Possible Secret Meaning in "Count the...."

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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
First of all, there are two versions of this message. I will be ignoring the one in the ALT text, which says hours instead of minutes.



[quote]Count the days.<hr></blockquote>

Six days means six new macs.



[quote]Count the minutes.<hr></blockquote>

Six days times 24 hours per day times 60 minutes per hour equals 8640. First of all, this number is close to 8500. (The G5 is the PowerPC 8500.)



Now let's look at a fairly optimistic possibility for six new macs at MWSF.



Powermacs:

1.2 Ghz G5

1.6 Ghz G5

1.4 Mhz dual G5



iMacs:

933 Mhz G3 or G4

1 Ghz G3 or G4

1.1 Ghz G3 or G4



Let's add this up:

1200 + 1600 + (1400 * 2) + 933 + 1000 +1100 = 8633, which is as close as you can get to 8640.



[quote]Count on being blown away<hr></blockquote>



Perhaps this refers to the previous specs, which would blow away the general public and some of the more pessimistic AI members. Or maybe it's a reference to an all new digital hub device (maybe iFan ).



Is it a coincidence? Probably. But maybe Apple IS trying to drop us a hint or three....
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  • Reply 1 of 27
    kidredkidred Posts: 2,402member
    Then following your formula, the day before being 1 day left means only 1 new mac?
  • Reply 2 of 27
    qaziiqazii Posts: 305member
    [quote]Originally posted by KidRed:

    <strong>Then following your formula, the day before being 1 day left means only 1 new mac?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I think the message will change before then.
  • Reply 3 of 27
    kidredkidred Posts: 2,402member
    Then will you have a secret meaning for each daily message?



  • Reply 4 of 27
    qaziiqazii Posts: 305member
    [quote]Originally posted by KidRed:

    <strong>Then will you have a secret meaning for each daily message?



    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Perhaps. Maybe each message has a hidden meaning; maybe only some do. And, of course, the meanings may be too well hidden for me.
  • Reply 5 of 27
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    [quote]Originally posted by qazII:

    <strong>



    Perhaps. Maybe each message has a hidden meaning; maybe only some do. And, of course, the meanings may be too well hidden for me. </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Does anyone remember the hype for AI? They set up teasers on a webpage where you had to solve puzzles to get closer to finding clues for stuff about the movie (or somthing like that, I dono i never did it, i just read about it). Anyways, why couldnt apple do something like this? Im sure all of you would pay for it. Imagine playing "games" (kinda like what you are doing now) to find out what the new computers are. The best thing is, Apple could make the games last as long as they wanted to so their surpise could be kept secret if they wanted.

    Anyone have a clue as to what I am talking about?



    -Paul
  • Reply 6 of 27
    markmark Posts: 143member
    I know I know!







    Special Edition "Count" iMacs! Collect and count (and count again) them all!



    Apple's new spokesperson! (goodbye and good riddance, Mr. Goldblum! <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> )



    [quote]Six days times 24 hours per day times 60 minutes per hour equals 8640. First of all, this number is close to 8500. (The G5 is the PowerPC 8500.)<hr></blockquote>



    Oh dear - I'll bet you have a real doozy of a theory behind "Twin Peaks" as well...





    Cheers,



    Mark.
  • Reply 6 of 27
    qaziiqazii Posts: 305member
    [quote]Originally posted by psantora:

    <strong>



    Im sure all of you would pay for it.

    -Paul</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I don't think so. One person would pay and then post whatever info he/she got onto the board.
  • Reply 8 of 27
    pb g3pb g3 Posts: 95member
    I know what you're talking about but your theory is insane.
  • Reply 9 of 27
    willoughbywilloughby Posts: 1,457member
    [quote]Originally posted by Mark:

    <strong>I know I know!





    Special Edition "Count" iMacs! Collect and count (and count again) them all!

    </strong><hr></blockquote>





    Yeah, you boot up the iMac and the Count will count up to 10 for Mac OS X and then the sound of his AHH HA HA HA laughing and thunder and lightning fill the room.



    I'd buy that for a dollar

  • Reply 10 of 27
    mithrasmithras Posts: 165member
    [quote]Originally posted by PB G3:

    <strong>I know what you're talking about but your theory is insane.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Exactly. This is the kind of madness that leads people to religion.



