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Bram Cohen (the BitTorrent guy) posted one of the programming challenges he apparently uses in job interview screenings:

What is the exponent of the largest power of two whose base seven representation doesn’t contain three zeros in a row?

It’s implied that the solution should involve some coding. Here’s the original entry; here’s my take on a solution. The comments on Bram’s entry make interesting reading (it’s not quite what you might expect), but have a go at a solution first if you’re going to .

I don’t wish to make high-handed comments about software licensing and its associated attitudes, but this makes me so glad I don’t rely on much proprietary software any more:

…I insert fake bugs just so I can publically embarass crack users. Future crack-specific “bugs” won’t be as blatant as this one – they’ll involve annoying changes to functionality, unexpected results, etc.

–Nick Bradbury