Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

There are separate logins for the maemo.org site and the talk.maemo.org site....which is annoying.

I would like to have one login for both - is that possible?

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

for everyone who thanks talk is the only way to get karma.

http://maemo.org/profile/view/timeless/

Timeless is 12th highest karma and not a 1 talk post or thanks.

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

Easiest way is got to maemo.org, login and click your name in top right corner it takes you to your profile with karma on it.

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

Even with my mind-boggling number of posts, I agree.

I created a Brainstorm proposal to discuss awarding Karma based on Thanks (a more useful metric IMO) but so far NO engagement on it... :(

http://maemo.org/community/brainstor...hanks_in_talk/

Quim is also looking for developer love:

http://maemo.org/community/brainstor...heir_software/

Attilla77 is also proposing Brainstorm activity as Karma source:

http://maemo.org/community/brainstor..._karma_source/

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

Yes, you can get karma from other places. If I'm not saying you couldn't it just appears a ton of karma is from talk or blog posts. Not a lot if giving for just plain developers. I'm not saying those aren't important -- in fact they are. I'm just trying to make sure that the developers who make the software that we all use aren't forgotten because they are not always "social" creatures. ;-D

Nathan

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

I think this is a GREAT direction to be going. Whoever started the brainstorm idea was a genius (Quim was that you?) -- I love that we can start getting these minor issues resolved in a constructive manor. But the only point I keep trying to make is that for this time through; since we don't have everything in place (and probably won't) -- we need to make sure we do NOT alienate any of our developers, especially developers of products that are highly rated/used just because they might be anti-social. ;-D

Nathan.

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

To link your talk.maemo.org account and your maemo.org profile (so you can get karma based off your posts) see here. (And posts here are square-rooted for karma, so it'll take a lot of posts to get 200 points on unthanked posts. Thanked posts are multiplied by 8 so, much easier).

As has been said, some people will always feel they've fallen through the cracks - but do you think it's your job to moan about them on a public forum by purely looking at the karma list?

I would find it boggling if the PyMaemo folks didn't have access to a large number of N900s already. Indeed, Anderson's posts on maemo-developers to address the optification of Python suggest he already has.

The majority of this thread is just so... distasteful.

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

Well, while some of us Americans are waiting for qgil's response, I'll speculate. Using a percentage ratio I get this:

Nokia USA device discount

= $649 * ( €300 / €499 )

= $390 [60% of retail]

That's %20 more than my 100%-no-brainer-can't-live-without upper bound of $325 [50% of retail].

Let's just make it an even $350 and call it a day.

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

I think that's overestimated. Look at the first page of profiles, sorted by karma:
http://maemo.org/profile/list/

Some of those folks talk (like me :o) but they mostly earned their karma by "harder" means.

Re: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
 

...whereas I've been on ITt since the very beginning - almost four years now - and am still #17
poster overall, despite slowing down greatly in recent times... but still just barely made it above the bar,
with 203 (!) karma... go figure :-)