Permutative Schedule Calculation One of the most compute intensive tasks in the RSportz system is the scheduling code. It turns out that scheduling pool and cross pool games between a number of teams is actually a rather challenging computer science problem. Add in seeding, home/away venue requirements, and calendar limitations and you have yourself a… Continue reading RubyInline Tricks and Tips
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Ubuntu 10.10 VNC keyboard mapping nightmare.
My Amazon EC2 dev box crashed yesterday and I had to rebuild it from scratch. Installed Ubuntu 10.10, configured VNC and ran into a keyboard mapping problem. Every time I hit the letter “d”, all my windows would iconify. I went down many false paths as did this poor soul, applying solutions from old releases. … Continue reading Ubuntu 10.10 VNC keyboard mapping nightmare.