Write down an function named bitwisedFloatCompare(float number1, float number2) that tests whether a floating point number number1 is less than, equal to or greater than another floating point number number2, by simply comparing their floating point representations bitwise from left to right, stopping as soon as the first differing bit is encountered. The fact that this can be done easily is the main motivation for biased exponent notation. The function should return 1 if number1 > number2, return -1 if number2 > number1 and should return 0 if the two numbers are equal. Please note the solution is constrained to be implemented using bitwise comparison of the two numbers.

Some of your friends have gotten into the burgeoning field of time-series data mining, in which one looks for patterns in sequences of events that occur over time. purchases at stock exchanges--what’s being bought-- are one source of data with a natural ordering in time. given a long sequence s of such events, your friends want an efficient way to detect certain "patterns" in them--for example, they may want to know if the four events buy yahoo, buy ebay, buy yahoo, buy oracle occur in this sequence s, in order but not necessarily consecutively. they begin with a collection of possible events (e. g., the possible’ transactions) and a sequence s of n of these events. a given event may occur multiple times in s (e. g., yahoo stock may be bought many times in a single sequence s). we will say that a sequence s’ is a subsequence of s if there is a way to delete certain of the events from s so that the remaining events, in order, are equal to the sequence s’. so, for example, the sequence of four events above is a subsequence of the sequence buy amazon, buy yahoo, buy ebay, buy yahoo, buy yahoo, buy oracle their goal is to be able to dream up short sequences and quickly detect whether they are subsequences of s. so this is the problem they pose to you: give an algorithm that takes two sequences of even~s--s’ of length m and s of length n, each possibly containing an event more than once--and decides in time o(m n) whether s’ is a subsequence of s

Which of the following is a way that advancements in technology improve humans' ability to measure air quality and protect human health? a. air quality data gathered by new instruments can be used to reduce exposure to pollutants. b. new technologies enable natural and human-made pollution sources to be located and monitored. c. air quality data gathered by new instruments can be used to predict trends in pollution over time. d. new technologies allow governments to make informed decisions about the regulation of pollution. (choose more than one)

In the context of the box model, what is the difference between a margin and a padding? a. a padding lies outside a box border, while a margin lies inside it. b. a padding lies inside a box border, while a margin lies outside it. c. a padding can be adjusted independently, while a margin depends on the size of its box. d. a padding depends on the size of its box, while a margin can be adjusted independently.