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		<title>A better solution to the FizzBuzz interview problem</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/07/02/better-fizzbuzz-solution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FizzBuzz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many months ago, I wrote about a simple programming problem that I was administering to interviewees at work to assess their programming skills. The basic problem is this: loop through a range of integers, outputting different strings depending on whether each integer is divisible by one given number, by another given number, by both given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yet another reason to quit Facebook (YARTQF)</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/04/20/another-reason-to-quit-facebook/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/04/20/another-reason-to-quit-facebook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surveillance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[your rights online]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=756</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know I know, me harping on quitting Facebook is old news. But now there&#8217;s yet another reason to quit Facebook. Some police in the United Kingdom are now harvesting user information via a Facebook application. And keep in mind that third party applications on Facebook are vetted poorly and often have much more access [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dumbest patent ever?</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/04/11/dumbest-patent-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/04/11/dumbest-patent-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMC-14]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communications satellite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geosynchronous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orbit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SES Americom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space debris]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=741</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[AMC-14 is (well, was intended to be, anyway) a geosynchronous communications satellite owned by SES Americom that was launched in March. The only problem is that the Proton rocket it was strapped to failed and didn&#8217;t quite deliver enough thrust to put the satellite in a proper Geostationary Transfer Orbit, so the satellite is effectively [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Where are all the computer science majors?</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/23/where-are-all-the-computer-science-majors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/23/where-are-all-the-computer-science-majors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career fair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[computer science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job fair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recruiting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UMCP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[University of Maryland]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/23/where-are-all-the-computer-science-majors/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, I attended the career fair at University of Maryland, College Park on behalf of my employer. It was a pretty sweet deal. Instead of spending the day coding in the office, I got to return to campus on a weekday during all the hustle and bustle of usual college life. I ran into [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Netscape&#8217;s death marks the end of a web era</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/23/netscapes-death-marks-the-end-of-a-web-era/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/23/netscapes-death-marks-the-end-of-a-web-era/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[end of an era]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firefox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Explorer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Netscape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web browser]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s have a moment of silence for Netscape Navigator, which has finally shuffled off that mortal coil at the age of fourteen. Netscape was once the dominant web browser, sitting comfortably atop an 80% market share. But its failure to innovate, and Microsoft&#8217;s bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows, ultimately led to its downfall. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Did we learn nothing from the dotcom burst?</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/21/did-we-learn-nothing-from-the-dotcom-burst/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/21/did-we-learn-nothing-from-the-dotcom-burst/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adblock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bubble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dotcom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dotcom bubble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dotcom burst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MySpace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stock market bubble]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/21/did-we-learn-nothing-from-the-dotcom-burst/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The scariest, indeed the defining, aspect of stock market bubbles is that nobody sees them coming. If we saw them coming, the prices wouldn&#8217;t rise any higher than the companies involved were actually worth, and there&#8217;d be no bubble. In hindsight, of course, bubbles are incredibly obvious, and everyone and their dog can point to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quitting Facebook yields poignant memories</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/13/quitting-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MySpace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/13/quitting-facebook-brings-back-many-poignant-memories/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve long had issues regarding Facebook and privacy. In November, I deactivating my Facebook account. It was mostly symbolic, as deactivating your account doesn&#8217;t actually do anything; the next time you login, it&#8217;s reactivated as if nothing had happened at all. But in the intervening period, I didn&#8217;t use Facebook once. Deactivating it was my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Security hole in MySpace leads to leak of private pictures</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/31/security-hole-in-myspace-leads-to-leak-of-private-pictures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/31/security-hole-in-myspace-leads-to-leak-of-private-pictures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BitTorrent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MySpace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security hole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[torrent]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/01/31/security-hole-in-myspace-leads-to-leak-of-private-pictures/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MySpace has had a security hole in it for months that allows anyone to access most photographs, even those of users who&#8217;ve set their profiles to private. It&#8217;s a simple URL hack; insert the user&#8217;s ID into an appropriately constructed URL for viewing photo galleries and you get full access. MySpace doesn&#8217;t have any real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CompUSA closing for good</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/12/08/compusa-closing-for-good/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/12/08/compusa-closing-for-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CompUSA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/08/compusa-closing-for-good/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s with a good deal of sadness that I read recently that CompUSA is closing for good. Last year they underwent a major restructuring and closed down about half of their stores in an effort to restore profitability, but that plan apparently failed. The remaining stores will be closed down soon after this holiday shopping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook neuters Beacon, but I won&#8217;t be back</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/12/05/facebook-neuters-beacon-but-i-wont-be-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/12/05/facebook-neuters-beacon-but-i-wont-be-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beacon]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/05/facebook-neuters-beacon-but-i-wont-be-back/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Facebook finally caved after weeks of protests and added a way for users to completely opt out of Beacon. Not that I care. This latest change is too little, too late, and there are no future assurances that Facebook won&#8217;t try something again in the future. I already quit Facebook and I&#8217;m not coming back. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why I quit Facebook and you should too</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/11/21/i-quit-facebook-and-you-should-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/11/21/i-quit-facebook-and-you-should-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quitting Facebook]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/21/i-quit-facebook-and-you-should-too/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These recent revelations about Facebook&#8217;s increasing violations of privacy were the last straw for me. I no longer want to be any part of it, so I&#8217;ve deactivated my account and I&#8217;m not going back. I was never a big Facebook user to begin with. I logged in very seldomly, mostly just to find contact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From interviewee to interviewer in seven months</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/11/08/from-interviewee-to-interviewer-in-seven-months/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/11/08/from-interviewee-to-interviewer-in-seven-months/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[computer programmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT consulting]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/08/from-interviewee-to-interviewer-in-seven-months/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In April, I was an interviewee at the IT consulting company at which I am currently employed. Just seven months later, I&#8217;ve reversed positions, and am going to be the interviewer. It happens tomorrow. It&#8217;s not quite as dramatic as it sounds. I&#8217;m not growing a tail and whiskers and going into Human Resources or [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>I&#8217;m in the right field</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/03/08/im-in-the-right-field/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/03/08/im-in-the-right-field/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career fair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[computer science]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/08/im-in-the-right-field/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the major take-home lessons from the Career Fair at University of Maryland over the previous two days is: I&#8217;m in the right field. It was a general career fair for the whole campus, but, I would estimate, a full one-third of the employers there were looking for (or could use) computer science majors. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arrest warrant issued for Verizon Wireless</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/09/arrest-warrant-issues-for-verizon-wireless/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/02/09/arrest-warrant-issues-for-verizon-wireless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/09/arrest-warrant-issues-for-verizon-wireless/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, you read that correctly. An arrest warrant was issued for Verizon Wireless, the company, after its lawyers failed to show up at a payment review court date following one customer&#8217;s successful lawsuit over being double-billed. The Massachusetts judge issued an arrest warrant for contempt of court for failure to appear. The man who had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deadly prescriptions</title>
		<link>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/01/15/deadly-prescriptions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/01/15/deadly-prescriptions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyde Weys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doctors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the &#8220;news that&#8217;s sure to make you feel better&#8221; department: Doctors&#8217; handwriting kills 7,000 Americans each year. These deaths are caused by illegible prescription notes. I suppose I&#8217;m lucky; I&#8217;ve never really been prescribed any lifesaving medicine, so even if there had been an error in some of the prescriptions I&#8217;ve gotten over the [...]]]></description>
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