WOW -These are great. There are some seriously creative (or messed up) people here!

Fantastic! I shall vote when I get home so I can take more time to look at them. Off to work!

Outrageous!! I knew there would be some cool stuff entered, but I think they surpassed what I had imagined. Good luck to all 15 enteries and hats off to your creativity and imaginations.

Nick Lindauer on 4/24/2006 at 8:09 am said:

Remeber folks - I can see those of you that have voted for your own 2x, I’m already starting to scrub the results…

That’s ashame, just a little over an hour into it and we are already tainted. Nick does “scrub the results” mean a “DO OVER” or do you pull the entry of the double votes.

Nick Lindauer on 4/24/2006 at 8:09 am said:

Remeber folks - I can see those of you that have voted for your own 2x, I’m already starting to scrub the results…

Are you just checking IP addresses? I mean, what if a family member votes from the same PC that I do? Just curious, but this could get complicated depending on how you’re checking the results.

Umm maybe 1 vote per PC. Good thing I have 3. J/K!!!

Too bad #6 doesn’t have the Crapalacky label!

These are cool!! Where do people find some of this stuff?!? Good luck to everyone!!

Nick Lindauer on 4/24/2006 at 8:56 am said:

So far I’m just deleting the double votes - if it keeps happening then the entries will be pulled all together.

good!

These entries are all great! Eventhough i am VERY bias to the Hot Sauce Band. Good Luck to All!

MikeG on 4/24/2006 at 9:29 am said:

These entries are all great! Eventhough i am VERY bias to the Hot Sauce Band. Good Luck to All!

Yeah there are going to be 15 biased (or possibly less). I’m biased towards the guinea pig - it took so long to get her to stay still. You can see her tongue out because I’d been giving her lettuce to keep still while I took the photo

p.s. she wasn’t bothered by the stuff on her - she just wanted the food!!

Great Job Everybcody! I can’t wait to see some more entries. This was really fun to do, and the best part is, it gave me some sweet new bottles to add to my shelf!

hah i thought it was a rabbit LOL

HAHA i wasnt sure what it was either. Looked to me an oversized rat

these should all be the first inductees to the Hot Sauce Hall of Fame

pmac on 4/24/2006 at 9:40 am said:

hah i thought it was a rabbit LOL

MikeG on 4/24/2006 at 9:42 am said:

HAHA i wasnt sure what it was either. Looked to me an oversized rat

No…..rest assured its a guinea pig - a huge 1 though. It’s twice the size of the other 1 we have at home. It will eath anthing and do anything to get food

The holder that is on it’s back (holding the ZERO) glows in the dark and has red devil horns on it. lol

great job everyone this is going to be a tough competition!!

I think that Cajohns should be given a copy of that bottle of frostbite it would make a nice ad

Some of these are much more elaborate than I expected. It is as if the sauces have come alive. Very nice work.. very creative!

from Blair’s site:

A New Reserve Will Be Available for order in June. This New Reserve will be the Last FOREVER in this Classic Reserve Bottle..Aside From the 2AM and 3AM… Only 300 (Blank Blank) will be produced.

im happy about the reserve having 300 bottles, better chance ill get one!

I think the nice thing here is that there are only 15 entries. That means that most of these guys are getting a bottle. Its a shame they can not all get one. But everyone has a good chance. I will be willing to bet it comes down to only a vote or two getting towards the 9-11th place. Maybe even a recount for the final place. I can’t wait to see the results

pmac on 4/24/2006 at 10:11 am said:

I think the nice thing here is that there are only 15 entries. That means that most of these guys are getting a bottle. Its a shame they can not all get one. But everyone has a good chance. I will be willing to bet it comes down to only a vote or two getting towards the 9-11th place. Maybe even a recount for the final place. I can’t wait to see the results

Close vote? Well this isn’t Florida:)

MikeG on 4/24/2006 at 10:09 am said:

im happy about the reserve having 300 bottles, better chance ill get one!

that’s true. I really like the thought of 99 bottle reserves but I’d prefer the higher bottles so more people can get them

HAH Fantastic!!

What happens if there’s a tie for tenth place?

is it just me? or does anyone else find themselves hitting the refresh button every 5 minutes to see the scores

MikeG on 4/24/2006 at 11:23 am said:

is it just me? or does anyone else find themselves hitting the refresh button every 5 minutes to see the scores

5 minutes - thats a while

this is going to be a long week for the people who have entries as close as the voting is they aren’t going to be able to get any work done with all the page refreshing they’ll be doing

Nick Lindauer on 4/24/2006 at 11:36 am said:

I have not voted yet, just for reasons like this.

