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Wink Chosen to Receive Noble Piece Prize

Posted by timothy on from the aptly-named dept.

Phil Shapiro writes "Wink, a beautifully written free program for creating Flash-format animated tutorials has been chosen to receive a Noble Piece Prize, the prize that honors the craftsmanship of Alfred Noble, who worked at the Jacquard Loom factory in France. Previous winners of this prize include the Digital Bicycle web site."

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  1. Wink, Wink by Vombatus · · Score: 5, Funny
    Nudge, nudge

    Say no more, say no more

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  2. Noble Piece Prize? by Vombatus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Surely this will infringe the trademark of the Nobel Peace Prize

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  3. There's no way this is true... by pdevor · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...oh wait... The Piece Prize... Wow. It occurs to me that it is a highly humorous name for a prize. I am unable to contain myself. Really!

    1. Re:There's no way this is true... by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

      "..oh wait... The Piece Prize... Wow. It occurs to me that it is a highly humorous name for a prize. I am unable to contain myself. Really!"

      Why do I have the feeling that this story was posted simply to watch the spelling nazis make asses out of themselves?

      Anybody want some popcorn?

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  4. I nominiate by cove209 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I nominate the guy that invented shirts for chicks that show off their belly's. Now THAT is worth an award.

  5. I hope to sum up the reaction from all non-posters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...

  6. Re:The What Prize? by TummyX · · Score: 4, Funny

    More likley it's a paid-for ad.

    Shameless

  7. Re:wink is great by vrai · · Score: 4, Funny

    If only there was some way of distributing software that allowed the end-user to build it for their machine; whatever the architecture may be. Clearly America must focus the minds of its finest Computer Scientists on solving this, apparently insurmountable, problem.