How are they deciding who to send these to exactly?
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#22I received my Cr-48 Yesterday morning, and this site shows that one Cr-48 was overnighted to my area, but two more were shipped UPS Ground. I wonder why mine was overnighted?
You probably signed up on the short form during the window during and some set number of hours after the presentation. Right?
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think you're reading way to much into it. It's free. Nothing more, nothing less. People get excited at the thought of free stuff, especially something like a laptop. If someone is so emotionally unstable that they feel socially rejected because a complete stranger got picked for a beta test instead of them, they have bigger issues going on -- it's not because an application process exists.
It's not emotionally unstable to be upset with rejection it's the normal reaction (and to be honest there's probably no psychological phenomenon that's been documented more than that). Beyond that I think suggesting it's just "free stuff" shows a complete misunderstanding of what's going on here. Google is trying to start a movement with the Chrome OS. They're trying to win people over to the thinking that you don't…
I think applying that degree of psychological analysis to such a trivial situation is a bit insulting to people who actually suffer from genuine rejection. What you're saying could be said about any closed beta that Google has done for any of their products. I have yet to meet or hear about anybody emotionally scarred from those experiences. Have you?
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's generated a ton of hype and interest. I suspect that's one of the main reasons.
You could be right but if that's the case I think it's a mistake. I can get why Google would want a certain type of person to test these things but the problem with an application process is it makes the whole thing a question of worthiness. "Are you deemed worthy of a CR-48 by Google?" (This is not an official Google quote I'm just laying out the sentiment) And the problem with that is...some people won't be. So whe…
I filled out the short application just a few minutes after they had the announcement and received one two days later. I received no conformation but I did receive three phone calls by a member of the Google ChromeOS team. I missed UPS trying to deliver it to me so Google tried to get ahold of me to make sure I get it.
They are definitely trying to get these out and make sure you get it. I have no connections with Google and I am not a member of the press so to receive this level of service was amazing.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not emotionally unstable to be upset with rejection it's the normal reaction (and to be honest there's probably no psychological phenomenon that's been documented more than that). Beyond that I think suggesting it's just "free stuff" shows a complete misunderstanding of what's going on here. Google is trying to start a movement with the Chrome OS. They're trying to win people over to the thinking that you don't…
I think applying that degree of psychological analysis to such a trivial situation is a bit insulting to people who actually suffer from genuine rejection. What you're saying could be said about any closed beta that Google has done for any of their products. I have yet to meet or hear about anybody emotionally scarred from those experiences. Have you?
It's not an issue of being emotionally scarred it's an issue of losing one's passion.
Again it's not the same as other closed Betas. It's a movement towards an entirely different computing model. One that not everyone accepts is valid (in fact I'd argue most don't think a completely browser based computing experience is valid at this point). So what Google needs more than anything is people who are passionate about that idea and who will strongly advocate for it.
So when people are rejected from the program I don't believe they'll cry but I do believe they'll feel less passionate about the idea as a whole.
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#26How are they deciding who to send these to exactly?
Sorting Hat.
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#27i dont need a tracker to know that i will not recieve one... :/
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#28Weird. There were 10 packages delivered to my zip code, and one of them actually lists my name on the delivery -- but it says it was delivered Friday, and signed for by me. But I wasn't even at home on Friday. So where did it go?
It would be super-sad if my Cr-48 has been delivered without signature to my door and then stolen already :-(
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#29Weird. There were 10 packages delivered to my zip code, and one of them actually lists my name on the delivery -- but it says it was delivered Friday, and signed for by me. But I wasn't even at home on Friday. So where did it go? It would be super-sad if my Cr-48 has been delivered without signature to my door and then stolen already :-(
How did you find the name on the delivery? Is all possible information listed on the linked UPS tracking pages, or is there a way to find more?
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#30Weird. There were 10 packages delivered to my zip code, and one of them actually lists my name on the delivery -- but it says it was delivered Friday, and signed for by me. But I wasn't even at home on Friday. So where did it go? It would be super-sad if my Cr-48 has been delivered without signature to my door and then stolen already :-(
How did you find the name on the delivery? Is all possible information listed on the linked UPS tracking pages, or is there a way to find more?
My name (lastname only) was in the "signed by" field of the shipping info -- all the stranger, since I didn't sign for it. I suppose it's possible the package was delivered to somebody else with my last name in the same zip code, but my last name isn't very common, so I think that's really unlikely.