Everyone: The voting is IP based as you may have noticed, but cookies are also at work. If you have been cookied on 2 computers and vote from them both, then one of those votes is going to be removed - I understand that you may have your wife or friend voting too, but in order to be fair, this is the way it has to be.

If you have workmates or friends trying to vote from the same IP, they won’t be able to - so ask them to vote from home.

good thinking Nick, it keeps it legit

chilewilly on 4/24/2006 at 9:51 am said:

I think that Cajohns should be given a copy of that bottle of frostbite it would make a nice ad

MattUK on 4/24/2006 at 9:46 am said:

The holder that is on it’s back (holding the ZERO) glows in the dark and has red devil horns on it. lol

I wish I could have gotten mine to show up that well in the dark. Mine actually has a flashing L.E.D. trio inside the bottle that flashes when the bottle is shaken, I just couldn’t get the pics to come out well enough to show it.

Great job everyone, I know a lot of work went into all of these and I like all of them, especially #3!

Hey Matt, I notice a striking resemblence between your guinea pigs eyes and horns, and the “Evil Kitty”. It’s nice to see. Just don’t feed it after midnight now.

Everbody did a great Job. KUDOS from Jungle Jim’s

DEFCON Creator on 4/24/2006 at 12:57 pm said:

Hey Matt, I notice a striking resemblence between your guinea pigs eyes and horns, and the “Evil Kitty”. It’s nice to see. Just don’t feed it after midnight now.

I’ll bear that in mind. She’ll probably try and eat me tho without feeding her tho - she eats and knaws the chair legs when she’s hungry. I’ve never known anything like it

Wow - its pretty hard to decide as they’re really good! You can plainly see that alot of effort and work has gone into them, so well done to one and all, and good luck!

Jezza on 4/24/2006 at 1:11 pm said:

Wow - its pretty hard to decide as they’re really good! You can plainly see that alot of effort and work has gone into them, so well done to one and all, and good luck!

did you enter Jezza? Whos are all the entries anyway?

Sorry, this isnt the right spot for this post but I have my NUMBERED 3am #3931 and a 4am #642 on ebay. There NOT in perfect condition but are not that bad. I have e-mailed Nick so he can put this in the collectors corner post section.

MattUK on 4/24/2006 at 1:43 pm said:

did you enter Jezza? Whos are all the entries anyway?

No, sadly not… been away on holiday recently and work has been a pain in the neck since I got back, so only got about half way through pimping my bottle of Eve

Not that I would have stood a chance with the quality of the finalists anyway, but its always fun to take part.

Once again, good luck to the finalists - its a nice prize 10 of you are gonna win!

Danny Cash & Pepperman vote for #2. The pimp and ho theme is dear to our hearts.

There’s now over twice as many votes as there have been for the caption this contest. Kinda makes ya wonder how many people are getting their friends, family, co-workers, you name it, to vote for them.

Danny Cash on 4/24/2006 at 2:10 pm said:

Danny Cash & Pepperman vote for #2. The pimp and ho theme is dear to our hearts.

Hey Danny..I’m with you…these are all too funny though..

Danny Cash on 4/24/2006 at 2:10 pm said:

Danny Cash & Pepperman vote for #2. The pimp and ho theme is dear to our hearts.

Logic like that is hard to ignore:)

These would be great collectors items…I wonder how many are going to be sold after this..

ryan on 4/24/2006 at 2:21 pm said:

There’s now over twice as many votes as there have been for the caption this contest. Kinda makes ya wonder how many people are getting their friends, family, co-workers, you name it, to vote for them.

Well, I have to co-workers that wanted to vote because they helped a little in the supply dept. when I was putting mine together. They don’t post here, but visit on occasion. One of them is starting to collect a little.

I don’t see any harm in it from people that are close or related. Look at it this way, getting someone to visit to vote on this thing will just expose that many more people to the blog. Who knows how many closet chiliheads could be snagged with this contest.

DK on 4/24/2006 at 3:06 pm said:

Well, I have to co-workers that wanted to vote because they helped a little in the supply dept. when I was putting mine together. They don’t post here, but visit on occasion. One of them is starting to collect a little.

