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1 Billion iTunes Contest
pvt_medic writes "Apple has announced their newest contest for the 1 Billionth iTunes song downloaded. Every 100,000 downloads someone will win an iPod nano and a $100 giftcard, with the grand prize being an iMac, 10 iPod (60GB), and $10,000 credit at iTunes. Looks like business is going well for Apple."
A 600GB raid-0 array!
Good luck with your taxes in 2007.
We'll be watching.
The IRS
What would one person want with ten 60 gig iPods?
Some people have ten friends or relatives they could give them to.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
How about a 540GB RAID-5 array? That's still a half-terabyte that will survive if one iPod explodes for some mysterious reason. Not that Apple would ever put out an exploding (*cough* laptop *cough*) product.
You can tell that iTunes is being embraced by everyone when the top-selling songs are "Grillz" by Nelly, "Shake That" by Eminem and "L.O.V.E." by Ashlee Simpson.
Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.
Does anyone know if video downloads count in this contest? Winning the grand prize while downloading the latest episode of Battlestar Galatica would be awesome!
Anonymity. The sign of cowardice.
Some people have ten friends...
On Slashdot?!? You must be new here.
If the billionth song is a Michael Bolton tune they are skipped and the winner will be the next one.
"I used to be with it, but then they changed what 'it' was. Now, what I'm with isn't it, and what's 'it' seems weird and scary to me."
-- Abe Simpson
What?! Could you speak up a little bit? I'm having a little trouble hearing you over all the noise this cash is making.
Sincerely,
Steve Jobs
recursive post, the sign of someone who likes a good paradox!
That's right, because every $.99 is pure profit for apple
It would be hot to have something named after you.
I read that about two seconds after misreading your user name as "ASSanator". Needless to say, I found it amusing.
Don't become a regular here -- you will become retarded.
Quoth the modded-down AC (sadly, I think it's mildly amusing): "There's no real incentive to use iTunes, in any case, if you're not running Windows or a Mac, and even less so if you don't have an iPod."
Well, um, no. In other news, there is very little incentive to buy fuel if you don't own a car to put it in, barely a point to buying DVDs without a player of some kind, and deaf people don't buy very many CDs.
Quite what this insight has to offer the debate, I'm not sure, however.
"I Know You Are But What Am I?"
It is if they get their mp3's from the same place I do.