Online Hackathon! Join Now! - Off-topic

Hey guys!
I will be hosting an online hackathon July 23rd. Please join (50 bucks reward if you win and other prizes for 2nd and 3rd)...
In this case, you are given a theme and you need to code something relevant to that theme. The coolest program will get the prize money. You are given 48hours to code something useful. The theme will be announced that Friday at 11:59PM as email
Our url: artofcoding.co.cc
-Thanks

I am holding a hack-a-thon too.
It will be on July 15th about 3:00AM so you early risers or night owls take heed.
Grand prize will be $5,000. This is to help me on a security project I am currently involved in.
It is a simple test of your skills.
Here is the task:
At that time I will post the names of two banks. One in Switzerland and one in the Cayman Islands.
You will also be given an account number for each bank at that time.
Your task would be to hack in to the banks (they are fictitious banks that I have created of course). A url to each bank will be given when the contest starts.
Your task will be to move $1,000,000US $1,000,000,000US from one account to the other.
The first one to win, no, every one that accomplishes the task will be given $5,000.

85gallon said:
I am holding a hack-a-thon too.
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85gallon said:
Your task will be to move $1,000,000US $1,000,000,000US from one account to the other.
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Do I still win if I transfer the money in the wrong direction?

85gallon said:
I am holding a hack-a-thon too.
It will be on July 15th about 3:00AM so you early risers or night owls take heed.
Grand prize will be $5,000. This is to help me on a security project I am currently involved in.
It is a simple test of your skills.
Here is the task:
At that time I will post the names of two banks. One in Switzerland and one in the Cayman Islands.
You will also be given an account number for each bank at that time.
Your task would be to hack in to the banks (they are fictitious banks that I have created of course). A url to each bank will be given when the contest starts.
Your task will be to move $1,000,000US $1,000,000,000US from one account to the other.
The first one to win, no, every one that accomplishes the task will be given $5,000.
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If you're missing 1 billion dollars, it wasn't me.
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Too bad it's not an actual business since social engineering is much more efficient.

bro....you jacked my thread
Anyways, plz check out my site...

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Exchange 2007 pushmail accounts

Hello all, I really debated on where to post this..I havent been too active for awhile on the forums, been busy, but I imagine I'll be snagging a Kaiser sometime coming up, so I suppose I'll stick it here.
I am offering Exchange 2007 pushmail accounts, with Outlook Web Access, and alias's, you can find more details, and pricing at http://gfyinc.org
My value plan monthly price is $4.00, or $44.00 for a year, but if you have donated to XDA Developers(as in star by your name) I will provide you with details to sign up for $3.00 a month, or $32.00 a year, or a $1.00 off any of the larger plans listed.
I am in no way trying to affiliate myself with XDA by offering the discount, and Im not setting a very good example by not having donated yet, I just know I or a lot of us wouldnt be here without this place, and want to encourage donations, I would rather you donate here, and receive the dollar a month discount.
Less than you pay for a cheeseburger and fires, and you get a whole month of instant html email sweetness.
P.M. me for details. sorry to kinda spam you, and thank you.
what kind of gaurantees do we have of this service
If you're after a completely free exchange account try here: http://live.mail2web.com/
I've used them for push mail for years and I've had no problems at all.
ChInEsE ChIcKeN said:
what kind of gaurantees do we have of this service
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Like its says in my FAQ, if youre less that 15 days into the 30 day billing period, and unsatisfied, I will return your payment.
I do still have a couple upgrades I would like to put in place within the next month, but I really hate to spend too much more, when Im not really seeing that much interest from the get go, but if you want a month for free to check it out, let me know, I would appreciate any business.
Rabangus said:
If you're after a completely free exchange account try here: http://live.mail2web.com/
I've used them for push mail for years and I've had no problems at all.
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Thanks for your input, after dumping a few grand into building redundant servers, and taking the time to set it all up, not to mention the stress, I really like to have some really nice person chime in and tell me and others its free elsewhere, its hard enough being the small guy and trying to compete in a world of giants.
ChaoticDruid said:
Thanks for your input, after dumping a few grand into building redundant servers, and taking the time to set it all up, not to mention the stress, I really like to have some really nice person chime in and tell me and others its free elsewhere, its hard enough being the small guy and trying to compete in a world of giants.
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Rather than complaining surely the best response would of been why your service is better than mail2web's? For example...
$4 a month gets you a mail alias. At M2W it's $4.95 a month.
Does your service included access using Outlook on a PC?
What about Spam filtering?
What about Anti Virus?

