CNN.com- Philippines issues local tsunami alert
- 'I'm sorry. Goodbye' precedes fatal Washington explosion
- Australians urged to flee flooding
- More caucuses next stop for Romney
- Activist: Rockets rip through Syrian city
- Sex abuse cases close school for days
- Lacrosse player faces trial in ex's death
- Saudi woman sues over right to drive
- Gingrich's Southern revival strategy
- Opinion: Syria in for bloody stalemate
- BBC
- Police chief at Leveson Inquiry
- Many trapped in Lahore collapse
- Romanian PM resigns over protests
- Web firms remove India material
- Syria troops step up Homs bombing
- Accidents due to icy conditions
- MP's call to fight web extremists
- Bank lending 'to shrink' in 2012
- Capello opposes FA Terry decision
- Woman runs for Mexico presidency
- AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)
- Suu Kyi given go-ahead to run in by-election
- Romania's PM resigns over austerity protests
- Abbas 'proposed as PM' in unity government
- US seeks 'clarification' over Egypt NGO trial
- Scores trapped in Pakistan building collapse
- Syrian army 'steps up Homs offensive'
- Obama 'in lockstep' with Israel on Iran issue
- Mexico's ruling party picks female candidate
- Noriega hospitalised over suspected stroke
- New York Giants win Super Bowl title
Monthly Archives: May 2010
PHP: How To Get A Time Difference in Human Readable Format
A simple function to return the time since a given timestamp in the past. function time_since($timestamp) { // Init $hash = array(); $now = time(); // Breakdown the time diff $diff = $now – $timestamp; $hash['day'] = floor($diff / 86400); … Continue reading
Tagged date diff, PHP, php seconds ago, time diff
1 Comment
PHP: Pass By Reference vs. Pass By Value
By default, PHP is pass by value. <? function pass_by_value($param) { push_array($param, 4, 5); } $ar = array(1,2,3); pass_by_value($ar); foreach ($ar as $elem) { print "<br>$elem"; } ?> The code above prints 1, 2, 3. This is because the array … Continue reading
Unusual Paragraph Problem
This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all, and, in fact, nothing is. But … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Problems
1 Comment
Two Pots, One Treasure Problem
On the right, you see a silver and a golden pot. One of these pots contains a treasure and the other one is empty. Assume that you can determine from the text prints which pot contains the treasure. The text … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Problems
1 Comment
Rich, Poor, Eating Problem
The poor have it, the rich want it, but if you eat it you will die. What is this?
Posted in Cool Problems
1 Comment
Marble Weighing Problem
In front of you are 10 bags, filled with marbles. The number of marbles in each bag differs, but all bags contain ten marbles or more. Nine of the ten bags only contain marbles of 10 grams each. One bag … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Problems
1 Comment
Camel Racing Problem
A long, long time ago, two Egyptian camel drivers were fighting for the hand of the daughter of the sheik of Abbudzjabbu. The sheik, who liked neither of these men to become the future husband of his daughter, came up … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Problems
1 Comment
Death Sentence Problem
General Gasslefield, accused of high treason, is sentenced to death by the court-martial. He is allowed to make a final statement, after which he will be shot if the statement is false or will be hung if the statement is … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Problems
1 Comment
Bridge Crossing Problem
Four men want to cross a bridge. They all begin on the same side. It is night, and they have only one flashlight with them. At most two men can cross the bridge at a time, and any party who … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Problems
1 Comment
Pirate Ship Treasure Splitting
A pirate ship captures a treasure of 1000 golden coins. The treasure has to be split among the 5 pirates: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in order of rank. The pirates have the following important characteristics: * Infinitely smart. … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Problems
1 Comment
Colorful Dwarf Party
In a distant, dark forest, lives a population of 400 highly intelligent dwarfs. The dwarfs all look exactly alike, but only differ in the fact that they are wearing either a red or a blue hat. There are 250 dwarfs … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Problems
1 Comment
Prisoner Hats, 3 Heads, 5 Hats
In a small village in the middle of nowhere, three innocent prisoners are sitting in a jail. One day, the cruel jailer takes them out and places them in a line on three chairs, in such a way that man … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Problems
1 Comment
MySQL Best Data Types For Common Types Of Data
Primary Key : INT UNSIGNED – About 4.3 billion available IDs. Going unsigned gives you the extra 2 billion. Phone Number : VARCHAR – Phone numbers are identifiers that happen to use digits. – See this post. Price : FLOAT … Continue reading