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Intel's 64-bit instruction architecture that features EPIC and runs on the Itanium processor. It's a fully 64-bit architecture built new from the ground up.
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IA-64 - Me wrote in message news:... In article , "RB" wrote: A website recently ran a promotion. They would offer a prize to the person who brought in the most registrants to their discussion forum. A bribe, in other words. There was only one rule: One sign-up per person. If anyone was caught creating multiple identities, they would be dropped. If the contestant was caught doing that, they would be eliminated from the competition. I decided to offer a prize for everyone who sign-up there, using me as the referral. A bribe, in other words. I won the contest. The website announced me as the winner, and sent me a 'congratulations' e-mail. A few days later, the website discovered what I had done. Even though I broke no rule, the website called me a cheater in public, and disqualified me. Is this proper or legal? Can a website invent rules after their contest ended, and the winner announced? Web sites do not invent anything.I'd say creating a rule that didn't exist at the time the contestended pretty much qualifies as "inventing".Obviously, the people who own the web site in question changed the rules. Can they do so legally?Can they do so after the contest ends, is the question.That depends on the law. I am not a lawyer. Try contacting the Federal Trade Commission which has a comsumer complaint department to ask for their opinion. As for whether or not this contest was a bribe, it wasn't. A bribe is an attempt to pay someone to do something illegal or unethical. Encouraging people to visit a web site via a contest is not illegal, although changing the rules mid-stream might be.The website offers a winch as an incentive to get people to register.I offered my own personal incentive to get people to register there,so I'd get the credit.The website didn't just change the rules "mid-stream", they changedthe rules eight days after the contest ended, and a winner announced.
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