I would just skip the sort and do a linear search. As a matter of fact I *am* that lazy.

Shell sort was always my favorite in terms of elegance, IMO

But it's web scale! ;)

Considering the number of companies available for outsourcing sooner or later it will probably happen, of not already. It would help explain the mish-mash of tools used in the job. Never trust a mercenary.

I'm glad someone got the reference.

The origianl games revolved around martial sports; javelin, wrestling, archery, etc. Then came shooting, pentathlon, biathlon etc. So limit it to the games actually used in warfare such as drone strikes, gunship strafing, and the perennial favorite thermo-nuclear war. Though the last one would actually be pretty boring. The players would have to do nothing to compete.

How does this differ from:
"Dear Customer:

We are now charging a small monthly fee for the use of your utilities. It will be due in 30 days otherwise your heat and hot water will be turned off and your air conditioning will no longer function.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Your utility company."

In the US it would require a Constitutional Amendment to remove them completely.

The only ones who deserve it are actual combat veterans. Filling out paperwork to order toilet paper does not count.

And Beorn, the most interesting and mysterious character in "The Hobbit" much like Tom Bombadil in FOTR, was never developed. Or how Gandalf used trickery and mind games to get Beorn to accept dwarves. Now that would have been interesting. The eagles could have also been explored as a race and characters. Instead we get an elf and dwarf falling in love. WTF? And an escape scene that looked like a Disney ride or an abomination out of the "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Most of the men never saw a shot fired in anger. For every JFK there were several Richard Nixon REMFs sitting at a base playing poker.

How so? I do not see a causal link.

Duh, turn up the temperature. Or do you not know the difference between the temp going up and down?

And personal Freedom and Liberty and Justice for All!

Well, here is what we do. We get a bunch of poor people, right? Then you give them water skis and hook them up to the back of the ships. They then water ski behind the ship creating the needed bubbles. Climate change reversed and unemployment drops. A win-win!