No it doesn't - there was a form that you could submit for an entry to win - I remember filling one out.
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Steve Jobs' Plan for a Willy Wonka-Style Celebration of the Millionth iMac
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You're so eager to flame that you've totally missed the point. There's not one post here saying that Jobs was unfairly singled out and punished. You didn't hear any complaining about the laws yesterday because there was nothing in the news about those laws yesterday. This Jobs anecdote (which only came out today) revealed as much about the law as about Jobs, and I bet most people didn't know anything about the California laws.
I could willfully misinterpret what you say as implying that you believe any law which frustrates Apple or the "reactionary mac community" is thereby a good law. But that would be a willful misinterpretation, and needlessly inflammatory, so I won't do it.
I have. There was this Pepsi contest where they were raffling one iPod (20G white iPods -- now would be considered 'classics' ) every hour by submitting pins from a pepsi bottle. You could also get pins for free from the pepsi website. It was pretty easy to win at odd hours. I remember setting up the alarm to wake up at 3am to submit pins, and sure enough in a few days I won.
There were accounts on the web of folks that won multiple iPods that way.
This was the start of my
addiction!
There is an old saying "Don't steal, the government hates competition." The government does not want competition in the lottery business.
I also remember a political cartoon that goes like this:
Kid: Dad, I want to work in organized crime when I grow up.
Father: Public or private sector?
I also remember a political cartoon that goes like this:
Kid: Dad, I want to work in organized crime when I grow up.
Father: Public or private sector?
No purchase necessary because otherwise it allows lotteries. Many small organizations (PTAs, etc) get away with this because they fly under the radar. Apple would not.
Now, just because no purchase is necessary doesn't mean that everyone's odds would be equal. In drawings, typically, the no-purchase necessary entries are represented by a single ticket among the others that represent the purchased entries.
Then if the no-purchase necessary ticket is drawn, a separate drawing is held among those entries. So the odds of winning are minuscule compared to the purchased entry.
Now, just because no purchase is necessary doesn't mean that everyone's odds would be equal. In drawings, typically, the no-purchase necessary entries are represented by a single ticket among the others that represent the purchased entries.
Then if the no-purchase necessary ticket is drawn, a separate drawing is held among those entries. So the odds of winning are minuscule compared to the purchased entry.
Not really. The promotion Apple wanted to do is a lottery, which has a prize, an element of chance, and you have to pay something (consideration). There are federal laws covering lotteries, because it is a form of gambling, and there has been a history of abuses. And these laws exist in most states and nations, and have been in place for at least 40+ years, long before lotteries became a means of fundraising.
The other type of contest is sweepstakes, in which there is a prize, an element of chance, but no consideration is required.
Shouldn't have made it a contest.
Just put the certificate in the 1,000,000th one and made it an extra (like the stickers or MacWorld magazine subs).
My 2 cents.
Gary
Just put the certificate in the 1,000,000th one and made it an extra (like the stickers or MacWorld magazine subs).
My 2 cents.
Gary
I could imagine a broke college student getting the golden ticket
At $1299, a "broke college student" wouldn't have been buying a new iMac in 1998. Especially since most college students back then used PCs, not Macs...
and I still haven't found the golden ticket!
This could have been the MacRumors headline back in the day.
I got my Rev. B iMac just about at the right time. Could been me
Which does raise an interesting point, which I've not seen anyone ask here yet:
....so just what was the S/N of that Mac, and do we (and they!) know who actually got it?
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My two friends would disagree. They work hard, yet can't afford a mac. They should be able to enter such contests for free. As a matter of fact, they should be given macs for free!!
I remember going to see Mr.Beans Holiday at the Movies, and the Cinema ticket said "Mr.Beans Ho".
I thought "Trying to be a bit edgy there Mr.Bean eh?"
LMAO! So true. I'm really having a hard time figuring out why my comment got negged 11 times.
I mean really, Steve Jobs as Willy Wonka over Steve Ballmer;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk
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I remember going to see Mr.Beans Holiday at the Movies, and the Cinema ticket said "Mr.Beans Ho".
I thought "Trying to be a bit edgy there Mr.Bean eh?"
For those born yesterday...
Gambling in any form has been regulated in western civilization for the past 5000 years or so. Roman soldiers caught gambling their salary (salt ration) were crucified!
Just be glad doesn't have to have USDA inspections...
Gambling in any form has been regulated in western civilization for the past 5000 years or so. Roman soldiers caught gambling their salary (salt ration) were crucified!
Just be glad
doesn't have to have USDA inspections... 
Not that I am disagreeing with you (I am from Sask) but can you give an example or two?
Anyone who wants to set up any kind of gambling operation and those who partake in it.
Yes he did and the Gene Wilder movie was one of Steve's favorite. While, Tim Cook is now the head of Apple, all of Steve positions are not filled and some intentionally kept unfilled.
Apple no longer has a public figure with fanatical devotion that authorized Carte blanche over the entire organization. Steve passionately wanted someone to replace himself. Most of all, he wanted a non-Apple employee come in to keep kicking places to keep it innovating. He had a few outsiders in mind, most were career entrepreneurs that refused to work for him.
The Apple board had other ideas.
Thus, for the past six months "Steve's people" have dwindled through the company, some dismissed with diamond parachutes and others just told to get out or they'd be in a lot of trouble since Steve was no longer around. Thus, what I see of Apple is how Ford and HP "matured" that is the existing upper management won't have a new figure head but make their founders larger than live so they can shape the legacy and mystique for their own needs.
Quem loquitur deos habet realis potentia!