Washington competition results
Mike Bayliss
mike at holly.siesoft.co.uk
Fri Feb 2 21:35:32 AEST 1990
Here are the winning entries from the EUUG/USENIX challenge at
the Washington USENIX.
The competion was in 2 parts:
1) The best question to ask somebody wearing one of the "? Ask Me"
badges.
2) Complete the sentence "I think standards are great because..."
Part 2 was intended to be a tie-breaker, but after looking at the entries
we decided to judge it as a second competition.
Ask Me questions....
Honourable Mentions:
How do you pronounce "DesHarnais"?
What joker put invisible ink in the motd laser printer?
Why do the good sessions start at 9 a.m.?
The Winner:
What did the last person ask you?
Standards are great....
Honourable Mentions:
Well, I think this videotape will explain. Oh. I can't
play it on your system.
They give you someplace to fly your flag.
They're what makes America great!
The vendors can apply such creative interpretations to
their implementations.
The Winner:
They give non-conformists something to not conform to.
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Mike Bayliss, Siemens Systems Development Group
65-73 Crockhamwell Road, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 3JP, UK
Phone: + 44-734-691994 Email: mike at siesoft.co.uk
Somewhere else the tea is getting cold. Come on Ace, we've got work to do.
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