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General => General Technical Chat => Topic started by: Joe Geller on January 13, 2012, 09:32:52 pm
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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 (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 (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!
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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."
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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 :)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skill_testing_question (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.
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Wow. Just wow. LMFAO!