I don’t see any harm in it from people that are close or related. Look at it this way, getting someone to visit to vote on this thing will just expose that many more people to the blog. Who knows how many closet chiliheads could be snagged with this contest.

I’m in the same boat. I’m not soliciting random votes, but only votes from close friends, family, and the people who helped me out when I started putting my ideas together. It doesn’t seem to be working though

But I have to ask, that’s not against the rules is it? Like DK says, the more people who vote, the more exposure the blog gets.

DK on 4/24/2006 at 3:06 pm said:

Well, I have to co-workers that wanted to vote because they helped a little in the supply dept. when I was putting mine together. They don’t post here, but visit on occasion. One of them is starting to collect a little.

I don’t see any harm in it from people that are close or related. Look at it this way, getting someone to visit to vote on this thing will just expose that many more people to the blog. Who knows how many closet chiliheads could be snagged with this contest.

Ethan on 4/24/2006 at 3:13 pm said:

I’m in the same boat. I’m not soliciting random votes, but only votes from close friends, family, and the people who helped me out when I started putting my ideas together. It doesn’t seem to be working though

But I have to ask, that’s not against the rules is it? Like DK says, the more people who vote, the more exposure the blog gets.

That’s still not right. What it then comes down to is a popularity contest and/or who has a bigger family. Granted this may be getting more exposure for the blog, but if they’re not participating in the day to day threads, I honestly don’t believe they should be able to vote. This is looking very similar to the 2004 presidential race and we all know that was a bunch of crap. What I’m getting at is he who has the most friends and family members (even co-workers) willing to take a few seconds to vote is the winner. There needs to be a something done about this.

ryan on 4/24/2006 at 3:22 pm said:

That’s still not right. What it then comes down to is a popularity contest and/or who has a bigger family. Granted this may be getting more exposure for the blog, but if they’re not participating in the day to day threads, I honestly don’t believe they should be able to vote. This is looking very similar to the 2004 presidential race and we all know that was a bunch of crap. What I’m getting at is he who has the most friends and family members (even co-workers) willing to take a few seconds to vote is the winner. There needs to be a something done about this.

I’m not sure there’s an easy solution. I mean, I read this blog religiously, but I rarely post comments (until now :-)) Should it only be people who regularly comment, or also include those who just read? And how can you tell?

Not that I disagree with you entirely, because I don’t. But I don’t see a way that this could possibly be kept truly fair, and I think Nick is doing the best he can already.

I know some of you guys are fanatical about collecting (and that’s cool) but contests like this are for fun, right?

Re: What it then comes down to is a popularity contest and/or who has a bigger family.

With mine getting *one* vote I guess that means that I don’t have any family, co workers, friends, popularity…. or talent

Ethan on 4/24/2006 at 3:37 pm said:

I’m not sure there’s an easy solution. I mean, I read this blog religiously, but I rarely post comments (until now :-)) Should it only be people who regularly comment, or also include those who just read? And how can you tell?

Not that I disagree with you entirely, because I don’t. But I don’t see a way that this could possibly be kept truly fair, and I think Nick is doing the best he can already.

I know some of you guys are fanatical about collecting (and that’s cool) but contests like this are for fun, right?

Yes, they are fun, but look at any other contest out there where there is a prize that is wanted badly by the participants. Some will do anything to win the prize, even cheat, which according to Nick is happening. Someone is going to get severely screwed over here simply becaue people are willing to break the rules. Yes, I would like one of the bottles, who wouldn’t? But I’m not calling my family, friends and co-workers to ask them to vote for me in an effort to cheat and secure a bottle. I say the voting should start over and the votes be scrutinized even more so than they have been. I’ll be e-mailing Nick.

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 4/24/2006 at 3:43 pm said:

Re: What it then comes down to is a popularity contest and/or who has a bigger family.

With mine getting *one* vote I guess that means that I don’t have any family, co workers, friends, popularity…. or talent

With BBQ sauce as good as yours, you’ve obviously got some kind of talent And btw, the signed unBEARables made it home safe and sound from the Indiana expo. They don’t have sweet rides like yours does…

Ethan on 4/24/2006 at 3:37 pm said:

I’m not sure there’s an easy solution. I mean, I read this blog religiously, but I rarely post comments (until now :-)) Should it only be people who regularly comment, or also include those who just read? And how can you tell?

