The Three Winners of Power Challenge Contest

[Marcus Yam]

These guys know what our gadgets crave.

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[JohnnyLucky]

Congratulations!

 

[jerreece]

Apparently I totally missed the article about this...

 

[sixbone]

i'm lost, what were the rules of the contest and what were the results? what were they trying to do?

 

[insider3]

lol @ 2nd and 3rd prizes. It's first place or nothing. Nonetheless, congrats to the winners.

 

[sliem]

Yes, I missed this contest.
What was it about?

Also true, 2nd and 3rd prizes are crap.

Congrats to 1st place.

 

[scott_madison1]

[citation][nom]sliem[/nom]Yes, I missed this contest.What was it about?Also true, 2nd and 3rd prizes are crap.Congrats to 1st place.[/citation]
funny thing is you know the 2nd and third place guys are thinking exactly that!

 

[jivdis1x]

I saw the article. That was a contest?

 

[Gin Fushicho]

Congrats, your way better at math and knowledge of electricity than I am. I didn't even try.

 

[Tomsguiderachel]

The point of the contest was to accurately guess: 1) How much electricity a certain group of household electronics used in a month, and 2) How much electricity would be saved for a certain group of electronics in a month if the Belkin Conserve strips were implemented to eliminate "vampire loads." Here are both articles:
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/energy-electricity-vampire-contest,review-1541.html
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/energy-electricity-vampire-contest,review-1543.html