Any of the winners receive any emails from BN yet?

I got nothing yet (and finally found someone to snag my GoW II).

Scott? Angela? Nate?

Whazzup?

I'm glad to hear this because I haven't heard from anybody either and in fact I emailed THEM a couple of days ago and haven't received any reply. It's not like I'm chomping at the bit here, but not word from anybody ?

Also, I was going to reply to you in the "Radio vs. Recording Artists" thread but got sidetracked & then kinda ran out of gas. Next time. [ No doubt the issue will appear again ] ;)

2011 for Naro:
2010 for MUSE:

Domain Name: naro.com

Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
Status: clientTransferProhibited

Expiration Date: 2011-10-14
Creation Date: 1997-10-15
Last Update Date: 2008-08-15

Domain Name: muse.com

Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Status: clientTransferProhibited

Expiration Date: 2010-05-13
Creation Date: 1994-05-12
Last Update Date: 2008-07-15

Even though PC and I rarely agree, I have to say congrats........

http://www.naro.go.ug/..........http://www.muse.mu/.........

So you see that NARO, RESULT, or MUSE are already registered trade names.( will you give the owners of those trade names also a prize ?

This was fun. Let's have another!

PS. Congratulations to the winners.

Come on Children it is over, forget about it. The gooodies stayed within the group or their family-circle, and like we did before..........> the backward kids got their sweets, do not pester then anymore. they will change as soon as they will be able to count up to four in four notes

That's your wonderfully insightful and meaningful contribution to this topic?

How cute.

A little late....


SMFulton3
Jun 8, 2009 - 1:16 PM

First of all, her name is Angela. Second, the contest was Nate Mook's creation and I wrote the rules. The reference to Name That Tune was merely to recall a contest from the (now-distant) past, not to imply anything about the rules. I'm sorry for people who drew that implication, but I must admit it's something of a stretch.

-SF "Courage" 3

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PC_Tool
Jun 8, 2009 - 3:06 PM

There we have it.

End of story? One can only hope....


...but cute.

So...for all those who want to get technical, consider:

"Name that Search Engine in Four Notes or Less"

She's referring to the notes of a song. The "notes" on the musical scale are labeled as:

C E D F G and B.

My Entry: RESULT.

The only letter in that entry that matches a note is the letter E. So...my entry has only *one* note in it. For the mathematically challenged: 1 is *less* than 4, so I named that search engine in "Less than Four Notes." :)

Point being, anyone wanting to get technical could make that mean pretty much anything they want to, even going to the extreme example above.

Does it make any difference at all? No. The BN staff can do whatever they want on their site, up to an including nullifying all entries and pretending this never happened.

Personally? I liked MUSE the best...(and that's only got one note in it too) *grin*

I'm mildly amused by your lack of an A and lack of any real ordering of your "notes" list.

Oh, shaddup. :p

I never said I was a Music Theory student. :p

Yep, I believed you wanted only words containing four letters , other wise I would have called the search engine :otorhinolaryngological (22 letters),
immunoelectrophoretically (25 letters),
psychophysicotherapeutics (25 letters),
thyroparathyroidectomized (25 letters),
pneumoencephalographically (26 letters),
radioimmunoelectrophoresis (26 letters),
psychoneuroendocrinological (27 letters)
hepaticocholangiogastrostomy (28 letters),
spectrophotofluorometrically (28 letters),
pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters).
they or all in Oxfords Dictionary, otorhinolaryngological (22 letters),
immunoelectrophoretically (25 letters),
psychophysicotherapeutics (25 letters),
thyroparathyroidectomized (25 letters),
pneumoencephalographically (26 letters),
radioimmunoelectrophoresis (26 letters),
psychoneuroendocrinological (27 letters)
hepaticocholangiogastrostomy (28 letters),
spectrophotofluorometrically (28 letters),
pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters).otorhinolaryngological (22 letters),
immunoelectrophoretically (25 letters),
psychophysicotherapeutics (25 letters),
thyroparathyroidectomized (25 letters),
pneumoencephalographically (26 letters),
radioimmunoelectrophoresis (26 letters),
psychoneuroendocrinological (27 letters)
hepaticocholangiogastrostomy (28 letters),
spectrophotofluorometrically (28 letters),
pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters).

No. You wouldn't have. You cut and pasted that from any number of lists a quick "Google" or "Bing" brought up int he first few results searching on the first word.