Not that I disagree with you entirely, because I don’t. But I don’t see a way that this could possibly be kept truly fair, and I think Nick is doing the best he can already.

I know some of you guys are fanatical about collecting (and that’s cool) but contests like this are for fun, right?

Contest are fun and some people are fanatical about collecting. Not sure if I agree with he who has the most friends wins. If that is the case everyone that submitted a entry should in the running not just the top fifteen. Nick is doing a great job and it is great to get more people exposed to the site and you can’t make everyone happy. Just hope that the people that win feel they won it fair.

ryan on 4/24/2006 at 2:21 pm said:

There’s now over twice as many votes as there have been for the caption this contest. Kinda makes ya wonder how many people are getting their friends, family, co-workers, you name it, to vote for them.

Yeah, you should atleast have had one post in the last year to put in a vote.

wow, I thought this was a place for hot sauce not sour grapes. Get on the phone send out an email and boost support for your pic.

It’s the world wide web..not the ryan and who he thinks should vote web. And this is a public blog anyone can log on and vote. Last time I checked this isn’t RED CHINA!!!!! My Pic didn’t make the top 15 and I’m not crying…geez.
you have a bunch of days left to win this thing, so get on it.

ryan on 4/24/2006 at 3:44 pm said:

Yes, they are fun, but look at any other contest out there where there is a prize that is wanted badly by the participants. Some will do anything to win the prize, even cheat, which according to Nick is happening. Someone is going to get severely screwed over here simply becaue people are willing to break the rules. Yes, I would like one of the bottles, who wouldn’t? But I’m not calling my family, friends and co-workers to ask them to vote for me in an effort to cheat and secure a bottle. I say the voting should start over and the votes be scrutinized even more so than they have been. I’ll be e-mailing Nick.

Ryan, I think what Nick was doing this morning was trying to nip it in the bud before anything got out of hand. I think he saw where my two co-workers voted from the same network and assummed it was me posting duplicate votes. I have emailed him already, it’s all good. I sure hope noone here is purposely inflating the counts. I can understand how my issue this morning could have been viewed as such, but I don’t think even those two votes (which will be recast tonight anyway from their home) would help me anyway. Nick is doing all he can to track this stuff, believe me. I have seen the vote counts go up and come back down on several of the entries, so if there is anyone up to no good, Nick will take care of it.

Oh, I forgot, vote for #3. Am I allowed a shameless plug or two?

ryan on 4/24/2006 at 3:44 pm said:

Yes, they are fun, but look at any other contest out there where there is a prize that is wanted badly by the participants. Some will do anything to win the prize, even cheat, which according to Nick is happening. Someone is going to get severely screwed over here simply becaue people are willing to break the rules. Yes, I would like one of the bottles, who wouldn’t? But I’m not calling my family, friends and co-workers to ask them to vote for me in an effort to cheat and secure a bottle. I say the voting should start over and the votes be scrutinized even more so than they have been. I’ll be e-mailing Nick.

I don’t have a horse in this race, but I’m not sure I would say anyone is actually cheating. The only rule I’ve heard regarding voting is “one vote per IP address”. Simply because Nick is removing multiple votes from the same IP does not necessarily imply cheating as you can have multiple family members (say mr. & mrs. eman, both voting from home, both active participants) or people at the same large office.

The point of all this was to have fun, not to create an accounting/security nightmare for Nick. If you want to tighten this up, let Nick decide alone, or create a panel to vote or leave it to the top ten or twenty posters, or maybe hire Price Waterhouse like the Oscars, but do it NEXT TIME.

Let’s all enjoy each others creativity and the entertainment it brings. Among other things, I hope that this blog is designed to add new members to the chile head community and is not designed to exclude participation and increased awareness. The prizes may not be so generous next time without a proper attitude.

Just my $0.02. Good luck to all who entered.

DK on 4/24/2006 at 4:02 pm said:

Oh, I forgot, vote for #3. Am I allowed a shameless plug or two?

Cheater:)

Just kidding!

loco luna brian on 4/24/2006 at 4:14 pm said:

Cheater:)

Just kidding!

Did I mention, #3 is mine? Just in case you was wondering why I was plugging it and all!

Boss is coming, back to work!

