Wow. He really wants to know. But all the pundits got theirs last week. I already know the scoop. It's a browser. It scrolls too slow. Google Docs. Nice rubber feel to the package. It has an SD drive. Be curious to see how you access it, and if you can copy data off the web with it, or is it really just a terminal. The whole fun of it was to create a wave. Not as much fun to be in the second or third wave.
Maybe the first column contains the sender's reference number for the Cr48 packages? I.e., maybe someone generated this list by querying UPS using Google's UPS account number combined with knowledge of the format of the reference numbers (by looking at labels of delivered Cr48s)? </random guess>
3 shipped, and 6 already delivered... My town only has 30,000 people, so hopefully one will show up on my doorstep. Does anyone know why some were shipped Overnight and some by Ground?
I can't be exactly sure, but it should be querying the UPS tracking API for reference numbers. These are assigned by the shipper (can be a description, customer name, or in this case sequential SKU blocks of 2000) so knowing the pattern would get you all of them.
One interesting thing to note, the numbers on pastie.org seem to be mostly shipped via ground, whereas the numbers on addicted-gamer are shipped mostly by next day. According to the pastie.org info, there is only one coming to Menlo Park (where I live), but according to addicted gamer, there's two in transit (one next day, one ground, which is common with the pastie.org data) and more than 20 already delivered.
I received mine, but my zipcode is not on this list. Is this list for a different batch than the one mine arrived in? Mine was delivered early Friday morning (GMT-5).
So what if you don't like how I said it? Tell me I'm wrong about the original post, then tell me you're not lying to yourself. The link is cryptic, and to assume prerequisite knowledge of a non-headline event of the day is absurd.
Blah. Just as I convinced myself my app was lost in the flood and I wasn't getting one and your post keeps the painful hope alive. :P
Is Google sending warning emails yet that people have a package incoming or are they still going the surprise route? I'd imagine not everyone lives in an area where a package is safe on their doorstep. shrug
I was wondering the same thing. Unfortunately, the first day there was no email and it was sitting in an unmarked brown box all day. I hope that changes. I've had packages taken before, and I have to wonder if Google is keeping tabs on them, just in case.
One's headed to my zipcode. That's interesting because ours is a smallish town. However, there are quite a few IT people around (where both me and my wife works).
easy.
with ups you can track zip/city to zip/city.
thus they know what city and zip they are coming from thus they add your zip or city and wahlaa you have your results
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[ 957 ms ] story [ 356 ms ] threadHas anybody heard a total number yet?
AAC1XXXXXX (up to AAC1001982)
AAC2XXXXXX (up to AAC2002127)
AAC3XXXXXX (up to AAC3002115)
All of these turn up 6 pound packages sent within the past few days, with the earliest being the 9th.
...Wondering if there was anything specific that you guys specified on your app?
More comprehensive tracker here (but w/o tracking numbers): http://addicted-gamer.com/cr48-tracker/
Jey's guess (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1996388) would be mostly correct.
Just from I'm from Canada they think I'm slow, eh.
Hopefully I'll find out early next week.
-I didn't know what a "Cr-48" (note the lowercase "r") was. It's apparently the Chrome netbook Google is putting out.
And it seems they're giving away 5,000 for free to random addresses? This should be a news story, not a guessing game.
So what if you don't like how I said it? Tell me I'm wrong about the original post, then tell me you're not lying to yourself. The link is cryptic, and to assume prerequisite knowledge of a non-headline event of the day is absurd.
There's plenty on HN that I don't understand but I'm yet to come across anything that 30 seconds with Google couldn't explain.
The only knowledge that is a pre-requisite is how to find information on the internet.
Is Google sending warning emails yet that people have a package incoming or are they still going the surprise route? I'd imagine not everyone lives in an area where a package is safe on their doorstep. shrug
I wish I could find out who the other is somehow.
Thanks