Man...you're not even *trying* to be creative or original...

Hell, you're not even all that trying. :p

What tagline would you have used for them?

Blink - blinking the web

Congrads all

I like Explorer... you have windows explorer... and Microsoft Explore or Explorer for the web.. you could change it up.. Explor and then have a similar look to windows explorer... have a toolbar... custom search window... etc etc...

I like MUSE.

BING
Is
Not
Google

Awesome!

Can't believe no-one else has thought of that one. Quick...copyright it!

Already thought of. Ask John C. Dvorak.

Why is this reply ranked -4 and -3 above? Did PC_Tool say something wrong in this comment?

Naw, they just luvs me. :D

Maybe they thought PC_Tool was being serious.

Me? Serious?

Why would I start now? ;)

Quote:
PC_Tool Jun 5, 2009 - 9:51 PM edited "I have also learned from this experience that no one still remembers the Name That Tune "I can name that tune in four notes or less" game, which makes me sad."

We remember, we just skimmed that part. ;)

..and once we realized, well...it was a little too late. :p

Seems you did know and have misrepresented the truth. Well, it is not to late to say you will not accept the prize:P

So I went back to the original competition and scanned all 169 entries for "rmw25" and came up with the following:

*********************************************
"Am I missing something or is the supposed wealth of intelligence on this site moved somewhere else. the contest said,"
But if Microsoft was truly listening to its customers to the degree it has been with Windows 7 of late, would it have come up with an even better brand? Could you Name That Search Engine in four notes or less?"
No maybe people can't count or read but my lame contribution is:
Dung.com. You get to choose which animal pile you step in. Of course, there will be tiered pricing based on the size and type of pile you want."

*************************************************

OK, so by self-admission, his "lame contribution is: Dung.com. You get to choose which animal pile you step in. Of course, there will be tiered pricing based on the size and type of pile you want."

Here's one: How about a 7-letter word for TROLL beginning with the letter A ?

And for those who are making accusations of impropriety and unfairness in how the competition was run, please back up your accusations with some facts other than you have a personal dislike for one of the members of this forum.

Finally, for the rest of you who can't stop scratching your itch about the "4-letter" BS - Guess what ? The mods of Betanews don't have to ask for your input or permission to run a silly little contest and BOO-HOO - life is not fair.

Also @ PC:

Why bother replying to these trolls ? All your doing is just feeding them.
Most of them didn't even participate in the contest and now they're all here with their anger & resentments...with which you most certainly do not have to engage. And you also do not owe anybody here an explanation.

Really...they're all just so boring.

Since you are slurping around in the gutter and from your posts in years past this usually means that you realize that you are losing a debate, I will casually walk in the sunlight on the side walk and ignore your 8th grade antics.
If we assume that you realized after the fact that you misread Gunn's criteria then the mature thing to do is either not accept the prize or donate it to charity.

Oh and contract law has nothing to do with “a fun, informal, contest."
After a couple of years of watching you and some others debate, you can always tell when you are losing because you start resorting to insults. While Karl Marx had everything wrong, the one thing he had right was that if you give a capitalist enough rope they will hanged themselves. To paraphrase that, if you give PC and some others enough rope they will hang themselves. Have fun swinging and I am done and will return to the fileforum.

The one positive thing I will say is that you do know computers so I would stick to that. :)

I was waiting and somewhat surprised that you didn't come in earlier. My post on that contest was a joke to illustrate the disconnect between the statement in the article and what names people were coming up with. I'm sure PC has enough rope left if you want to swing with him:)
I will give you credit for sticking to 4 letters and a good tagline.

So first you start off by stating I shouldn't have to defend myself...and then you (and *only* you, amusingly enough) go on the attack?

Yeah...you're *so* not trolling.

"ave fun swinging and I am done and will return to the fileforum."

...and of course, now it's time for you to scamper off back to your hole. The whole point of this was what? (Oh, yeah...to make yourself look like a jackass. Mission: Accomplished!) As for making me look like a jerk? Well.. as you've no doubt figured out, I do quite well on that without help, thankyouverymuch. Dolt.

Funny you come on here claiming I don't need to defend myself, attack me, challenge the authority of the staff, whine and moan, and then claim to be riding off on your "High Road"...yeah...you really must be high.

@Straspey: But it's so much fun playing with these twits. This one even thinks he's "winning" (whatever that implies..) Isn't it cute?

result and query have 4 letters? this contest was a fraud...

