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American Idol for Security Geeks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stoned-for-bad-security-even-today dept.

Ant writes to tell us SearchSecurity.com has an article touting the latest "reality show" idea from the Georgia Tech College of Computing, Information Security Center, and Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center. The "Tiger Team" competition promises to be an "American Idol for security geeks." Students "prep, sweat and show their stuff while a panel of critics decides their fates. But unlike the popular 'reality' TV show, judges aren't determining who can best carry a tune. Instead they weigh students' ideas for making information security more user-friendly, with $50,000 -- enough cash to fund a project for 12 months -- hanging in the balance."

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  1. but.... by Darth_brooks · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wait, American Idol only exists so we can mock the idiots that don't know what they're doing. I already mock people who don't know what they're doing. It's called:

    root@notmine>rm -rf *

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    There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
    1. Re:but.... by Baricom · · Score: 2, Funny

      Unfortunately, you missed the previous command:

      root@notmine>pwd
      /home/Darth_brooks

  2. Re:$50K for 12 months? by caffeinemessiah · · Score: 5, Funny
    As a previous commentor already said, they're called grad students. The point is to come up with innovative technologies, not industry-strength products. Once you have an innovative idea, you can put it up on SF or hand it to an army of corporate coders who will do their UML modeling, unit testing, and the whole shabang.

    At 69 cents for the 'good' Ramen (Maruchian), $50K would buy 72463 grad student meals. That's enough to feed 66 grad students 3 meals a day for a year!!! SO--YES.

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    An old-timer with old-timey ideas.
  3. OS/Music Genre by Category by wmajik · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pop: Windows
    Alternative: Linux
    Rock: BSD
    Jazz: Mac
    Country: Solaris

    William Hung: Pick any above. Set root/admin password to PASSWORD. Mission accomplished.

    1. Re:OS/Music Genre by Category by Ididerus · · Score: 2, Funny

      um, wouldn't the last one be:

      Country: Etch-a-Sketch

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      I'm fighting The War on Drugs!
  4. Don't waste the prize money! by Milton+Waddams · · Score: 2, Funny

    I could think of better things to spend my money on. Like 16,666.67 cups of coffee!

  5. Re:$50K? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    But I bet the smell of your Mom's pancakes gets you out of the basement for a short while.