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iTunes 1 Billion Song Contest Ends

So I was anticipatiting this last night so I set my alarm for 12:30 (cuz im that type of nerd) and then my frickin iBook, the first time ever, would come out of sleep and it was fully charged so I had to restart it getting to the iTunes music store and it only being 10,000 away. I go to buy my album and get an iTunes error. Finally it hits 1 Billion when the 4th song is downloaded:(. But I know the chances of winning were slim so im not that dissapointed and I got some new Jack Johnson stuff:)
 
That was way faster than I expected. If I remember right, there were 996m and change purchased when I went to bed last night (I was tired, went to bed early), so I figured sometime today I could make the purchase and be good. But, wow, I didn't expect anticipation would bump sales up that much that fast...

Well, congrats to the winner. Maybe they can do what I would have done - one iPod to each member of my and my wife's immediate family and one for my wife. the iMac was for me :) That'll learn me for spending money I don't have....
 
Rats, missed it didnt think it would happen till late today.

Boy was I wrong. Lucky punk winning all that stuff.
 
yeah

yeah how exactly would the "no purchase necessary" entrants be used? They couldnt be counted as a song purchase surely. The only way for Apple to solve this would be for them to draw out a winner from a mixture of song purchases/'no purchase necessary' entries who entered the competition at around the same time the billionth song was purchases. And even then, if a 'no purchase necessary' entry was picked out, then they definitely didnt buy the 1 billionth track! Otherwise if it was the billionth download it would technically be impossible to win by 'no purchase necessary' wouldnt it?

:cool:
 
As all the other posters are saying, this countdown went extremely fast for me too. I was planning on buying a few songs last night after playing some games, but I look over at my PowerBook and it's already reached 1,000,000,000+. :(
 
One of the Lucky Ones

I got an e-mail from Apple on Monday letting me know I was a 100,000 song winner. I don't know if it was a purchase or a free entry (I did both, but more free entries than downloads). There was a grat legal form to fill out, and my nano comes in 4-6 weeks.:)
 
simX said:
Well, you used the term "beg the question" and immediately followed it with a question, which suggests that you were using it to mean "raise the question" instead of using it to point out a logical fallacy.

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But if you WERE actually begging the question, then your conclusion would necessarily follow from your premise. .... :rolleyes:
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You guys are giving me a headache. So, here's my revenge, from the album of the soundtrack of the movie Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail:

"Good evening. The last scene was interesting from the point of view of a professional logician because it contained a number of logical fallacies; that is, invalid propositional constructions and syllogistic forms, of the type so often committed by my wife.

'All wood burns,' states Sir Bedevere. 'Therefore,' he concludes, 'all that burns is wood.' This is, of course, pure ********. Universal affirmatives can only be partially converted: all of Alma Cogan is dead, but only some of the class of dead people are Alma Cogan. 'Oh yes,' one would think. However, my wife does not understand this necessary limitation of the conversion of a proposition; consequently, she does not understand me, for how can a woman expect to appreciate a professor of logic, if the simplest cloth-eared syllogism causes her to flounder?

For example, given the premise, 'all fish live underwater' and 'all mackerel are fish', my wife will conclude, not that 'all mackerel live underwater', but that 'if she buys kippers it will not rain', or that 'trout live in trees', or even that 'I do not love her any more.' This she calls 'using her intuition'. I call it 'crap', and it gets me very irritated because it is not logical. 'There will be no supper tonight,' she will sometimes cry upon my return home. 'Why not?' I will ask. 'Because I have been screwing the milkman all day,' she will say, quite oblivious of the howling error she has made. 'But,' I will wearily point out, 'even given that the activities of screwing the milkman and getting supper are mutually exclusive, now that the screwing is over, surely then, supper may now, logically, be got.' 'You don't love me any more,' she will now often postulate. 'If you did, you would give me one now and again, so that I would not have to rely on that rancid Pakistani for my orgasms.' 'I will give you one after you have got me my supper,' I now usually scream, 'but not before'-- as you understand, making her bang contingent on the arrival of my supper. 'God, you turn me on when you're angry, you ancient brute!' she now mysteriously deduces, forcing her sweetly throbbing tongue down my throat. '**** supper!' I now invariably conclude, throwing logic somewhat joyously to the four winds, and so we thrash about on our milk-stained floor, transported by animal passion, until we sink back, exhausted, onto the cartons of yogurt.