One question for Gunn- Did you mean 4 letters or less or not? Yes or no. Let's see if you have the courage to answer and take responsibility.

For the record, I like the bltwhatever's idea for a contest but with the condition the PC is banned.

ok..you have stumped me and that is why I give you credit for computer knowledge but what does "mod comment using multiple accounts..." mean? I assume this site, like others logs the ip address so I have this Sn for here and one for political sites. So, if ip addresses are logged, how can one create multiple accounts? I've seen this come up before and, frankly, didn't understand how this would be done but then my 16 year old son has more knowledge about computers than I do. Finally, just because someone disagrees with you or me on an issue doesn't mean they are a Troll( whatever that means).

Oh, you're not a troll because you disagree.

Intelligent discussion and debate over the finer points of pretty much anything is more than welcome. The world would be pretty boring if everyone agreed.

You're a troll because you stated I needed no defending and then proceeded to attack me, my history, my relationship with staff members, and their authority; all while claiming to take the "High Road".

*shrugs*

I don't mind, mind you. I enjoy playing with trolls. I can take insults, I can even take being harassed for reasons I had no control over. You see, my ego isn't fragile. The comments of anonymous internet users mean little more than a chance to hone my Mad Skillz at bashing idiots and innocent entertainment. :D

So please...don't stop on my account. But mind you, I do have to run out for a bit here, so do take your time and try to come up with something original. ;)

It's right here: "Could you Name That Search Engine in four notes or less?" Again, this contest was a fraud...

OK.

So the only letters you can use are c d e f g b and a.

...since those are the "notes" on the musical scale. So I guess that means *all* of the winners are frauds?

Hey...if you're going to get technical, at least get technical.... ;)

First of all, her name is Angela. Second, the contest was Nate Mook's creation and I wrote the rules. The reference to Name That Tune was merely to recall a contest from the (now-distant) past, not to imply anything about the rules. I'm sorry for people who drew that implication, but I must admit it's something of a stretch.

-SF "Courage" 3

There we have it.

End of story? One can only hope....

First of all, even though some of the rules were not entirely followed, my complements to the winners. I would also complement all who took part for some of the very creative responses.

In light of this new contest approach, I have proposed to Betanews a new contest. Since I believe that, despite the sometimes trench and gaseous warfare that goes on, behind each SN is a person with a heart and soul.
So I have proposed a new contest and I will put up the money for it and I have told Betanews that whatever proof they need, I will give.

The contest will consist of a series of questions and the 1st 3 people that get all the questions right in ONE posting will get the following:
1st place- 500.00 donated in the person's name to the charity of their choice.
2nd place- 250.00 donated in the person's name to the charity of their choice.
3rd place- 100.00 donated in the name of the person to the charity of their choice.
If you want the donation based on your SN, that is ok.

A couple of points:
1) Only one answer per person and when the contest starts which is up to Betanews, no more creations of SN will be allowed for multiple entries.
2) Relatives and pets do not constitute a charity. :)
3) Charity must be based in U.S.
4) Winners will be based on the time stamp and if a question arises on this issue, I leave it to Betanews to decide.

Finally, this is a chance for everyone from the highly intelligent to the "barely standing upright" to show that they do have a heart and soul. I believe most of you do but we will see. All questions that must be answered are "right or wrong"- there is no ambiguity.
Good luck and I hope my faith in all of you and Betanews is not misplaced.

One thing blt, if Betanews decides to do your contest and i think it is worthwhile whatever the questions are be sure that you maintain control. Heck, ban me or anyone else if you want.

And now, here's the entry I REALLY wanted to post:

STFU

Search The Full Universe

"Microsoft. Tell Us What You Want."

There is a reason why none of these people work for Microsoft.(At least I don't think you do. LOL) Those names suck! But congrats, anyway.

and the name "Windows 7" doesn't suck? :P Eh, But what's in a name?

What the ****?
You set rules of 4 characters, yet you give prizes to PC_TOOL with 6 letters.

That was for being the biggest jerk.

In all fairness, the rule was a little fuzzy. I suspect most did not pick up on the oblique reference to an old game show (4 notes or less- Name that Tune) and also, the contest had too much subjectivity. So, to the winners, I say Way to go and to the Whiners...There is always next time.

