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Puzzle Master!Updated on December 1, 2008 at 5:49pm
With great fanfare I am proud to release our newest addition to Facebook Puzzles - Rush Hour! Rush Hour is a Thrift based puzzle where you test your inner road warrior to navigate the Bay area to reach your destination as fast as possible. Puzzlers are challenged to write their own client to connect to our server and get from one point to another, while navigating changing road conditions. What better way to celebrate our recently revived robot than to write your own automated guidance systems? Check it out here.
Puzzle on!
-Puzzle Master
Puzzle on!
-Puzzle Master
Our robot looks nothing like this; it is one hundred times cooler!
I wanted everyone to know that the robot issues appear to have been resolved. The two root causes were separate hardware failures; we not only had a corrupted disk partition but what appeared to be a bad RAM module. During this crisis, our operations guys were paragons of awesomeness, driving out to the robot's secret classified undisclosed location, and working on it despite not knowing the mortal danger they were in. They even let me skip the triplicate paperwork and were all around excellent guys. After doing some tests and verifying the new hardware, I realized the new RAM had not solved the stack corruption issues. It turns out it was not the hardware, but a problem with the robot's software. "Teddy" as we'll call him is built on top of a pretty standard LAMP stack with extensive security precautions (such as Asimov's golden Three Laws). Here at Facebook we've been working on improving that LAMP stack and one of those improvements interacted with Teddy's programming in an unexpected way. That has now been fixed, and Teddy is back at it!
Puzzle on,
-Puzzle Master
Puzzle on,
-Puzzle Master
Sorry puzzlers, but the robot problems (i.e. the failed hard drive) from last week were replaced by a new set of problems (i.e. bad RAM). I am working on getting that RAM replaced so the robot can work without suffering from the robotic equivalent of mad cow disease. I don't have an ETA yet, but I have made this the highest priority category we have to try to fast-track the fix.
In happier news, Rush Hour is going through its last stage of development. Rush Hour is intended to be a Thrift puzzle that bridges the gap in difficulty between Battleship and Dinosaur Island. Programmers are challenged to write a program that can automatically navigate their car over a map, responding to changes in the map due to traffic conditions. There is no right answer, only how long it takes you to get to your destination!
Puzzle on,
-Puzzle Master
In happier news, Rush Hour is going through its last stage of development. Rush Hour is intended to be a Thrift puzzle that bridges the gap in difficulty between Battleship and Dinosaur Island. Programmers are challenged to write a program that can automatically navigate their car over a map, responding to changes in the map due to traffic conditions. There is no right answer, only how long it takes you to get to your destination!
Puzzle on,
-Puzzle Master
Puzzle Master's Notes
Rush Hour has arrived!Oct 13, 2009
Robot surgery finishedOct 8, 2009
Robot surgery continuingSep 28, 2009
RushHour coming soon...Sep 23, 2009
Robot was taking a break, not hard at work grading your submissionsSep 22, 2009
Dino Island patch 1.2.0Sep 10, 2009
New Puzzle: Dinosaur Island!!!Jul 31, 2009
New Puzzle: Liar, LiarJul 27, 2009
Puzzle Preview: Dinosaur Island!Jul 23, 2009
Second Puzzle Preview: Rush HourJul 16, 2009