Help me name my new product, which combines the functionality of popular existing apps, but is specialized with high-security features.
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posted by bfu
on Dec 26, 2012 -
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Where can I buy Mo Yan's books "Red Sorghum" and "The Garlic Ballads" in traditional Chinese? (not the English translation)?
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posted by mhh5
on Oct 18, 2012 -
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Canadian filter: Consumer Research Centre survey from 2012 Consumer Product Survey of British Columbia, from Diane Simon, offering a possible $2,500 from answering a 16-page survey. Legit or fake?
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posted by Hawk V
on Sep 15, 2012 -
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Is it illegal or just not very ethical for a not-for-profit to promise a prize drawing for raising a certain amount of money and then not follow through? I know YANML; I just need some info as I decide how to proceed.
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 29, 2011 -
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How should prize money be divided in order to generate the most high-quality submissions to a contest?
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posted by nnevvinn
on Nov 15, 2011 -
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At some older fast-food joints and other smaller businesses, there used to be a contraption filled with water that you could insert a coin into, and hope that it'd land on a small platform. If it did, you'd get something from the business, if it didn't, your coin would go towards some charitable cause (I think). Any more details/ideas on what this was called?
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posted by Gori Girl
on Nov 10, 2011 -
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I won a washing machine and dryer that I can't use, and it's turning into a bit of a nightmare. How on earth can I get rid of it? I live in Washington, DC. Special soap-bubble details inside.
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posted by schmod
on Oct 24, 2011 -
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The end of year party for my work has a masquerade theme. What sort of mask can I make that will work with glasses?
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posted by ninazer0
on Aug 25, 2011 -
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At work, I won a new macbook air in a contest that I don't want/need When I get it, I plan to just sell it on craigslist, where I'll take a loss compared to its retail price. Thing is, I'm 98% sure that my boss, who organized the contest, hasn't actually bought the computer yet. Would it be rude to just ask him to give me the cash he would have spent directly?
posted by anonymous
on Aug 8, 2011 -
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GagPrizeFilter: If I wanted to either a) have a shiny gold (spraypainted?) rubber chicken mounted to a plaque or b) have a gold rubber chicken converted into something that could be worn like a medal, how would I go about doing this / obtaining one? This needs to be done in 1 week (for next Friday.)
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posted by lalochezia
on Mar 31, 2011 -
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So, I've won tickets to Brandon Flower's show at the Riveria in Chicago, IL next week. Problem is, I'll be gone. I want to give my tickets to my friends who are big fans, but my name is on the will call and not in physical tickets. I'm wondering if they can go without me.
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posted by Askiba
on Nov 19, 2010 -
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If someone contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's work on climate change, for which the organization was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, is this person a Nobel laureate? If not, what are they?
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posted by PercussivePaul
on Nov 26, 2009 -
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Can you suggest prizes and trophies for a software/hardware hacking competition?
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posted by godawful
on Mar 8, 2009 -
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Think-Back-To-High-School-Filter: What incentives / prizes / privileges really motivated you? (Aside from grades)
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posted by Alabaster
on Jan 17, 2009 -
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My company has offered to spend $25,000 on 35 people for an activity in February. What do we do?
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posted by KirTakat
on Oct 15, 2008 -
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I need a really great, somewhat poker related prize (or a couple of prizes) that will cost less than $1200. I'm giving it away in early August (somewhat flexible on the date).
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posted by my homunculus is drowning
on May 20, 2008 -
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Help me design a small Access application to run a prize drawing. As I see it, the MC will open the application and click the Draw button, which will select from the available prizes for that month. Once drawn, that prize becomes unavailable. MC will then type in the winner's name and click Save, setting the form ready for the next contestant.
Specs and examples follow.
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posted by kc0dxh
on Jan 16, 2008 -
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When companies sponsor contests to win a "lifetime supply" of their product, how do they decide what constitutes a lifetime supply?
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posted by amyms
on May 30, 2007 -
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Lost book question: When I was a kid, our upstairs neighbors lent me a book of wild fantasy illustrations that contained a hidden puzzle. There was a sizable prize for whoever figured out the riddle.
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posted by hydrophonic
on Apr 6, 2007 -
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Scam? I've been contacted and told I was selected to win a prize as a thank you for filling out a survey a few months ago. I have to go to a lunch and draw for which prize I'll receive out of 5. Presumably this is a scam, and I imagine it's a Time Share sales thing. So my question is this, if I go, and withstand the stupid timeshare marketing thing, will I actually get a prize? Or will I be scammed out of that, too? The company in question is 'The Vacation Store' and this is local to Toronto, since there are a lot of Vacation Stores out there on the net.
posted by jacquilynne
on Jan 20, 2005 -
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Has anyone here ever won either the grand prize or a major prize from one of those "instant win" games on cereal boxes, candy bars, fast food promotions, or soda cans? Has anyone ever known someone who has won or known someone who knows someone? [More inside]
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posted by ontic
on Dec 17, 2004 -
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