﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Savethiskid's Xanga</title><link>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/</link><description>Latest Xanga weblog from Savethiskid</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>The Weblog Community</title><url>http://s.xanga.com/images/xangalogobutton.gif</url><link>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/</link></image><item><title>Friday, February 11, 2005</title><link>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/202689966/item/</link><guid>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/202689966/item/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2005 02:19:16 GMT</pubDate><description>Say pickle 10 times fast and you shall hear the lords prayer&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/202689966/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Thursday, January 20, 2005</title><link>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/190610582/item/</link><guid>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/190610582/item/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2005 21:41:34 GMT</pubDate><description>try and guess what this does &lt;img src="http://www.xanga.com/Images/happy.gif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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import java.util.Random;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
public class Sort {&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; public static int[] sort(int[] array) {&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; long start = System.currentTimeMillis(); //stopwatch&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; int pointer = 0;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; while (pointer &amp;lt; array.length) {&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; int hold = pointer;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; for (int p = pointer; p &amp;lt; array.length; p++) {&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; if (array[p] &amp;lt;= array[hold]) { hold = p; }&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; }&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; swap(pointer, hold, array);&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; pointer++;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; }&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; System.out.println("Sort time: " + ((System.currentTimeMillis() - start) / 1000.0));&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; return array;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; }&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; public static void swap(int a, int b, int[] array) {&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; int hold = array[a];&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; array[a] = array[b];&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; array[b] = hold;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; }&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; public static int[] random(int length, int max) {&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Random r = new Random();&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; int[] array = new int[length];&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; for (int p = 0; p &amp;lt; array.length; p++) {&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; array[p] = r.nextInt(max);&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; }&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; return array;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; }&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; public static void print(int[] array) {&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; for (int p = 0; p &amp;lt; array.length; p++) {&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; System.out.print(array[p] + " ");&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; }&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; }&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; public static void main(String[] args) {&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; int[] rand = Sort.random(array_length, max_value);&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Sort.print(rand);&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; System.out.println(" ");&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Sort.print(Sort.sort(rand));&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; }&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; static final int array_length = 100;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; static final int max_value = 100;&lt;br&gt;
}&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/190610582/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Thursday, January 13, 2005</title><link>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/186808828/item/</link><guid>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/186808828/item/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:51:08 GMT</pubDate><description>speak&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/186808828/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Monday, December 06, 2004</title><link>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/167781037/item/</link><guid>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/167781037/item/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2004 21:43:12 GMT</pubDate><description>Uuuuh, im back. Yuuuuuuuuup.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
fd;jsdfshdbfshdbjbfqjeq'SJDFNVCVUREF&lt;br&gt;
dsads2222222222&lt;br&gt;
222&lt;br&gt;
dsadasdjasdkjbfl BOB!&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Ya, the 2 man&lt;br&gt;
the 2&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/167781037/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Friday, October 15, 2004</title><link>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/144614720/item/</link><guid>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/144614720/item/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2004 00:48:11 GMT</pubDate><description>uuuum, I havent been writing much poetry. Just writting code that
noone will ever use. Like this one, it changes a number grade to a letter
grade.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
public class Quiz&lt;br&gt;
{&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; public Quiz() {&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; lGrade = null;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; nGrade = 0;&lt;br&gt;
