The Design Matrix CONTEST
by MikeGene
Would you like to receive a free copy of The Design Matrix: A Consilience of Clues, sent out to you the very day it is released? Well, all you have to do is guess that glorious day. That is, simply guess the release date in the comments section and when AVP announces the release date, I will check to see who is closest. If there is a tie (on both sides of the actual date), both people will win a free copy.
Here are the rules.
1. One guess per person.
2. One date per person.
That's all there is to it.
Good luck!
March 12th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Okay. First, though, I have some questions. When is the scheduled release date, if there is one? If there isn't, what's the most likely time-frame? Do we have to guess the year (that is, if we guess, say, "June 18", would any year on that date count)?
Comment by Douglas — March 12, 2007 @ 9:02 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Sept. 17th
Comment by Wonders For Oyarsa — March 12, 2007 @ 9:12 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Douglas,
It will be in 2007, so you don't need to put the year. As for trying to pry additional info from me, nice try.
Comment by MikeGene — March 12, 2007 @ 9:15 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
April 1
Comment by johnnyb — March 12, 2007 @ 9:24 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
July 20th
Comment by Dick — March 12, 2007 @ 9:26 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
December 31st
Comment by keiths — March 12, 2007 @ 9:28 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
You know, if we had all colluded and selected the same date, we all would have won free copies.
Comment by keiths — March 12, 2007 @ 9:30 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Hey, I wanted April 1st. Oh well, I'll take my birthday, May 28. Any year will do.
Comment by bFast — March 12, 2007 @ 9:35 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
June 5th (my berfday)
Comment by Guts — March 12, 2007 @ 9:35 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Remind me to write bFast and Guts some poems.
Comment by MikeGene — March 12, 2007 @ 9:38 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
March 31st (hey, I'm an optimist!).
Comment by Mesk — March 12, 2007 @ 9:38 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
April 8th… For the Easter Bunny of course!
Comment by Dane Parker — March 12, 2007 @ 9:39 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Hey, MikeGene, when your book topples the dominant paradigm, your pseudonym will be famous. Any poetry by you will be worth millions, nay billions!
Comment by bFast — March 12, 2007 @ 9:40 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Wow bfast and I wrote our berfdates as our guesses simultaneously.
Comment by Guts — March 12, 2007 @ 9:43 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
June 4
Comment by mcromer — March 12, 2007 @ 9:54 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
May 15th
Comment by bipod — March 12, 2007 @ 10:01 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
May 21
Comment by onething — March 12, 2007 @ 10:25 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
May 25
Comment by Deuce — March 12, 2007 @ 10:58 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
Birthday it is then.
May 10.
Comment by Pez — March 12, 2007 @ 11:05 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Fall 2006. Oh wait…
Comment by Nick Matzke — March 12, 2007 @ 11:16 pm
March 12th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
April 16
Comment by Plump-DJ — March 12, 2007 @ 11:45 pm
March 13th, 2007 at 12:00 am
Darn, someone has already guessed Easter Sunday.
Ah well. I will formally guess: April 12th …
my wife's birthday…I think…I really need to check into that…
Comment by great_ape — March 13, 2007 @ 12:00 am
March 13th, 2007 at 1:34 am
May 13
Comment by Rob R. — March 13, 2007 @ 1:34 am
March 13th, 2007 at 1:37 am
I'm holding off on voting for a while. I've watched enough Price is Right to know that you're better off guessing last.
Comment by macht — March 13, 2007 @ 1:37 am
March 13th, 2007 at 3:15 am
My birthday's in January. (In case you want to write a poem, my name rhymes with mouse, not cause. And the E is hard, as in mousé.) But I don't think Mike would dangle the book in front of us if it was 10 months away. In other words, it's close, so I'm guessing April 14.
Comment by Krauze — March 13, 2007 @ 3:15 am
March 13th, 2007 at 3:23 am
Pez,
No, it's "Berfday".
Comment by Douglas — March 13, 2007 @ 3:23 am
March 13th, 2007 at 3:24 am
Alright, I need to do this when I'm awake. I just glanced over the posts again real quick, and was shocked to find almost everyone had guessed "March 12, 2007".
Here's my guess: June 8, 2007, around Noon.
Comment by Douglas — March 13, 2007 @ 3:24 am
March 13th, 2007 at 6:28 am
So I see that Nick is training for his second career as a professional party pooper.
Comment by bipod — March 13, 2007 @ 6:28 am
March 13th, 2007 at 6:55 am
Hey Nick, which do you think will happen first? Mike's book getting published or the PT finishing its review of Wells' book?
Comment by Krauze — March 13, 2007 @ 6:55 am
March 13th, 2007 at 8:31 am
June 12th, 2007
Comment by Doug — March 13, 2007 @ 8:31 am
March 13th, 2007 at 9:01 am
Pffththble! Y'all took April 1, April 8, June 4 (my birthday)… So I'll say May 1.
Comment by Joy — March 13, 2007 @ 9:01 am
March 13th, 2007 at 10:03 am
July 1st.
Comment by Mertens — March 13, 2007 @ 10:03 am
March 13th, 2007 at 11:11 am
July 4th.
Comment by chunkdz — March 13, 2007 @ 11:11 am
March 13th, 2007 at 11:18 am
August 23
Comment by Ben Z — March 13, 2007 @ 11:18 am
March 13th, 2007 at 11:34 am
April 28:?:
Comment by Ken Brown — March 13, 2007 @ 11:34 am
March 13th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
May 17
Comment by bj — March 13, 2007 @ 12:28 pm
March 13th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
So who's closest so far?
Comment by Douglas — March 13, 2007 @ 3:22 pm
March 13th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
The Edge of Evolution is scheduled to come out June 5th. Right on my berfday.
Comment by Guts — March 13, 2007 @ 3:33 pm
March 13th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
7/7/07.
Comment by Bradford — March 13, 2007 @ 6:40 pm
March 13th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
March 26th — if only because we're tired of waiting!!!
Comment by endoplasmicMessenger — March 13, 2007 @ 7:46 pm
March 14th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
June 15, 2007
Comment by macht — March 14, 2007 @ 1:28 pm
March 14th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
A friend of mine had a book published a couple of years ago. If I remember, it was about 6 months from his last emendations, to the actual release date. So if we knew when Mike made his last emendations, we could probably guess more accurately. I think I remember Mike talking about making changes in September or October. Let's say it was October. That would make it April, sometime. Okay, I'll say April 15th, in honor of our favorite National holiday.
Comment by Bilbo — March 14, 2007 @ 4:32 pm
March 15th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
But I keep wondering if this whole thing is one big April Fool's joke.
Comment by Bilbo — March 15, 2007 @ 5:43 pm
March 16th, 2007 at 4:20 am
joy,
Correction: "berfday".
Comment by Douglas — March 16, 2007 @ 4:20 am
March 16th, 2007 at 10:24 am
Well, you may have been berfed, but I was birthed! §;o)
Comment by Joy — March 16, 2007 @ 10:24 am
March 20th, 2007 at 10:47 am
September 30th
Comment by Aagcobb — March 20, 2007 @ 10:47 am