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Apple :K: Mystery

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I'm afraid that I can't enter the sweepstakes myself since I don't live in the US. Good luck to all Americans entering the sweepstakes!
 
Has anyone figured out the serial number? If so can you give a clue. The number I entered produced an page cannot display error.

Also, I can't find the official page for the contest.
 
i think the serial number might be what you get when you call the phone number on sept 30th...just a guess.

btw, did anyone else call the mortgage co's number to see if it was a real place...it was.


and, did anyone mail the letter to the address given on the 213 phone number?

just wondering.
 
what is the 213 number again? i deleted the sticky with it...i am seeing if there is a connection between the numbers...the 916 713 and 209 though dont seem too connected...i was thinking they may have something to do with apple...i know 916 and 713 have apple stores opening THIS month...
 
Originally posted by sparkleytone
looks like some sort of hack.

seems to be talking about a car, BMW possibly (beemer)...but 1974 2002 coupe?? That's confusing.

anyone have access to classifieds of the NYTimes from Aug 14??
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The 2002 is the model, not the year. I guess you would call the 2002 a coupe? It's sure not a sedan. It's a very small car. BMW just started making them again.

Apple has linked to BMW a few times, since BMW makes use of QuickTime a lot. And now the link is :q: and goes to Apple's QuickTime download page.

Very weird though.

I have a 1982 320i :)
 
This is my final guess ...

Figures Fallon is all over this for BMW Films II, but where is the info on the contest and the 3 new installments?

BMWfilms has signed on three renowned Hollywood directors for the next three installments of "The Hire" digital film series, due to roll out in October. John Woo ("Windtalkers," "Mission Impossible II," "Face/Off"), Tony Scott ("Spy Game," Enemy of the State," "Top Gun") and Joe Carnahan (soon to direct Harrison Ford in "Walk Among the Tombstones," "NARC") will direct the follow-up to last year's award-winning effort. British actor Clive Owen will reprise his role as The Driver, the mysterious chauffeur who takes passengers on a high-powered car chase in a BMW. The films will be executive produced by Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and Jules Daly through the Scott's company RSA USA, Inc. Fallon in Minneapolis is the ad agency driving the program. A hybrid of cinema and campaign, the initial five films debuted last year on BMWFilms.com and featured the work of highly acclaimed directors, including Ang Lee and Guy Ritchie and actors Mickey Rourke and Madonna. Fallon and BMW of North America took home Best of Show at the One Show and One Show Interactive, two Grand Clios at the Clio Awards and a Grand Prix Cyber Lion at theCannes International Ad Festival for the short film campaign.
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Cool intro movie for the Z4... John Woo's "The Hostage".

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I went down the wrong path when I was following Clive Owen links (went with J Bond) instead of looking for further installments of "The Hire" even though there was a "The Hire 2" page (well duh), Clive Owen everywhere.

Guess that's what I get for not reading the contest entry requirements for winning the Z4 in the BMW subplot game.
 
PROBLEM!!!!!

I have found the serial number and was trying to register when I received and error page. I know it's the right number because it goes to a whole seperate page (not just the normal red writing saying invalid serial number). Has anyone else had trouble registering?????
 
Re: hmmm...

Originally posted by twitsami99
it might have been funner for the rest of the people who didnt know the keys to find them out on there own.
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Well, the first keys were posted earlier already, so I think you should have stopped reading if you wanted to figure it out yourself. I don't think it's fair for the people who do want the spoiler if we just stop halfway. I certainly found the last two keys hard to find, so maybe other people like to find out what the last keys are after they gave up. And what's wrong with giving more Mac-users the chance to win a BMW? :D
 
and i repeat now...

it might have been funner for the rest of the people who didnt know the keys to find them out on there own.

im not saying you shouldnt have given them out, im just saying that i for one had a lot of fun finding them on my own. Allot of people could have posted them a while back but didn't or atleast I didn't because I didn't want to deny anyone the fun I had, i think helpful hints are more rewarding then answers... Just my thoughts... besides im lead to believe that those keys are only the begining...

okay im wasting way to much time on this...
 
e4c6 = BMW e46 coupe

I don't know but the code seems to make sense, that is near code for the 330ci or even better yet the M3 or even better yet the new M3 GTR!!!

Just a guess
 
Re: PROBLEM!!!!!

Originally posted by makkystyle
I have found the serial number and was trying to register when I received and error page. I know it's the right number because it goes to a whole seperate page (not just the normal red writing saying invalid serial number). Has anyone else had trouble registering?????
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Well, if you give out the serial number (or tell us where to get one) maybe we can help if we see the page, but other then that, you are so out of luck
 
just quick note..yesterday i went back to the page past the keys to try to put in another serial number and it took me to another page...but it turns out that it did that because the unlocked page had "timed out" and i had to go back and re enter the keys then the number i had tried was smacked down as INVALID again..so just because it took you to another page doesnt mean it was right:p
 
So did anybody else come up with what's happening around Sept. 30, 2002?