I'm afraid I seem to have strayed somewhat from my original brief. But in a nutshell: sex is more fun than logic-- one cannot prove this, but it 'is' in the same sense that Mount Everest 'is', or that Alma Cogan 'isn't'.

Goodnight."
 
ezekielrage_99 said:
One Billion songs..... that's alot of songs number 2.

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Oh man, would it be hilarious if they went and got Dr.Evil for the announcement... :D
 
yeah...

It wasn't me either. I guess we'll have to wait for the 1 trillion mark!

;-)
 
Project said:
yeah how exactly would the "no purchase necessary" entrants be used? They couldnt be counted as a song purchase surely. The only way for Apple to solve this would be for them to draw out a winner from a mixture of song purchases/'no purchase necessary' entries who entered the competition at around the same time the billionth song was purchases. And even then, if a 'no purchase necessary' entry was picked out, then they definitely didnt buy the 1 billionth track! Otherwise if it was the billionth download it would technically be impossible to win by 'no purchase necessary' wouldnt it?

:cool:
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The contest rules say the winner is the entry received right after the 999,999,999th song is sold. So that allows the "No Purchase Necessary" people to win too.

Greg
 
Call from Steve

As much as I would love those great prizes, to get a call from Jobs would be the bomb! He's like a god to me. Ha! I would love to talk U2 with him, if only for a minute you know.
 
That counter started going like the eveready bunny when it hit 950,000,000.Then when it hit 999,000,000 it was going at a rate of 3500-4000 a minute..I saw it coming last night and purchased a song twice.Once when that guys website said almost 1 billion and once when Apple's site said almost 1 billion..

Helplessly Hoping by CSNY!!
 
texasmafia said:
You didn't have to buy any songs to win. There was a page where you could fill out a form and it would be the same as buying a song and you could fill it out 25 times a day for free. Every contest like this has to be "no purchase necessary."

I entered quite a few times but I guess I didn't win anything
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Yeah, I entered a few times that way the other week, even checking the counter for best timing. This was during the middle of the day, when I figured download rate would be highest, so I thought about retrying in the middle of the night sometime. Unfortunately I never got around to it, and I didn't realize the contest would be over so soon! Bah! :mad: :rolleyes: :D
 
Well, turns out I couldn't win anyway...

Eligibility. In order to be eligible, entrants must be 13 years of age or older, and a legal resident of one of the 50 United States, including Washington, D.C., Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada (excluding the Province of Quebec)
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Canada (excluding the Province of Quebec)... Thanks again, Loto-Québec... :rolleyes:
 
ezekielrage_99 said:
Lucky Moron Who Won: Ok so you're Steve Jobs, can you tell me what fun new Apple products will be release next week?
Steve: Normally I can't tell you anything without my Keynote address snappy black t-shirt and jeans but ok. The new release next week will be the Intel iBook.
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No, I heard personally from Steve that it's a new 8-pound iPod with a 10" screen...
 
Doctor Q said:
Tomorrow morning Apple will announce its One Billion Virus Download Contest. :)
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A great idea :D A counter on Apple.com, showing how many OS X viruses have actually spread themselves on the Internet (this latest attempt can only operate on LAN). With a BIG prize when the counter reaches "1" and other landmarks :D
 
dernhelm said:
You don't need a NZ store, you just need a credit card with an address in another country that does have a store.

Not the easiest thing to manage, but possible...
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I'm in another country. Gimmie your credit card.... I'll make it reeaaaalll easy :rolleyes:
 
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