Mortgage Payment Calculator needed for Pocket PC

I'm a loan officer, looking for a basic Mortgage Payment Calculator for my Tilt. I saw several software programs available after doing a google browse. Just wanted to get some input from other pocket pc users. I don't need anything fancy just some thing basic to calculate Rate/Term & Interest Only payments while away from my office. I don't mind paying for the software but of course would prefer a trial version first.
Any suggestions?
I know I'm not the only mortgage guy with a Kaiser/Tilt that's still afloat in this ugly market ; )
Its you're lucky day..
roadmenace49 said:
I'm a loan officer, looking for a basic Mortgage Payment Calculator for my Tilt. I saw several software programs available after doing a google browse. Just wanted to get some input from other pocket pc users. I don't need anything fancy just some thing basic to calculate Rate/Term & Interest Only payments while away from my office. I don't mind paying for the software but of course would prefer a trial version first.
Any suggestions?
I know I'm not the only mortgage guy with a Kaiser/Tilt that's still afloat in this ugly market ; )
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Hey Roadmenace...
I'm a loan officer cum realtor and have been using the best one that was ever created for pocket pc. How I know this is because I've tried pretty much each and every title thats available on handango/pocketgear.com over the past 4 or so years.. yup! that means from the days of WM2003. And its pretty ironic that having tried some costing as much as $50, the best one was and is totally free.
It was written by one Greg Fischer from Australia, a mortgage rep himself based down under. Its called mortgage calc and I believe it had over a million or so downloads to its name on the above sites back in the days.
However, the person stopped updating it beyond its 3.4 build for over a year and that too for just WM2003se. After a hiatus of over a year and my persistent googling I found his amateur site again and he had actually re-written the whole thing for WM5/6 and its now version 3.5
Sorry for the lesson in history.. I had to cuz if you'd known about it, the software was literally a "living legend" in its category.
Some of the fancy calculators built in it are no longer there for the WM5/6 versions but its still hands down the best you're gonna find hands down.
Here's the link to the website:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~gm_fisher/Main.htm
and I'm attaching the .cab as well.
A great free option is Microsoft Excel. You can set it up to calculate any of the variables that you mention - rate, # of payments, necessary downpayment, etc. You can also use it for irregular mortgage terms as well. If you are not proficient in Excel, you can download templates directly from Microsoft or from www.vertex42.com (or just do a google search).
This is a great, free option (I think that Excel is the best software ever created, so I am a little bias) IMHO.
Excel is VERY useful. I don't know if it's the best though... I pick notepad.
I am wondering with the difference between a mortgage
Hi, I am wondering with the difference between a mortgage APR and Interest Rate? My mortgage interest rate is 6.875% and the APR is 7.504% does the APR of 7.504% sound right if the interest rate is 6.875%? My mom said that the 2 numbers should be closer together than that. Also, my mortgage banker never mentioned an APR, and since we are 1st time home buyer's, we were unaware of it. We only knew about the Interest rate. Can you please help me?

