On 27.01.2008 20:46, joe@smittys.pointclark.net wrote:
Quoting Peter Stuge peter@stuge.se:
On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 07:59:33AM -0500, joe@smittys.pointclark.net wrote:
I am pretty fluent in php / html.
Going back to the competition, we will need a database, an entry form and some way to pick the winner. I think a web based entry form is a good idea.
Sure Peter, that would be simple. Each form submitted gets an entry number. Then at drawing time we use a random number generator to pick the winner. Let me know if your serious about this and I will wip something up.
Maybe having a few subquestions in the contest would make determining the winner less of a lottery. Suggestions: - Predict absolute time to first Linux kernel message under CB and proprietary BIOS. (2 questions) - Predict time saved as ratio/percentage. (1 question) - Predict how many total/different boards we manage to convert over the day. (2 questions) The later a person enters his/her guess, the less it is worth. That way, someone entering information already known by the time is not rewarded as much as if he had guessed everything correctly before he could know/measure it.
What do you think? Is it doable? Are my ideas totally off the mark?
Regards, Carl-Daniel