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	<title>Bryan Simonson</title>
	<link>http://www.bryansimonson.com</link>
	<description>Trust Door AI</description>
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		<title>Making a Fractal in Java&#8217;s Console</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From, Data Structures and Other Objects Using Java, Chapter 8, Project #9, page 440:


Examine this pattern of asterisks and blanks and write a recursive method that can generate exactly this pattern:

* 
* * 
  * 
* * * * 
    * 
    * * 
    [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bryansimonson.com/2010/02/21/making-a-fractal-in-javas-console/</link>
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		<title>Simulating a Car Wash in Java</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From, Data Structures and Other Objects Using Java, Chapter 7, Project #8, page 396:

Make improvements to the car was simulation program from Section 7.2.


Note: Portions of code taken from Michael Main&#8217;s version.

WARNING: Cheating is bad, mmmmkay children? Don’t cheat.

CarWash Java application illustrates the use of
* the carWashSimulate method.
* The illustration uses the following values:
*  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bryansimonson.com/2010/02/21/simulating-a-car-wash-in-java/</link>
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		<title>Solving the nQueens Problem in Java</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Data Structures and Other Objects Using Java, Chapter 6, Project #10, Page #347:



Suppose that you have n queens from a chess game, and that you also have an n-by-n chess board. Is it possible to place all n queens on the board so that no two queens are in the same row, no two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bryansimonson.com/2010/02/21/solving-the-nqueens-problem-in-java/</link>
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		<title>PseudoRandom Number Generation in Java</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Assignment number 1 in CS211 (Java) programming class. (No stealing! I want full point on my grade!)

PseudoRandomDemo.java


PseudoRandom.java (Class)
newseed
	 */
	public void changeSeed(int newseed){
		seed = newseed;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Generates the next pseudorandom number divided by the modulus value
	 * @return
	 * 	a double in the range [0..1)
	 * @postcondition
	 * 	the current seed value is set to whatever [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bryansimonson.com/2010/01/20/pseudorandom-number-generation-in-java/</link>
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		<title>Geek Pride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just read this article from the New York Times about getting rid of the words &#8220;geek&#8221; and &#8220;nerd&#8221; because they&#8217;re pejorative.

What a nerd. A geek would know the difference.

There&#8217;s a reason why the saying goes &#8220;The GEEKS shall inherit the Earth,&#8221; and that is because we geeks are cool enough to make it into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bryansimonson.com/2009/12/21/geek-pride/</link>
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		<title>C++ Date Class &#8211; Manipulate Dates in C++</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally! I did it! Assignment #4 is complete, and I can manipulate dates pretty effing easily now.

No doubt there is already some vastly superior date manipulation library already out there&#8230; stupid school.

   Just kidding. I learned a LOT with this assignment.


using namespace std;

class Date {

private:
	 /*	
	&#124;	
	 \	PRIVATE DATA
	  &#124; 
	*/	
	static const int [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bryansimonson.com/2009/11/15/c-date-class-manipulate-dates-in-c/</link>
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		<title>Vote Counting Machine: Borda &amp; Plurality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was my version of a C++ assignment to count votes from a text file. It&#8217;s not super useful outside the classroom, but I&#8217;m posting it anyway.


#include 
#include 
using namespace std;

// Function prototypes
int MenuSelect(void);
void LoadData(char vote[][100], int&#038; candcount, int&#038; votercount);
void PrefSched(char vote[][100], int&#038; candcount, int&#038; votercount);
void Plurality(char vote[][100], int&#038; candcount, int&#038; votercount);
void Borda(char vote[][100], int&#038; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bryansimonson.com/2009/11/05/vote-counting-machine-borda-plurality/</link>
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		<title>Music Monday: Broken, a cover by Dark Tranquillity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t have much in the way of content for this post, so I&#8217;ll just share today&#8217;s song. The only thing I don&#8217;t like about this song is this part (solo?) in the middle that just goes on WAY too long, and is way too repetitive. I discovered this song through iTunes when I saw [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bryansimonson.com/2009/10/19/music-monday-broken-a-cover-by-dark-tranquillity/</link>
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		<title>Luck is a Skill (I knew it!!!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just stumbled across this article about luck. As counter intuitive as it may be, it seems luck actually a well-honed skill. That's right! If you want to be lucky, all it takes is a healthy dose of optimism, and positive thinking.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bryansimonson.com/2009/10/13/luck-is-a-skill-i-knew-it/</link>
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		<title>Music Monday: Looking for a lifeline&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I finally found a solution to the iMeem issue. It&#8217;s a handy plugin for Wordpress that generates either an HTML5 audio player or degrades to Flash if the browser is incompatible.

Incidentally, it&#8217;s much more powerful than stupid Coffeecup&#8217;s Web Jukebox. Before you try and take away any of my geek cred, I bought their &#8220;Big [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bryansimonson.com/2009/10/12/music-monday-looking-for-a-lifeline/</link>
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