Since it is optimizing positions which can be easily encoded as floating point numbers, I would use Differential Evolution for the optimization, or Particle Swarm Optimization (or both).

Some years ago I had these three laws of software development:

• A developer must write code that creates value.
• A developer must make their code easy to maintain, except where such expenditure will conflict with the first law.
• A developer must reduce their code to the smallest size possible, as long as such reduction does not conflict with the first two laws.

I still believe that these rules are the essence of good code.

Here you can see a comparison with mouseover effect:
http://martin.ankerl.com/2009/01/22/beautiful-font-hinting-in-ubuntu-810/

You have no idea how fast I can write software that is slow on any hardware in both the forseeable and not-forseeable future.

I am most definitely sure Roland Emmerich is the Mule. Not even Seldon could have foreseen this.

At least they have mobile phone throwing chamionships...

It might be that H.264 is good enough. Look at JPEG, this standard was issued 1992, and it is still extremely popular, with no good successor available. The same thing might happen to H.264.

ENHANCE the number plate!

took no creative chances? The main character is a grumpy old grandpa, who's wife has died. What other children movie dares to show something like this?

Webcam from the LHC is here

Computers work really natural. Did you ever notice that the toilet door behaves exactly like a mutex? I did. Only one can lock it at a time, and other processes might queue up for it if you take too long.

They might not have finished your copy of Hamlet, but have produced an enormous amount of Perl code.

Perform some Ba duan jin's. You can do them at work, throughout the day. You do not need much space, It does not build muscles, but it will relax your muscles so that blood circulation is improved, and if you do them regularly it will do wonders for your health.

Also, change your eating habits. Replace anything that contains carbohydrates with fat & proteins, and you will shed body fat very quickly. Read the excellent book Life Without Bread, written by a guy who is now 96. Ive replaced all sugary snacks I normally ate throughout the day with almonds, peanuts (unsalted!), and 90% chocolate. Especially unsalted almonds are the perfect finger food. They are highly addictive AND healthy, and although they contain lots of fat you will loose weight eating them.

How about number of letters?

3 letters for IBM
6 letters for Google
9 letters for Microsoft

You also cant use any software without electricity. Internet is nowadays almost as ubiquitous as electricity, so its not really an issue any more.