here's the rules
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| tracyanne Jun 18, 2009 5:34 PM EDT |
1. The Promoter is Microsoft Pty Ltd, 1 Epping Road, North Ryde 2113. ABN: 29 002 589 460. (Promoter) 2. Entry is open to Australian residents aged 16 years and over only. Entrants under 18 years should seek parental permission to enter. Employees of the Promoter, and their immediate families, its retailers, suppliers and associated companies and agencies are not eligible to enter. 3. Promotion commences at 12:00am (Sydney time) on 17 June 2009. Entries close 11:59pm (Sydney time) on 17 September 2009. 4. To enter the competition, the entrant must follow clues released by @Tengrand_IE8 on Twitter and on http://www.tengrandisburiedhere.com. The clues section on http://www.tengrandisburiedhere.com is only viewable in Internet Explorer 8. These clues will lead the entrant to the hidden webpage. 5. The hidden webpage can only be viewed in Internet Explorer 8. The entrant must have download Internet Explorer 8 to successfully view the hidden webpage. Upon discovery of the hidden webpage, the entrant must register his/her details, via the hidden webpage 'Claim' button. 6. The first successful registration received via the hidden webpage by the Promoter will be adjudged the winner of the competition. 7. The winner will be announced at 11:00am (Sydney time) on 18 September 2009 at 1 Epping Road, North Ryde, NSW, 2113. 8. The winner will also be notified by email on 21 September 2009. 9. The winner will receive $AUD10,000, to be paid to the competition winner by cheque. 10. The Promoter's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. No responsibility is accepted for entries not received by the Promoter. 11. If the prize is not claimed within 3 months of the email, the prize will be forfeited. 12. The prize winner must, if required by the Promoter or the prize supplier, sign a legal release in a form determined by the Promoter in its absolute discretion. 13. Subject to any applicable law which cannot be excluded, the Promoter and its related bodies corporate shall not be liable for any loss, (including, without limitation, indirect, special or consequential loss or loss of profits), expense, misadventure, accident, personal injury, death, damage or claim which is suffered or sustained (whether or not arising from any person's negligence) in connection with: a. Undertaking any travel connected with the competition or improper use of the prize won; b. Any act or omission (whether negligent or not) of the prize winner, or any person associated with them; or c. Any circumstances outside the Promoter's reasonable control. 14. The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and to disqualify any entrant who the Promoter believes either has tampered with the entry process or has submitted an entry that is not in accordance with these Conditions. 15. Details from all entries will be collected and used for the purposes of conducting this promotion (which may include disclosure to third parties for the purpose of processing and conducting the promotion) and for publicity purposes surrounding this promotion. By entering this promotion entrants consent to the use of their information as described. Entrants may access and/or change their data by following the procedures in the Promoter's privacy policy which is available at http://www.microsoft.com/australia/privacy. The Promoter will only use your personal details for marketing purposes outside those described above if you "opt in" to join the mailing list when prompted. 16. Winners will be published on http://www.tengrandisburiedhere.com by 21 September 2009. |
| tracyanne Jun 18, 2009 5:40 PM EDT |
