Win Valuable Prizes, Version 3.0

DavidTO

That's right folks, it's back! Your chance to win a free year of smugmug, PLUS a $40 credit for printing through smugmug. If you are already a subscriber, smugmug will extend you for one year!

Here's how it works:

Andy's coming up on his 20,000th post. All you have to do is guess the day, hour and minute (am or pm!) closest (without going over!) and you will win 1 year's free subscription to smugmug and $40 credit for prints made through smugmug.

All submissions and judging will be based on NYC time. There will be a closing date for entries, but that has not been determined yet. There will be 48 hours notice before we close the contest. You are encouraged to get your entries in soon!

The deadline for entries has passed. Good luck to all who entered!

[EDIT: ALL ENTRIES MUST BE IN BY JUNE 19, 2006 AT 7AM, NYC TIME. GET YOUR ENTRIES IN!]

NO GUESSES IN THIS THREAD! All submissions are to be made to me by PM. If you post your guess in this thread you will be disqualified.

After you PM your guess, post a message in this thread saying "PM sent, I'm in!" Heckling is encouraged.


Moderators are not eligible.

One guess per customer. Your submission is final. No changes.

Humungus is the final judge and is our eagle eye for any irregularities.

Andy

DavidTO wrote:

Humungus is the final judge and is our eagle eye for any irregularities.

marlinspike

PM sent I'm in. Andy...you coordinate this to make me the winner, and I'll send you a B&G fried pie (actually, I'm still working on how to get them, but if I can get them, and you make a winner out of me, I'll send you one). A specialty found only in the Winston-Salem area.

gluwater

I was only 2 hours over last time, lets see if I can get closer this time. Gotta get my "Andy's posting Matrix" out once again.

Angelo

OK, I'm in!

Wow, it's remarkable... took 23 months for Andy to post 10k and only 5 months to rack up the second 10k.

Clearly, we're keeping him busy 'round here!

saurora

PM sent, I'm in! You know, I thought Andy was kind of a quiet guy.....all I have heard since joining this forum is that he's a heavy eater, never heard nearly as much out of him as the rest of the mods!!! I've been waiting for him to de-lurk.....:D

Andy

marlinspike wrote:

PM sent I'm in. Andy...you coordinate this to make me the winner, and I'll send you a B&G fried pie (actually, I'm still working on how to get them, but if I can get them, and you make a winner out of me, I'll send you one). A specialty found only in the Winston-Salem area.

See - now Richard gets it!

I can be bribed, folks. You know what to do. Oh yeah, gotta be enough for me to give some to 'Gus, too

marlinspike

Angelo wrote:

OK, I'm in!

Wow, it's remarkable... took 23 months for Andy to post 10k and only 5 months to rack up the second 10k.

Clearly, we're keeping him busy 'round here!

Oh...his posting rate has changed that much? Dang, that just sent my guess out the window.

DavidTO

Andy wrote:

See - now Richard gets it!

I can be bribed, folks. You know what to do. Oh yeah, gotta be enough for me to give some to 'Gus, too

Ahem.

Sure, Andy's posting. And Gus is keeping things on the up and up (just the threat of Gus is enough to scare someone straight), but don't forget, that *I'm* the one keeping track of all this, and I'm not perfect. I *could* make a mistake that *might* be in your favor if *something* were to happen.

Just sayin'.

Oh, and Andy, for dropping me out of the whole bribe thing...well, let me just say, watch your back.

Jamoke

DavidTO - Dream Goodies

DavidTO wrote:

I *could* make a mistake that *might* be in your favor if *something* were to happen.

"The list is Endless" - Come on - you gotta be more specific then that...


I'm in. But I doubt I'm right, So I gotta look into the bribe option.

DavidTO

Jamoke wrote:

"The list is Endless" - Come on - you gotta be more specific then that...


I'm in. But I doubt I'm right, So I gotta look into the bribe option.

You're right. That was pure laziness. But now that we're talking about bribes...hmmmm...keep it reasonable, Dave...uhm...I'd love a pack of White Hots!

Frog Lady

DavidTO wrote:

You're right. That was pure laziness. But now that we're talking about bribes...hmmmm...keep it reasonable, Dave...uhm...I'd love a pack of White Hots!

a single pack of white hots, man that's one cheap bribe. You should at least ask for some thing to wash them down w/ as well. (especially if some ones gotta get out the Kobe beef steaks for Andy and Gus:D )

C.

ps - do frog legs work?

Jamoke

DavidTO wrote:

You're right. That was pure laziness. But now that we're talking about bribes...hmmmm...keep it reasonable, Dave...uhm...I'd love a pack of White Hots!

