Rankk.org Topic - 5/13 (again!)

• 5/13 (again!)

  Posted by Pha. rpanman 55 from on 2007-09-25 21:03:05

  Hi Sphinx

  It might just be my internet connection but I just cannot complete this in time. It takes approx 0.6 to 0.7 seconds for each page fetch and on average you seem to need about 25 page fetches to cover everything (25*0.6 = 15 seconds). I'm happy to leave my script looping until it is successful but I feel a bit guilty hitting your server so much :-(

   I would write a spider that fetches the pages in parallel but I've got a feeling the order is important...

   Cheers

   Richard

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• 5/13 (again!)

  Posted by Pha. Sphinx 6553 from on 2007-09-25 21:06:08 Reply

  Hi rpanman,

  What's your average time? I'll make some adjustment...

  Last edited on 2007-09-25 22:50:16 by Pha. Sphinx

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  Huuuuuuu
• 5/13 (again!)

  Posted by Pha. rpanman 55 from on 2007-09-25 21:10:02 Reply
  It's at about 17 seconds average at the moment although my fastest ones get down to 11 seconds (how frustrating!)

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• • Re^2: 5/13 (again!)

    Posted by Pha. Sphinx 6553 from on 2007-09-25 21:16:31 Reply
    Ok, it's now 12 ;)

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    Huuuuuuu
  • • Re^3: 5/13 (again!)

      Posted by Pha. deo 527 from on 2007-09-30 00:55:03 Reply

      Hello Sphinx,

      I don't really understand why there's a time constraint in this challenge.

      I mean, of course you want us to solve it programatically, but the server's response time is really bad depending on where you're... :-/

      Just an example, my current average time to solve it is 32s, the best shot was 20s and the worst 78s... :-(

      If the time constrait was related to the client side (as it's for 6/7 Traversal) it would make sense, but as I said, I can't see why make it in the server side...

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    • • Re^4: 5/13 (again!)

        Posted by Pha. Sphinx 6553 from on 2007-09-30 01:15:49 Reply

        Hello deo,

        Not sure what to do with it at this instant...give me some time to think it over.

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        Huuuuuuu
      • • Re^5: 5/13 (again!)

          Posted by Pha. deo 527 from on 2007-09-30 01:32:53 Reply

          The best to do, IMHO, is to set a time limit that is impossible to reach if you try it manually, but that is also more than enough to solve it programatically.

          Suggestion: 30s.

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        • • Re^6: 5/13 (again!)

            Posted by Pha. Sphinx 6553 from on 2007-09-30 20:21:41 Reply

            Hello deo,

            I sought quang's feedback. It's now 20s ;)

            Last edited on 2007-09-30 20:28:51 by Pha. Sphinx

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            Huuuuuuu
• 5/13 (again!)

  Posted by Pha. rpanman 55 from on 2007-09-25 22:04:59 Reply

  Woohoo! Dunnit... now onto level 6 :-)

   

  Thanks for making it that tiny bit easier! 

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