So you know the deadline to submit proposals for the T-Shirt hurling contest is March 15.
Sun employees aren't eligible to participate.
So I figured I'd share my idea in the event any of you would like to incorporate some of this thinking into your own proposals.
1. Get cross-bow thing.
(costume optional)
2. Get yourself a server running the Sun Java Enterprise System.
3. Talk to Dan Malks about the SOA system he's building to fulfill Bono's wish. He's technical lead. See if he'll share with you.
4. Attach the crossbow to the server.
5. Tell everybody in the audience at JavaOne to text message to a short code.
6. As the text messages come in, it applies more and more pressure to the trigger on the crossbow until you get to a tipping point and the trigger is pulled, hurling a t-shirt through the air.
So the whole thing is operated by the audience.
You could get all fancy and build it so that the audience could aim the crossbow by typing in "Left" or "Right" into the body of the text message.
But I think that might be overkill. And also perceived as "show off."
So, if I were going to submit a proposal for the T-shirt hurling contest, that's what I'd do. (except for the show off part)
But Sun employees aren't eligible.
So I'd like to offer up this idea to you, my friends.
Please feel free to incorporate it into your own thinking.
Remember: deadline for submissions is March 15.
mary
p.s. There will be three prizes:
Grand Prize:
- $6,000.00 Cash (U.S. Dollars) (total for entire team)
- Java Series Books ($1300 for entire team)
- Java Jackets ($300/each - each team member gets one)
- Story on JavaOne site (No specific value)
- Sun Java Studio Creator Toolset (Final retail value TBD, pre-released product, each team member receives one)
- Full Conference pass to 2005 JavaOne Conference ($1995 value/pass - each team member gets one.)
Second Prize:
- $3,000.00 cash (U.S. Dollars) (total for entire team)
- Java Series Books ($1300 for entire team)
- Java Jackets ($300/each - each team member gets one)
- Story on JavaOne site (No specific value)
- Sun Java Studio Creator Toolset (Final retail value TBD, pre-released product, each team member receives one)
Third Prize:
- $1,000.00 cash (U.S. Dollars) (total for entire team)
- Java Series Books ($1300 for entire team)
- Java Jackets ($300/each - each team member gets one)
- Story on JavaOne site (No specific value)
- Sun Java Studio Creator Toolset (Final retail value TBD, pre-released product, each team member receives one)