As a part of welcoming 2010, we are offering another sweepstakes.

As suggested in the opinion poll, we would like offer RC India members who make at least 10 posts between January 1 and March 31 of 2010 a chance to win a full electric combo consisting of the following.

1) A TowerPro Motor/ESC/Prop combo

2) Three Turnigy micro servos

3) One 800mah 2s lipo

If anyone wants to add anything to the prize offered by sponsoring it, please let me know (like an ARF foamie  ?)

So let us welcome 2010, by building some foamies !

yippe..another sweep stake
hope i win this time

here is an interesting way to start foamies .... win em 
wish i'd win too

Just to clarify, we are not providing a foamie, just the electronics.  The winner will have you source a charger, receiver and transmitter, and then build or buy a foamie 

Hi and Happy New Year ... I will be delighted to win 

This new year is going to be awesome. hope to win this time 

anwar bhaiya please keep on posting the names of the "eligible" people who have completed their 10 posts


would help a lot

Sorry Ankur, but it does not seem make sense doing this 

I can post a list before the winner is announced, just like last time.

ok,no prob
just wanted to know how many times have u posted between a specific period of time??

Just use the "Show Own Posts" option, and count them 

Sort of manual, but that is the way.

Anwar bhaiya when will the reslts be revelead.
On march 31st? 

It will be on the April Fools day 

I think jerryazhakathu will be the winner this time. today only his post are 10......CONGRATS 
he he he

Jerry is excited about the hobby    And we are excited to have him on board   

Gr8 prize.
I cud rlly get started in rc
if i win these..

I hope I win . Will postpone > tyring to get Mr.Moss until the sweepstake is over 

I hope I can win

i am in damn need of it as my new stuff is all dead. 

cool another sweepstakes, i missed this one some how !

will i win this time    

Anwar,
could you reduce the time? maintaining the excitement level of participating in a sweepstakes for 3 months is kind of difficult. 

Pankaj

Just the right kind for kick starting me into R/C planes... Cant take the wait!

I second that, reducing at least by a month is good. People loose interest/patience.

OK, down to 2 months 

March 1st !

 

Oh! thanx anwar bhaiyya.

mine first !!...really excited to win one....!! 

just wondering how this time's winner will be selected??
anyways hope to win it!!!

it's mine.

5 days to goooooooo.... cant wait!

maybe mine too

this competition is making me go nuts
 
i want to know who the lucky person gonna b
best of luck for all of u
Let The Best Man  win  >

Here, i will double your chances of winning. If i win, i will give this to you. Ankur.

let the best ""MONSTER" win

thanks sir!!

Two more days for the deadline.......

now u have posted in the right thread!! > >

YahoooO !
cant wait no more.

just 27 hrs
guys post the max. no of posts u can!!!!!!!!!!

Anwar, How is the winner selected? Some kinda lucky dip?

Hi Vinay

A random number is picked up and the person with that post number wins...atleast that was how it was done last time.

Regards

http://www.random.org/

Sanjay

I come up with a list of all the people who have 10 or more posts in that period (based on server time, which is US CDT).  Let us say that gives us a list of 50 people, whose logins are sorted in alphabetical order.  Then I use http://www.random.org to pick a number between 1 and 50, then the person in the list in that position is the winner.  If it is a shop owner OR if the winner prefers to pass it on to someone else, then I pick another number.

Cool!

ramdom.org  .......me me.....pick me 

Can I win it too? ;-)

haa..

24 hours to go...

well my chances are least because if arranged alphabetical order,my name will be under the first 10 and takes 20-30 attempts to generate a number under 10!!
so i think the names should be arranged in a random order

if u want to win go hack their website and change their program code > > > > > >

Anwar, ankur is right. If it is alphabetical, it ll be a bit difficult to get a chance. So how about the list is based on seniority, I mean based on their joining date in our forum? (But not based on their number of posts!).

I refer you back to the basics of probability, and I believe random.org is fair When I pick a number between 1 and 50 (as an example), each number has an equal chance !

Hey random.org works based on the atmospheric sounds to pick a number . So, if you can manage the sound for your number at the microphone located at the laboratory of Mads Haahr of  the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland , you can ... probably .... win !   

i prefer that u arrange in an random order!!!
for that everyone will agree!!!

Ohhh that explains it...Why i never win  . I am changing my name.

Regards

so both ankurs on one side..
lets change our names to something starting with p-s
lolz

well i created a java prog to generate 10 nos between 1-50 > > > >
and attached are the 6 generations

prog code-


import java.util.Random;

/** Generate 10 random integers in the range 0..50. */
public final class RandomInteger {
 
  public static final void main(String... aArgs){
    log("Generating 10 random integers in range 0..50.");
   
