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McDougal

What a load of sh1te

The 2 winners are the usual knobs that pass for innovators. One is talking about a global media hub and the other something about a mega free zone. Complete joke of a competition. Why didn't they just call it "Corporate Bullsh1t 2010"?

phasers

What on Earth is a "mega free zone"?

Sanjuro

Your Ideas, Our Profit.

ILA

Wouldn't expect anything better from Martin McAleese and his fetish for entertaining both alleged and convicted Loyalist terrorists from the North in the past. Although they had nothing to do with this particular competition.

Did anyone seriously think it was going to be a real competition? Try and remember the tacky adverts for God's sake (or if lacking belief, in someone else's name).

BOHtox

Well, sir, there's nothing on earth Like a genuine, Bona fide, Electrified, Six-car Monorail! What'd I say?

Superbus

BOHtox wrote: »

Well, sir, there's nothing on earth Like a genuine, Bona fide, Electrified, Six-car Monorail! What'd I say?

Then we could have Leonard Nimoy.

orourkeda

At least they made some sort of effort unlike the snipers around here.

Anyone got any better ideas as a matter of interest.

phasers

orourkeda wrote: »

At least they made some sort of effort unlike the snipers around here.

Anyone got any better ideas as a matter of interest.

Quit trying to steal people's ideas

McDougal

orourkeda wrote: »

At least they made some sort of effort unlike the snipers around here.

Anyone got any better ideas as a matter of interest.

Not have the competition in the first place and save over a million. That's my idea.

orourkeda

McDougal wrote: »

Not have the competition in the first place and save over a million. That's my idea.

So dont even attempt to come up with any ideas?

orourkeda

phasers wrote: »

Quit trying to steal people's ideas

Not that anyone has offered yet.

McDougal

orourkeda wrote: »

So dont even attempt to come up with any ideas?

I have lots of ideas. Of course none would ever be selected to win by a panel of right wing arses.

Corsendonk

McDougal wrote: »

What a load of sh1te

The 2 winners are the usual knobs that pass for innovators. One is talking about a global media hub and the other something about a mega free zone. Complete joke of a competition. Why didn't they just call it "Corporate Bullsh1t 2010"?

Weren't they two of the ideas Dubai tried out before they went bust?

orourkeda

McDougal wrote: »

I have lots of ideas. Of course none would ever be selected to win by a panel of right wing arses.

Why havent you done it yourself then?

barleybooley

BOHtox wrote: »

Well, sir, there's nothing on earth Like a genuine, Bona fide, Electrified, Six-car Monorail! What'd I say?

MONORAIL!

I'd like a 100K for an idea of mine, any takers? I propose everyone gets a million and we'll have a great time.

McDougal

orourkeda wrote: »

Why havent you done it yourself then?

Here's another radical idea, why don't we stop giving more public money to Anglo Irish Bank? Of course that would never win because it's far too sensible. To win a competition like this you need to use words like "dynamic", "proactive", "entrepreneurial", "global" and "innovative".

Hector Mildew

orourkeda wrote: »

So dont even attempt to come up with any ideas?

Anyone with a worthwhile idea with real potential wouldn't post it on a website for anyone to read and copy.

As for the winners:

"Make Ireland a Global Media Hub" sounds great but with Google et al lamenting Ireland's poor broadband Internet connectivity and Eamonn Ryan's weak attempts at building a modern network, it's not going to happen anytime soon..

Likewise the "The Data Island Strategy," nice idea but data centres need guaranteed cheap power and lots of Internet bandwidth. Also, a data centre only needs a small number of staff to operate.

I don't mean to be negative but I expected more from ycyc...

PeterIanStaker

I'd go down the renewable energy route, something along those lines, either that or come up with a novel way to rip off hordes of tourists

recylingbin

McDougal wrote: »

Here's another radical idea, why don't we stop giving more public money to Anglo Irish Bank? Of course that would never win because it's far too sensible. To win a competition like this you need to use words like "dynamic", "proactive", "entrepreneurial", "global" and "innovative".

Is that your gut feel?

