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Kuroguy at 02:02, 14 August 2007

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	== Are there any benefits to OpenContests ==		== Are there any benefits to OpenContests ==
-	You mean besides the adoration of you orther Kuroboxers? You mean besides the utter fear you instill on others when they realize your entry is so cool that you don't care that they know because they still cannot beat you?	+	You mean besides the adoration of you orther Kuroboxers? You mean besides the utter fear you instill in others when they realize your entry is so cool that you don't care that they know because they still cannot beat you?

	Ok well I can help out with intangibles:		Ok well I can help out with intangibles:
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	== Won't people just steal my entry and use it themselves ==		== Won't people just steal my entry and use it themselves ==
-	Well I can't say no. Are you a 'all people are good' person? It is a personal choice to enter a contest via OpenContests ~~you~~ have to decide if it is the chase you enjoy more or the finish line. All we can do is try the concept. If we find rampant cheating then I guess the self-regulating bazaar will just stop using OpenContests.	+	Well I can't say no. Are you an 'all people are good' person? It is a personal choice to enter a contest via OpenContests. You have to decide if it is the chase you enjoy more or the finish line. All we can do is try the concept. If we find rampant cheating then I guess the self-regulating bazaar will just stop using OpenContests.

	== How to Post an Open Contest Entry ==		== How to Post an Open Contest Entry ==

Kuroguy at 01:58, 14 August 2007

Kuroguy — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:58:20 GMT

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-	=== ~~The Entry Phase of the Third Kurobox Contest Has Ended.~~ ===	+	= Open Contests =
-	~~After an extension to~~ the ~~submission phase~~ of the ~~third Kurobox Contest entries are no longer being accepted. We now move into the Judging phase of~~ the ~~contest~~. ~~[http://www.kurobox.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1052 Voting] is ongoing until~~ the ~~evening of July 30. Check out~~ the ~~[[Contests\|Contest]] page for information about past~~ contests. ~~For those of you not aware~~, ~~prizes for these contests are listed at~~ the ~~[http://www~~.~~kurobox~~.~~com/revolution/contest.html Revolution Contest page]~~	+	== Introduction ==
		+	Recently there has been some discussion on IRC about the effect of the contests held by Revolution and forwarding the community itself. I cannot argue the contests are harmful to Kurobox, as the contests have helped our numbers grow by leaps and bounds. Now, I challenge people to take the next steps. '''Welcome to OpenContests'''.

		+	== What is OpenContests ==
		+	OpenContests is nothing more than a movement. You gain nothing by entering the contest in and OpenContests manner. Think of it as a challenge. The concept is simple, instead of sitting in your office/basement/lab etc and sending your entry off to Revolution secretly in the night, you just run it in OpenContests space.

-	==~~= The second Kurobox contest has ended. The third contest is ongoing. =~~==	+	== What do you mean OpenContests space ==
-	~~The second contest ended~~ on ~~May 15~~. ~~[http://kurobox~~.~~com/revolution/downloads/contest/contest.txt Sylver~~'~~s Bittorrent client] took third place~~. ~~[http://www~~.~~kurobox.com/mwiki/index.php/Kuro_Auto_Installer Waite's Automatic installer], a python application which allows a user~~ to ~~easily install any of several operating systems (Gentoo coming very soon)~~ on ~~their Kurobox took second place~~. ~~Dave's [http://kurobox.com/revolution/downloads/~~contest~~/All-in-One1.2.doc All~~ in ~~One NAS] wins first place~~.	+	OpenContests intends to put on display everything you are working on as you work on it. All you need to do is make a wiki page and link to the contests section below when you are working on your entry. Don't wait until the end. Do it early, update it often. Show off to people what you are working on. Basically develop your contest entry out in the open.

		+	== Are there any benefits to OpenContests ==
		+	You mean besides the adoration of you orther Kuroboxers? You mean besides the utter fear you instill on others when they realize your entry is so cool that you don't care that they know because they still cannot beat you?

