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| The submission deadline of PIMRC'09 has been extended! http://www.pimrc2009.org/
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- PIMRC 1991 in London, UK, inception of the symposium
- PIMRC 1992 in Boston, MA, USA, first appearance as a major event with 500 participants
- PIMRC 1993 in Yokohama, Japan, first successful IEEE conference in far-east
- PIMRC 1994 in The Hague, Netherlands, establishment as a tradition
- PIMRC 1995 in Toronto, Ont., Canada, attracted 600 with 270 technical papers
- PIMRC 1996 in Taipei, Taiwan, several cabinet ministers contributed into the organization
- PIMRC 1997 in Helsinki, Finland, first time in Finland
- PIMRC 1998 in Boston, MA, USA
- PIMRC 1999 in Osaka, Japan
- PIMRC 2000 in London, UK, return to the birth place as an established major event
- PIMRC 2001 in San Diego, USA, survived despite conference cancellations in US
- PIMRC 2002 in Lisboa, Portugal
- PIMRC 2003 in Beijing, China, the first event in a historical country
- PIMRC 2004 in Barcelona, Spain, back to Europe with success
- PIMRC 2005 in Berlin, Germany
- PIMRC 2006 in Helsinki, Finland
- PIMRC 2007 in Athens, Greece
- PIMRC 2008 in Cannes, France
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| \cite{IEEE Potentials Jan/Feb 2009}
People wearing shirts numbered from 1 to 1100 are sitting in a circle according to their shirt numbers. A sword (or a gun for that matter) is given to the person with shirt number one. He kills the person with shirt number two, gives the sword (or gun) to person with shirt number three, shirt number three kills shirt number four, gives the sword (or gun) to shirt number five... and so on until only one person is left alive. If you are allowed to position yourself in the circle along with others (1099 others plus yourself = 1100) such that you will be alive at the end.
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| \cite{IEEE Potentials Jan/Feb 2009}
On the first day, a businessman sent his two boys A and B to sell 30 oranges each in two different locations. They were not allowed to sell oranges for pocket change. A had to sell two oranges for $1 and B had to sell three oranges for $1. In the evening, when all the oranges were sold. A came back with $15 and B had $10. The businessman earned $25 in total.
The next day, instead of sending two boys for the same job, the businessman sent only one boy, C, to sell 60 oranges. C had to sell five oranges for $2, which was seemingly equivalent to the previous day's sale (two for $1 + three for $1). C sold all the oranges and came back with only $24. The businessman freaked out and grounded C for the rest of the week.
What is the reason for losing $1 on the second day?
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| Happy Chinese New Year! This is the Year of the Ox, so I guess I wish all the oxen out there have a happy and productive new year. As a rooster, my new year's resolutions include 1) finishing two journal papers, preferably two TWC papers and 2) landing on a job (here close to waterloo or back home).
I am planning a trip back home sometime this April and I guess I will spend about 10 days there. Yet, details are still up in the air.
TBC
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