Just How Random Will Random Be

• If you have thousands of followers and you want to randomly select one, for example, to win a competition prize.
• So one follower will be randomly selected for an iPad in April. So I'm testing for my name in advance. Wish me luck on the real drawing out of the Lisa's Twitter Followers.

• If not, maybe one of these names will show up and I'll be know as TackyTeddy the Whimsic Psychic. Boy, that will look great on my resume.

01) - On 16 Mar '10 at 13:15 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 23616 Followers the random number 3707 was generated, who is:

jepoole / Jason Poole

136 followers · from Murfreesboro, TN (35.800301,-8 · Husband, Conservative, LDS, Apple Fan Boy

02) - On 17 Mar '10 at 17:38 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 24196 Followers the random number 8888 was generated, who is:

Jmtyra / Jmtyra

4 followers

03) - On 18 Mar '10 at 23:22 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 24640 Followers the random number 22607 was generated, who is:

mtnpks / larry goetz

0 followers

04) - On 19 Mar '10 at 23:18 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 24781 Followers the random number 550 was generated, who is:

Verlin / Verlin

44 followers · from Manitoba, Canada

05) - On 20 Mar '10 at 15:00 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 25119 Followers the random number 5876 was generated, who is:

Geo365 / George Morris

35 followers

06) - On 21 Mar '10 at 23:00 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 25450 Followers the random number 21901 was generated, who is:

blainelundberg / Blaine Lundberg

17 followers · from San Francisco

07) - On 22 Mar '10 at 15:13 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 25750 Followers the random number 10269 was generated, who is:

hyper / Jordan Felle

51 followers · from Swedesboro, NJ



08) - On 25 Mar '10 at 00:07 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 26779 Followers the random number 24161 was generated, who is:

espacoimigrante / Fernando Oda

5 followers · from South River, NJ - USA

09) - On 24 Mar '10 at 22:44 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 27459 Followers the random number 8309 was generated, who is:

rjkehn / Ron Kehn

2 followers

10) -  On 25 Mar '10 at 16:19 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 27781 Followers the random number 24181 was generated, who is:

dannychew / Danny Chew

119 followers · from Penang, Malaysia · Wedding and Lifestyle Photographer from Malaysia

11) - On 26 Mar '10 at 13:10 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 28153 Followers the random number 19854 was generated, who is:

andrewish / Andrew Isherwood

111 followers · from Nr Machynlleth, Wales, UK · Web, PHP and database developer who also loves photography

12) - On 27 Mar '10 at 22:28 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 28619 Followers the random number 2970 was generated, who is:

khakikat / B A Guth

2 followers

13) - On 28 Mar '10 at 14:40 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 28738 Followers the random number 7258 was generated, who is:

randyfarnes / Randy Farnes

3 followers · from Marin County, CA USA

14) - On 29 Mar '10 at 14:14 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 29001 Followers the random number 7141 was generated, who is:

Simon_Hibbs / Simon Dominic Hibbs

10 followers · from London · Senior Support Analyst at Patsystems. Husband, Father, Gamer.

15) - On 31 Mar '10 at 00:38 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 29194 Followers the random number 14111 was generated, who is:

smclarue / Susanna La Rue

8 followers · from Wellington, New Zealand

16) - On 1 Apr '10 at 13:28 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 29566 Followers the random number 7192 was generated, who is:

fyljohnson / Fyl Johnson

5 followers · from Seattle, WA · Developer at Metia

17) - On 2 Apr '10 at 23:22 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 29789 Followers the random number 3574 was generated, who is:

NotSergio / Sergio Hernandez

16 followers · from LA

18) - On 3 Apr '10 at 23:39 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 29933 Followers the random number 10193 was generated, who is:

jleiv / Jose

5 followers

19) - On 4 Apr '10 at 23:47 (UTC+12), from @LisaTickledPink's 30329 Followers the random number 14175 was generated, who is:

day_dreamer89 / day_dreamer89

25 followers

Leo's & Lisa's Random Pick for the iPad is .............

@floydnorman Congratulations, you just won the ipad from The Tech Guy!

@floydnorman Congratulations. You just won Leo Laporte's ipad drawing. You're the winner. So, again, congrats

Forget the iPad, I'm getting an ePad

 Forget the (on Sale Today)  iPad , I'm getting an (on sale someday) ePad

@LisaTickledPink congrats your getting a free ipad!

Friday, March 12, 2010 - 02:00 PM EST

"Judging from the order numbers, pre-sales are coming in at the rate of 25,000 per hour," Philip Elmer-DeWitt blogs for Fortune.

iPad, what's in the name Apple?

The way the tech reporters are talking.  Apple has used a poor choice in it's naming of the iPad (pad).  If Apple would have talked to females (51 % of the population) they would have never used iPad for the tablet name. 

It seems that these teck guys are reporting that women only think of the use for  the word pad, only refers to "maxi pad".  Well then don't take a note on that pad of paper. Let's hope you never get transported to a hospital roofs helipad marked with a circle and a letter "H".  Now we know why NASA is on the chopping block for funds. It's the use of "launch pad" that did them in.

Apple used the name for branding. iPod iPhone iPad. It's a no brainer.

But the hidden fact just might be:

Think some suckers in the media will make reference to maxi pad.  I'm sure of it, remember that old SNL video on uTube.  Once the media gets wind of it, and the word pad in iPad, we'll get even more Free Press.

You tech reporters, just got used! Don't feel bad, you got it from the best in the business, Apple!

 iPad Prankster: Jason Calacanis

 iTalks About Tweets (07:18)

Here's a few definitions

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) - MayoClinic.com

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pad

• A keypad is a set of buttons which usually bear digits (numpad)
• A Gamepad or joypad for a computer or console
• A paper tablet
• Part of an animal paw
• A bachelor pad
• An abbreviation for maxi pad, sanitary napkin (US), or "towel" (UK)
• Launch pad, in rocketry, the platform from which an orbital vehicle is launched
• Helipad, for helicopters
• One of the transliterations of the fourth syllable in the Buddhist six syllable mantra Om mani padme hum

Protective gear

• Elbow pads
• Hip pads
• Knee pads
• Shoulder pads
• Pads (in baseball, cricket, and hockey)

Electronics

• In electronics manufacturing, a flat surface used to make electrical contact. A special case is bonding pads, to which components are soldered
• In audio and RF electronics, an attenuator
• Pressure pad, sensitive to pressure
• The iPad is a tablet released by Apple Inc.

Music

• Pad button, found on some mixing consoles, used for lowering input gain
• Synth pad, in electronic music, is a sound (timbre), which is a harmonic background sound
• electronic drum pad

Computing

• A graphics pad, another term for a graphics tablet.
• Word-processing programs such as Notepad and WordPad
• Mousepad, a pad/mat used in computing for a mouse
• Pad field, in networking, part of the ethernet frame that fills in the data field (if necessary) to ensure that it meets the minimum length (64 bytes)