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Interesting from a game theory perspective: If everyone had cooperated to select 1000 people to get it, the total winnings would be higher.
Edit: And if it wasn't obvious, the "slow" rate is caused by extremely slow servers.
Seems they are going to have a hard time giving away $100,000. They have given away $2,952 in 26 minutes. At that rate they will have given away $13k by the end of their 2 hour limit. Interesting from a game theory perspective: If everyone had cooperated to select 1000 people to get it, the total winnings would be higher. Edit: And if it wasn't obvious, the "slow" rate is caused by extremely slow servers.
Can you order over the phone for this event?
Seems they are going to have a hard time giving away $100,000. They have given away $2,952 in 26 minutes. At that rate they will have given away $13k by the end of their 2 hour limit. Interesting from a game theory perspective: If everyone had cooperated to select 1000 people to get it, the total winnings would be higher. Edit: And if it wasn't obvious, the "slow" rate is caused by extremely slow servers.
The time limit was until 11pm.. so 14 hours not 2
I'm going to try modesty, but I doubt I'll be able to get through. Also, CloudFront is ideal for events like this.
Interesting point. I wonder what CF's total peak load/capability is? There were almost certainly upwards of 3000 people (and I think that is a conservative guess) clicking "checkout" within moments of each other.