    (ducks)



    Out of curiosity what does your numerology make of the "big by our standards" message?
  • Reply 11 of 27
    falconfalcon Posts: 458member
    Me thinks you reading into this a bit much.
  • Reply 12 of 27
    pscatespscates Posts: 5,847member
    [quote]Originally posted by qazII:

    <strong>First of all, there are two versions of this message. I will be ignoring the one in the ALT text, which says hours instead of minutes.







    Perhaps this refers to the previous specs, which would blow away the general public and some of the more pessimistic AI members. Or maybe it's a reference to an all new digital hub device (maybe iFan ).



    Is it a coincidence? Probably. But maybe Apple IS trying to drop us a hint or three....</strong><hr></blockquote>



    PLEASE tell me you're being silly and lighthearted. That's the most overreaching, looking-too-hard analysis I've EVER read on this forum...and believe me, that's saying quite a lot.



    If you're joking, then "hahaha!"



    If you're not, you need to grab the reins a bit and stop listening to Art Bell so much.
  • Reply 13 of 27
    qaziiqazii Posts: 305member
    [quote]Originally posted by Mithras:

    <strong>



    Exactly. This is the kind of madness that leads people to religion.

    </strong><hr></blockquote>

    I won't argue this one.



    [quote]<strong>

    Out of curiosity what does your numerology make of the "big by our standards" message? </strong><hr></blockquote>



    One possibility is that this is a reference to the G5, which is big in speed, size (I think), # of transistors, price (maybe), hype, etc.
  • Reply 14 of 27
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    [quote]Originally posted by qazII:

    <strong>I don't think so. One person would pay and then post whatever info he/she got onto the board.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Glad to see we're honest!



    heh seriously tho. Does anyone remember the website that this started from? I remember hearing about it for the first time when Jack and Katie of AtAT went on their honeymoon and some comic-strip did AtAT-Style humor for the week. Anyone rememebr the comic strip? It is about this rich guy who bought the international space station and took his friends along... very funny actually... WHAT IS THE NAME? I CAN'T REMEMBER!!!!



    -Paul
  • Reply 15 of 27
    qaziiqazii Posts: 305member
    [quote]Originally posted by pscates:

    <strong>



    PLEASE tell me you're being silly and lighthearted. That's the most overreaching, looking-too-hard analysis I've EVER read on this forum...and believe me, that's saying quite a lot.



    If you're joking, then "hahaha!"



    If you're not, you need to grab the reins a bit and stop listening to Art Bell so much.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yes, I am being silly and lighthearted. No, I am not crazy. (Except for the type of craziness referred to by my "Here's to the crazy ones" Apple T-shirt.) However, I would argue that this is better evidence than most of the stuff you see in this forum.
  • Reply 16 of 27
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    [quote]Originally posted by psantora:

    <strong>WHAT IS THE NAME? I CAN'T REMEMBER!!!!</strong><hr></blockquote>



    <a href="http://www.rockwoodcomic.com/"; target="_blank">http://www.rockwoodcomic.com/</a>;



    Took me a while, but I found it. Why am I quoting myself? I dunno...



    -Paul



    P.S. here's the Atat version: <a href="http://www.rockwoodcomic.com/atat.html"; target="_blank">http://www.rockwoodcomic.com/atat.html</a>;



    Edit: P.S.



    [ 01-01-2002: Message edited by: psantora ]</p>
  • Reply 17 of 27
    You gotta love it, old steve-o probably sat down at his g5 clicked up the internet, while sipping some apple based product(cider perhaps, or some type of moonshine mb?) clicks up appleinsider, for a laugh you know. he sits back reads this thread, unplugs his computer, throws it out the window, then shoots himself.....geez you guys look into this stuff too much
  • Reply 18 of 27
    [quote]Originally posted by psantora:

    <strong>

    P.S. here's the Atat version: <a href="http://www.rockwoodcomic.com/atat.html"; target="_blank">http://www.rockwoodcomic.com/atat.html</a>;



    [ 01-01-2002: Message edited by: psantora ]</strong><hr></blockquote>



    ROFL

    I love the last strip!
  • Reply 19 of 27
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    [quote]Originally posted by BobtheTomato:

    <strong>



    ROFL

    I love the last strip!</strong><hr></blockquote>



    uhhh its ROTFLMAO (or ROTFL) no?







    also notice the appleinsider plug on the 3rd strip.







    Speaking of which, did we ever get an explanation for why there was 0 updates for 221 days or so?



    -Paul



    Edit:image



    [ 01-02-2002: Message edited by: psantora ]</p>
  • Reply 20 of 27
    logan calelogan cale Posts: 1,281member
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