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iPod 500 Millionth Download Promotion
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as the values of the counter come in chunks of about 5000 as you can see on http://itunescount.tijdweb.nl, I guess it's impossible to time your purchase. I hope the average line helps a little.
Participating in this contest and trying to limit myself to spending x-many dollars is not working very well 
Yes. Also the hour and minute.Porchland said:
But we don't know what delay there is between clicking "Yes, I'll buy this tune" and the registration of that purchase in the count Apple displays. Is the lag time seconds, minutes, or longer? And does it register before you download or after you download? If you buy an album, does it register n purchases all at once or does each one wait until the previous one has downloaded?
Without all these answers, we're all simply taking our best guess and shooting blind. I've had an album purchase planned for a couple of weeks, and held off buying until the 9s accumulated, just in case my timing is lucky.
It's shooting in the dark anyway..
I noticed when you click and hold the scrollbar in safari, the counter stops. It restarts when you release, but you have to refresh to get more up-to-date figures..
The iTunesMS also shows a lower value than apple.com does..
I know when I do my magic click! but I ain't gonna tell anybody... (supersticious..)
Maybe there's a nut going around somewhere who's going to buy 10 000 songs anyway, and just buys a lot of songs at once! ok, it costs him 10 grand, but he get's the 10 ipods for free! (no I am not such a nut...)
I noticed when you click and hold the scrollbar in safari, the counter stops. It restarts when you release, but you have to refresh to get more up-to-date figures..
The iTunesMS also shows a lower value than apple.com does..
I know when I do my magic click! but I ain't gonna tell anybody... (supersticious..)
Maybe there's a nut going around somewhere who's going to buy 10 000 songs anyway, and just buys a lot of songs at once! ok, it costs him 10 grand, but he get's the 10 ipods for free! (no I am not such a nut...)
Wouldn't Apple's counter get further off theoretically as the rate increases: their 80% rate will be lower compared to previous lower download rates. Of course, this assumes there's not some important reason for the 80% download rate. Eh, it's all arbitrary anyway. Only educated guesses can be made. Likely within about 40 minutes now...
Yeah, I'd say it'll be done by 11 there. Perhaps even before 10:45.
*plays driving, race-like playlist of music*
*plays driving, race-like playlist of music*
I timed it at 42 seconds for an extra 1000 songs, so the last 50 000 songs should take about half an hour, (less if the rate increass.)
I haven't looked at the Javascript myself. Will the counter stop at exactly 500,000,000 or will it keep counting until Apple pulls the plug on the page?
And if Apple changes their home page but you don't reload, will your counter keep on counting indefinitely at the last measured rate? If so, somebody could let it run on an idle computer until it reaches a billion!
And if Apple changes their home page but you don't reload, will your counter keep on counting indefinitely at the last measured rate? If so, somebody could let it run on an idle computer until it reaches a billion!
