[ale] Linux bay

[Greg]

I am not totally sure what it is "linux bay" is supposed to be exactly, but
if you are trying to "qualify" a programmer's chops, then I recall something
kinda sourceforge-like where a programmer's status was "voted" on by the
members of project that the member had been a part of on the website.  There
were certain steps to become a vetted programmer or "master" programmer and
vetted programmers were higher up the food chain than a newbie programmer or
a mid-level programmer.  Of course, since a mathematician-type came up with
it, there were some pretty slick checks and balances in the rating
alogrithms to prevent a person or even persons from manipulating the system.
I will look thru my links library, but I can't recall the site, but the
explanation of the checks and balances was pretty sophisticated.

Of course, there's always the present method - those who contribute the most
over a period of time get brand name recognition in the community.

Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Subba Rao
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 10:02 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Linux bay
>
>
> On  0, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at sciatl.com> wrote:
> > Subba Rao wrote:
> > >>While I'm not sure that this project will acheive its stated
> goal, I do
> > >>have one comment about the frequent use of a CPU ID for
> validation - why?
> > >>What additional validation does this provide?  What happens
> when I switch
> > >>machines?
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >This is to avoid a person registering more than once.  If you have n+
> > >machines
> > >you can register n+ times and have n+ votes.  You should not
> register and
> > >have
> > >n+ ids with one machine and cast your vote.
> >
> > How is the validation of CPU IDs to be done?  I could get CPU IDs off a
> > bunch of machines that I know are not going to be used for this
> and create
> > a bunch of IDs, and vote as those people, couldn't I?  For that
> matter, I
> > could register a number of GPG keys as different people and vote.
> >
>
> The system is not perfect.  The person who wants to cheat may be
> able to cheat
> by registering with Windows/Macs/Sun CPU id's while they are not
> running Linux.
> This is the closest I could come with trying to avoid
> unauthorized voting to
> the deserving programmers.
>
> Probably in the future there may be a better way to authenticate
> a user/voter.
> --
> Subba Rao
> subba9 at cablespeed.com
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