-	~~All entries certainly advance the Kurobox as a development platform. Many thanks to Sylver for maintaining an [http~~:~~//www.kurobox.com/mwiki/index.php/Sylver_on_the_Kurobox image] that allows many users to go straight to making good use of their~~ Kurobox ~~without the learning curve required of typical Linux systems. Thanks to Waite for his [http://www.kurobox~~.com~~/mwiki/index.php/Kuro_Auto_Installer entry] which eases the transition from delivery of a new Kurobox to one of several operating systems. His entry~~ will ~~be an invaluable tool for the many experimenters needing to setup this very unique development platform. Dave's [http://~~kurobox.com~~/revolution/downloads/~~contest~~/All-in-One1.2.doc All in One] shows the ability that the Kuro has for doing many of the day~~ to ~~day tasks that a typical office server does using hardware that costs a fraction~~ to ~~own and operate as well as the Kuro's ability to be expanded using typical off~~ the ~~shelf products~~.	+	Ok well I can help out with intangibles:
		+	Kurobox.com will provide
		+	* email@kurobox.com forwarding address
		+	* Upload space for contest entries
		+	* Wiki space to develop
		+	* Web space to add content
		+	* Help from others in the community. Of course!

		+	== Won't people just steal my entry and use it themselves ==
		+	Well I can't say no. Are you a 'all people are good' person? It is a personal choice to enter a contest via OpenContests you have to decide if it is the chase you enjoy more or the finish line. All we can do is try the concept. If we find rampant cheating then I guess the self-regulating bazaar will just stop using OpenContests.

-	~~Please take the time~~ to ~~look over all of the [http://www.kurobox.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t~~=~~956 entries]. There is a wealth of good information in the write ups of all entries received.~~	+	== How to Post an Open Contest Entry ==

		+	All that is necessary to take part in the open contest format is to create a wiki page and add the tag '''<nowiki>[[Category:Open_Contest]]</nowiki>''' to the bottom of the page along with any other pertinent categories and your entry will automaticlly be listed on this page.

-	~~If you missed this contest, don~~'t ~~worry about it. There is a [http://www.kurobox~~.com~~/revolution/~~contest.~~html new~~ contest~~] currently running. Entries are due by July 1, 2006.~~ '~~''Remember, these contests are about development and advancement for~~ the ~~Kurobox. If you have anything that is useful to the Kurobox community, no matter how big or small, please consider entering it~~.''' ~~You can't win if~~ you ~~don't enter~~ and ~~when you enter everybody learns~~.	+	'''Don't forget to email John@revogear.com to actually enter the contest. Using the open contest format doesn't automatically enter your project in the contest.''' It just makes others fear you and your entry.

-		+	== Acknowlegements ==
-	==~~New Kurobox Contest~~==	+	This effort is not sanctioned by Revolution. Revolution was not invloved at all in its genesis. They people who were invloved are:
-	~~[http://revogear~~.~~com~~ Revolution~~] has posted a [http://kurobox~~.~~com/revolution/contest.html new contest] for Kurobox owners!~~	+	* People on #kbox@irc.freenode.net
-	~~All the details~~ are ~~called out there here are the prizes.~~	+	* Sylver
-		+	* tampakuro (dtaylor)
-	~~Prizes~~:	+	* Sorry to others I might have missed.
-	*~~1st place (1 winner) Buffalo TeraStation Pro 1 TB NAS~~	+
-	*~~2nd place~~ (~~1 winner~~) ~~Buffalo LinkTheater Media Player~~	+
-	*~~3rd place (1 winner) Buffalo High-Power Wireless Router and Buffalo High-Power Ethernet Converter~~	+

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Ramuk at 20:20, 15 July 2007

