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2007-02-26, 8:03 AM #1
I have to, for my Introduction to Programming with C class, do a final group project. There's two of us. We've got a lot of experience with SQL, so that's always an option.

What we need are ideas for a project - so, can anyone come up with one (that is within the scope of an introductory C class :psyduck:)?
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2007-02-26, 8:30 AM #2
Program a Clippy clone for Notepad.

2007-02-26, 9:03 AM #3
Make an Apache clone if you know socket programming.
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2007-02-26, 9:17 AM #4
Couldn't resist ;)
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2007-02-26, 9:25 AM #5
Make an alarm clock that plays mp3s at a designated date/time.
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2007-02-26, 9:28 AM #6
Originally posted by drizzt2k2:
Make an alarm clock that plays mp3s at a designated date/time.


There's an idea, I should actually make this myself.
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2007-02-26, 9:40 AM #7
Originally posted by Martyn:
Couldn't resist ;)


That more aptly describes my Computer Systems Administration course. :(
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2007-02-26, 10:48 AM #8
Some ideas that might be worth it:

- A source code garbler: read a file; f*ck variable and function names, remove any comments; output to another file

- Solve a fractal or some math puzzle semi-brute force

Originally posted by Martyn:
Couldn't resist ;)


That was great! Remember that a mistake in requirements will cost 10 times as much to fix at design and 100 times at implementation!
2007-02-26, 10:58 AM #9
Make a roguelike.
2007-02-26, 11:02 AM #10
Every now and again, Dilbert just hits the nail on the head so sweetly it fires through the planet and out of the other side.

Make me a sandwich? :P
2007-02-26, 8:38 PM #11
Originally posted by Jon`C:
Make a roguelike.


That would rock. Beats my suggestion of a kernel.
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2007-02-26, 8:51 PM #12
A program that sorts nasty porn images away from good ones.
2007-02-26, 8:55 PM #13
Originally posted by Rob:
A program that sorts nasty porn images away from good ones.


But that assumes you have some huge database of porn filled with good images mixed with bad ones. Who has that? Only the internet is like that. You'd need the program to comb the internet for all porn, then sort the good from the bad.

That also requires you to think about what's "good" and "bad" porn. What's good to one person might be bad to another. You'd have to be able to customize it.
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2007-02-26, 9:11 PM #14
Originally posted by Freelancer:
But that assumes you have some huge database of porn filled with good images mixed with bad ones. Who has that?


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2007-02-26, 9:49 PM #15
Make the PQ killer.

World of Progress.
2007-02-27, 2:53 AM #16
Make an ASCII nibbles clone.
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2007-02-27, 3:30 AM #17
Originally posted by tinny:
There's an idea, I should actually make this myself.


I have that, actually. It's pretty neat, and practically the only thing that can wake me up.

http://bluefive.pair.com/free_computer_software.htm
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2007-02-27, 7:03 AM #18
I think we're going to do a stupid-*** MySQL address book, because it's:
  • Easy to program
  • Simple
  • Given that this class precedes the databasing classes, I can probably get away with looking really smart because OMG I USED D8ABASES


Thanks for the suggestions though (I think the alarm clock was the only one that was specified that fell within the scope of an introductory course)
the idiot is the person who follows the idiot and your not following me your insulting me your following the path of a idiot so that makes you the idiot - LC Tusken
2007-02-27, 8:41 AM #19
Make a program to solve Sudoku puzzles. Assuming you know how to handle the input and understand recursion, it's not really that hard.
2007-02-27, 9:23 AM #20
I always wanted a program to capture all the information I send to my printer and save a copy as a PDF file (so I have a PDF catalog of everything I ever printed).
2007-02-27, 12:31 PM #21
Originally posted by Wolfy:
Thanks for the suggestions though (I think the alarm clock was the only one that was specified that fell within the scope of an introductory course)
A roguelike does. :mad:
2007-02-27, 12:34 PM #22
Make a program that prints, "Hello, world!"
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2007-02-27, 12:58 PM #23
Originally posted by Brian:
I always wanted a program to capture all the information I send to my printer and save a copy as a PDF file (so I have a PDF catalog of everything I ever printed).

CutePDF Writer lets you print to a PDF file, but it doesn't capture everything. You might be able use that as a start though.
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2007-02-27, 1:15 PM #24
Originally posted by Freelancer:
But that assumes you have some huge database of porn filled with good images mixed with bad ones. Who has that? Only the internet is like that. You'd need the program to comb the internet for all porn, then sort the good from the bad.

That also requires you to think about what's "good" and "bad" porn. What's good to one person might be bad to another. You'd have to be able to customize it.


It could have settings for the kinds of bad porn to filter.

For example, when I batch download porn it's kind of disappointing and disgusting to get horse porn in the middle of my normal porn.
2007-02-27, 2:46 PM #25
I'm not interested in making OCR software to detect the presence of horses.
the idiot is the person who follows the idiot and your not following me your insulting me your following the path of a idiot so that makes you the idiot - LC Tusken
2007-02-27, 3:08 PM #26
Horses aren't letters :confused:
2007-02-27, 3:11 PM #27
They are if you play basketball.
the idiot is the person who follows the idiot and your not following me your insulting me your following the path of a idiot so that makes you the idiot - LC Tusken
2007-02-27, 3:18 PM #28
:confused:


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2007-02-27, 10:27 PM #29
Make a good taskbar window arranger for Windows. One that actually integrates with the taskbar and let's you rearrange window buttons like tabs in firefox. That would rock
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2007-02-27, 10:31 PM #30
Originally posted by Emon:
CutePDF Writer lets you print to a PDF file, but it doesn't capture everything. You might be able use that as a start though.


A lot of programs allow writing of PDF files, but it's an extra step. I'll probably write something for CUPS at some point, but now isn't the time.
2007-02-27, 10:45 PM #31
Originally posted by Fardreamer:
Make a good taskbar window arranger for Windows. One that actually integrates with the taskbar and let's you rearrange window buttons like tabs in firefox. That would rock


That exists, I forget what its called though.

o.0
2007-02-28, 8:09 AM #32
Originally posted by Brian:
A lot of programs allow writing of PDF files, but it's an extra step. I'll probably write something for CUPS at some point, but now isn't the time.

I just wanted to suggest CUPS. Seems like something that should already exist out there. I think I even read about something like that, when I was looking for a PDF-exporter for CUPS.
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2007-03-01, 3:11 PM #33
Originally posted by Greenboy:
That exists, I forget what its called though.
dude I gotta have it tell me what it's called
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2007-03-01, 3:20 PM #34
The program you seek is called wstaskborg.

Works on Vista too.

2007-03-01, 4:24 PM #35
Taskbar Shuffle is another.
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2007-03-01, 4:32 PM #36
Originally posted by Fardreamer:
Make a good taskbar window arranger for Windows. One that actually integrates with the taskbar and let's you rearrange window buttons like tabs in firefox. That would rock

You have to realize that he is doing this in C. Doing Win32 in C should be banned by the Geneva Convention.
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