"You're my boy Bloo"

For all those of you waiting for the official Facebook app and who haven't yet taken the leap and purchased the Bloo - Native Facebook App, heads up!
Starting tomorrow, Monday August 10th, through Tuesday August 11th, you can download Bloo for...absolutely nothing.
That's right, for...free!
According to its author, Bloo has gained over 6000 users since its first release, and because of that, he's promoting the application and giving it away free for 48 hours!
Now, if you're like me and you paid for it already, please don't complain. If you really don't have $1.49 to spare after paying your phone bill, then send a message to Dimitris. Otherwise, be happy that Bloo is gaining so much momentum, and that this promotion should draw in even more users.
As of today, Bloo 1.3.2's future feature list includes the following features:
Stream Facebook Filtering: You have been waiting for this. The ability to filter your posts based on your Facebook filters.
Expanded Stream: Show all posts even from other applications (such as the mighty Quiz app everyone wants!). Of course, for those who love (including me) the simpler stream there will be an option.
Notification links: Ability to click on a notification to take you where it is supposed to take you.
Gallery sharing: Instantly upload a photo from your Gallery.
So grab it tomorrow or Tuesday for free, and get in on the most beautiful native Facebook app for Android!
Check out more info on Bloo's website at http://fbandroid.wordpress.com/.
i am for sure getting this
jordanjay29 said:
For all those of you waiting for the official Facebook app and who haven't yet taken the leap and purchased the Bloo - Native Facebook App, heads up!
Starting tomorrow, Monday August 10th, through Tuesday August 11th, you can download Bloo for...absolutely nothing.
That's right, for...free!
According to its author, Bloo has gained over 6000 users since its first release, and because of that, he's promoting the application and giving it away free for 48 hours!
Now, if you're like me and you paid for it already, please don't complain. If you really don't have $1.49 to spare after paying your phone bill, then send a message to Dimitris. Otherwise, be happy that Bloo is gaining so much momentum, and that this promotion should draw in even more users.
As of today, Bloo 1.3.2's future feature list includes the following features:
Stream Facebook Filtering: You have been waiting for this. The ability to filter your posts based on your Facebook filters.
Expanded Stream: Show all posts even from other applications (such as the mighty Quiz app everyone wants!). Of course, for those who love (including me) the simpler stream there will be an option.
Notification links: Ability to click on a notification to take you where it is supposed to take you.
Gallery sharing: Instantly upload a photo from your Gallery.
So grab it tomorrow or Tuesday for free, and get in on the most beautiful native Facebook app for Android!
Check out more info on Bloo's website at http://fbandroid.wordpress.com/.
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I'm only seeing 1.3.1 in the Market.
Edit: Nevermind. I see on his blog it isn't out yet.
uberingram said:
I'm only seeing 1.3.1 in the Market.
Edit: Nevermind. I see on his blog it isn't out yet.
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Yeah, it's the future feature list. Full streaming is what I've been waiting for, and I'm so excited it's actually coming!
I use Bloo every day, its pretty good. its abit annoying that he is releasing it for free.
I am looking forward to the update.
How is this better than Babbler?
AndyCr15 said:
How is this better than Babbler?
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wait a few hours, download it and see for yourself... cant hurt to try... especially when it is free... BTW, Babbler Full is also on sale for a buck for a limited time.
still shows as a paid app oO
still shows paid for me too.
Fingerlickin said:
still shows paid for me too.
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Since it is still Monday, August 10th... I wouldn't be terribly surprised by that.
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Since it is still Monday, August 10th... I wouldn't be terribly surprised by that.
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Maybe he's in a different timezone lol, It is 3am in Honolulu....
He's in Greece, I believe. So ahead of the US. Maybe Google's just taking its own sweet time in updating their servers.
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Since it is still Monday, August 10th... I wouldn't be terribly surprised by that.
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Yeah, Monday... when it's supposed to be free isn't it? Monday to Tuesday?
jordanjay29 said:
He's in Greece, I believe. So ahead of the US. Maybe Google's just taking its own sweet time in updating their servers.
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Or maybe it's called having a life?
damn its nice to see someone making money in the market. if its true that he sold 6000+ copies in one month then he made $9000 (minus any fees). Thats pretty cool.
It's still $1.49. I would pay and just to download I now, but I chose to be patient and get it for free lol. Are you sure the dev is going to make it free? If not, I'm just going to buy it.
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It's still $1.49. I would pay and just to download I now, but I chose to be patient and get it for free lol. Are you sure the dev is going to make it free? If not, I'm just going to buy it.
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http://fbandroid.wordpress.com/ it says so on his site but he could be messing with us.
Paging Dr B said:
http://fbandroid.wordpress.com/ it says so on his site but he could be messing with us.
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I just bought it. $1.49 is nothing, I'll skip out on my cup of coffee today
It's worth it. It's a great app and glad I ran across it.
it's available in the market now!!!