Ramuk — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:20:51 GMT

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		+	=== The Entry Phase of the Third Kurobox Contest Has Ended. ===
		+	After an extension to the submission phase of the third Kurobox Contest entries are no longer being accepted. We now move into the Judging phase of the contest. [http://www.kurobox.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1052 Voting] is ongoing until the evening of July 30. Check out the [[Contests\|Contest]] page for information about past contests. For those of you not aware, prizes for these contests are listed at the [http://www.kurobox.com/revolution/contest.html Revolution Contest page]
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		+	=== The second Kurobox contest has ended. The third contest is ongoing. ===
		+	The second contest ended on May 15. [http://kurobox.com/revolution/downloads/contest/contest.txt Sylver's Bittorrent client] took third place. [http://www.kurobox.com/mwiki/index.php/Kuro_Auto_Installer Waite's Automatic installer], a python application which allows a user to easily install any of several operating systems (Gentoo coming very soon) on their Kurobox took second place. Dave's [http://kurobox.com/revolution/downloads/contest/All-in-One1.2.doc All in One NAS] wins first place.
		+
		+
		+	All entries certainly advance the Kurobox as a development platform. Many thanks to Sylver for maintaining an [http://www.kurobox.com/mwiki/index.php/Sylver_on_the_Kurobox image] that allows many users to go straight to making good use of their Kurobox without the learning curve required of typical Linux systems. Thanks to Waite for his [http://www.kurobox.com/mwiki/index.php/Kuro_Auto_Installer entry] which eases the transition from delivery of a new Kurobox to one of several operating systems. His entry will be an invaluable tool for the many experimenters needing to setup this very unique development platform. Dave's [http://kurobox.com/revolution/downloads/contest/All-in-One1.2.doc All in One] shows the ability that the Kuro has for doing many of the day to day tasks that a typical office server does using hardware that costs a fraction to own and operate as well as the Kuro's ability to be expanded using typical off the shelf products.
		+
		+
		+	Please take the time to look over all of the [http://www.kurobox.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=956 entries]. There is a wealth of good information in the write ups of all entries received.
		+
		+
		+	If you missed this contest, don't worry about it. There is a [http://www.kurobox.com/revolution/contest.html new contest] currently running. Entries are due by July 1, 2006. '''Remember, these contests are about development and advancement for the Kurobox. If you have anything that is useful to the Kurobox community, no matter how big or small, please consider entering it.''' You can't win if you don't enter and when you enter everybody learns.
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	==New Kurobox Contest==		==New Kurobox Contest==
	[http://revogear.com Revolution] has posted a [http://kurobox.com/revolution/contest.html new contest] for Kurobox owners!		[http://revogear.com Revolution] has posted a [http://kurobox.com/revolution/contest.html new contest] for Kurobox owners!

Ramuk at 23:50, 12 July 2007

Ramuk — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:50:09 GMT

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	*2nd place (1 winner) Buffalo LinkTheater Media Player		*2nd place (1 winner) Buffalo LinkTheater Media Player
	*3rd place (1 winner) Buffalo High-Power Wireless Router and Buffalo High-Power Ethernet Converter		*3rd place (1 winner) Buffalo High-Power Wireless Router and Buffalo High-Power Ethernet Converter
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Ramuk: New page: ==New Kurobox Contest== [http://revogear.com Revolution] has posted a [http://kurobox.com/revolution/contest.html new contest] for Kurobox owners! All the details are called out there here...

Ramuk — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:48:14 GMT

New page: ==New Kurobox Contest== [http://revogear.com Revolution] has posted a [http://kurobox.com/revolution/contest.html new contest] for Kurobox owners! All the details are called out there here...

New page

==New Kurobox Contest==
[http://revogear.com Revolution] has posted a [http://kurobox.com/revolution/contest.html new contest] for Kurobox owners!
All the details are called out there here are the prizes.

Prizes:
*1st place (1 winner) Buffalo TeraStation Pro 1 TB NAS
*2nd place (1 winner) Buffalo LinkTheater Media Player
*3rd place (1 winner) Buffalo High-Power Wireless Router and Buffalo High-Power Ethernet Converter