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jflaker
February 18th, 2008, 05:14 AM
Not too long ago I found a bit on a search engine quite by accident........It was a help wanted ad for a programmer position........

The trick was, there was no clear phone number or address. The request was to write a program in the requested language (I think it was C++) to decode the phone number and address based on information given in the ad........ and also to send a copy of the source code.

IF ANYONE has seen this ad, Please post a link to it. It was somewhat easy, but it was a good exercise for even the hobbyist.

Thanks
DeadSuperHero
February 18th, 2008, 05:59 AM
That's a really cool idea.
Kudos to whoever thought that up.
hhhhhx
February 18th, 2008, 06:55 AM
That's a really cool idea.
Kudos to whoever thought that up.
+1
p_quarles
February 18th, 2008, 07:02 AM
Reminds me of this:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3916173
argie
February 18th, 2008, 10:55 AM
Somebody tried that recently. I bet it just gets on /. and somebody posts the answer there.
jflaker
February 18th, 2008, 03:44 PM
Reminds me of this:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3916173

Close....I've seen that one before too. The reference I am looking for, I think, was a scanned newspaper clipping.