Comments on: And the Object Desktop 2007 Winners are…… http://cybernetnews.com/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/ Technology News Thu, 24 May 2012 22:30:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chad-)http://cybernetnews.com/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-77348 Chad-) Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:05:14 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/01/10/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-77348 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-75644">@ri wrote:</a><blockquote>Bummer! I never win anything ...write a two page essay and will guarantee myself the prize..totally unfair! :?</blockquote></div>Everyone had an fair chance of winning. There were a total of 32 comments of which only 29 were in the draw (since 3 comments were made by Ryan & Ashley). So a little math would tell us that the probability of anyone winning = C(28,1)/C(29,2) = 2/29 ~= 6.9%And congrats to CoryC & Frustrated!!! @ri wrote:
Bummer! I never win anything …write a two page essay and will guarantee myself the prize..totally unfair! :?

Everyone had an fair chance of winning.
There were a total of 32 comments of which only 29 were in the draw (since 3 comments were made by Ryan & Ashley). So a little math would tell us that the probability of anyone winning = C(28,1)/C(29,2) = 2/29 ~= 6.9%

And congrats to CoryC & Frustrated!!!

]]> By: @rihttp://cybernetnews.com/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-76634 @ri Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:02:05 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/01/10/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-76634 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-76371">Rub3X wrote:</a><blockquote>Demonoid time. ;)</blockquote></div>Shhh!! :lol::evil: Rub3X wrote:
Demonoid time. ;)

Shhh!! :lol:

:evil:

]]> By: Rub3Xhttp://cybernetnews.com/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-76371 Rub3X Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:01:20 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/01/10/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-76371 Demonoid time. ;) Demonoid time. ;)

]]> By: Island Doghttp://cybernetnews.com/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-75853 Island Dog Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:59:26 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/01/10/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-75853 Congratulations to the winners. I know you will enjoy Object Desktop and don't forget to stop by Wincustomize to get some great skins and themes!<a href="http://www.wincustomize.com" rel="nofollow"><strong>ID</strong> Internet Evangelist</a> Stardock Corp. Congratulations to the winners. I know you will enjoy Object Desktop and don’t forget to stop by Wincustomize to get some great skins and themes!

ID
Internet Evangelist
Stardock Corp.

]]> By: CoryChttp://cybernetnews.com/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-75735 CoryC Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:18:51 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/01/10/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-75735 I won ,I won, hooray! I won ,I won, hooray!

]]> By: Ashleyhttp://cybernetnews.com/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-75694 Ashley Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:59:10 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/01/10/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-75694 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-75688">onlineapps wrote:</a><blockquote>Congrats to the winners! BTW, can winners repeat?</blockquote></div> Good question, and actually, not one that we've considered yet. I haven't talked to Ryan about it.. but I would assume him and I would agree that no, winners can't repeat. We'll have to include that little "clause" with our next giveaway. onlineapps wrote:
Congrats to the winners! BTW, can winners repeat?

Good question, and actually, not one that we’ve considered yet. I haven’t talked to Ryan about it.. but I would assume him and I would agree that no, winners can’t repeat. We’ll have to include that little “clause” with our next giveaway.

]]> By: onlineappshttp://cybernetnews.com/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-75688 onlineapps Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:56:10 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/01/10/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-75688 Congrats to the winners! BTW, can winners repeat? Congrats to the winners! BTW, can winners repeat?

]]> By: @rihttp://cybernetnews.com/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-75680 @ri Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:51:14 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/01/10/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-75680 Hehe I understand that. Wouldv been nice to win tho :lol: Surely his comment mustv taken up the whole hat though? haha but thats another story in itself. :D Maybe next time tho.Keep up the gr8 site. Read it everyday, even on my phone Opera browser :oops: I really do enjoy it. Hehe I understand that. Wouldv been nice to win tho :lol: Surely his comment mustv taken up the whole hat though? haha but thats another story in itself. :D Maybe next time tho.

Keep up the gr8 site. Read it everyday, even on my phone Opera browser :oops: I really do enjoy it.

]]> By: Ashleyhttp://cybernetnews.com/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-75664 Ashley Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:42:35 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/01/10/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-75664 @ri: Unfortunately with 2 prizes to give away and multiple entries there are lots of people that won't win anything.Also, writing a two page essay won't give you any better odds than writing one line or two. It was random. And by random, we do it the conventional pick a number out of a hat... literally. Sure there are more sophisticated ways to do it, but it works and it's easy. If we wanted long essays, we'd ask for it, but we have better things to do with our time, like scouring the internet for news to share with our readers-- than read long essays. And I'm sure our reader's have better things to do with their time than write long essays.We'd love to give away a license for the software to everybody, but, we can't.And guess what? I've never won anything either :) Sometimes that's the way it goes.I'm sure if you've asked the people that have won giveaways from our site before if they've won anything previously.. their answer would probably be no too. Sorry you're disappointed. @ri: Unfortunately with 2 prizes to give away and multiple entries there are lots of people that won’t win anything.

Also, writing a two page essay won’t give you any better odds than writing one line or two. It was random. And by random, we do it the conventional pick a number out of a hat… literally. Sure there are more sophisticated ways to do it, but it works and it’s easy. If we wanted long essays, we’d ask for it, but we have better things to do with our time, like scouring the internet for news to share with our readers– than read long essays. And I’m sure our reader’s have better things to do with their time than write long essays.

We’d love to give away a license for the software to everybody, but, we can’t.

And guess what? I’ve never won anything either :) Sometimes that’s the way it goes.I’m sure if you’ve asked the people that have won giveaways from our site before if they’ve won anything previously.. their answer would probably be no too. Sorry you’re disappointed.

]]> By: @rihttp://cybernetnews.com/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-75644 @ri Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:32:42 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/01/10/and-the-object-desktop-2007-winners-are/#comment-75644 Bummer! I never win anything :( I think next time i'm asked to write a few lines on something, ill also write a two page essay and will guarantee myself the prize..totally unfair! :? Bummer! I never win anything :( I think next time i’m asked to write a few lines on something, ill also write a two page essay and will guarantee myself the prize..totally unfair! :?

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