Linus Torvalds is a finalist for the Millennium Technology Prize
Technology Academy Finland has today declared two prominent innovators, Linus Torvalds and Dr Shinya Yamanaka, laureates of the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize, the prominent award for technological innovation. The laureates, who will follow in the footsteps of past victors such as World Wide Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee, will be celebrated at a ceremony in Helsinki, Finland, on Wednesday 13 June 2012, when the winner of the Grand Prize will be announced. The prize pool exceeds EUR 1 Million." The Linux Foundation has also put out a press release about the prize.
Posted Apr 19, 2012 16:30 UTC (Thu)
by grobian (guest, #83608)
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http://footagebank.imagemaker.fi/MTP2012/Torvalds_H264_19...
Posted Apr 19, 2012 17:51 UTC (Thu)
by pr1268 (guest, #24648)
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Be advised, 730 MB download (but thanks for the link!). Also, not that this matters to most, but 1920×1080 videos bring my dinosaur of a computer to its knees! :-( One last general comment - Linus' European accent has almost totally disappeared. Sounds as if he's totally been assimilated. ;-)
Posted Apr 19, 2012 21:25 UTC (Thu)
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Posted Apr 19, 2012 22:27 UTC (Thu)
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Posted Apr 20, 2012 1:13 UTC (Fri)
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Posted Apr 20, 2012 21:08 UTC (Fri)
by man_ls (guest, #15091)
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And the "European" (Finnish) accent is not washed out yet, perhaps not the pronunciation but the intonation is still there.
Posted Apr 20, 2012 9:59 UTC (Fri)
by nelljerram (subscriber, #12005)
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I'm guessing this is the same as the 730Mb download, because it's about 8 minutes long and shows Linus's home office towards the end.
Posted Apr 20, 2012 10:48 UTC (Fri)
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Posted Apr 20, 2012 11:48 UTC (Fri)
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Posted Apr 20, 2012 21:02 UTC (Fri)
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Posted Apr 19, 2012 23:19 UTC (Thu)
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Posted Apr 20, 2012 0:04 UTC (Fri)
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Posted Apr 20, 2012 3:39 UTC (Fri)
by jake (editor, #205)
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Maybe that's true, but it didn't look that way to me from the announcement. It sounded like one of the two would be chosen in June in the part I quoted, at least that's how I read it. And all the other winners mentioned were singular, though there is mention of other laureates (runners-up I guess?) in other years.
It's fairly confusing, at least to me.
jake
Posted Apr 20, 2012 7:33 UTC (Fri)
by tjaalton (subscriber, #54012)
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Posted Apr 20, 2012 13:18 UTC (Fri)
by jake (editor, #205)
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From: http://www.technologyacademy.fi/millennium-technology-prize/
The 2008 Millennium Technology Prize Winner was Professor Robert Langer for his invention and development of innovative biomaterials for controlled drug release and tissue regeneration. Other Laureates for the 2008 Prize were Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, Dr. Andrew J. Viterbi and Professor Emmanuel Desurvire, Dr. Randy Giles and Professor David N. Payne.
The 2010 Millennium Technology Prize Winner was Professor Michael Grätzel for his invention and development of dye-sensitized solar cells, known as 'Grätzel cells'. Other Laureates for the 2010 Prize were Professor Sir Richard Friend and Professor Stephen Furber.
Which seems to indicate one winner (at least in other years), with other runners-up ...
jake
Posted Apr 20, 2012 20:23 UTC (Fri)
by eru (subscriber, #2753)
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I checked also its Finnish version at http://www.technologyacademy.fi/fi/2012/04/19/laureates/, which leaves no doubt, saying "... jotka molemmat palkitaan ..." ("... who both will be awarded...").
Posted Apr 20, 2012 20:28 UTC (Fri)
by eru (subscriber, #2753)
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Linus Torvalds is a finalist for the Millennium Technology Prize
just watch the home movie posted by the academy...
Warning: large videos (for both meanings of 'large')
That plays well with mplayer on the first model of Athlon64 (although 1080p with higher compression would require -lavdopts lowres=1:fast=true:skiploopfilter=all); this footage is just 8 minutes and barely compressed.
Warning: large videos (for both meanings of 'large')
Could anyone just post it to youtube or a similar service and post the link? Thanks!
For the poor souls
Here is a smaller file (joined and shrunk to 17M with handbrake).
For the poor souls
This one has sound, but it is lost at about the same point that the youtube version started. Weird. Thanks to both of you!
For the poor souls
For the poor souls
For the poor souls
For the poor souls
Thanks, but for some reason I can't hear the sound (apparently the sound track is there but empty).
For the poor souls
Linus Torvalds is a finalist for the Millennium Technology Prize
Linus Torvalds is a finalist for the Millennium Technology Prize
Linus Torvalds is a finalist for the Millennium Technology Prize
Linus Torvalds is a finalist for the Millennium Technology Prize
Linus Torvalds is a finalist for the Millennium Technology Prize
Linus Torvalds is a finalist for the Millennium Technology Prize
> in June..
Nevertheless, this year it definitely is split. See
http://www.technologyacademy.fi/blog/2012/04/19/laureates/.
Linus Torvalds is a finalist for the Millennium Technology Prize
Linus Torvalds is a finalist for the Millennium Technology Prize