[Contest] Upload "Original" Homescreens, Win $200 in Prizes

Believe it or not, 13th February last year, we launched MyColorscreen.com to the public. On our first day we have merely a hundred visitors. Today we’ve more than 5000 visitors per day. Thank you all for sticking around for so long. We love you all.
To celebrate our first year anniversary, we’ve decided to hold our first contest ever on MyColorscreen.com.
Contest Details
We would like you to show us your best homescreens under this concept: “Original”. Create something that is so out of this world, so unique that you think our jaws will drop when we see it.
At the end of this week, 20th February 2012, MyColorscreen’s staff will pick 3 winners based on Number of Loves, views and Originality.
Any countries can apply as long as you can use our rewards. (Read Amazon Terms and Conditions)
Contest Rules
Rules:
Open to all residents internationally.
Homescreens can be either iOS or Android
One user can upload as many entries as they can within the given period of time.
Make sure your really created the Homescreen
No pirated content allowed
Do not copy from others. Be original.
Tag all applications used onto the homescreen.
You can not submit your previous homescreens in this contest.
How to Submit
Upload your chosen homescreen on MyColorscreen.com
Tag “Original Contest” onto any of your uploaded homescreens.
Share, Tweet, Pin it. Get as many loves/views as possible.
Prizes
We will be giving out 1 x $100 Amazon Gift Card for the most original homescreen and 2 x $50 Amazon Gift cards to the rest of the winners.
With Amazon Gift Cards you can use this to buy whatever you want on Amazon (Terms & Conditions), from ebooks, apps, musics etc. if you are eligible.
One $100 Amazon Gift Card to one winner
Two $50 Amazon Gift cards to two winners
To view homescreens for this contest, visit this page.
Any questions regarding the contest, feel free to comment here or contact me directly via @mycolorscreen | Email
peachananr said:
Believe it or not, 13th February last year, we launched MyColorscreen.com to the public. On our first day we have merely a hundred visitors. Today we’ve more than 5000 visitors per day. Thank you all for sticking around for so long. We love you all.
To celebrate our first year anniversary, we’ve decided to hold our first contest ever on MyColorscreen.com.
Contest Details
We would like you to show us your best homescreens under this concept: “Original”. Create something that is so out of this world, so unique that you think our jaws will drop when we see it.
At the end of this week, 20th February 2012, MyColorscreen’s staff will pick 3 winners based on Number of Loves, views and Originality.
Any countries can apply as long as you can use our rewards. (Read Amazon Terms and Conditions)
Contest Rules
Rules:
Open to all residents internationally.
Homescreens can be either iOS or Android
One user can upload as many entries as they can within the given period of time.
Make sure your really created the Homescreen
No pirated content allowed
Do not copy from others. Be original.
Tag all applications used onto the homescreen.
You can not submit your previous homescreens in this contest.
How to Submit
Upload your chosen homescreen on MyColorscreen.com
Tag “Original Contest” onto any of your uploaded homescreens.
Share, Tweet, Pin it. Get as many loves/views as possible.
Prizes
We will be giving out 1 x $100 Amazon Gift Card for the most original homescreen and 2 x $50 Amazon Gift cards to the rest of the winners.
With Amazon Gift Cards you can use this to buy whatever you want on Amazon (Terms & Conditions), from ebooks, apps, musics etc. if you are eligible.
One $100 Amazon Gift Card to one winner
Two $50 Amazon Gift cards to two winners
To view homescreens for this contest, visit this page.
Any questions regarding the contest, feel free to comment here or contact me directly via @mycolorscreen | Email
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Thank you very great idea
Rules says :
You can not submit your previous homescreens in this contest.
How to submit :
Tag “Original Contest” onto any of your uploaded homescreens.
sorry iam confused !!
Thanks in advance
Enjoy . click LOVE :x
http://mycolorscreen.com/2012/02/14/original-contest-purple-field/
Mujodroid said:
Thank you very great idea
Rules says :
You can not submit your previous homescreens in this contest.
How to submit :
Tag “Original Contest” onto any of your uploaded homescreens.
sorry iam confused !!
Thanks in advance
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What I meant about previous homescreens are the screens that were uploaded before 13th February 2012. Any homescreens uploaded after 13th February with "Original Contest" tag will be eligible to win.
I hope this clears things up and thanks for the kind words.
Ooh I've got a good Idea, but cannot execute it without lots of programming
Damn.
Good luck everyone!

