Programming Contest: BoxifyMe
Skybuck Flying
http://www.skybuck.org/BoxifyMe/
Your mission is to "Boxify" the following picture with a minimum ammount of
boxes (=rectangles).
(See website for this text and the picture)
All of the red pixels must be described by boxes.
You should write a computer program which does this boring task for you
ofcourse !
That's what lazy programmers are for !
To be able to verify the correctness of your algorithm/code you must provide
me with the output of your algorithm.
For this purpose the following shall be used:
A textfile which describes the coordinates of each box on a seperate line as
follows:
X1, Y1, X2, Y2
X1, Y1, X2, Y2
X1, Y1, X2, Y2
So a example:
10, 5, 20, 40
5, 3, 10, 9
40, 3, 50, 10
The picture itself is (left, top) to (right, bottom) which is (0,0) to
(99,99)
You can either submit your results to skybu...@hotmail.com
or simply post a message on the newsgroups where this contest was announced.
I shall write a little program which shall examine all the submitted results
and rank them according to number of boxes used.
Least ammount of boxes wins.
Once I get some results from you guys I will put up a ranking page which
will probably be updated as I receive more submissions.
You can either submit solutions only, or you can also choose to submit your
algorithms and or code.
Good luck to you !
And may the boxforce be with the fokking you ! ;) =D LOL.
Oh yeah... ofcourse I will be contending the contest as well !
And I fully expect to win it ! ;) =D
But don't worry I will be fair.
So if you wanna try and piss me off... the best thing you can do is try and
win it ! ;) =D
And then maybe I will be begging you on my kneeeeeesss if I could plssss
have your algorithm and code ?! ;) :)
Wouldn't you absolutely like that ?! ;) =D
You may also choose if you want me to reveal or not reveal your algorithm if
you do submit it to me.
Coding languages which are preferred: C, C++, Delphi, Free Basic.
Now download that picture, starting coding and BE GONE ! ;) =D
Let those brains of yours BURN CYCLES AND CONSUME ENERGON ! ;) =D
Also BE PREPARED for a new picture in the future !
Since I must verify your awesomeness !
You could just have gotten lucky with your algo...
So stay TUNED ! As always...
Be on your toes ! ;) =D
Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzjodCJUpAw
Bye,
Skybuck :) =D
(There ya go ! ;) :) =D)