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Dotgnu Coding Competition

Posted by michael on from the code-warrior dept.

Honestly writes "Apparently DotGNU seems to be offering more than the 'warm fuzzy feeling' to its contributors. Somebody has funded about $4500 worth of prizes for code contributions. The developers have confirmed that the $$$ is in FSF Hands (good hands, I suppose). Here is the split up of prizes. It's almost strange to earn money writing open source. Especially when you're not even employed by dotgnu. Anyway all I can say is ,I like it. It's ideal for a grad student with lots of free time. But hardly anyone seems to have seen the Newsforge posts (except maybe me)."

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  1. fp by Pompatus · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's ideal for a grad student with lots of free time.

    Never been to grad school, huh?

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    1. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Life of a grad student:

      Year 0: "I will be an agent of change."
      Year 0.5: "Holy S@#&! Quals!"
      Year 1.0: Finished recovering from Quals
      Year 2.0: Hmm, no results.
      Year 3.0: Still nothin'. Do prelim anyway.
      Year 4.0: Realize that for project to succeed, 2 laws of thermodynamics must be violated.
      Year 5.0: Finally convince advisor of above
      Year 6.0: Surf web, drink coffee, contemplate navel. No longer bitter - now at peace.
      Year 7.0: Realize you're almost 30 and still in school. Realize you still don't have a feasable project. Bitterness returns.
      Year 7.0001: Job search begins.
      Year 7.5: Find job. Discover "friends" from undergrad who went straight to work will be boss's boss.
      Year 7.6: Define project, perform experiments, analyzing results, writing paper(s). Only productive time in grad school
      Year 7.7: Look for 5 faculty members willing to sit in a room with you and each other for 3 solid hours.
      Year 8.0: Committee finally assembled. Defense occurrs. Sum up 8 years with 20 minute talk. Listen to useful advice on project you'll never think about or work on again. Stand outside door for 20 minutes pacing nervously while committee discusses weekend plans, daycare options, new italian restaurant on west side. "You've passed! Now pay us $1000 to get 10 bound copies of your thesis made plus the microfilm charge or else you won't officially be awarded a diploma."

  2. If... by Spoticus · · Score: 2, Funny

    RMS wins, you know it's fixed ;-)

    1. Re:If... by wik · · Score: 5, Funny

      Little do you know, but the real prize is RMS coming to your front door with the FSF Source Patrol van, carrying an oversized copy of the GPL.

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    2. Re:If... by pyrrhonist · · Score: 2, Funny
      A decent programmer makes that in a week.

      No, several thousand Indians make that decent programmer's salary in a week.

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  3. Thanks for spoiling it! by Lord+of+the+Fries · · Score: 5, Funny

    "But hardly anyone seems to have seen the Newsforge posts (except maybe me)."

    Oh great! So much for the easy win for the few of us that did know about it. :/

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  4. No you're not. by FreeLinux · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're posting on Slashdot, just like you do during the "busy" week.

  5. Dyslexia??? by jpetts · · Score: 4, Funny

    I read that title as Donut Coding Competition!

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  6. What about this Malloc routine.. by adeyadey · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about this Malloc routine I've just written?
    Do I get a prize?

    Darl McBride

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  7. Re:pgp key? by daserver · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is this a new version of "Will the real slim shady please stand up"? Sorry couldn't resist.

  8. Re:pgp key? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm 0x7525EC32
    yes I'm the real 0x7525EC32
    all you other 0x7525EC32
    are just 0xDEADBEEF
    so won't the real 0x7525EC32
    please..sign your public key..
    please sign your..no, I think I lost the rhythm of this thing long ago.