DK on 4/24/2006 at 4:00 pm said:

Ryan, I think what Nick was doing this morning was trying to nip it in the bud before anything got out of hand. I think he saw where my two co-workers voted from the same network and assummed it was me posting duplicate votes. I have emailed him already, it’s all good. I sure hope noone here is purposely inflating the counts. I can understand how my issue this morning could have been viewed as such, but I don’t think even those two votes (which will be recast tonight anyway from their home) would help me anyway. Nick is doing all he can to track this stuff, believe me. I have seen the vote counts go up and come back down on several of the entries, so if there is anyone up to no good, Nick will take care of it.

if multiple computers are in fact on the same network, they wouldn’t be able to vote. Networks have an IP address and unless you tell it to change the IP address. My home and office are both on networks. I let my wife vote at home (ya’ll know her as Mrs. Ryan) because she has nowhere else to vote from, and I vote at the office. Due to that, I can’t vote from home, and nobody in the office can vote if I’ve already done it (checked to make sure).

So, I guess Nick should have limited the entries to only those with such-and-such a number of posts? It sounds like you are saying why should someone that doesn’t spend every waking moment reading and posting on here have a chance to win, or even to vote? That would be fair, huh? If you aren’t on the top twenty, don’t bother?

I know you weren’t talking about entries, but your argument could be carried out that far, using your logic.

Newman on 4/24/2006 at 3:58 pm said:

wow, I thought this was a place for hot sauce not sour grapes. Get on the phone send out an email and boost support for your pic.

It’s the world wide web..not the ryan and who he thinks should vote web. And this is a public blog anyone can log on and vote. Last time I checked this isn’t RED CHINA!!!!! My Pic didn’t make the top 15 and I’m not crying…geez.
you have a bunch of days left to win this thing, so get on it.

Thanks for your two cents Newman. No, this isn’t the “Ryan Blog”. Before you get your panties into more of a wad than they already are because you’re not looking at the BIG picture, I am not the only one affected by this. The whole thing is. I don’t believe anyone likes to lose to a cheater, not to mention possible multiple cheaters. If an entry did not make it into the top 15, it wasn’t due to any campaigning that anyone did, unlike what is going on here. I’m not complaining that mine hasn’t received as many votes as others, I don’t mind losing in a FAIR competition. I’m complaining that the playing field is not even and it should be. If any of you take pleasure in losing, what is supposed to be an honest contest, to people that cheat, then by all means let the world know. You don’t see cheaters winning the olympics, they get stripped of their medals. I am only following the standards that have been placed on the vast majority of other contests and competitions. **insert unfriendly hand gesture**

as soon as you show me in the rules where only certian people can vote I’ll agree…until then Better Luck Next Time.

oh…and I can think of another time “the elite” were the only eligible voters….it was Nazi Germany.

Newman on 4/24/2006 at 4:36 pm said:

as soon as you show me in the rules where only certian people can vote I’ll agree…until then Better Luck Next Time.

As it has stated in past contests, inflation of votes will be removed, and possible disqualification. We’ve already got a couple people that have admitted to getting co-workers to vote, family and friends to join in as well. Like I said earlier, I’ll talk it over with Nick. Thanks for chatting Newman, buh bye.

Ethan on 4/24/2006 at 3:47 pm said:

With BBQ sauce as good as yours, you’ve obviously got some kind of talent And btw, the signed unBEARables made it home safe and sound from the Indiana expo. They don’t have sweet rides like yours does…

Thanks Ethan! Glad they got home okay,

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 4/24/2006 at 3:43 pm said:

Re: What it then comes down to is a popularity contest and/or who has a bigger family.

With mine getting *one* vote I guess that means that I don’t have any family, co workers, friends, popularity…. or talent

I’d vote for you but my housemate EliseUK has already voted and so won’t let me vote again

ryan on 4/24/2006 at 4:39 pm said:

As it has stated in past contests, inflation of votes will be removed, and possible disqualification. We’ve already got a couple people that have admitted to getting co-workers to vote, family and friends to join in as well. Like I said earlier, I’ll talk it over with Nick. Thanks for chatting Newman, buh bye.

translation: “I’m losing, so I’m telling teacher and you’re all in big trouble…”

ryan on 4/24/2006 at 4:24 pm said:

if multiple computers are in fact on the same network, they wouldn’t be able to vote. Networks have an IP address and unless you tell it to change the IP address. My home and office are both on networks. I let my wife vote at home (ya’ll know her as Mrs. Ryan) because she has nowhere else to vote from, and I vote at the office. Due to that, I can’t vote from home, and nobody in the office can vote if I’ve already done it (checked to make sure).