I have Windows 7 beta on a VM and I use IE 8 at work, so I reckon I'm covered. FF on Linux with User Agent switch works just fine to follow the clues. BTW the clues are released on American time not Australian time, as it's already the 19th here, and no clues have yet been released. |
| caitlyn Jun 18, 2009 6:14 PM EDT |
Australlian residents only? Does that mean that MS no longer cares about any market outside of Australia? (OK, that was tongue in cheek.) |
| tracyanne Jun 18, 2009 7:45 PM EDT |
Obviously their caring for Australians is quite cynical as they have arrogantly used servers set to US time, not Australian time. |
| tracyanne Jun 18, 2009 7:46 PM EDT |
What would be really cute, would be for LXer members to gather all the information need to locate the secret server, and have an Australian... me for example register for the money, and then donate the money to a Linux/FOSS cause. |
| caitlyn Jun 18, 2009 8:16 PM EDT |
I like the way you think :) |
| tracyanne Jun 18, 2009 8:28 PM EDT |
Anyone who wants to help can PM me with the information. |
| montezuma Jun 18, 2009 10:00 PM EDT |
Funny but the website linked to in the conditions is down. Too many beers probably. Yuck Yuck (I'm an Australian so you can't accuse me of racism) |
| tracyanne Jun 18, 2009 10:08 PM EDT |
Hope it wasn't Fosters |
| tracyanne Jun 18, 2009 10:09 PM EDT |
Wouldn't want to accuse them of having no taste, would we. |
| tracyanne Jun 18, 2009 10:21 PM EDT |
Go to this address http://www.microsoft.com/australia/ie8/competition/ and click on the See all the clues button It goes to http://twitter.com/tengrand_IE8 there are some stats on that page * Name Ten Grand * Location Sydney * Web http://www.tengra... * Bio We've buried $10,000 somewhere on the internet and if you're the first one to find it, you keep it. 0 Following 2,728 Followers which tells me there are only 2,728 people (that's less than the number of people in the district surrounding my small country town) looking in on this, and judging by the fact that there is a FOSS page that links to it, many of them are FOSS users using FF with User agent switcher. |
| montezuma Jun 18, 2009 10:28 PM EDT |
Yeah got them with my malware8 handy useragent switcher in Firefox. Now where did I leave that VB? Beats the hell out of the Brooklyn Lager I have to put up with in NYC... |
| tracyanne Jun 18, 2009 10:35 PM EDT |
You poor bugger, having to drink American beer. |
| montezuma Jun 18, 2009 10:45 PM EDT |
Yeah it's a different world alright. Had a great "relapse" in FNQ a couple of years back. Tons of VB on the beach and great scones and cream for afternoon tea. I'd forgotten about God's own Earth. |
| tracyanne Jun 19, 2009 6:05 PM EDT |
Does anyone want to help on this project |
| montezuma Jun 19, 2009 6:26 PM EDT |
First Clue meaning: www (3000 upside down) |
| gus3 Jun 19, 2009 7:54 PM EDT |
That has to be one of the more pathetic "clues" for hard-core geeks I've ever seen. That's more script-kitty level. |
| tracyanne Jun 19, 2009 9:26 PM EDT |
Well that makes me a script kitty, because I don't see how you get www from that clue |
| jdixon Jun 19, 2009 9:56 PM EDT |
MMM is 3000 in roman numerals. WWW is MMM turned upside down. |
| tracyanne Jun 19, 2009 10:12 PM EDT |
oh. I don't do Cryptic crosswords either, for the same reason that never occurred to me. |
| tracyanne Jun 19, 2009 10:14 PM EDT |
clue FbWiFnRg |
| Sander_Marechal Jun 20, 2009 3:44 AM EDT |
Well, it's not rot13. |
| tracyanne Jun 20, 2009 3:55 AM EDT |
no it's not |
| jezuch Jun 20, 2009 6:03 AM EDT |
Quoting:FbWiFnRg Well, the small caps read "bing". I don't know if the rest is relevant or just chaff. |
| gus3 Jun 20, 2009 7:43 AM EDT |
Query Bing for "FWFR". No, I won't. |
| tracyanne Jun 20, 2009 8:35 AM EDT |
Bing Four Word Film Review |
| gus3 Jun 20, 2009 8:57 AM EDT |
"It stinks! It stinks!" --with apologies to John Lovitz |
| hkwint Jun 20, 2009 10:51 AM EDT |
