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Comment on Shellcode Analysis by Channon Powell

Channon Powell — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:01:36 +0000

Great write up, thanks. Going to have to learn how to drive gdb and this is a good start for me.

Comment on BCS Programming Contest 2009 – Connect 4 AI by Eniola

Eniola — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:48:10 +0000

Nick, I am in the process of modifying your code so that 2 people can play it. I have a couple of questions:
i. How does the code know to loop back to the begining if the game isn’t won. After the second AI move that is?

ii. Do I have to use seperate mouseclick events for both players?

Regards.

Comment on Inject jQuery into any web page by Nick Bloor

Nick Bloor — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:25:54 +0000

Ah I didn’t realise using ’1′ retrieved the latest version, good thinking on the if statement too. I’ve updated the bookmarklet in the post, thanks!

Comment on Inject jQuery into any web page by Jason

Jason — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:48:47 +0000

No need to inject it more than once. I also am using the protocol relative url. And I used the "1" to get the latest version of jQuery from Google's CDN.


javascript:void((function(){if(typeof jQuery === 'undefined'){var s=document.createElement('script');s.setAttribute('src','//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js');document.body.appendChild(s);}})());

Comment on Play Connect 4 Against SimpleBloor by Nick Bloor

Nick Bloor — Wed, 25 May 2011 21:45:46 +0000

Haha well done – now try creating an AI that beats mine without using recursive search! I created the AI to enter into a competition where I had the restriction of being unable to track game/move history or use recursive search/evaluation methods. My AI placed first in this branch of the competition. The organisers of the competition believed my AI could have beaten the recursive entries too if I had of developed it into a recursive player – something I’d like to do but I don’t have the time at the moment!

Comment on Play Connect 4 Against SimpleBloor by Matt

Matt — Thu, 19 May 2011 08:53:45 +0000

Muahahahahahaha!! My AI beats yours! Of course, mine doesn’t run in a browser so it can search relatively deeply. . . and I don’t mean to downplay your AI. After just wasting 40 hours of my life to program mine I understand what an undertaking it is. Well done!

Comment on Firefox extension to fix Google’s “define:” feature by R

Sat, 14 May 2011 04:58:25 +0000

Many thanks!

Comment on Play Connect 4 Against SimpleBloor by Nick Bloor

Nick Bloor — Sat, 07 May 2011 22:31:36 +0000

Thanks for the comment! It isn’t the strongest AI by a long shot but despite looking ahead one move it still put up quite a challenge to other AIs in the competition that looked ahead tens or hundreds of thousands of moves!

I see that you played 17 games against my AI and only beat it twice though!

Comment on Play Connect 4 Against SimpleBloor by tim

tim — Sat, 07 May 2011 21:31:15 +0000

ummm.. this computer is easy

Comment on Firefox extension to fix Google’s “define:” feature by hallodom

hallodom — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:41:41 +0000

Mint