Well, that’s what I thought, but both workstations here at the shop allowed the votes. We have one in the office and one in the repair bay. I had voted at home before coming in to work. I told the guys that the voting had started and they immediatly went online to vote themselves. One of the votes was pulled because the IP addys and the cookies matched according to Nick, but bottom line is that both machines are on the same network and were allowed to vote. So it is possible, don’t know the technical reason for it, but it happened. And yes, since I found out that only one vote was pulled, only one of the guys will vote from home. It never occured to me, but only one of them has internet access at home anyway.

MattUK on 4/24/2006 at 4:44 pm said:

I’d vote for you but my housemate EliseUK has already voted and so won’t let me vote again

and we are on a network, so only one vote. Vote #8 - its my fat guinea pig!

(my shameless plug)

No matter what, this contest is a lot of fun to watch. I’m allready really looking forward to the next one. Great job and good luck to all of the entries.

MattUK on 4/24/2006 at 4:44 pm said:

I’d vote for you but my housemate EliseUK has already voted and so won’t let me vote again

Aww… that’s okay- I’ll be home tomorrow and can double the count

Newman on 4/24/2006 at 4:45 pm said:

translation: “I’m losing, so I’m telling teacher and you’re all in big trouble…”

What I’ve suggested is that the voting be done by a panel of judges like the cutting room floor contest. If you don’t like things to be fair for all, that’s your deal. Have a nice day

ChileChef on 4/24/2006 at 4:49 pm said:

No matter what, this contest is a lot of fun to watch. I’m allready really looking forward to the next one. Great job and good luck to all of the entries.

It is a great contest and all fifteen entries are awesome. Good luck to all !!!

ryan on 4/24/2006 at 4:53 pm said:

What I’ve suggested is that the voting be done by a panel of judges like the cutting room floor contest. If you don’t like things to be fair for all, that’s your deal. Have a nice day

Ryan if people want to cheat to win then let them, we sill see how many end up on e-bay instead of a true collectors shelve.

DK on 4/24/2006 at 4:46 pm said:

Well, that’s what I thought, but both workstations here at the shop allowed the votes. We have one in the office and one in the repair bay. I had voted at home before coming in to work. I told the guys that the voting had started and they immediatly went online to vote themselves. One of the votes was pulled because the IP addys and the cookies matched according to Nick, but bottom line is that both machines are on the same network and were allowed to vote. So it is possible, don’t know the technical reason for it, but it happened. And yes, since I found out that only one vote was pulled, only one of the guys will vote from home. It never occured to me, but only one of them has internet access at home anyway.

Do you have a central hub that everything goes through?

ChileChef on 4/24/2006 at 4:49 pm said:

No matter what, this contest is a lot of fun to watch. I’m allready really looking forward to the next one. Great job and good luck to all of the entries.

amen to that!

MrFreeze on 4/24/2006 at 4:57 pm said:

Ryan if people want to cheat to win then let them, we sill see how many end up on e-bay instead of a true collectors shelve.

I have just returned from 5 aside (bout 30mins ago) - during being gone my votes have nearly doubled - this is not my doing and hopefully no-one thinks so. Plus If I am lucky enough to be in the top ten, I guarantee that you will not see this on ebay

MattUK on 4/24/2006 at 5:03 pm said:

amen to that!

I have just returned from 5 aside (bout 30mins ago) - during being gone my votes have nearly doubled - this is not my doing and hopefully no-one thinks so. Plus If I am lucky enough to be in the top ten, I guarantee that you will not see this on ebay

I hope they will not be on e-bay(although I may get one then) and congrats on your votes that is great !!!

I’m off to my girlfriend now so will catch up with you all tomorrow - she doesn’t have the internet and probably wouldn’t let me on anyway- she thinks I spend way too much time on here!! I LOVE this place - except for the occassional misunderstandings. Nite all

MattUK on 4/24/2006 at 5:08 pm said:

I’m off to my girlfriend now so will catch up with you all tomorrow - she doesn’t have the internet and probably wouldn’t let me on anyway- she thinks I spend way too much time on here!! I LOVE this place - except for the occassional misunderstandings. Nite all

Have a good one, later

Nick Lindauer on 4/24/2006 at 11:36 am said:

I have not voted yet, just for reasons like this.

