Design Hardware/Software for Global Civil Society

-cman- writes "White box builders and Gnome hackers take note! With the announcement of various oxymoronic "trusted computing" initiatives in recent week, Bruce Sterling, self-appointed Pope-Emperor of the Viridian Design Movement has announced a new design contest to design a '...genuinely trustable, cheap, well-designed, rugged, sexy, accessible computer system that is owned, manufactured and operated for, well, Global Civil Society.'" I'll buy one.

Comments

Re:I'll buy one...

[Jucius Maximus]

"...for a $1.00"

Sorry you've been outbidden. Look at the actual text of the prize of this contest: (this is not a joke!!)

"Yes indeed! No fewer than 150 Euros, a staggering one hundred and fifty of 'em! And that's not all! Because if Microsoft (like so many other large American companies) turns out to have some major accounting skeletons in its closet, the value of these Euros could skyrocket overnight.

Furthermore, these Euro bills represent an intriguing state-of-the-art in high-security, trustable, paper-money design. Unlike feeble old dollars, they've got uncopiable color schemes, state-of-the-art security strips and big embedded holograms!

Win this contest and this cash will be mailed straight to you!"

The prize money - and a "oooooh"

[DG]

Part of the prize announcement:

"That's right! The prize is cash! And none of that flaccid, green, American funny-money, either. Instead, it's this season's rapidly escalating, crisp, brand-new, supranational, global-standard currency:

EUROS!

Yes indeed! No fewer than 150 Euros, a staggering one hundred and fifty of 'em! And that's not all!

Because if Microsoft (like so many other large American companies) turns out to have some major accounting skeletons in its closet, the value of these Euros could skyrocket overnight."

It's that last sentence that grabbed my attention. Ye Gods, can you imagine what would happen if Microsoft's UberFortune turns out to be ficticious?

Ooooooooh.....

DG

Nope

[The Turd Report]

I'd guess that he wants it to cost $50 as well.

Re:Perhaps nobody will build them?

[Kikaid.]

Maybe we should put some plans on our desks and let the computer gnomes build them overnight?

For all the high-5s slashdotters like to give each other when the virtues of Open Source is disscussed, I can't understand rating a myopic comment like this a f*cking 5!

Free your mind and your ass will etc.