March 24, 2002

Pink Tie Power! The University of Waterloo won 3rd place in the 2002 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest with 6 of 9 problems solved. The winner has Shanghai Jiao Tong University, also with 6 questions solved but in a shorter time. One reason for UW’s success is lots of practice. 9:03:35 PM     Any feedback on O'Reilly's Programming ASP.NET would be great. In a 944 page book, spending 51 pages documenting the Calendar control did not seem too useful to myself. 12:17:30 AM     Wal-Mart, keeping customers one at a time A woman in visiting a Wal-Mart had her arm trapped in a newspaper vending machine. Initially following company policy, the Wal-Mart employees did not help her escape from its clutches until twenty minutes had passed. 12:07:09 AM     Ernie Eves will be the next Premier of Ontario. 12:01:15 AM     Great Canadian Digitial Media Rip-off The National Post comments on Canadian Private Copying Collective tax grab on CD-Rs, CD-RWs and other digital media. The Toronto Star’s Linwood Barclay reminds us that the tax on pens and paper is due to start this July. 12:01:00 AM     Did Maxim declare your city "the Greatest City on Earth"? Well it said the same about twelve other cities, as the award is simply a marketing tactic backed up by multiple versions of the magazine. In one of thirteen versions the target cities (Toronto, Philadelphia , Detroit, etc) are called the best, in the others they are insulted. 12:00:06 AM

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