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Originally posted by bioinfosm View PostI already registered, else would have said = the one with most posts
How about a user has to answer 3 questions correctly using the forum to receive the ticket: first person to do it, gets the ticket.
Otherwise, sell it to the highest bidder to pay for the site.
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Originally posted by nilshomer View Post
Otherwise, sell it to the highest bidder to pay for the site.
As for Nil's other idea of a contest with the first person answering winning, I would suggest that a random pick from people who enter within X number of days (3?). This would encourage active participation in the site without having hit the refresh button every minute.
Ah, my self interests are showing!
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Can't sell it. Pesky taxes, reporting on both ends, etc.
I definitely want to reward those that contribute the most...last time around I just sorted by most posts, and started asking privately, that took a while to find someone who was close enough to take advantage, and hadn't registered already. =]
I want to be fair though...so maybe a random drawing from those who post in this thread, normalized by post count (ie, westerman would have 70x more chances than someone with a single post...)...is that fair?
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Ack...this slipped. Will start an official distribution giveaway very soon. I think I'm going to go with my previous suggestion of a random choice of entries normalized by post count.
Or better yet, a real contest for the most helpful post written in the next week...hmmm....
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Hah. Just got a 'cold call' from CHI in regards to the meeting. The person on the other end of the line wanted to know if I or the other bioinformatics person in my group was going to attend. Either they really want us for our expertise ... or they are desperate for attendees. :-)
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OK. I need to give this pass away like immediately. So I will randomly choose a user from those in this thread (who can absolutely confirm that they will go), chances to post in this thread are null and void 24 hours from whatever the timestamp on this post is.
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chances to post in this thread are null and void 24 hours from whatever the timestamp on this post is.
At one time I could have gone but on Sept. 1st I signed up for a different workshop in October. Given the tight funds (no pay/inflation raises this past year) at the University going to two conferences in the span of two months -- even if one offers free admission -- is a no-go. If I was closer to the conference that would be different matter but, sigh, the hotel and travel expenses do mount up quickly.
Maybe you should open up the ticket to the first person who can actually go? Joann seems to have already gotten a ticket otherwise she would be a good choice.
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Code:import random contestants = {'bioinfosm':244,\ 'westerman':107,\ 'nilshomer':145,\ 'Joann':19} entries = [] winners = [] #make drawing bowl for user in contestants.keys(): for i in range(contestants[user]): entries.append(user) #conduct drawing while entries: winner = entries[random.randrange(0,len(entries))] #pick winner winners.append(winner) #record winner #remove winner from further drawings entries = [user for user in entries if user not in winners] #output print time.ctime() print winners
Code:>>> execfile(r'Z:\python\untitled0.py') Fri Sep 04 14:34:50 2009 ['bioinfosm', 'westerman', 'nilshomer', 'Joann'] >>>
And please feel free to make fun of my python.
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