Dotgnu Coding Competition

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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[Pompatus]

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

Never been to grad school, huh?

If...

[Spoticus]

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

Thanks for spoiling it!

[Lord of the Fries]

"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. :/

No you're not.

[FreeLinux]

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

Re:If...

[wik]

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.

Dyslexia???

[jpetts]

I read that title as Donut Coding Competition!

What about this Malloc routine..

[adeyadey]

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

Darl McBride

Re:pgp key?

[daserver]

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

Re:fp

[Anonymous Coward]

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."

Re:pgp key?

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:If...

[pyrrhonist]

A decent programmer makes that in a week.

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