# Woohoo! Free Dr Pepper for Everyone! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947 "2008-11-22T02:44:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/21 "2008-11-23T08:52:49Z")
Signed up! Woot! ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/22 "2008-11-23T08:55:17Z")
It says a “serve” on the website, so I assume you could get a big one from the fountain or something. I’m not sure, though. ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/23 "2008-11-23T09:32:54Z")
Thanks to this thread, I just signed up and my coupon should be here in a few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Hap\_Shaughnessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecc23a/32.png) [@Hap\_Shaughnessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hap_Shaughnessy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/24 "2008-11-23T10:04:29Z")
What was it Conan called them — Chubby McGee & 5-guys-who-aren’t-Slash, or something… I like Dr. Pepper… but I think I’ll abstain from that brand of cola until whole thing washes out. Diet Pepsi ain’t so bad. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/25 "2008-11-23T10:39:11Z")
Two things I’d like to point out. The first thing is that Dr Pepper now has the personal info on umpteen zillion customers by doing this. The second thing I’d like to point out is that they are doing the **cool** thing and using reCAPTCHA to verify you’re a human and **not** an ordinary CAPTCHA. [Why this is so cool.](http://recaptcha.net/learnmore.html) > [@](#): > > reCAPTCHA improves the process of digitizing books by sending words that cannot be read by computers to the Web in the form of CAPTCHAs for humans to decipher. More specifically, each word that cannot be read correctly by OCR is placed on an image and used as a CAPTCHA. This is possible because most OCR programs alert you when a word cannot be read correctly. > > But if a computer can’t read such a CAPTCHA, how does the system know the correct answer to the puzzle? Here’s how: Each new word that cannot be read correctly by OCR is given to a user in conjunction with another word for which the answer is already known. The user is then asked to read both words. If they solve the one for which the answer is known, the system assumes their answer is correct for the new one. The system then gives the new image to a number of other people to determine, with higher confidence, whether the original answer was correct. ---
**Author:** ![Hap\_Shaughnessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecc23a/32.png) [@Hap\_Shaughnessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hap_Shaughnessy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/26 "2008-11-23T11:03:50Z")
quote: Quote: reCAPTCHA improves the process of digitizing books by sending words that cannot be read by computers to the Web in the form of CAPTCHAs for humans to decipher. More specifically, each word that cannot be read correctly by OCR is placed on an image and used as a CAPTCHA. This is possible because most OCR programs alert you when a word cannot be read correctly. But if a computer can’t read such a CAPTCHA, how does the system know the correct answer to the puzzle? Here’s how: Each new word that cannot be read correctly by OCR is given to a user in conjunction with another word for which the answer is already known. The user is then asked to read both words. If they solve the one for which the answer is known, the system assumes their answer is correct for the new one. The system then gives the new image to a number of other people to determine, with higher confidence, whether the original answer was correct. … and five guys who aren’t slash. boo-ya!! ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/27 "2008-11-23T11:05:44Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Dr Pepper now has the personal info on umpteen zillion customers by doing this. They’ve given me quite a lot of pleasure over the years. I’ve given out my personal info (to political causes, granted) for less. ---
**Author:** ![Hap\_Shaughnessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecc23a/32.png) [@Hap\_Shaughnessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hap_Shaughnessy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/28 "2008-11-23T12:31:18Z")
That still doesn’t make fat Axl & some others magically Guns ‘N’ Fuckin Roses. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/29 "2008-11-23T12:39:34Z")
I don’t fucking care who is or isn’t Slingshots ‘N’ Zinnias. I just want a free soda. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/30 "2008-11-23T19:05:21Z")
Yeah same here. I’m not going to buy or listen to the album, but I like Dr. Pepper and a free one is nice. I also don’t care that Dr. Pepper now knows where I live. OooooOoOoooooh are they going to come to my house in the night and steal all of my Coke Zero?! ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/31 "2008-11-23T19:09:49Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Yeah same here. I’m not going to buy or listen to the album, but I like Dr. Pepper and a free one is nice. I also don’t care that Dr. Pepper now knows where I live. OooooOoOoooooh are they going to come to my house in the night and steal all of my Coke Zero?! Good luck.. I can’t even get their website to load. It’s nice knowing that a free Dr Pepper is the most important thing on the internet [right now](http://www.google.com/trends)… ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/32 "2008-11-23T19:42:24Z")
I can imagine. It was 1:35am when I did it, so that’s probably the only reason I got through. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/33 "2008-11-23T23:09:57Z")
> [@Hostile\_Dialect](#): > > It says a “serve” on the website, so I assume you could get a big one from the fountain or something. I’m not sure, though. I was just there, and it defined ‘a single serve’ as 16, 20, or 21 oz. Why serve instead of ‘serving’? though, I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/34 "2008-11-24T00:03:50Z")
Argh! The websites not working!!! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/35 "2008-11-24T00:37:19Z")
I guess I was lucky I signed up at 9:08 pm Pacific time last night. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/36 "2008-11-24T02:06:46Z")
I’ve been trying since 5 pm, no luck! ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/37 "2008-11-24T04:21:16Z")
Well, I’ve got 35 more minutes to try and it’s still not working…BOOOOOO! I submit my info to register and I just get a blank page. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Cream\_Conquest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@Ice\_Cream\_Conquest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Cream_Conquest)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/38 "2008-11-24T04:28:13Z")
For anyone who can’t get the page, this is what it says now: > [@Dr. Pepper website](#): > > We are sorry for any delays you have experienced in securing a coupon for a free Dr Pepper. While we had taken additional steps to meet the expected demand for our offer, the response has been greater than anticipated. To resolve this, we are increasing our server capacity and making a toll-free number available (1-888-DRPEPPER or 1-888-377-3773). In addition, as a result of the technical delays, we are extending the offer and will provide more information shortly. > > Thanks for your patience and support. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/39 "2008-11-24T05:23:45Z")
It’s been extended 18 hours from mindinight sunday into Monday, so keep trying! The website is still wonky. The Toll free number is easier ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/40 "2008-11-24T06:20:40Z")
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