Everyone: The voting is IP based as you may have noticed, but cookies are also at work. If you have been cookied on 2 computers and vote from them both, then one of those votes is going to be removed - I understand that you may have your wife or friend voting too, but in order to be fair, this is the way it has to be.

If you have workmates or friends trying to vote from the same IP, they won’t be able to - so ask them to vote from home.

Hey Nick, there’s not going to be a tie..so go ahead and cast your vote for #13!!!!

Nick Lindauer on 4/24/2006 at 11:36 am said:

I have not voted yet, just for reasons like this.

Everyone: The voting is IP based as you may have noticed, but cookies are also at work. If you have been cookied on 2 computers and vote from them both, then one of those votes is going to be removed - I understand that you may have your wife or friend voting too, but in order to be fair, this is the way it has to be.

If you have workmates or friends trying to vote from the same IP, they won’t be able to - so ask them to vote from home.

So, according to this, having workmates or friends vote for your entry isn’t wrong. Is that correct?

So who gets to vote on who is on the panel of voters?:)

This is being taken waaaaay too seriously. Relax. Take a deep breath. Enjoy the entries.

capsicum at ttp on 4/24/2006 at 5:41 pm said:

So, according to this, having workmates or friends vote for your entry isn’t wrong. Is that correct?

I honestly see any reason why it shouldn’t be fine. Look at the total vote numbers. This hasn’t gotten totally out of hand with mass hysteria or anything.

I know off topic.. but this will shed some light on the situation. WHO GOT A CHARGE ON THEIR CREDIT CARD FOR THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR LOT??? I DID YYYAAAAYYYYY

I DON’T see any reason why it shouldn’t be fine that is. (happy fingers:)

loco luna brian on 4/24/2006 at 5:44 pm said:

So who gets to vote on who is on the panel of voters?:)

This is being taken waaaaay too seriously. Relax. Take a deep breath. Enjoy the entries.

I could not agree with you more this is all in good fun yeah it is for a nice prize but its still for fun

I’m going to get 15 friends to vote - one vote for each entry:)

I voted at work, and Mrs Huvason Voted at home, but with my info - so I guess I got screwed out of a vote!

Good Luck to all.

eman voted when he got home, I don’t get to vote because we have the same IP address. So, I am voting in spirit. This is going to be an awesome competition. I hope everyone has fun.

mrseman on 4/24/2006 at 6:16 pm said:

eman voted when he got home, I don’t get to vote because we have the same IP address. So, I am voting in spirit. This is going to be an awesome competition. I hope everyone has fun.

Let eman cast your vote at work on your behalf:)

MikeG on 4/24/2006 at 5:47 pm said:

I know off topic.. but this will shed some light on the situation. WHO GOT A CHARGE ON THEIR CREDIT CARD FOR THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR LOT??? I DID YYYAAAAYYYYY

Lucky you, nothing on mine yet. Still hoping.

loco luna brian on 4/24/2006 at 6:24 pm said:

Let eman cast your vote at work on your behalf:)

eman works in the field all day - no access to a computer. Consequences of being an electrician.

loco luna brian on 4/24/2006 at 5:49 pm said:

I’m going to get 15 friends to vote - one vote for each entry:)

I like that, great idea !!!

Just got back from my softball tournament in Vegas, couldn’t wait to log on. What a treat to be able to vote on these entries. I think they are all deserving to be number one. Good luck to everybody that entered.

MR

Hahaha yup funny indeed.
Personally i thing entry #2 rocks.
I did not submit. So I have no bias opinion
Just the whole pimp your sauce theme and its a pimp with his ho

MikeG on 4/24/2006 at 5:47 pm said:

I know off topic.. but this will shed some light on the situation. WHO GOT A CHARGE ON THEIR CREDIT CARD FOR THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR LOT??? I DID YYYAAAAYYYYY

No activity on our card yet…

But it is the whole top 10 thing. Ohh i forgot the 16million #1 bonus Blair is giving away with the winner, or was it #999. I forget

Are you going to show all the entries?

Joey on 4/24/2006 at 6:36 pm said:

Are you going to show all the entries?

It would be pretty cool to see all entries in the contest.

Did the votes register just disappear or is it only on my laptop? I hope this thing isn’t being reset. That would truly be unfair.

loco luna brian on 4/24/2006 at 6:43 pm said:

Did the votes register just disappear or is it only on my laptop? I hope this thing isn’t being reset. That would truly be unfair.