}&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; public Quiz(int nGrade) {&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; int i = 0;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; if (nGrade &amp;gt;= 90) {lGrade = "A"; i = 90;}&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; if (nGrade &amp;gt;= 80 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; nGrade &amp;lt;= 89) {lGrade = "B"; i = 80;}&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; if (nGrade &amp;gt;= 70 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; nGrade &amp;lt;= 79) {lGrade = "C"; i = 70;}&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; if (nGrade &amp;lt;= 69) {lGrade = "F";}&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; i = nGrade - i;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; if (i &amp;gt;= 7 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; i &amp;lt;= 10) {lGrade = lGrade + "+";}&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; if (i &amp;lt;= 3) {lGrade = lGrade + "-";}&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; this.lGrade = lGrade;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; this.nGrade = nGrade;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; }&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; public String toString() {&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; return nGrade + ", " + lGrade;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; }&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; private String lGrade;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp; private int nGrade;&lt;br&gt;
}&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
....profound&lt;br&gt;</description><comments>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/144614720/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Saturday, August 14, 2004</title><link>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/121124843/item/</link><guid>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/121124843/item/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:55:50 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;If I become some sort of journalist and Bill Gates buys&amp;nbsp;a pastery shop, I'd do a report and title it:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;"Gates Takes the Cakes"&lt;BR&gt;or like&lt;BR&gt;"Gates Takes the Great Taste of Cakes&amp;nbsp;to his Place"&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I can see the headlines now...&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Tomarrows top story:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;"Ricks Mix of Sick Licks&amp;nbsp;is Deemed&amp;nbsp;to be&amp;nbsp;Shit by Critics"&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/121124843/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Sunday, August 01, 2004</title><link>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/116137626/item/</link><guid>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/116137626/item/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2004 21:28:49 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;i&gt;Talk about your let downs...&lt;/i&gt;</description><comments>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/116137626/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Sunday, July 18, 2004</title><link>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/110686536/item/</link><guid>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/110686536/item/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2004 05:13:58 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;Artificial enhancement is a&amp;nbsp;beneficial enchantment&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Now im here&lt;BR&gt;Sippin a beer&lt;BR&gt;Thinkin' of the good times&lt;BR&gt;But livin in fear&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Afraid of the out come&lt;BR&gt;Afraid of my past&lt;BR&gt;Afraid i'll do something&lt;BR&gt;Like live a day that wont last&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The&amp;nbsp;halfwit dribble continues&lt;BR&gt;When will&amp;nbsp;it stop?&lt;BR&gt;This&amp;nbsp;poetic style&lt;BR&gt;Is nothing more than&amp;nbsp;a flop&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;It keeps tellin the same story&lt;BR&gt;But its for you to choose&lt;BR&gt;If you respect what im sayin&lt;BR&gt;I'll give you free booze*&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Now&amp;nbsp;it is&amp;nbsp;time for me to&amp;nbsp;bid&amp;nbsp;all&amp;nbsp;goodnight&lt;BR&gt;I'll put an end to this fiasco&amp;nbsp;and leav things&amp;nbsp;right&lt;BR&gt;Smoke a bowl, live long and easy&lt;BR&gt;Take a few sips, be drunk and not sleazy &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;You are all my friends&lt;BR&gt;So you know were chillin again&lt;BR&gt;This is just one story told&lt;BR&gt;There&amp;nbsp;are always good times to begin 
&lt;H5&gt;&lt;I&gt;*valid only&amp;nbsp;where drunk &lt;/I&gt;
&lt;H5&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;</description><comments>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/110686536/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Sunday, July 18, 2004</title><link>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/110658853/item/</link><guid>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/110658853/item/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2004 04:00:50 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;How immature to put restrictions on a plant&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;You cant...&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Its unfair...&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;But does uncle same care?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Individual freedom means nothing&lt;BR&gt;I'ts thrown out of the loop&lt;BR&gt;Someone must stand up and do something&lt;BR&gt;And not just follow the group&lt;BR&gt;-----------------&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;H5&gt;One for each marrow&lt;BR&gt;And the last will be the same&lt;BR&gt;There is&amp;nbsp;only one more left&lt;BR&gt;I hope your glad you came&lt;/H5&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/110658853/item/#firstcomment</comments></item><item><title>Saturday, July 17, 2004</title><link>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/110462490/item/</link><guid>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/110462490/item/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2004 16:12:44 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;P&gt;You know its unfair&lt;BR&gt;You know its unjust&lt;BR&gt;But do you stand and fight&lt;BR&gt;Do you give a fuss&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Complaining is not the same as taking a stand&lt;BR&gt;Contemplation is not the same as making a plan&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Unjust laws exist&lt;BR&gt;We know they are there&lt;BR&gt;But most people do nothing&lt;BR&gt;They dont even care&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;H5&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;
&lt;H5&gt;-------------------&lt;BR&gt;One for each marrow&lt;BR&gt;much more for you to see&lt;BR&gt;this poem is continued&lt;BR&gt;its just one of three&lt;/H5&gt;</description><comments>http://savethiskid.xanga.com/110462490/item/#firstcomment</comments></item></channel></rss>