Paul? that's because PC and Scott fulton have a long-standing relationship and my bet is that Scott voted for PC. Was the contest rigged? who knows. But PC is one of the more intelligent people posting and it is not his fault nor does he have to defend himeself. It is Betanews that needs to defend itself.
If one feels strongly about this then don't come here or post. Otherwise, accept it and move on. Nobody said life was fair and while PC's Name violated the rules, his tagline was very good.

One other point, you know a contest is not fully thought out when even the staff didn't know the rules. Hence, Coolbuster's "Query" which was tied for 3rd violated the rules. But that is what we have come to expect and love about Betanews- their amateurish and incompetent quality even after all these years.:)

@PC_TOOL I should probably point out I don't actually care as the prizes were pretty much useless to me (except perhaps Office 07 Student edition which I could have flogged to someone). I already have enough copies of Vista to flog (thank you free MSDN from old Uni that still works).

rmw25:

"Paul? that's because PC and Scott fulton have a long-standing relationship and my bet is that Scott voted for PC."

*laughing*

I suppose you could call the constant harassment I give Scott a "relationship", but I doubt it's one that would make him feel the need to vote for me. I constantly criticize his posts. FFS, man... there was one article of his recently posted I thought I might get banned for posting my (rather low) opinion of.

"But PC is one of the more intelligent people posting"

Stop that. My ego is big enough. No, really...

"But that is what we have come to expect and love about Betanews- their amateurish and incompetent quality even after all these years.:)"

Hear, hear! Well, and they do have some interesting, erm...followers.

That said, again..."four notes or less" isn't really an explicit way of stating "four letters or less". ;)

Your "jousting" is more like 2 lovers playfully fighting. Let the staff of Betanews post how they voted and then we will see. You’re like the guy that gets off on a crime on a technicality- the incompetence of the judge or in this case the incompetence of the person who came up with the idea.
Over the years, I’ve watched you and Scott joust and, yes, if someone walked in on one post, they would come away with a different view than one that sees the years of lover’s jousting- like behavior. So, to Betanews I say post the voting of all judges and let’s see what it looks like and to Gunn I ask a simple question and that is this; Did you mean 4 letters or less or not? If you did then you and betanews owes an apology to everyone for intentionally letting Pc slip through the cracks.

The more you protest the more you sound defensive. The more you talk about explicit versus implicit just shows your defensiveness and highlights the problem with the contest. People who took this seriously and played by the rules have a right to be mad but...hey…that’s life.
And the day Scott bans you is the day betanews shuts down. I didn’t so I could care less but I did pick up on Gunn’s lame attempt to tie the number of letters to a lame show called “Name that tune”.

Keep in mind PC, I am not being critical because that is the nature of this place. People are treated differently. If someone else besides you had made some of the comments you have made then they would have gotten banned and their entry probably would not have been considered. Such is life.
"rmw25 May 30, 2009 - 7:36 PM edited Am I missing something or is the supposed wealth of intelligence on this site moved somewhere else. the contest said,"
But if Microsoft was truly listening to its customers to the degree it has been with Windows 7 of late, would it have come up with an even better brand? Could you Name That Search Engine in four notes or less?"

And to show how seriously I took this poorly run contest my contribution was Dung.com.
or maybe that should be betanews new site name. I wonder if that will get me banned?

Ya know...for someone who supposedly doesn't care, you sure are making a complete a** of yourself over it.

As for me being banned or "anyone else making these comments" being banned, don't take this personally, but...you're an idiot.

The comments are all there is. Anyone else making them would be viewed in *exactly* the same way I am because...that is *all* there is. I have no relationship with *anyone* here (staff or otherwise) beyond these comments. Try thinking about it for more than 2 seconds.

Christ...if you actually had paid attention to any of my posts you'd have realized (like many here have) that none of the insults or jibes are personal (Hey, Straspey...ya clod!). Hell, *anything* being taken personally between anonymous posters on the intarwebz is beyond ridiculous. If your ego is *that* fragile, you need help.

As stated earlier: Put on your big-girl panties and get over it.

And how's mommy's little fair-haired boy today. BN showed they have about as much integrity as you do. Not much!

Aww...

"Issues" boy still has his panties in a twist because he didn't win...

I'd get your meds checked...you're still having trouble coping with the real world, apparently. Wouldn't want any more incidents, now would we?

