Judging Contest Form Microsoft Word: Fill & Download for Free

I didn't start with a programming language, I started with a markup language. Before that, however, I used Microsoft Word to create crappy “webpages”. They were loaded with crazy fonts, tons of colors (and clip art, of course).For those who are interested, below is a “short summary” of my journey with computers thus far.I spent a fair amount of time creating these “masterpieces”, but was eventually introduced to HTML.It took me a while to grasp the concept of HTML (and CSS after that), but I eventually formed a basic understanding of both, and stopped making terrible webpages in Microsoft Word.I used HTML and CSS for a while (at least a few months), but was eventually introduced to Visual Studio (and with that, VB and C#.NET).At some point after I was introduced to Visual Studio, my Dad gave me an introductory walk through of it. He also introduced me to Visual Basic and C#. I don't ever remember doing too much with Visual Basic, but at some point in time, I did start using Microsoft's "Small Basic" programming language.I don't remember very much about Small Basic, but I do remember that I went through the tutorial that Microsoft provided with Small Basic, and after doing so, I started writing very basic command-line applications.After using Small Basic for a while, I shifted my focus to C#.NET, with which I created a couple different applications, one of which was a web browser (nothing more than a few buttons on a WinForm along with a WebView control), called "Webby". The other application that I remember creating, was called "NoteTaker".NoteTaker was an application that, as you probably guessed, allowed you to take notes. It had two "versions", the regular version, which was just called "NoteTaker". It contained not much more than a text editor and some buttons. The second version (which was called "NoteTaker Admin" for some reason that is unknown to me today) contained a text editor and buttons, along with a built-in web browser (again, nothing more than some buttons and Microsoft's "WebView" control).NoteTaker had two users, and they used it quite often. The ability to take notes while browsing a webpage, seemed to be a big selling point. Now you know where Microsoft got their idea for Microsoft Edge (not).When the NoteTaker project was nearing its end, my Dad introduced me to the concept of version control, by putting the NoteTaker project under a Mercurial repository.My Dad told me that whenever he creates a new repository, his first commit is usually always titled "Initial Revision". Below is a copy of my "initial revision" commit:changeset: 0:e5ec1db47712 user: Brynden Bielefeld <brynden.bielefeld@*******.***> date: Sun Jun 03 14:22:52 2012 -0500 summary: initial revision Funny enough, the repository that I pushed that commit to, still exists. Some day, I might release it to the public (so everyone can cringe at code I wrote over 4 years ago).Some time after I'd stopped working on the "NoteTaker" project, I purchased a copy of the voxel-based game "Minecraft". As many did, I spent countless hours playing Minecraft. Eventually however, I got bored, because there was nothing new for me to learn about the game. At that point, I decided to try my hand at writing server plugins and client mods.As some will know, this involves Java. I spent a while trying to learn Java, and I did eventually learn the basics, after which I spent a year or so creating mods for Minecraft, but eventually ran out of ideas.At some point in time (late 2012 or early 2013 I think), Khan Academy, which I had previously used as part of my homeschooling, introduced a computer science curriculum. Since I was still fairly interested in programming, and because I was already a member of Khan Academy, I decided to try it out. During the early days of Khan Academy's computer science curriculum, they had a single course which taught the basics of JavaScript, with the addition of the Processing.js graphics library.A slightly modified version of that same course, is still available today. I spent a lot of time with Khan Academy's CS curriculum, and created a lot of programs which, at that point in time, seemed cool. In the late part of 2014, I also spent a good bit of my time answering CS-related questions from other users.In 2015, I spent a bit of time contributing to Khan Academy's live-editor project. I also came across this, which inspired me to form a team, and attempt to execute the idea that was listed.The project was very active throughout the entire Summer of 2015, and was even used by a couple members of the Khan Academy team.All of my Khan Academy related work was apparently recognized, as I was actually approached about becoming a contractor for Khan Academy, to work on their CS challenge framework, and/or their live-editor project. In the late part of 2015, after a lot of work, and a lot more waiting, I was informed that, because of my age, I would not be able to join Khan Academy's team as a contractor. As one could imagine, I was extremely disappointed.Even though I didn't get a job after all my work, I learned a lot. I gained a lot of real-world experience, and I got to work closely with some really cool people, including those whose work history is extremely impressive (i.e. people that worked at Google).Nowadays, I'm not working on any of the projects I mentioned previously, as in the late part of December in 2015, myself and the rest of the team behind the previously mentioned Contest Judging System project, decided to abandon the project.I spend most of my time focusing on compiler and operating system development now, which means C and Assembly are my most popular languages.For me, it's pretty funny to think that only 10 years ago, I started out by doing stupid stuff in Microsoft Word, and now, well, you get the idea.

