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06-29-2018, 02:09 PM   #61
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The good news is that the "land rush" (*) is tomorrow
The bad news is that Bert has proved he is faster than me.
I don't see how that's bad news...?

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Congratulations, you guys did it! The community has exceeded 40,000 posts in June, which means that I will be giving away a Pentax K-1 at the end of the day tomorrow.

The winner will be chosen at random from 100 entries. Gain a raffle entry by being one of the first 50 posters to reply in either thread below:

K-1 Raffle: Entry thread 1, 11am UTC, June 30, 2018 - PentaxForums.com
K-1 Raffle: Entry thread 2, 11pm UTC, June 30, 2018 - PentaxForums.com

Good luck!!

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Thanks forum! I wish I could be the lucky one!!!
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I was happy to contribute to the site wide raffle. It will be my last though...! Haha!
? Lost - why will it be your last?
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If you win, I will miss your enthusiasm in posting during the month of July.
On the contrary... I'm already slowing down, if I win I might get all riled up again
As you can see, you can look at it both ways

...and it also applies to you... if you win you won't need to repair your K-30, you'll get out and shoot to your heart's content, and forget about PF

I'd be happy if you won it, btw.

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? Lost - why will it be your last?
...another one who wants to shoot himself?
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I believe that in Italy (Europe) it will be 13.00 PM UTC.

It would be nice at least to post a comment, but I think it will take less time to buy the K1.
I think you mean 13:00 in Italy? If so it seems right since you are +2 from UTC. The second thread would be at I think 02:00 July 1st in Italy.
But as someone else pointed out when they posted, I'm in the running so you should double check my math.

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The forum is sooo going to crash tomorrow DoS attack incoming!
With only roughly 2100 members actually eligible I hope they are safe but it all comes down to how big the server or vm slice is and how much it can handle.
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I think you mean 13:00 in Italy? If so it seems right since you are +2 from UTC. The second thread would be at I think 02:00 July 1st in Italy.
But as someone else pointed out when they posted, I'm in the running so you should double check my math.
The times should be the same, not 1 pm and 2 am... should be exactly 12 hours apart...

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Not necessarily. Adam has said that only the first fifty posts will be accepted into each thread. I think standard Internet software may be sufficient to handle that surge in traffic.
True but if everyone is trying to refresh and find that start of the thread they may indeed slow things considerably depending on the bandwidth and hardware available.
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True but if everyone is trying to refresh and find that start of the thread they may indeed slow things considerably depending on the bandwidth and hardware available.
I know I'll be sitting here mashing the F5 key...
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Not necessarily. Adam has said that only the first fifty posts will be accepted into each thread. I think standard Internet software may be sufficient to handle that surge in traffic.
Yes, but everyone will be hitting F5 at the same time...thats usually enough to kill a server
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How generous! Looking forward to the winners' entries
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Good luck for everybody
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True but if everyone is trying to refresh and find that start of the thread they may indeed slow things considerably depending on the bandwidth and hardware available.
Yeah, I expect the Internet will moderate the whole thing. It works very quickly, but various "nodes" maintain queues to preserve order, and that may ultimately which posts are the first fifty entered.
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So 9pm (2100hrs) Brisbane time on 30th and 9am (0900hrs) on morning of 1st July if in Australia. Allow time difference for other states.
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On the contrary... I'm already slowing down, if I win I might get all riled up again
As you can see, you can look at it both ways

...and it also applies to you... if you win you won't need to repair your K-30, you'll get out and shoot to your heart's content, and forget about PF

I'd be happy if you won it, btw.
Thank you.

Actually, I'm not sure I'm going to enter this. The KP fits me better than the K-1 does, but the price of this K-1 is right. Since I was out of town this past week, I've had some form of rest. Sometime in the next 13-1/2 hours I'll decide.
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