Complicated giveaway-WINNER
I actually cannot believe how few people entered this contest. Anyway, Pensfan won it (Microsoft Excel random number function chose the winner) and should have email from me by now.
For anybody who gives a rat's azz I've posted what I think is a decent (not great) answer to the question I originally posed at the end of this thread.....mostly because nobody else came up with anything better.
1/9/07: btt. Smart-azz to entrant ratio >> 1.618. If this doesn't change in the next 48 hours I'll pick a winner on 1/11/07 sometime after 7pm.
UPDATE: wow, a lot of you folks get crabby when giveaways don't follow your idea of what they should be! Anyway, for those of you who didn't read the original post the first time, I'll point out that at this point, all you have to do to enter is agree with Buschmaster or Pensfan. (But you'll still improve your odds by improving on their answers).
ORIGINAL POST
It's time for a giveaway for the following reasons:
-I recently got that fourth star
-It's still pretty close to the Christmas season (I would have done it earlier but didn't have the funds)
-Good news on my GF's health (see my other post on that topic)
-I just dropped $900 on what I hope will be a very fun .45 (again, see my other post)
-And just because you bozos are a continual source of entertainment.
I don't own a lot of stuff, and most of what you might want, I still want, so rather than send you the incense I've been meaning to throw away or take to Goodwill I'm giving away a $30 gift card.
I'm thinking of a gift card to Cabelas, but I'll buy one for any business that meets the following criteria:
-Can reasonably be construed to be a business that sells things of interest to shooters (my call).
-Not a company against which I have some weird grudge (there aren't many).
-Has some mechanism by which I can easily buy the winner a gift-card online.
Giveaway rules:
You must post a short essay that explains the link between the aesthetic appeal of the Parthenon and the way that cells multiply in living organisms. I have a vague notion of this link but I'm too lazy to put it together for myself.
The first submission that is acceptable achieves two entries into the hat.
The next poster to improve (my call on whether it's an improvement) on the first poster gets three entries into the hat.
Subsequent posters who improve on previous submissions get (in order) 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89...etc submissions into the hat (add the last two numbers in the series to determine the number of submissions you will get: e.g.: 2+3=5, 3+5=8, 5+8=13, 8+13=21, etc).
Anyone, at any time after the first acceptable post, may say 'what he said' to an acceptable post for a single entry into the hat, but no poster may gain more than one submission in this way. Also, if you already have a submission and post an improvement, your total number of submissions is the number of submissions warranted by your most recent improvement. In other words, if you posted the first acceptable essay (2 submissions) and also the fourth essay (third improvement; 8 submissions) then your total submissions are 8, not 10.
Clear as mud? Good luck.
I'll select a winner from the hat at random on 15 January. I may post hints if they seem necessary between now and then.
Edit. First hint:
The number of entries you get with each successive improvement to the essay forms a mathematical series that is named for the dude who first described it. The series goes: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34......
And that series is relevant to the question I have posed.
For anybody who gives a rat's azz I've posted what I think is a decent (not great) answer to the question I originally posed at the end of this thread.....mostly because nobody else came up with anything better.
1/9/07: btt. Smart-azz to entrant ratio >> 1.618. If this doesn't change in the next 48 hours I'll pick a winner on 1/11/07 sometime after 7pm.
UPDATE: wow, a lot of you folks get crabby when giveaways don't follow your idea of what they should be! Anyway, for those of you who didn't read the original post the first time, I'll point out that at this point, all you have to do to enter is agree with Buschmaster or Pensfan. (But you'll still improve your odds by improving on their answers).
ORIGINAL POST
It's time for a giveaway for the following reasons:
-I recently got that fourth star
-It's still pretty close to the Christmas season (I would have done it earlier but didn't have the funds)
-Good news on my GF's health (see my other post on that topic)
-I just dropped $900 on what I hope will be a very fun .45 (again, see my other post)
-And just because you bozos are a continual source of entertainment.
I don't own a lot of stuff, and most of what you might want, I still want, so rather than send you the incense I've been meaning to throw away or take to Goodwill I'm giving away a $30 gift card.
I'm thinking of a gift card to Cabelas, but I'll buy one for any business that meets the following criteria:
-Can reasonably be construed to be a business that sells things of interest to shooters (my call).
-Not a company against which I have some weird grudge (there aren't many).
-Has some mechanism by which I can easily buy the winner a gift-card online.
Giveaway rules:
You must post a short essay that explains the link between the aesthetic appeal of the Parthenon and the way that cells multiply in living organisms. I have a vague notion of this link but I'm too lazy to put it together for myself.
The first submission that is acceptable achieves two entries into the hat.
The next poster to improve (my call on whether it's an improvement) on the first poster gets three entries into the hat.
Subsequent posters who improve on previous submissions get (in order) 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89...etc submissions into the hat (add the last two numbers in the series to determine the number of submissions you will get: e.g.: 2+3=5, 3+5=8, 5+8=13, 8+13=21, etc).
Anyone, at any time after the first acceptable post, may say 'what he said' to an acceptable post for a single entry into the hat, but no poster may gain more than one submission in this way. Also, if you already have a submission and post an improvement, your total number of submissions is the number of submissions warranted by your most recent improvement. In other words, if you posted the first acceptable essay (2 submissions) and also the fourth essay (third improvement; 8 submissions) then your total submissions are 8, not 10.
Clear as mud? Good luck.
I'll select a winner from the hat at random on 15 January. I may post hints if they seem necessary between now and then.
Edit. First hint:
The number of entries you get with each successive improvement to the essay forms a mathematical series that is named for the dude who first described it. The series goes: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34......