No. I always said that I knew that what I was doing was illegal, that the fact that I was doing it in what some perceived as an altruistic or helpful manner didn't make it right. I just figured that as long as I was breaking the law, I might as well be polite about it, but I had also always said that if the time came for it, I would accept responsibility for any of my actions. I pleaded guilty because I was guilty, and because I wanted to bring some closure to the case.That being said, between the time I pleaded guilty and the time that I was sentenced, the Supreme Court ruled (in Blakely v. Washington) that damage calculations (along with other facts that would enhance a sentence) had to be proven before a jury or admitted by the defendant just like criminal allegations, not merely alleged. This was significant, because damage calculations are what federal sentencing guidelines use (among other things, such as criminal history category, acceptance of responsibility, cooperation, etc.) to determine how much time you're eligible for.To give an example of why this was significant in my case, federal prosecutors had initially alleged that I had cost The New York Times $300,000 through my use of their LexisNexis account. This, if uncontested, would have resulted in significant prison time. I later requested my FBI file, from which I learned that not only had I not cost the NYT $300K, they in fact enjoyed flat-rate service, as pictured below.Similarly, Microsoft alleged damages in excess of $10,000 from my discovery of a page that didn't say "Microsoft", didn't say "confidential", didn't require a password, faced the public Internet, just had some search fields, and only after my initial search did I realize it indexed the entire Microsoft customer database. I'm not sure how much it costs the average company to add password protection to a web page, but I can tell you from general experience that it's generally not $10,000 unless their developer is inventing an entirely new web server in the process.The reasoning behind these sorts of figures is often that the time spent fixing a security vulnerability discovered by a hacker, whether or not it would have to have been fixed anyway had it been discovered at a later date, counts as damages. In other words, employee salaries, server upgrades, and other usual & customary business costs become damages.But, I chose not to contest these things, because if I had, it would have appeared to the judge that I was not truly contrite, was not truly accepting responsibility for my actions. In the end, damages were calculated at $64,938, split between Microsoft, Lexis-Nexis, & NYT. Whether or not those damages were accurate, I accepted them. That was my choice, my responsibility. An adult has to own the things that they do in life, for better or for worse, and I'm not going to look back 10+ years down the line and revise history to make myself into some kind of martyr. I made the decisions I felt were necessary, and if I had to do it over, I'd probably do it the same way.

1 .Content Plagiarism Detection System has also been nominated for PCQuest Best IT Implementation Awards 2008.An intuitive software to check plagiarism in content that goes beyond the older techniques of 'word string' comparisons.This project was funded by Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Govt of India.The software has an in-built dictionary that stores the pre-computed hashes of synonyms of all common words in English.It compares with similar documents on the Internet and any soft repository that may be assigned, and labels a document as being plagiarized if it crosses a certain percentage of similarity.Source:Best IT Implementation oF The Year 2008 : Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad : Content Plagiarism Detection2 . Team Aabha was judged runner up for Microsoft's Imagine Cup India 2007, under Software Design category.The Imagine Cup is a global contest held by Microsoft to provide student innovators from across the world a platform to showcase their software development skills. Over 12,000 students from more than 1,000 colleges across India participated in Imagine Cup India 2007 competitionSources Press Releases - Microsoft in India , Microsoft's Imagine Cup finalists