All votes are still up on my screen

Good. Thanks MrFreeze.

MrFreeze on 4/24/2006 at 6:44 pm said:

All votes are still up on my screen

Oh I see the area were to cast your vote…. Maybe if you vote once from your computer or IP addy the vote box disappears so no way to cast two from one IP. Easier for Nick to sort out.

ryan on 4/24/2006 at 5:00 pm said:

Do you have a central hub that everything goes through?

All through a common router, then the modem.

Tracy C on 4/24/2006 at 5:36 pm said:

Hey Nick, there’s not going to be a tie..so go ahead and cast your vote for #13!!!!

You made a typo, there’s not a 1 in #3.

loco luna brian on 4/24/2006 at 5:49 pm said:

I’m going to get 15 friends to vote - one vote for each entry:)

Woohoo! another vote!

Pimp Your Hot Sauce, the video.

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 4/24/2006 at 3:43 pm said:

Re: What it then comes down to is a popularity contest and/or who has a bigger family.

With mine getting *one* vote I guess that means that I don’t have any family, co workers, friends, popularity…. or talent

I’m right there with you Jim…must be a Campbell thing…Just remember this, It’s not the Quantity of friends that one has, it’s the Quality of friends! :)

Tracy C on 4/24/2006 at 7:46 pm said:

I’m right there with you Jim…must be a Campbell thing…Just remember this, It’s not the Quantity of friends that one has, it’s the Quality of friends! :)

I thought the same about the Campbell thing

DK on 4/24/2006 at 4:46 pm said:

Well, that’s what I thought, but both workstations here at the shop allowed the votes. We have one in the office and one in the repair bay. I had voted at home before coming in to work. I told the guys that the voting had started and they immediatly went online to vote themselves. One of the votes was pulled because the IP addys and the cookies matched according to Nick, but bottom line is that both machines are on the same network and were allowed to vote. So it is possible, don’t know the technical reason for it, but it happened. And yes, since I found out that only one vote was pulled, only one of the guys will vote from home. It never occured to me, but only one of them has internet access at home anyway.

mrseman on 4/24/2006 at 6:16 pm said:

eman voted when he got home, I don’t get to vote because we have the same IP address. So, I am voting in spirit. This is going to be an awesome competition. I hope everyone has fun.

Ok, not to get technical here. It is possible to be on the same “network” and have a different IP address out to the internet. It depends how they set it up. You could sit right next to someone who uses a different addy and a person 3 floors up can have the same. It all depends on the gateway you go through to connect to the internet.

It is also possible to have a different address through your home PC. This depends on if your ISP assigns you a static IP or not. Most dial-up is giving when you log in and therefore you dont always have the same one. Of course, most people have broadband and these are almost always static so they keep the same IP.

If you are curious and want to check, just go here and you will see what your IP address is:

http://www.ipaddressworld.com/

check at different times and you will see

pmac on 4/24/2006 at 6:31 pm said:

Hahaha yup funny indeed.
Personally i thing entry #2 rocks.
I did not submit. So I have no bias opinion
Just the whole pimp your sauce theme and its a pimp with his ho

I mean c’mon, really look at #2 and the thought that went into it!
It IS an Adam and eve set of bottles from CaJohn’s, BUT, I say BUT…
If you look a little closer…The Adam bottle is the Chocolate Habanero mash version, giving it a dark skinned color. Of cours it looks like it came right out of the 70’s with the clothing
It could be the guy from starsky and Hutch LOL I forget that characters name :), and Eve’s the hooker that in itself is a little blasphemous but it is soo damn funny.

chrisk on 4/24/2006 at 8:14 pm said:

Ok, not to get technical here. It is possible to be on the same “network” and have a different IP address out to the internet. It depends how they set it up. You could sit right next to someone who uses a different addy and a person 3 floors up can have the same. It all depends on the gateway you go through to connect to the internet.

It is also possible to have a different address through your home PC. This depends on if your ISP assigns you a static IP or not. Most dial-up is giving when you log in and therefore you dont always have the same one. Of course, most people have broadband and these are almost always static so they keep the same IP.

If you are curious and want to check, just go here and you will see what your IP address is:

http://www.ipaddressworld.com/

check at different times and you will see

Yeah, but one shouldnt be