Quoting:Query Bing for "FWFR". Can use Ixquick (metasearcher that respects privacy), Yahoo, Google, ask.com or even Wikipedia: All give the same answer. FbWiFnRg -- was I the only one thinking 'framebuffer wireless function register'? I'm bad at this cr@p. BTW: 10 million grand is burried - er I mean burnt - here: [url=http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=47.64432~-122.130531&style=r&lvl=14&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&where1=1 Microsoft road, Redmond&encType=1]http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=47....[/url] |
| caitlyn Jun 20, 2009 6:32 PM EDT |
TA: I'm sorry I haven't had time to help. I've been dealing with a ferret emergency. I'm not all the good at this sort of thing in any case. I'm even worse on no sleep. |
| tracyanne Jun 20, 2009 8:54 PM EDT |
I hope it wasn't ferrets up your trousers. |
| tracyanne Jun 20, 2009 8:56 PM EDT |
Clue: You are now watching 370211931299 |
| caitlyn Jun 20, 2009 9:01 PM EDT |
No, my ferrets don't go into my clothing except maybe a sweater in the winter. They are sweet animals and make great (if sometimes expensive) pets. |
| montezuma Jun 20, 2009 9:23 PM EDT |
http://www.bing.crappysearchengine Sorry jumped to the third clue |
| montezuma Jun 21, 2009 8:04 AM EDT |
Third clue apparently refers to a book on buried treasures on ebay google not bing is your friend here: http://cgi.ebay.com/Buried-Treasures-You-Can-Find:-Over-7500... Note the item number Sounds like a place marker |
| tracyanne Jun 21, 2009 8:22 AM EDT |
Page no longer exists |
| chalbersma Jun 21, 2009 2:53 PM EDT |
Ebay item 370211931299 Found the answer on Google ironically it wasn't on bing. |
| hkwint Jun 21, 2009 4:18 PM EDT |
How many more clues are coming? "www four word film review on buried treasures" doesn't ring a bell as of yet. |
| hkwint Jun 22, 2009 5:00 PM EDT |
Nxt clue: a predatory fish being earnest
ED: Oscar Wilde Even one more clue: Seems to be Regina --> Queen --> Victoria? |
| tracyanne Jun 22, 2009 5:25 PM EDT |
www four word film review on buried treasures --> Pirates of the Carabean a fourword film review of Pirate of the Carabean |
| hkwint Jun 22, 2009 8:09 PM EDT |
Thought of that too, TA. But then, well, there are lots of other movies about buried treasures. Indiana Jones series, the Mummy occasionally finds some, and probably tons of others. |
| tracyanne Jun 22, 2009 9:00 PM EDT |
Yeah, but given this is Australia, and that clue points to Victoria, maybe Eureka Stockade as in Australia gold rush (buried treasure) |
| hkwint Jun 23, 2009 7:27 PM EDT |
Just contributed to the 'Existing by coincidence' blog about the new clue ("Jobiska made a drink for Ian. Or Arthur".) ___ How about this coincidences: Edward Lear also wrote "The owl and the pussycat'. One version is illustrated by Ian beck. Another version for kids, was written by Eric Idle, former member of Monthy Python (hence Arthur?). In Victoria, Australia, there's a shop called "The Owl and the Pussycat": http://www.theowlandthepussycat.net.au/ |
| gus3 Jun 23, 2009 7:42 PM EDT |
Except that Eric Idle played Brave, Brave, Brave, Brave Sir Robin. Arthur was played by Graham Chapman. |
| tracyanne Jun 23, 2009 8:08 PM EDT |
It's highly unliky that Microsoft would have "hidden" anything on http://theowlandthepussycat.com.au/ it's an apache web server |
| hkwint Jun 24, 2009 11:36 AM EDT |
Hmm, bummer. |
| flufferbeer Jun 24, 2009 1:01 PM EDT |
@tracyanne IIRC, there was a case a few years ago when M$ offered a free Acer Ferraru laptop to influential bloggers who somehow managed to give it$ Windblow$ Vista highly favorable reviews. |
| hkwint Jun 24, 2009 3:56 PM EDT |
Quoting:who somehow managed to give it$ Windblow$ Vista highly favorable reviews. ED: True. http://www.istartedsomething.com/20061227/microsoft-free-fer... |
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