What's the deal with the Duke Dollars?

There probably a better place for this question butSys Admin Best Practices is the only forum that I've tried where "Watch List" seems to work, so:

What's the deal with the Duke Dollars? Are they "real"? Are they of value?

Thanks

have a good weekend,

Glen Gunselman

[307 byte] By [sysglen] at [2007-11-26 6:20:07]
# 1
http://java.sun.com/siteinfo/faq.html and go to the last entry.
Red_Oregon at 2007-7-6 14:04:25 > top of Java-index,General,Sys Admin Best Practices...
# 2
Red_Oregon,Thanks for the reply. Do know anyone who has received the "gift from Sun Developer Network"?have a good day,Glen
sysglen at 2007-7-6 14:04:25 > top of Java-index,General,Sys Admin Best Practices...
# 3
Nope, sure don't. Anyone else out there?
Red_Oregon at 2007-7-6 14:04:25 > top of Java-index,General,Sys Admin Best Practices...
# 4
Don't know of anyone who's received a gift. Don't know of anyone who cares either :)However, I -do- know one guy who got pissed at other forum members who were making a bit of fun of him.. Even though he had put up his precious duke dollars for us :p
Cailin_Coilleach at 2007-7-6 14:04:25 > top of Java-index,General,Sys Admin Best Practices...
# 5
I belive some one care and I addressed your guys concerns. Hope it will be resolved soon.
PasserbyP at 2007-7-6 14:04:25 > top of Java-index,General,Sys Admin Best Practices...
# 6
Huh? o_OUhm... Okay?
Cailin_Coilleach at 2007-7-6 14:04:25 > top of Java-index,General,Sys Admin Best Practices...
# 7

Use the forum search function, keywords duke dollars

Among the many, many results, you'll find this thread from 2004:

http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=256&threadID=509178

Duke Dollars are broken, and will not get fixed !

(As with a few sub-functions in the forum.)

So, just ignore the little icon and concentrate on the content of the postings, as I do.

rukbat at 2007-7-6 14:04:26 > top of Java-index,General,Sys Admin Best Practices...
# 8
That's right :) Noone should give a flying fsck :)< announcer > We now return you to our regularly scheduled program < /announcer >
Cailin_Coilleach at 2007-7-6 14:04:26 > top of Java-index,General,Sys Admin Best Practices...
# 9
I think the phrase "flying fsck" is worth INFINITE Duke Dollars!
GKurtReimer at 2007-7-6 14:04:26 > top of Java-index,General,Sys Admin Best Practices...
# 10
Sweet! F3Ar my infinite Duke Dollars! Where can I trade them in for a mug?...Oh...Never mind :P
Cailin_Coilleach at 2007-7-6 14:04:26 > top of Java-index,General,Sys Admin Best Practices...
# 11
Here is e-mail I just recieved today:The Duke Dollars is a java forums thing generally - and not a BigAdmin specific thing...So, this has been forwarded to the Sun forums group!Again and again, your concern has been addressed and will be resolved soon.Stay
PasserbyQ at 2007-7-6 14:04:26 > top of Java-index,General,Sys Admin Best Practices...
# 12
Waitaminute, waitaminute...What's the deal with you creating a new account for every post you make? That seems kind of odd, even for someone who seems to care about Duke Dollars.
Cailin_Coilleach at 2007-7-6 14:04:26 > top of Java-index,General,Sys Admin Best Practices...