Google: Next Batch in 3 Weeks

It's official. Wait times for the next batch is 3 weeks.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/15/nexus-4-backordered/
Thank you for your recent purchase on Google Play. Due to overwhelming demand, your Nexus 4 is on backorder and is expected to ship within three weeks. We'll send you a notification when your order has shipped and will credit the shipping charges.
To check the status of your order at any time, visit the link below: https://wallet.google.com/manage/#transactions
If you would prefer to cancel your order, please reply to this email and our team will assist you. Or you can cancel your order using our online tool. Please follow the instructions found here:
http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2423477
We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you again for your order.
Thanks,
The Google Play Team
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So pretty much anyone who hasn't been able to put in a order (like myself) are not going to be able to order the device for a long time.
Thanks for nothing LG.
I guess I'm stuck phoneless for 3 weeks, or whenever the next batch will be availabe...
But I am also sort of glad that I wasn't able to get my order in so we could see if Google will add the Nexus 4 to AOSP as well as fix up some of the thermal issues.
Question for you... do you even read forums before making a new thread? The email you just quoted has been posted numerous times...
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c_86 said:
Question for you... do you even read forums before making a new thread? The email you just quoted has been posted numerous times...
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It deserves it's own thread.
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It deserves it's own thread.
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It really doesn't. Also the E-mail doesn't say what you seem to think it does. Within 3 weeks means any time from today up untill 3 weeks. I'm not overly optomistic about the time frame myself but the thread title is still misleading at best.
your thread created privileges should be taken away...
Good thing I didnt sell my GNex yet.
Why are ppl in the states so crazy to get it even at the price of over $600 at ebay nearly double...can't they wait for the next wave just few weeks ahead..most other country don't even have play store to purchase that may sound reasonable
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I am totally at a loss with Google on this? Total and epic failure from a company that prides itself on it's meticulous attention to detail and Engineers every little thing. How the hell am I supposed t believe that the company that can crunch massive data sets, route the quickest path to ones home, serve massive amounts of AD's and multimedia can blow it in running a simple Cart driven eCommerce business and fail to anticipate all these fairly obvious headaches coming to light. It really boggles the mind?
I got the Backorder letter too, but even that was very vague and provides no level of detail that can be useful. Already there is conflicting stories of folks getting the bo letter and a shipment letter, some who made two separate orders are left wondering which order is bo'd?
If I had to think out loud, I would surmise that in the effort of cutting costs down for this product they used there F-Team of managers for this product launch ... seriously!
*A notification system that failed to notify!
*No coherent product launch time (Midnight? 9EST? 9PST?) even when we fished around for details and the rumour mill had it at 9PST the damn store opened 30minutes earlier.
*No clear communication on stock levels
*No pre-order ... my god how stupid are the folks who ran this botched job!
*Not enough inventory on hand
*No cart limits like 1 per person or 2 per person ... I could add 100 to my cart and the thing would go through
*No cart queuing/ reserving/ holding mechanism ... ticketmaster holds a ticket for 5-10 minutes the instant it lands on your cart
*Cart/ Site kept crashing
*They didn't update the site to sold-out until late at night leading to the F5 phenomena, with people wasting time without knowing whether they can make an order or not ... fully knowing anyone after the initial 10 minutes after opening the Play store would be on backorder ... might as well keep selling now it makes no more difference at this point at least alleviate those who can't purchase now to join a queue and keep selling. What will happen now is they will launch in spurts resulting in the same level of chaos ... let people join the queue now if they will be backordered in anycase.
