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Offline Joe GellerTopic starter

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"Test of Time" Agilent Power Supply Contest
« on: January 13, 2012, 09:32:52 pm »
Agilent is running a really cool contest.  To enter the Test of Time Agilent Power Supply Contest, you post a picture of your hp or Agilent power supply and a short story about it (very short, 500 words or less). 

The prizes are Ipods (monthly) and two $11,000 N6705B DC power analyzers with three modules.

http://powercontest.tm.agilent.com/index.cgi?PSP_NEXT=Top

The contest is country restricted (see the rules http://powercontest.tm.agilent.com/rules.pdf ), however apparently otherwise open to engineers, technicians, electronics hobbyists, and amateur scientists (If I read the rules correctly).  There are so few entries I called Agilent (no affiliation), they said the contest is on and legit!
 

Offline DBaron

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Re: "Test of Time" Agilent Power Supply Contest
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2012, 10:12:52 pm »
What the heck is up with this part of the fine print?!

"If the selected entrant is a Canadian resident, that resident will be required to answer a mathematical skill-testing question, without assistance of any kind (whether mechanical or otherwise), within the time frame provided above."
 

Offline Joe GellerTopic starter

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Re: "Test of Time" Agilent Power Supply Contest
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2012, 10:34:31 pm »
It looks like one of those legal sweepstakes/contest requirements that some states and countries have.  Granted, it looks pretty funny as a standalone sentence!  Google(tm) the words "Canada mathematical skill-testing question" for more information.  I would have added a comment in parenthesis about such an odd looking requirement :)
 

Offline amspire

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Re: "Test of Time" Agilent Power Supply Contest
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2012, 10:58:36 pm »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skill_testing_question

Apparently you don't even have to get the skills test question right, but if they do not add it, the only other alternative is to make it a totally random competition. Since this one is based on voting, it is not random.

Sounds like the people who draft laws in Canada need a skills test.

« Last Edit: January 13, 2012, 11:05:16 pm by amspire »
 

Offline slateraptor

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Re: "Test of Time" Agilent Power Supply Contest
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2012, 12:47:17 am »
Wow. Just wow. LMFAO!
 


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