Programmers sought for tropical hackathon

Re:Programmers sought for tropical hackathon by powerslave12r on Sunday July 29, 2012 @03:12AM (#4307767)

I would actually watch a reality show covering this. Watching them code, blaming each other over breaking builds, accusing each other of IP theft and so on.

Another interesting thing to think about is how patents come into the picture. Are they allowed to re-invent the wheel in their own world?

If they 'invent' an ipad-like device or another otherwise patented idea in "the real world," would it make people think about the absurdity of patents?

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Re:Programmers sought for tropical hackathon by walterheck on Sunday July 29, 2012 @03:43AM (#4307820)

We have someone interested in doing a documentary already, but I hope it will be in a more serious fashion ;)

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Re:Programmers sought for tropical hackathon by ed209 on Sunday July 29, 2012 @05:16AM (#4307963)

although not a reality show, there was a BBC drama about building a startup around 2000 called Attachments

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachments_(TV_series)

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Re:Programmers sought for tropical hackathon by stuartk on Sunday July 29, 2012 @07:27AM (#4308156)

I loved that show, but it only ran for 2 seasons I think. Shame.

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Re:Programmers sought for tropical hackathon by maayank on Sunday July 29, 2012 @04:53AM (#4307928)

with the wrong attitude things like that can create a poisonous environment really fast.

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Re:Programmers sought for tropical hackathon by yen223 on Sunday July 29, 2012 @09:50PM (#4310541)

Poisonous environments make for highly-rated reality shows.

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Re:Programmers sought for tropical hackathon by walterheck on Sunday July 29, 2012 @10:47AM (#4308589)

Yeah, if we go down that avenue, we'll be extremely careful about it. Definitely no gameshow-elements involved.

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