*For those of us who got the chance to order the assumption was that they would be able to make a shipment ... no reason why the system would fluctuate from in stock to of stock during the nightmare purchase with all the obstacles it had ... WHY THE HELL DID WE GET BO'd! If there system wasn't as one to one as it seemed with all it's rigidity in how much you can add to cart and it failing during purchase because it became out of stock ... then how the hell did you guys oversell?
No sincere apology, no corrective actions are being laid out ... and that token free shipping in no way salvages this horribly broken Play Store. Heads have to roll ... seriously! I've read stories of better managers/ CEO's, project leads being fired for so little ... the folks who have done an outstanding job of tarnishing the Google brand and have been doing so seeing that this type of nonsense is not new with those familiar with the Play Store ... I am totally new to the Android verse coming from WP7.5, BB7, and Maemo ... this first impression of how Google runs this store is not what I always imagined of Google which I love and use from Email to Google+ ... I even enjoyed GWave, I put up with the Buzz mess up ... but Play is such a horrible brand tarnishing experience and Google needs to improve there retail program or get out of it and let the pro's at Amazon handle it.
This is a joke, I can't believe it Google has been running a psy-ops campaign over at the Play Store to ruin there hard fought branding of Engineered Excellence. I hate the Apple verse and the perception that they created whatever is the next best thing when rather they made a incremental improvement on the natural progression of a product life cycle ... but give credit where it is due they are a behemoth when it comes to the retail experience and the level of customer service ... night and day difference in these experiences Google, please rectify it. It makes it silly to have a building full of the brightest people who can't attempt to sell something online when you dominate on the Internet... it is a running joke this Play Store. Heads must roll!
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It deserves it's own thread.
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Agreed with the others - this letter has been discussed ad nauseam in at least 2 other very large threads, so much so that one person that started another thread has already (as of earlier this afternoon) started a Google Docs spreadsheet where they are analyzing data entered by volunteers from this forum so that graphs and statistical analyses can be made correlating purchase time to shipping confirmation as well as how this data pertains to the email notification you wrote about.
Mods, please close this thread.
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ryan92084 said:
It really doesn't. Also the E-mail doesn't say what you seem to think it does. Within 3 weeks means any time from today up untill 3 weeks. I'm not overly optomistic about the time frame myself but the thread title is still misleading at best.
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Yes I had been reading about people's experiences with this backorder email for several hours already, since it was distributed around 3:00-4:00pm EST this afternoon, and then I see this thread title, and obviously I had to assume that someone had some NEW information, linking to a story at Engadget where perhaps they had confirmed that no additional units would be shipped for at least 3 weeks. But then I find, it was just a useless rehash of news and information the rest of us have been looking at and discussing for nearly 7 hours in other threads.
WTF.
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Agreed with the others - this letter has been discussed ad nauseam in at least 2 other very large threads, so much so that one person that started another thread has already (as of earlier this afternoon) started a Google Docs spreadsheet where they are analyzing data entered by volunteers from this forum so that graphs and statistical analyses can be made correlating purchase time to shipping confirmation as well as how this data pertains to the email notification you wrote about.
Mods, please close this thread.
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Yes I had been reading about people's experiences with this backorder email for several hours already, since it was distributed around 3:00-4:00pm EST this afternoon, and then I see this thread title, and obviously I had to assume that someone had some NEW information, linking to a story at Engadget where perhaps they had confirmed that no additional units would be shipped for at least 3 weeks. But then I find, it was just a useless rehash of news and information the rest of us have been looking at and discussing for nearly 7 hours in other threads.
WTF.
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Yes but even backorders take "up to 3 weeks" (don't be optimistic). So people who haven't been able to order will obviously have to wait longer than that.
#firstworldproblems
x1000.
Get over it

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