Asp Forum - [ANN]: Last Chance 2005 IORCC Entries

Todd Nathan

3/30/2005 7:37:00 PM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wed Mar 30 11:58:39 CST 2005
LOCATION: http://iorcc..../2005/press/0...
ANNOUNCEMENT: 2005 IORCC Deadline Approaches
Entry Deadline March 31st, 2005
Less than 36 Hours Left, Great Prizes and Fun!

Dear Rubyists, Perlists, Shellists, Cists and Hackers,

Well, it has boiled down to this, a great finish for the International
Obfuscated Ruby Code Contest, 2005 Edition. There is still 30 hours
left to get your obscure and wacky Ruby code entered. Surf on over to
the Official IORCC rules and website:

http://iorcc....

With over $2000 USD in prizes from notable industry leaders like Stone
Design, OmniGroup, Luscious Monster, OpenBase, Bare Bones Software,
O'Reilly Press, Syngress, Purgatory Design, Running With Scissors,
BasaSoft, Ecto, Puzzles Forever, Pragmatic Programmer, Bartas Tech,
Macro Mates, Ambrosia Software, Sol Robots, Code Tek, dbSuite and more!
You just won't believe the list of prizes these generous people have
committed to giving away! Dust off your Ruby compiler, take your Perl,
Shell, Python and Tcl skills to the test, making a really obscure and
obfuscated entry for this years contest.

Entry window closes at 23:59:59 Universal Time March 31st, 2005.
Official Sponsors, Rules and Entry Guidelines are available online at
the IORCC Website. Enter Today! We'd like to also say thanks to the
following people and companies in chronological order of sponsorship:

- Dave Thomas, Signed copies of PickAxe and Ruby on Rails books!
- Syngress Press, Ruby the Developers Guide (700+ pages of real world
Ruby)
- Purgatory Design's Intaglio, graphics application for charting
obscure entries.
- O'Reilly and Associates, The Ruby Nutshell book, need we say more?
- Andrew Stone's, Stone Design Suite, Create, Graphics, WebApps,
Applets and more!
- Puzzles Forever, the folks that invented Solitaire Forever.
- OpenBase SQL, OpenStep and now OSX Database solutions for Linux,
Windows and MacOSX.
- Postal2: Share the Pain from the sick puppies at Running With
Scissors/Infamous Gary Coleman.
- Sol Robot's CrosswordForge, word finder and crossword puzzle
generator. Fun for all.
- Bartas Technologies' CopyWrite, got a book or documents to publish?
Use CopyWrite.
- MacroMates' TextMate. Lightweight and POWERFUL code project
management tool, really slick!
- CodeTek's Virtual Desktop. The definitive way to expand and maximize
your desktop workspace.
- OmniGroup's OmniGraffle and OmniOutline, the way to go in
professional presentations.
- InterServices New Media's, dbSuite WebBuilder and SQL4X Manager J for
OS X.
- Ecto for OS X, the power of the blog!
- BasaSoft's, BasaOne, the Integrated Web Application Development
Environment.
- Bare Bones Software, with Mail Smith and BBEdit, the Professional
HTML editing for OS X.
- Pipe, simple, elegant, powerful. The utility editor for OS X.
- Ambrosia Software, with SnapzProX 2 and WireTap Pro. Make moves from
the desktop!
- Delicious Monster, with of course Delicious Library. Catalog your
videos, music and more!

A big thank you to all the contestants, sponsors and support from the
Ruby community. We have had a great time putting this together, and
now we can (almost) begin the judging process. Winners will be
announced after noon April 1st, 2005. A public voting forum for the
2005 IORCC People's Choice Award will be opened with voting continuing
thru the 15th of April, 2005. Winners will be announced shortly after
the web voting is closed and counted.

Best of luck to you all!

Todd Nathan
IORCC Founder/Judge
irc://irc.freenode.net/iorcc (SeaForth)
http://iorcc..../
"What you talkin about Willis?" - GC

2005 IORCC Sponsor Home Page Links:

http://www.pra...
http://www.syn...
http://www.purgatoryd...
http://www.or...
http://www....
http://www.solitairefo...
http://www.ope...
http://www.gop...
http://www.solr...
http://www.bartastechnol...
http://www.macro...
http://www.co...
http://www.omni...
http://www.d...
http://ecto.ku...
http://www.bas...
http://www.barebones.com/i...
http://www...
http://www.ambrosiasw...
http://www.delicious-mo...

6 Answers

ptkwt

3/31/2005 4:32:00 AM

I've pretty much ignored these posts about obfuscated Ruby contests
because I have no interest in obfuscated code. But
for some reason I read this one and I must say I am _very_ surprised to
see all of the sponsors and prizes, giveaways, etc. that are behind this
contest.

Which got me to thinking...
Why can't we have a IERCC (International Elegant Ruby Code contest)
or IBRCC (International Beautiful Ruby Code contest) or
IRRCC (International Readable Ruby Code Contest) with cash prizes and
giveaways.

Why should all the money be behind obfuscation?

Maybe call it the Beautiful Ruby International Code Contest (BRICC)?

