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What do programmers do? November 15, 2007 2:52 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Programming, Technology , 6comments

Word problems! Programmers solve word problems.

My challenge is that I have sales people with base locations. Their territory allows them to sell a handful of products but each product can be sold a certain distance from their base location. Product A is eligible to be sold within 10 miles of base location product b 30 miles and so forth with product f being nationwide.

I have to create an interface which allows the end user to say "I’m here and want product ___" and then I show them all the qualified sales people who can get that product to them.

The program should also read the user’s mind so that the dropdown of regions will only show regions that sales people can actually get products to. The mind reading has to happen since product f is nationwide all regions should always be listed…well…unless the user wants product a….

That’s programming!

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Daily Show Writers Do A Bit November 15, 2007 11:59 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Economy, Of Interest, TV / Movies, Touchy Subjects , add a comment

The Daily Show writers give some input about the writer’s strike. Seen on A href=”http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2007/11/14/not-the-daily-show/”>RumorsDaily.

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Knoxville Asperger Support Group / KAEC November 15, 2007 10:06 am

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Meeting Announcement

The upcoming meeting dates for the Knoxville Asperger Support Group are:

The support group has a Yahoo Group which can be found on http://groups.yahoo.com/ by searching for Knoxville_Aspie_Support. It meets the third Monday of every month unless there is a conflict or holiday at the West Branch of the Knoxville Public Library (map) at 100 Golfclub Rd from 6pm to 7:30pm.

The Knoxville Asperger Support Group is a no charge, open discussion on the subject of Asperger Syndrome. Typically attendees are caregivers of children teens, and adults although folks with Asperger’s often attend to provide input, ask questions, or seek out others with Asperger’s. All are welcome!

Potential Special Topic

Dr. Dan Murphy of the School Board has proposed turning KAEC into a middle school to serve the Sequoyah Hills areas. He is making the rounds to several PTOs (will be at Rocky Hill Elementary on Dec 10 at 6:30pm) to garnish support for his proposal. When asked directly as to what would become of the KAEC students, Dr. Murphy gave an ambiguous answer. In my mind that means they either have no plan or will bus the children to Karns. As a parent of a child with Asperger’s, you stand a chance that your child will spend some time at KAEC. This is a topic that needs to be discussed immediately.

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I’ll fight for you November 15, 2007 9:23 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life , 1 comment so far

I’ll go to the mat for you but your story better be straight! I tell the truth and I will passionately stand behind that truth. If I fight for you and the truth becomes tainted, or the facts you gave me turn out to be not so factual, we both end up looking bad. Worse. The next person I try to help will be hampered by the doubt created from your inaccurate facts. My integrity is my most valuable asset.

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Engineer Roads for Speed Control, part II November 15, 2007 7:48 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Technology, Transportation, Travel , 1 comment so far

The video below focuses on bicycles. Beginning at minute 3:00 they discuss and give examples of traffic calming methods, what I refer to as engineering for speed control.

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