<p>Amtel has announced that it will release a 128-bit computer chip by 2010, a 256-bit computer by 2020, and so on, continuing its strategy of doubling the word-size every ten years. (Amtel released a 64-bit computer in 2000, a 32-bit computer in 1990, a…

<img src=http://plg1.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~acm00/050924/red-wood-forest.jpg> <p>Jimmy experiences a lot of stress at work these days, especially since his accident made working difficult. To relax after a hard day, he likes to walk home. To make things …

<p>A bitstring, whose length is one less than a prime, might be <b>magic</b>. <tt>1001</tt> is one such string. In order to see the <b>magic</b> in the string let us append a non-bit <tt>x</tt> to it, regar…

<p>After an unprovoked hurricane attack on the south shore, Glorious Warrior has declared war on weather. The first salvo in this campaign will be a coordinated pre-emptive attack on as many tropical depressions as possible. GW reckons that the attack wi…

<img align="right" vspace="20" hspace="20" src="http://plg1.cs.uwaterloo.ca/%7Eacm00/050611/A.jpg" alt="" /> <p>Stan and Ollie play the game of Odd Brownie Points. Some brownie points are located in the plane, at integer coordinates. Stan plays fir…

<p>A vocational preference test, unlike an aptitude test, seeks to identify careers that the candidate might find satisfying. Based on the answers to a slew of seemingly inane multiple-choice questions like the one below, the test determines which occupa…