And that series is relevant to the question I have posed.
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Just keep in mind that loaded firearms and whatever you were smoking/ingesting when you came up with this giveaway don't mix. 0 -
The regularity of the pillars and cell subdivision closely mirror each other.
IE: One cell / one pillar =
Two cells / two pillars =
and so on.0 -
what he said
(instead of a gift card, can i have some of what you were on whilst concocting this giveaway)0 -
Two blocks = two cells. Look to the left, and see two more blocks.
Look to the right, and see two more blocks.
Think cell reproduction.
Also, a cell can only get so large before it's surface area is too small to permit nutrients from entering. Same goes for the P. Make it too big, and the usable space within would need more openings. The whole interior would be made up of openings and hallways.
In short, it is all about balance. The cell is the right size for the job, the the P has the same natural balance between function, construction materials, and it's place in it's envoronment.
I could use a couple Colt 1911 magazines ... [;)]0 -
quote:Originally posted by KEVD18
what he said
(instead of a gift card, can i have some of what you were on whilst concocting this giveaway)
lol, I'm stone, cold, sober. So if you want a little of nothing, that's easy to do.
I see we need some help. Here's hint number one: The number of entries you get with each successive improvement to the essay forms a mathematical series that is named for the dude who first described it. The series goes: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34......
And that series is relevant to the question I have posed.
So far, we don't have an acceptible answer, so....no names in the hat.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Sperry
Two blocks = two cells. Look to the left, and see two more blocks.
Look to the right, and see two more blocks.
Think cell reproduction.
Also, a cell can only get so large before it's surface area is too small to permit nutrients from entering. Same goes for the P. Make it too big, and the usable space within would need more openings. The whole interior would be made up of openings and hallways.
In short, it is all about balance. The cell is the right size for the job, the the P has the same natural balance between function, construction materials, and it's place in it's envoronment.
I could use a couple Colt 1911 magazines ... [;)]
That surface area to volume ratio is an awesome and interesting topic, but unfortunately, it is not relevant to this topic.0 -
if you want to have a giveaway have one that everyone can enter. some of us dumber folk use what little intelligence we have on using the PC to check out these forms scanning for giveaway posts. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by hk-91
if you want to have a giveaway have one that everyone can enter. some of us dumber folk use what little intelligence we have on using the PC to check out these forms scanning for giveaway posts.
I'm doing this giveaway so that somebody less lazy than myself will answer the question I have posed. Once they do so, everybody is eligible to enter the give-away simply by posting "what he said." The game is stacked so that those who contribute to a good answer have a better chance of winning...but it is still a game of chance. Anybody who enters legitimately may win.0 -
quote:Originally posted by spurgemastur
So far, we don't have an acceptible answer, so....no names in the hat.
What he said. [}:)]0 -
the parthenon is in the shape of a golden rectangle, the sides of which use 'the golden ratio' (phi, 1.618...), which is the ratio ultimately approached by any two numbers in the fibonacci series (mentioned above). this 'golden ratio' and the fibonacci series is related to the packing arrangement that cells are created in living organisms (specifically plants) because it's the most efficient.
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quote:Originally posted by spurgemastur
lol, I'm stone, cold, sober. So if you want a little of nothing, that's easy to do.
I see we need some help. Here's hint number one: The number of entries you get with each successive improvement to the essay forms a mathematical series that is named for the dude who first described it. The series goes: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34......
And that series is relevant to the question I have posed.
So far, we don't have an acceptible answer, so....no names in the hat.
I've looked up Fibonacci series but it isn't helping me figure out what you're after.
edit= Buschmaster posted while I was doing my research. I recognized the Fibonacci series on my own (even though I couldn't spell it until I looked it up).0 -
There is no direct link between the aesthetic appeal of the Parthenon and the way cells multiply.
Both events are, however, miricles of life. Archetecture is one man's dream, his life, preserved in stone; the other, the impossible, preserved in a miricle.0 -
I just farted so loudly that the dog jumped up from his bed.
Hopefully, you'll find something in that statement helpful, otherwise, what the others here said!0 -
one part of this post confuses me...............what is this fourth star you speak of?[8] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by jabronij3
one part of this post confuses me...............what is this fourth star you speak of?[8]
For example you've got three stars, I've got five.0 -
My answer is...."C". 0 -
Maybe some hot Roman chick got knocked up in the Parthenon causing cell reproduction. Wait, that would be a Greek chick wouldn't it? Are there any hot Greek chicks? Well, anyhow, maybe some hot Greek chick with aesthetic appeal got knocked up in the Parthenon causing unexpected cell reproduction. 0 -
I live within a half hour of Cabelas and I would love to get a gift card, but I ain't helping you with your homework[:D] 0 -
are you trying to get someone else to do a philosophy paper for you? 0 -
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quote:Originally posted by KSUmarksman
are you trying to get someone else to do a philosophy paper for you?
It's all too clear that he wants us to solve a stem cell research
problem he's having, for a paltry 30 bucks.lol0 -
quote:Originally posted by KSUmarksman
are you trying to get someone else to do a philosophy paper for you?
Nope. But that reminds me of another reason for the giveaway: I finished the last class required for my degree program last semester. Should be done within nine months.0 -
Buschmaster has the best answer yet. But the cell-packing part of the answer is sloppy. Room for improvement. 0 -
Aaaiiiiahhheeee......Duh![:p] Huh? 0 -
Darnit! That means i gotta think! Grr.. Ill be back later hopefully with an awnser 0 -
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What he said or gonna say[?][:)] 0 -
well I got the ball rolling, hit google, it's all right there! y'all got everything you need to get started 0
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