    //note a single Random object is reused here
    Random randomGenerator = new Random();
    for (int idx = 1; idx <= 10; ++idx){
      int randomInt = randomGenerator.nextInt(50);
      log("Generated : " + randomInt);
    }
   
    log("Done.");
  }
 
  private static void log(String aMessage){
    System.out.println(aMessage);
  }
}
 



log of nos generated
Generated : 20
Generated : 13
Generated : 0
Generated : 24
Generated : 47
Generated : 19
Generated : 30
Generated : 40
Generated : 34
Generated : 27
Done.
Generating 10 random integers in range 0..50.
Generated : 41
Generated : 22
Generated : 21
Generated : 12
Generated : 0
Generated : 32
Generated : 12
Generated : 16
Generated : 41
Generated : 39
Done.
Generating 10 random integers in range 0..50.
Generated : 31
Generated : 31
Generated : 23
Generated : 30
Generated : 1
Generated : 37
Generated : 20
Generated : 12
Generated : 28
Generated : 41
Done.
Generating 10 random integers in range 0..50.
Generated : 19
Generated : 19
Generated : 41
Generated : 11
Generated : 37
Generated : 14
Generated : 26
Generated : 35
Generated : 32
Generated : 6
Done.
Generating 10 random integers in range 0..50.
Generated : 9
Generated : 29
Generated : 26
Generated : 11
Generated : 37
Generated : 42
Generated : 10
Generated : 21
Generated : 6
Generated : 8
Done.
Generating 10 random integers in range 0..50.
Generated : 23
Generated : 22
Generated : 48
Generated : 27
Generated : 21
Generated : 37
Generated : 18
Generated : 13
Generated : 9
Generated : 18
Done.

Hey on the web we got too many randomness generating programs by so many companies. But all of them work based on some logic like your script. As the random.org's randomness comes from the atmospheric noise, it got popularity.

the atmospheric noise gen..  is not good
i prefer u use a generator using such a script using jumbled up names

Ankur, if the poll is done at night then there will be less noise so your chances to win are great!  >

i don't like it thats all!!

I just checked it now and its generating more numbers below 10, and out of the 40 clicks I did I got 1, 2, two times each and 4 and 9 one time. you are still not happy?

Mmmmm... then only thing to make it done is to write all the names on bits of paper, pour in a bowl, mix them, turn the head back and pick one.

yeah thats the best way!!
anyways hope the winner to be announced by tom. morning we cant wait anymore!!!

HEY HAPPY HOLI TO ALL OF YOU    AND YES....

TODAY IS 1st march,i guess .................. i m waiting for result ...

announce it pleeeeeeeeeeez..

i think its no yet 1 march by server time
anyways when will the results be announced

Here is the list of folks with 10 or more posts.

aimbug             
amir               
amulu10           
Anjan             
ankurgr8on         
ankurkaul17       
antojk             
anwar             
Ashta             
ashutoshn         
atul_pg           
avinash.tutu       
buzz_rc           
chanvivek         
dinil             
Dreamliner         
eroto62           
flatspin_king     
gauravag           
HamAero           
hangingtough       
Hellyflyer         
hemaldesai         
izmile             
jerryazhakathu     
lavneetgyani       
mail4ajo           
martian2121       
me-my-parts       
Nehutech           
pankaj             
PankajC           
pravven           
premvijay         
R C               
ramjin82           
Rao               
rao876             
rcforall           
RotorZone         
sahilkit           
saikat             
sandeepm           
santhosh           
saurabhhsrivastavaa
Shrikant           
sk010962           
SORAV             
speedracer         
Speedy             
splitz             
sriharishine       
sundaramvelar     
suniljoseph       
sunk?             
sushil_anand       
tg                 
the merog         
ujjwaana           
VC                 
vicky             
vinay             
vivek             

From what I see there wont be enough noise to generate the number high enough to get me a hit > Lucky people are Ashta to speedracer!

And the winner is............... #46 on the list of 63....

Shrikant

Congrats !

Congrats ShriKant!, Hope to see your plane flying soon

Congrats Shrikant...

Good Day !

Congrats shrikant..

and my prediction went right-it has chosen a number near the midway..

Ankur - You need to read up on "pseudo-random generators", use of "seeds" in random number generation etc, and the general trustworthiness of that site.

Secondly, I did pick a secondary winner just in case, and it was one of the numbers in ONE of the edges

THANK YOU GUYS  

I am very happy. So far I have never even won a full HOUSIE,   let alone a sweepstake of this type.  

Sandeep... Subbu... Ashish... all the local guys here in N'Bbay will have to help me out on building a new foamie for this combo....

THANKS AGAIN GUYS  

Congrats Shrikant! 

congratulations!

Congrats ShriKant........   

Enjoy.

Congrats Srikant

 

congrats Shrikant...hope to see you flying soon...all the best

Congrats ShriKant 

congratulations Shrikant  and all the best for your model.

congratulations Shrikant.........!

Congratulation Shrikant! Keep us posted on ur plans with the combo. Maybe a build log when u are creating your masterpiece around it!

If anwar is sending you the Items from Qatar, then please ask him to mark it as Gift and declare it as 15$ to avoid any custom issues 

congratts Shrikant. You r a very lucky dude man.

Thank you guys once more.   

So, does plastic kit modelling take a back seat now?

Not at all. In fact to start with because I son have chance to visit the LHS which is couple of hours from where I stay, I already ordered the first batch of kits online... For paints, yes, the action is pending. But the project is not suffering 

Sorry, but wont spare you so easily from my naive / stupid questions on kit builds