I'd guess it has something to do with the French text and happenings in Paris around that time.

Hint: The official worldwide introduction of the Z4 at the 2002 Paris ? ? - most likely the production version of the vehicle.

Sort of sucks that I didn't see the contest rules or try to find the keys, until I had made my previous post about the BMW Films II.

(I could almost see Fallon&BMW putting Clive Owen in the car to drive it up on stage and debut "The Hostage" movie at the same time - but that is a big stretch in the train of illogic I'm using.)

2002 paris mondial de l'automobile 28 sep - 13 oct

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And wow is this thread getting hammered, over 11k views
 
Re: Re: PROBLEM!!!!!

Originally posted by macdop


Well, if you give out the serial number (or tell us where to get one) maybe we can help if we see the page, but other then that, you are so out of luck
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I didn't post it because there are some people that would like to have fun with finding it themselves. I'm all for working with others to find the hints, clues, innuendos, etc. BUT ... there are some people that don't want all the answers just handed to them. People know, as there have been several who have, that they can PM me and we can talk.
 
Here's some info that might have something to do with it. There was mention in earlier posts about laser diodes. I read an article on the nytimes website about some japanese dude who uses laser diodes to burn the equivilent of 10 dvd's on 1 dvd disk. A lot of companies are buyig into this. Mpeg2-Mpeg4 connection? Quicktime?
 
Originally posted by ADM
Here's some info that might have something to do with it. There was mention in earlier posts about laser diodes. I read an article on the nytimes website about some japanese dude who uses laser diodes to burn the equivilent of 10 dvd's on 1 dvd disk. A lot of companies are buyig into this. Mpeg2-Mpeg4 connection? Quicktime?
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I'm not sure how all that ties in, but blue diodes are being tested/used to make a new form of DVD as we know it. Instead of using red lasers to etch into a CD or DVD, they can use a blue laser which will allow much more data to be stored onto the surface since the data will be more compact.
 
here's what the other guy wrote.

NOT an answer
Hello again,

ok, i guess this is NOT an answer, and certainly just a coincidence, but in the FULL patent, you can read:

"An interferometric temperature sensing system provides a simplified design for accurately processing an interference fringe pattern using self coupling effects of a laser detection element, where a laser diode and an optical detection element are combined in one package".

... Could the package be "a laser diode and an optical element" ?

I don't think that's the answer, as getting the full text of the patent might be too much, but anyway, all ways should be talked about, right ?

Arnaud.

I just thought i'd share that bit of information.
 
Originally posted by ADM
here's what the other guy wrote...
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So, the OTHER GUY would like to further explain.

The OTHER GUY thought about a link between the word "package" and the above-mentioned explanation, because the OTHER GUY remembered reading the above-mentioned exact quote in the patent when the OTHER GUY first checked it.

Now, the OTHER GUY thinks it's too far-fetched, especially mentioning the DVD area, as the patent is in the field of biology, and the application of the laser is: to illuminate particles, the resulting scattered light being detected by means of optical sensors for comparison with a probability histogram bla bla bla...

The OTHER GUY just wants to say that this might not be a real clue.

And the OTHER GUY doesn't really like to be referred as "the OTHER GUY".

Thanks,
Arnaud.
 
Originally posted by DavidRavenMoon


The 2002 is the model, not the year. I guess you would call the 2002 a coupe? It's sure not a sedan. It's a very small car. BMW just started making them again.

Apple has linked to BMW a few times, since BMW makes use of QuickTime a lot. And now the link is :q: and goes to Apple's QuickTime download page.

Very weird though.

I have a 1982 320i :)
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sorry, BMW is not making the 2002. They just started making the MINI again, which they never made before (its a british nameplate), and its run as a separate entity and not as a BMW.

BMw has some plans to release the 1 series, which would very similar in size to the 2002, but will be called the 1 series (look for the CS1 concept on the web if your interested)
 
BMW 2002

I don't know what years they made the 2002, but 1974 2002 would presumably be a model year 1974 BMW 2002 model. It was a small (I believe 2 liter) 4 cylinder engine car which was relatively light & agile, propelling BMW into the ranks of a sporty sedan manufacturer. Of course, REAL drivers don't buy BMW, but I figured I'd at least clear up sparkleytone's apparent confusion about the two 4-digit numbers.

-d
 
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