The Prize #7

[droege@snapmail.us]

I have been thinking more about the prize.  I have also received some good
advice.

How about this:

1) There will be up to several prizes, of $5,000.00 each (US) No
improvement of the tass data, no prize(s).
2) Awards will be made for "processes leading to a significant improvement
in the tass archive data"
3) The process must be applicable to the re-processing of the existing
tass archive of images or .cal files.
4) There must be a technical note describing the process.
5) Writing such a TN will be all the application that is necessary to be
considered for a prize.
6) I will assemble a prize committee that will decide if a prize is to be
awarded.
7) A decision to use the TN information to re process the tass archive
will be sufficient for the award of a prize.
8) If code is part of the process, it should be submitted under the gnu
license and placed in the public domain.  Consideration will be given to
private code for which a license is granted for the processing of the tass
data.
9) Any code required should run under linux.
10) Several test computers will be provided which contain large numbers of
images for code development.  Those interested will be given accounts so
that images do not have to be shipped out.  Users can also assemble test
data sets on one of these computers which will be burned to DVD and
mailed.

"These rules are not to be construed as inflexible since mitigating
circumstances may make some departure expedient."  These are the first
words I read on arriving at the University of Cincinnati in 1947.  As a
Kentucky hill boy, I was impressed at the way they wrote stuff in the big
city and memorized them on the spot. From time to time they are useful to
express a simple concept in an officious way.

Tom Droege