A year subscription and $40 credit for printing can be bought for $5.49? That's 'reasonable'...

DavidTO

Jamoke wrote:

A year subscription and $40 credit for printing can be bought for $5.49? That's 'reasonable'...

It's just a starting point...and FL, no, sorry...frog's legs are not gonna work.

DavidTO

I also want to clarify: moderators are welcome to play, but they cannot win.

Awais Yaqub

lol nice game for this i have to caluculate average posts of Andy per day and then estimate
i always got F in maths

dragon300zx

Awais Yaqub wrote:

lol nice game for this i have to caluculate average posts of Andy per day and then estimate
i always got F in maths

Ahhh poor awais It's not as simple as average posts per day as the forum already calculates that for us.

Andy's posting rate is growing exponentially on a daily basis. The real trick here is to be able to figure out his the rate at which his posting has been increasing over the last 5 months. Then try to guess where it is going to pleatue at or if it is going to recede to a lower number of posts per day. then figuring by the growth rate, his current average, trends in his travel, time spent away from dgrin, etc. What the most plausible date and time the 20,000th post event will take place. it took him 23 months to hit 10,000 posts, and only 5 months to add another 7,040 posts to that. That is one hell of a growth rate.

Who has the formula figured out?

ivar

dragon300zx wrote:

Ahhh poor awais It's not as simple as average posts per day as the forum already calculates that for us.

Andy's posting rate is growing exponentially on a daily basis. The real trick here is to be able to figure out his the rate at which his posting has been increasing over the last 5 months. Then try to guess where it is going to pleatue at or if it is going to recede to a lower number of posts per day. then figuring by the growth rate, his current average, trends in his travel, time spent away from dgrin, etc. What the most plausible date and time the 20,000th post event will take place. it took him 23 months to hit 10,000 posts, and only 5 months to add another 7,040 posts to that. That is one hell of a growth rate.

Who has the formula figured out?

Formula? wow, people getting scientific here.


I'm just in with a hunch

gluwater

dragon300zx wrote:

Who has the formula figured out?

Yeah, it's hard to figure out, especially with threads like this, DavidTO, Hey, Andy?

David_S85

cough cough
The real reason moderators are ineligible from voting is that we already know the exact day and time of post #20,000. And yes, any moderator can be "bought."

Food, beer, Cherry Ripes, cash, a Canon 400 5.6... it don't matter. It just has to be interesting to me.

Just sayin'.

Oh, and the rumor that Andy's computer will be auto-posting replies while he's away in Utah is just that; a rumor.

DavidTO

gluwater wrote:

Yeah, it's hard to figure out, especially with threads like this, DavidTO, Hey, Andy?

Ahhhh. Memories.

Andy

DavidTO wrote:

Ahhhh. Memories.

Thanks for the memory
Of things I can’t forget
Journeys on a jet
Our wond’rous week in martinique
And vegas and roulette
How lucky I was

Andy

DavidTO wrote:

Ahhhh. Memories.

And thanks for the memory
Of summers by the sea
Dawn in waikiki
We had a pad in london
But we didn’t stop for tea
How cozy it was

Andy

DavidTO wrote:

Ahhhh. Memories.

Now since our breakup I wake up
Alone on a gray morning-after
I long for the sound of your laughter
And then I see the laugh’s on me

Andy

DavidTO wrote:

Ahhhh. Memories.

But thanks for the memory
Of every touch a thrill
I’ve been through the mill
I’ve lived a lot and learned a lot
You loved me not and still
I miss you so much

Andy

DavidTO wrote:

Ahhhh. Memories.

Thanks for the memory
Of how we used to jog
Even in a fog
That barbecue in malibu
Away from all the smog
How rainy it was

Andy

DavidTO wrote:

Ahhhh. Memories.

Thanks for the memory
Of letters I destroyed
Books that we enjoyed
Tonight the way things look
I need a book by sigmund freud
How brainy he was

Andy

DavidTO wrote:

Ahhhh. Memories.

Gone are those evenings on broadway
Together we’d go to a great show
But now I begin with the late show
And wish that you
Were watching, too

Andy

DavidTO wrote:

Ahhhh. Memories.

I know it’s a fallacy
That grown men never cry
Baby, that’s a lie
We had our bed of roses
But forgot that roses die
And thank you so much

that'll mess up the formulae

marlinspike

Andy, can you slow down the posting to where it works out to be exactly what your daily average was from your first post until yesterday? I'll buy you a mallow cup if you do.

Jamoke

Geeze...