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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. No reference? by Grakun · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Isn't there supposed to be an article with this?

  2. Not only the loom factory... by kryogen1x · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... but a dynamite factory as well. He made a lot of explosives.

  3. I don't believe it by shanen · · Score: 0, Redundant

    At least that's my initial reaction, along with the thought that they need to vet the articles more carefully. I'll eat my post in a follow up if I'm wrong, but I'd bet against it. Especially since the Nobel prizes are announced in October, and my calendar is insisting this is May.

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  4. nobody catches that by Anarke_Incarnate · · Score: 0, Redundant

    it is the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE not PIECE. Wankers Btw, the PEACE prize is only for PEACE. There are other Nobel Prizes