV's for keywords.

Get the tech / business / logic balance wrong and they'll wipe their arse on the cv before giving it to the hedonistic receptionist to lick off then throw in the bin.

I once got a call from a recruiter in Melbourne. They had a "hot opportunity" which was a "perfect fit" for me.

So I rocked up and was told that the job was for an experienced LISP developer to head a team that was writing code for embedded telephony hardware.

What was it that qualified me for this exciting and challenging role? My CV contained the word telephony.