Printable View
How about an AI program. It will learn from interaction with the user. You can
apply the utility in almost any program from a game to business programs.
Anticipate users needs based upon past usage, etc.
I know, have it learn to write code for you so you can spend all day at work
surfing the Forums. :D
I've been thinking about doing this lately...but the task is just daunting enough to keep me away. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by RobDog888
Well, I think it would need a database to store past reactions so when presented
with an action it would look up and see what is the greatest number of
correct reactions to this.
Yes, but I've been thinking about making one that more-or-less understands a sentance. It would analyze the sentance structure. I've been going over this in my head for about three weeks now. Like I said, daunting :eek2:Quote:
Originally Posted by RobDog888
No its a terrible idea :D Nobody but you and Dis would send in an entry.Quote:
Originally Posted by leinad31
Hey, that wasn't my idea, I never said I'd participate :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by wossname
Although I would since it would be easy. But I do think that is to easy for this challange.
How about something where you submit your code or tutorial and members can
rate them and the entry with the highest rating wins. This way there is no
constraints on the scope and gives freedom to write any type of program.
It can be run every month without getting boared.
Well, we do have PlanetSourceCode already... though you can see a lot of bad code there (with some jewels here and there).
Now writting the documentation for a program that used such a thing would either be terrible or extremely easy. Could be easy because you could just say use it for a bit and it will adapt to want to want it to be. Or terrible because how do you tell your user how to use it when it will end up being different for each person :D.Quote:
Originally Posted by RobDog888
Sounds good for a project, not really contest material ;).
Yes, but maybe we can make it better somehow?Quote:
Originally Posted by Merri
Yes, but we are better coders here at VBF.Quote:
Originally Posted by Merri
So nobody thinks this is a good idea?
I could disagree, PSC has a lot of codes and coders of various skill level... some of the codes are much better than most people here can do, even though most code is utter *beep*. It is a valuable resource even with all the bad code people submits.
I don't see a point redeveloping the wheel - it would just end up submitting some code and hoping others like it. If quality is a requirement then only few have the time to do any coding for it. It would be nice if it worked, but I don't think we have that many quality coders with free time to do that.
Just an opinion, but maybe it brings up thoughts others have had left unsaid.
I see your point, but I dont see why we couldn't do something that would be
similar or modified? Why not create something that we could have here at
VBF instead of a third party site that is already plaged with low quality code.
We are not going to be getting another contest until we can come up with a
well accepted idea. :(
Now that I made some snow: a snowman contest!
- there are two tools for a bot to use: a big shovel and a small shovel
- the amount of snow varies on the ground
- there is a certain area to be cleared of snow
- the big shovel is good for small amount of snow taken off of large area
- the small shovel is good for big amount of snow taken off of small area
- the bot should figure out how to use the least energy to clear off the required area
Trying to carry too much snow with big shovel wastes a lot of energy and time. Trying to clear off too small amount of snow with small shover wastes time (and energy too, because it takes more times to throw away the snow).
Basically it would be a bot which should find the best use of energy and turns to clear the area on the fly. It wouldn't know exactly how much snow there is somewhere. Also, there shouldn't suddenly be a lot of snow since it would be a road it is clearing. So there would be more snow somewhere, but it would grow to that slowly.
Maybe the bot should also consider where to throw the snow. Just an additional idea: it would be dumb to throw snow to the area to be cleared off ;)
Interesting idea for a game. You could have obstacles in the road like a snow
drift or strandrd car, etc. But seems like allot of work unless each contest
was a phase of the game. The after all the phases are complete you could
play the game. Everyone could post thier high scores or have it reported
somewhere so there is no cheating.
Also, after so many points you could get tools to help clear the snow faster
like a bag of salt, flame thrower, snow plow,etc.
I dont know about everyone else, but i wouldnt mind having a contest which involves something a little more application based (as someones post said early on...something which would be more usefull in a real world situation).
Has anyone got any ideas????
O.K HERE IS MINE :-
KIDDIE TEXT.....basically a kids text editor program, all text editors on the market are pretty sterile and boring...(maybe have a voice that says the letter you are pressing as you press it - and there is no excuse saying you dont have a microphone because windows has all the verbal letters built in just waiting to be used)..
Rob
I like that idea! A GUI for kids and the like.Quote:
Originally Posted by makster246
Non-coders should not be allowed to use computers :bigyello: however, this is quite an original idea.
