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May 3rd, 2010

Badges!

We’re now using badges to acknowledge who’s winning which prizes. So far, there are only five badges, one for each of the mini-contests we’ve completed so far. Over time, we’ll add the badges that correspond to prizes over previous contests, but for now they’ll just apply to this contest. To check out the badges, just take a look at our winners: Jan, Oliver, Mike, Alex, and Abhisek.

Want a badge? Well, you can always win the Grand Prize on Wednesday. But here’s another mini-contest to shoot for: The Tuesday Longevity Prize. Whoever stays in the lead with a single entry for the longest amount of time on Tuesday (midnight to midnight, UTC) wins the prize. The winner will need to take the lead any time on Tuesday, and will receive credit for all the time spent in the lead, including Wednesday. Any ties will be broken by whoever appeared most recently.

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By Ned Gulley

Ned is part of the MATLAB Central team.

16:54 UTC | Posted in Sensor | Permalink | 3 Comments »

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3 Responses to “Badges!”

  1. srach replied on May 3rd, 2010 at 18:27 UTC :

    The badges remind me on a quote of David Jones in his “Blockbuster” Hall of Fame entry:

    “One research assistant in my lab teased me by saying, ‘It’s nice they give out various coloured ribbons in your nerd competition.’ ” (http://www.mathworks.com/contest/blockbuster/winners.html#winner7)

    Another dream came true…

    Regards
    srach

  2. Alan Chalker replied on May 3rd, 2010 at 19:50 UTC :

    Hilarious and awesome memory srach! I nearly ruined my keyboard since I was taking a drink when I read this;)

  3. Ned replied on May 3rd, 2010 at 20:32 UTC :

    Cash value of a badge and MATLAB t-shirt prize: $15.
    Fame and glory from winning the MATLAB contest: priceless.

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