Phil

In article <1112211436.515203.20290@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
<iorcc@yahoo.com> wrote:
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wed Mar 30 11:58:39 CST 2005
>LOCATION: http://iorcc..../2005/press/0...
>ANNOUNCEMENT: 2005 IORCC Deadline Approaches
> Entry Deadline March 31st, 2005
> Less than 36 Hours Left, Great Prizes and Fun!
>
>Dear Rubyists, Perlists, Shellists, Cists and Hackers,
>
>Well, it has boiled down to this, a great finish for the International
>Obfuscated Ruby Code Contest, 2005 Edition. There is still 30 hours
>left to get your obscure and wacky Ruby code entered. Surf on over to
>the Official IORCC rules and website:
>
> http://iorcc....
>
>
>With over $2000 USD in prizes from notable industry leaders like Stone
>Design, OmniGroup, Luscious Monster, OpenBase, Bare Bones Software,
>O'Reilly Press, Syngress, Purgatory Design, Running With Scissors,
>BasaSoft, Ecto, Puzzles Forever, Pragmatic Programmer, Bartas Tech,
>Macro Mates, Ambrosia Software, Sol Robots, Code Tek, dbSuite and more!
> You just won't believe the list of prizes these generous people have
>committed to giving away! Dust off your Ruby compiler, take your Perl,
>Shell, Python and Tcl skills to the test, making a really obscure and
>obfuscated entry for this years contest.
>
>Entry window closes at 23:59:59 Universal Time March 31st, 2005.
>Official Sponsors, Rules and Entry Guidelines are available online at
>the IORCC Website. Enter Today! We'd like to also say thanks to the
>following people and companies in chronological order of sponsorship:
>
>- Dave Thomas, Signed copies of PickAxe and Ruby on Rails books!
>- Syngress Press, Ruby the Developers Guide (700+ pages of real world
>Ruby)
>- Purgatory Design's Intaglio, graphics application for charting
>obscure entries.
>- O'Reilly and Associates, The Ruby Nutshell book, need we say more?
>- Andrew Stone's, Stone Design Suite, Create, Graphics, WebApps,
>Applets and more!
>- Puzzles Forever, the folks that invented Solitaire Forever.
>- OpenBase SQL, OpenStep and now OSX Database solutions for Linux,
>Windows and MacOSX.
>- Postal2: Share the Pain from the sick puppies at Running With
>Scissors/Infamous Gary Coleman.
>- Sol Robot's CrosswordForge, word finder and crossword puzzle
>generator. Fun for all.
>- Bartas Technologies' CopyWrite, got a book or documents to publish?
>Use CopyWrite.
>- MacroMates' TextMate. Lightweight and POWERFUL code project
>management tool, really slick!
>- CodeTek's Virtual Desktop. The definitive way to expand and maximize
>your desktop workspace.
>- OmniGroup's OmniGraffle and OmniOutline, the way to go in
>professional presentations.
>- InterServices New Media's, dbSuite WebBuilder and SQL4X Manager J for
>OS X.
>- Ecto for OS X, the power of the blog!
>- BasaSoft's, BasaOne, the Integrated Web Application Development
>Environment.
>- Bare Bones Software, with Mail Smith and BBEdit, the Professional
>HTML editing for OS X.
>- Pipe, simple, elegant, powerful. The utility editor for OS X.
>- Ambrosia Software, with SnapzProX 2 and WireTap Pro. Make moves from
>the desktop!
>- Delicious Monster, with of course Delicious Library. Catalog your
>videos, music and more!
>
>A big thank you to all the contestants, sponsors and support from the
>Ruby community. We have had a great time putting this together, and
>now we can (almost) begin the judging process. Winners will be
>announced after noon April 1st, 2005. A public voting forum for the
>2005 IORCC People's Choice Award will be opened with voting continuing
>thru the 15th of April, 2005. Winners will be announced shortly after
>the web voting is closed and counted.
>
>Best of luck to you all!
>
>Todd Nathan
>IORCC Founder/Judge
>irc://irc.freenode.net/iorcc (SeaForth)
>http://iorcc..../
>"What you talkin about Willis?" - GC
>
>
>2005 IORCC Sponsor Home Page Links:
>
>http://www.pra...
>http://www.syn...
>http://www.purgatoryd...
>http://www.or...
>http://www....
>http://www.solitairefo...
>http://www.ope...
>http://www.gop...
>http://www.solr...
>http://www.bartastechnol...
>http://www.macro...
>http://www.co...
>http://www.omni...
>http://www.d...
>http://ecto.ku...
>http://www.bas...
>http://www.barebones.com/i...
>http://www...
>http://www.ambrosiasw...
>http://www.delicious-mo...
>

Todd Nathan

3/31/2005 5:03:00 AM

Phil,

Its already in the works :) Most of these sponsors are also 'signed
up' for the IDRCC, and it may get renamed to BRICC or something else.
After the IORCC is done this year, and a month or so break, I'll work
on the next incarnation. Thanks for the suggestion ;) If you have any
other ideas, please post or by all means chat online at freenode.net
and the #iorcc or #idrcc channels.

ptkwt

3/31/2005 6:27:00 AM

In article <1112245359.208564.77750@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
<iorcc@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Phil,
>
>Its already in the works :) Most of these sponsors are also 'signed
>up' for the IDRCC, and it may get renamed to BRICC or something else.
>After the IORCC is done this year, and a month or so break, I'll work
>on the next incarnation. Thanks for the suggestion ;) If you have any
>other ideas, please post or by all means chat online at freenode.net
>and the #iorcc or #idrcc channels.
>

Yay!

James Gray

3/31/2005 3:33:00 PM

On Mar 30, 2005, at 10:54 PM, Phil Tomson wrote:

> Which got me to thinking...
> Why can't we have a IERCC (International Elegant Ruby Code contest)
> or IBRCC (International Beautiful Ruby Code contest) or
> IRRCC (International Readable Ruby Code Contest) with cash prizes and
> giveaways.

Be sure and catch tomorrow's Ruby Quiz... :D

James Edward Gray II

dblack

3/31/2005 4:00:00 PM

Vincent Foley

3/31/2005 4:25:00 PM

iorcc@yahoo.com wrote:
> [long post]

Is it possible to know already how many people have participated, how
many entries have been submitted?

Vincent.

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