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Whither the 19th IOCCC?

Posted by kdawson on from the now-that's-obfuscated dept.

dazedNconfuzed writes "Whatever happened to the 19th IOCCC? The opening thereof was announced over two years ago and the winners' names were posted, but the source code was never released — leaving the results of the 2006 contest unknown as we get well into 2009. Emails to questions@ioccc.org just bounce. Surely the quiet absence of a high point of geekdom becomes news at some point!"

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  1. Find the winners and ask them for their code by Lorens · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You have their names, shouldn't be too difficult.

  2. Re:Weird... this one too.... by Splab · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Informative is quite a good modding in my opinion, had totally forgot about fortune city et. al.

    That brings back some memories.

  3. The Real News by Idiomatick · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The real news is that a site so poorly run that they cannot release the winners code after years ... Did NOT get slashdotted. How is this even remotely possible.

    1. Re:The Real News by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Insightful

      The real news is that a site so poorly run that they cannot release the winners code after years ... Did NOT get slashdotted. How is this even remotely possible.

      Obviously, this is because it's slashdot and we don't even try to RTFA any more. We're all so fucking smart we can just talk about it without doing any research.

      --
      "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
  4. Re:Maybe it's just my tinfoil hat speaking... by Eric+Smith · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or I've been reading too much Charles Stross

    There ain't no such thing as too much Charles Stross!

  5. Re:Half-assed by Abcd1234 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I had never heard of this.

    Jebus... time to turn in your geek card. The IOCCC has been operating off and on since *1984*, ffs.