PRS-505 is preloaded excerpt of with Paterson Legal Thriller? - Page 2

Tom Swift · 05-04-2008, 05:52 AM

So, nobody knows the answer or nobody wants to share? Like I said before, the nearest Sony Store with readers is over 6000 km away.

dhbailey · 05-04-2008, 06:31 AM

I am very surprised that for a group of such wonderfully sharing people, that nobody has simply posted the answer for those of us who aren't near a physical new 505 to find the answer from.

What, like posting here is significantly going to diminish anybody's chances?

HarryT · 05-04-2008, 06:35 AM

With respect, that's hardly in the "spirit" of the competition, is it?

I'm sorry for people who aren't within reach of the appropriate store (the nearest one is several thousand miles from me) but I feel that it would be "cheating" for someone to be told the answer. Just not cricket at all!

dhbailey · 05-04-2008, 06:47 AM

Sure, it's not really in the spirit of "competition" but it certainly is in the spirit of "comraderie" and "friendship" both of which I had thought were more important on this forum than "competition."

Now, back to the "let those lucky enough to live near the stores to find the answers" feeding frenzy resume.

Competition over all! :-)

HarryT · 05-04-2008, 07:01 AM

No, I don't mean "competition between members of the board", but "the spirit of this specific competition". Fair play, and all that, is important (IMHO).

JSWolf · 05-04-2008, 08:54 AM

I know I would not be very happy if I found out that someone gave out the answer and the winner was someone who was given the answer. It's not about friendship or camaraderie it's about a contest and the fairness for which one gets the answer. I will give one hint though... If you have a 505 and you've removed the preloaded content, you can find the answer if you look on the CD that comes with the 505.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-04-2008, 09:03 AM

i'm not eligible for this contest so i'm not specially invested in finding the answer, but it does seem to me that getting the answer from someone else is really not looking for an unfair advantage ; on the contrary, it's a lot closer to levelling the playing field.

why should people who happen to live within easy distance of a sony store (or borders, or whatever) be privileged ? there's no skill involved in that, it's pure chance. if there were some kind of puzzle involved, or an answer you could legitimately find through online research, then the position that getting the answer from someone else is cheating *might* be defendable (and even so, my golly, it's a contest for a giveaway, not an exam to become a doctor), but given the circusmstances it rather seems to me that sony is actually giving a de facto, arbitrary (and unfair) advantage to people who live near their stores, which is pure chance, as i said, and totally irrelevant to their "merit", especially since this is not a merit-based reward, but a random drawing.

JSWolf · 05-04-2008, 09:20 AM

Has anyone looking for the answer actually maybe tried searching on the net for the answer?

Doing a search via Google did find me the correct answer.

AnemicOak · 05-04-2008, 12:27 PM

The answer's already been posted in this thread, don't know what everyone's complaining about.

NatCh · 05-05-2008, 11:35 AM

And didn't they say they'd still enter you in the contest even if your answer is wrong?

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05-04-2008, 05:52 AM	#16
Tom Swift Addict Posts: 252 Karma: 1232346 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Macau Device: Kindle Oasis (plus lots of older devices)	So, nobody knows the answer or nobody wants to share? Like I said before, the nearest Sony Store with readers is over 6000 km away.

05-04-2008, 06:31 AM	#17
dhbailey Guru Posts: 604 Karma: 733 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: HP iPAQ211 / PRS 500, 700 and 505	I am very surprised that for a group of such wonderfully sharing people, that nobody has simply posted the answer for those of us who aren't near a physical new 505 to find the answer from. What, like posting here is significantly going to diminish anybody's chances?

05-04-2008, 06:35 AM	#18
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,557 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	With respect, that's hardly in the "spirit" of the competition, is it? I'm sorry for people who aren't within reach of the appropriate store (the nearest one is several thousand miles from me) but I feel that it would be "cheating" for someone to be told the answer. Just not cricket at all!

05-04-2008, 06:47 AM	#19
dhbailey Guru Posts: 604 Karma: 733 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: HP iPAQ211 / PRS 500, 700 and 505	Sure, it's not really in the spirit of "competition" but it certainly is in the spirit of "comraderie" and "friendship" both of which I had thought were more important on this forum than "competition." Now, back to the "let those lucky enough to live near the stores to find the answers" feeding frenzy resume. Competition over all! :-)

05-04-2008, 07:01 AM	#20
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,557 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	No, I don't mean "competition between members of the board", but "the spirit of this specific competition". Fair play, and all that, is important (IMHO).

05-04-2008, 08:54 AM	#21
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,447 Karma: 150249609 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I know I would not be very happy if I found out that someone gave out the answer and the winner was someone who was given the answer. It's not about friendship or camaraderie it's about a contest and the fairness for which one gets the answer. I will give one hint though... If you have a 505 and you've removed the preloaded content, you can find the answer if you look on the CD that comes with the 505.

05-04-2008, 09:03 AM	#22
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i'm not eligible for this contest so i'm not specially invested in finding the answer, but it does seem to me that getting the answer from someone else is really not looking for an unfair advantage ; on the contrary, it's a lot closer to levelling the playing field. why should people who happen to live within easy distance of a sony store (or borders, or whatever) be privileged ? there's no skill involved in that, it's pure chance. if there were some kind of puzzle involved, or an answer you could legitimately find through online research, then the position that getting the answer from someone else is cheating might be defendable (and even so, my golly, it's a contest for a giveaway, not an exam to become a doctor), but given the circusmstances it rather seems to me that sony is actually giving a de facto, arbitrary (and unfair) advantage to people who live near their stores, which is pure chance, as i said, and totally irrelevant to their "merit", especially since this is not a merit-based reward, but a random drawing.

05-04-2008, 09:20 AM	#23
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,447 Karma: 150249609 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Has anyone looking for the answer actually maybe tried searching on the net for the answer? Doing a search via Google did find me the correct answer.

05-04-2008, 12:27 PM	#24
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	The answer's already been posted in this thread, don't know what everyone's complaining about.

05-05-2008, 11:35 AM	#25
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	And didn't they say they'd still enter you in the contest even if your answer is wrong?

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