You're an inspiration to us all!Quote:
Originally Posted by wossname
Yes, and the best one in this thread for a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by wossname
I guess you guys all forgot about the very first suggestion, post #3 ;) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by RobDog888
We did that contest (Gui/Alarm clock) but no one entered :(Quote:
Originally Posted by RobDog888
Oops! I missed that one. Guess since we Mods can enter I havent been checking the action in here too much. :blush:
I would of entered if I was allowed. :(
What about variations of it? Like the kiddie GUI? All conforming to a theme?
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=323442Quote:
Originally Posted by RobDog888
new one up :)
This contest suggestion has practical usage and combines some of the previous suggestions:
How about Make the Best VB6 Source Code Formatter? VB6 really seems to lack a good, free one. If you know about one out there, give me a heads-up, cause I am about ready to start making my own to clean up some of this old crappy code I have to look at.
Edit: Oh ya, it should also have the abililty to handle more than 1 person's programming style... Ie.. it should somehow be very configurable to make the most peeps happy.
I like that idea. Something useful. How about making it where you can define the style for certain
keywords? So if I want my If Then Else code to be indented with four chars I would set it up that way. Then when
you type out in the IDE "If" it will indent it four spaces and automatically type out the "Else" and "End If" upon
the enter keypress, indented correctly. Just like VB.NET does. :D
Well that would have to be a plug-in, I assume? I was thinking of an external program, but I like the idea of a plug-in... I think there was a code formatter plug-in for VB but I remember not liking something about it.
I think I might prefer an external program that formats the code and re-saves the source files...
I like the idea of on-the-fly formatting in the IDE. I use VB.NET and it does that which saves me time.
Its a great option in .NET. Would be a great Add-In for VB6, I think anyways.
If you did it as an external program and it made you close and reopen your project so the code would then
be formatted, it would be easier, but I never did things the easy way and I would hate to be interrupted
with a restart of vb just for formatting. :D
You make a good point - real-time code formatting clearly has advantages to the creation of code.
My current problem is I am supporting really old, already written code. This would require the employment of an external application, to read in, format, and then save back out all this old crappy code.
I don't want to load the VB IDE just so I have access to the functionality.
Yes, in that case the reformatting of the code in the files is a better solution. Perhaps an option
to do it either way?
Either way you'd just have to write the formatting code once, then just copy it into the correct project type. I like the idea of the addin but I see Dave Sell's point of needing an external too.Quote:
Originally Posted by RobDog888
If written in a correctly modular fashion it should be very little extra effort to host the functionality in both modes.
Tis what I said, just more elegantly :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Sell
Well, I guess my statement also imlpies that more work must be invested in determining the correct interface to the functionality.
Just a quick comment: These are the types of contests I like to see because they are also useful in our
programming life. Not that they all should be this way but they cant all be about gamming.
Time taken to type this out - 15 seconds, value = priceless. :D
OK, you want a useful and fun contest? You got it.
Think - how do you use the VBF? You post a Q or you answer a Q. Then, what you wait for your email proggy to notify you of a new response. Then, you go in and look at the email, which gives you a hyperlink to click. Then, you click it. Then, you delete the email cause it's junk. Then you go to the web page and view it.
Whew, that can get tiresome after a while. I think you PowerPosters will agree.
What about a scheme where you get a kind of notification that you have a new response, and you click it, and it takes you directly to your post on VBF, and deletes the junk email for you?
Just something I wish I had. I suppose you would have to have a Pop3 account somewhere just to handle this, but maybe not? I wonder if VBF would consider hosting a Pop3 mail server just for us VBF users?
That sounds like an Outlook Add-In, but what if the user is not running Outlook?
I would see it as a rule that ran so when you received the email notification
it would open a new brower window to the contained link and delete the
email. Very possible in an VB Outlook Add-In., but it would not be scallable
since not everyone uses Outlook. :(
No I dont use Outlook either. I waqs thinking of something along the lines of Mailspy, which would require a Pop3 server.
Duh, just don't have email subscription: you can use User CP to see if there are any new messages. That is how I do, even at times when I'm active on the forums.
And I'm using Thunderbird.
Duh, I want email subscription.
best email client.
best custom control. maybe best listbox. =) or something who knows.