Normally this isn't something I'd respond to, but I have to admit to picking myself up off the floor after reading about my "long-standing relationship" with PC_Tool. No wonder you young folks don't get along with each other these days -- you have no idea what "long-standing" or "relationship" is.

-SF "Long-Standing" 3

*laughing*

Hope ya didn't injure yourself. Damn near had me in stitches as well.

Congrats to all the winners!
Now let me join all the whiners who didn't get zilch! :-)

What silly winners!

Firstly, anyone who knows anything about the web knows that NARO is a terrible domain name: you'll lose a notable chunk of your audience to "narrow.com." And many will pronounce it "nah-ro."

RESULT may be the most boring name ever, congrats on that fantastic choice.

And MUSE may be the most over-named, marketing-speak search site on the internet. Why not just name it "Microsoft Windows Live Internet Search 2009, Personal Edition"?

Boo to all three. "Bing.com" has them all beat easily.

What's wrong with a Multi-User Shared Environment? Never played in a MUD or MUSH or MUCK or MOO or MUX or MAGE or MARE or MERC, or even a TinyMUSE? You've only played in a MMOG or MMORPG? How SILLY and SMUG of you. :)

*laughing*

Nice catch! That should have been the first thing I thought of when I saw MUSE after running a diku for a year or so.

Thanks. I've run MacMUD (had the 2nd MAUD ever after the Painted Porch), LPMUD, MudOS, and JavaMUD.

Tool I know you have gears of war II...you can just send that over my way...:)

*laughing*

I don't even *own* an Xbox 360. :P I'll pass it off to someone. And Vista? So...will it qualify for one of those free Win7 upgrades? ;) I suppose I *do* own an OEM version, it'll be nice to have a retail copy lying around.

Glad people liked it, it was fun. Time to make sure the profile is up to date. :D

Congrats old man. I'm not only flattered to have been selected, but even more so to share the podium with you. (I know you hate it when somebody says something nice about you, but in this case...well...too bad. ;)

And congratulations to ConceptJunkie as well.

It was a lot of fun and I was working under the presumption that "four notes or less" meant it was a requirement for consideration. But that really doesn't matter. I'm glad you won. I'll make very good use of Office Home/Student and may even wait because I'll probably be buying a new PC later this years after the release of Windows 7.

OK. Next contest:

Find a 4-letter word for "Apple" :D

"(I know you hate it when somebody says something nice about you, but in this case...well...too bad. ;)"

Jerk. You really have to stop doing that. :p

...and if you have an Xbox360, I'll trade ya for the Office. ;) I can always use more of those.

4-Letter word for Apple: APPL. (Does their "ticker" symbol count? ...well, probably not for much, if it does.)

ba-dum-ching!

If your serious about the swap, I may give it some serious thought.
I don't own an Xbox, but there are others in the family who do.
Let me know if you're serious and I'll run it by the others here.

Serious. I have no use for it. I have offered it up on Facebook already, but so far...no takers.

If you're up for a trade, it's yours.

Thanks for the speedy reply and your generous offer.

Unfortunately, a call to the Xbox-ers tells me that not only do they already own "Gears of War II", but they have beaten the game.

Oh well. Thanks again.

Now...if you're really that interested in the MS Office, I would be very interested in the VISTA Ultimate; however I readily admit that trade is
not an equal transaction, so I won't be surprised if you say no to that.

BTW...My wife bought a Wii a few months ago. Not really my thing, but she's doing the fitness stuff and really liking it.

Let me know if you want to trade the Vista for the Office - and thanks again for offering to trade the game.

Nah, I think I'll keep Vista. If only in hopes that it will qualify for the free Win7 upgrade.

Regarding the Wii... We'll be getting one in about 3 months. Specifically *for* the WiiFit (and upcoming BioMetric-related "game"). It may not be a "Gym Membership", but it'll be far better than "nothing". ;) Give it some time. Everyone I personally know who owns one loves it.

Fun stuff. I'm sure I'll get a facebook hit tonight yet or tomorrow. Someone out there has killed their GoWII media by now... *grin*

Core. :)

Hehe, /me goes off to see if naro.com, muse.com and result.com are registered. ;-)

As Angela mentioned in her follow-up, Microsoft could easily buy any domain they were targeting, so it really wouldn't matter in the scope of this "what-if?" game.

Of course, if you're looking to start your own search engine, I would be more than happy to license the use of my slogan to you, for a reasonable fee, of course. *wicked grin*