1023 criminals released by mistake

[Fleetwood]

Link,GD,link?

[threaded]

Link,GD,link?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...25/udeport.xml

[Fleetwood]

Merci

[AtW]

512 + 256 + 128 + 64 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 1023

Here is faster way to do it: (1<<11)-1=1023

Note that I used only 1's there, this makes my solution more beautiful.

[hyperD]

"To the best of my knowledge between February 1999 and March 2006, 1,023 foreign national criminals who should have been considered for deportation or removal completed their prison sentences and were released without any consideration of deportation or removal action," he said.

"That is a failure of the Home Office and its agencies for which I take responsibility."

Asked if he believed all of the 1,023 prisoners would be recaptured for possible deportation, Mr Clarke said: "There are a large number of people involved. I can't say hand on heart that we will identify where each one of those is, but we are working on that very energetically."

I hate these "new" liebour drones and their Newspeak. Never say I have fecked up, just weasel words and soundbites to make it less than it really is. And deny it enough times etc etc

There was a new liebour drone on LBC spinning a story about a £20m overspend.

Liar: "We had a requirement for another £20m..."
LBC: "So, it was an overspend?"
Liar: "It was used for unexpected increase in..."
LBC: "A £20m overspend?"
Liar: "A further investment was needed..."
LBC: "So, overspend then?"
Liar: "Additional funds (blah blah blah)"

Unbelievable. People should call them liars and then we may get somewhere.

[Gold Dalek]

Link,GD,link?

made it to the Beeb

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4942886.stm

[DimPrawn]

This is what happens when you let this man





Sorry I mean this man run things

[DaveB]

Here is faster way to do it: (1<<11)-1=1023

Note that I used only 1's there, this makes my solution more beautiful.

But less comprehensible to anyone who doesnt understand the notation.

[threaded]

But less comprehensible to anyone who doesnt understand the notation.

Maybe that is what the architect wrote, the coder missunderstood, and now 1023 mad men are on the loose... Bwahahahahaha

[AtW]

But less comprehensible to anyone who doesnt understand the notation.

Its the question of priorities, a company may want either:

1) hire people who understand that notation and thus produce fast code for clients of the firm

2) hire people who don't understand that notation and thus produce slower code for clients of the firm

Programmers who see something they don't understand and refuse to learn what it is and appreciate reasons for it, should be fired.