WallyGUFC

Funny listening to them comparing the media hub to the banks that were brought here in the 80s. Look where that got us...

recylingbin

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

I'd go down the renewable energy route, something along those lines, either that or come up with a novel way to rip off hordes of tourists

Dugital camera tax.

orourkeda

Hector Mildew wrote: »

Anyone with a worthwhile idea with real potential wouldn't post it on a website for anyone to read and copy.

As for the winners:

"Make Ireland a Global Media Hub" sounds great but with Google et al lamenting Ireland's poor broadband Internet connectivity and Eamonn Ryan's weak attempts at building a modern network, it's not going to happen anytime soon..

Likewise the "The Data Island Strategy," nice idea but data centres need guaranteed cheap power and lots of Internet bandwidth. Also, a data centre only need a small number of staff to operate.

I don't mean to be negative but I expected more from ycyc...

In a recent survey Ireland finished behind Mongolia for broadband coverage.

This in itself should indicate the potential of this idea.

orourkeda

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

I'd go down the renewable energy route, something along those lines, either that or come up with a novel way to rip off hordes of tourists

The Nimbys, treehuggers and professional objectors will have a field day with that one.

onlyrocknroll

BOHtox wrote: »

Well, sir, there's nothing on earth Like a genuine, Bona fide, Electrified, Six-car Monorail! What'd I say?

I'm sorry, I shouldn't have stopped to get that haircut.

Hector Mildew

I wonder how he winner's ideas would be received on Dragons Den?

boblong

I think we need to start to foster a startup culture like that in Seattle and San Francisco (except obviously on a smaller scale), whereby we reorient recent grads and those with a talent or trade away from the great hiring and firing companies and instead into a culture of building small online enterprises from scratch.

Corsendonk

Maglev Monorail between Dublin to Cork powered by renewable energy, top speed 361mph.

PeterIanStaker

orourkeda wrote: »

The Nimbys, treehuggers and professional objectors will have a field day with that one.

Fuck 'em. Let em complain it makes them feel worthwhile. ****.

goose2005

Corsendonk wrote: »

Maglev Monorail between Dublin to Cork powered by renewable energy, top speed 361mph.

But that assumes that anyone would want to go to Cork.

fonecrusher1

How about a monorail that goes from dublin to Ireland?

Lone Stone

Ive a great idea to stop piracy of music but unless ireland becomes a record lable i don think it will help hmmm...

How about all irish artist must sign up to ireland huzzahhh

Einhard

orourkeda wrote: »

So dont even attempt to come up with any ideas?

If any of the ideas were good enough in the first place then they wouldn't have needed to be entered into some phoney competition to win backing, but would have attracted the interest of investors and venture capitalists. The fact that they didn't tells you everything you need to know about the ideas presented....big on airy hype, short on substance.

My name is URL

Sure the feckers removed some of the most well supported and genuine ideas from the site before the closing date.. I actually thought it was a good initiative until I realised that.

pablomakaveli

How about getting an Irish porn industry going. Theres lots of money in porn with a big demand. It would provide jobs for unemployed people as porn actors/actresses, cameraman, fluffers etc

It would provide more money for the country through tax and more porn is always a good thing. Everybody wins.

old_aussie

First prize.........1 Week in Ireland

Second prize.....2 Weeks in Ireland

vivianave

My name is URL wrote: »

Sure the feckers removed some of the most well supported and genuine ideas from the site before the closing date.. I actually thought it was a good initiative until I realised that.

Where did you get that info from?

My concern about the "competition" is that both winning ideas seem to be along the same lines as plans that have been in place for well over a year, and certainly before ycyc was launched. The "International Contents Services Centre" has been mooted by Eamon Ryan and others since 2009 (see para 10 of article: http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/ryan-left-redfaced-over-timing-of-30000-hitech-jobs-strategy-1833992.html).

And surely the Dublin Digital Hub will take care of the warehousing of international data and the hubbing of digital media www.thedigitalhub.ie ? I thought that's what they were all about in the first place?

Bone

If we could just export bull sh1t we would be fine!

previous user

orourkeda wrote: »

At least they made some sort of effort unlike the snipers around here.

Anyone got any better ideas as a matter of interest.

Put sterilizing solution into the water supply on Council Estates.

vrobot

Anyone know what ever happened to the 2 proposals that won this competition. Haven't heard a word about it!!