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Hummm, tough question. I was thrown off by what was meant by 'captures', so I looked up the definition:
cap·ture
tr.v. cap·tured, cap·tur·ing, cap·tures
1. To take captive, as by force or craft; seize.
2. To gain possession or control of, as in a game or contest: capture the queen in chess; captured the liberal vote.
3. To attract and hold: tales of adventure that capture the imagination.
4. To succeed in preserving in lasting form: capture a likeness in a painting.
I think we are going with the 4th definition, so I then went to determine what type of storage the Vado uses. From the looks of it, I am going to assume it is flash (a HD would take up too much room and there would be more storage space). From looking around, there are no exact numbers but flash memory can only store data for approximantly 10 years (or a few million writes). I then compared this to paintings, where the use of the word 'capture' is most likely derived from, where the oldest painting is approximently 32,000 years old, and 500 year old paintings are not uncommon. Since paintings, which I am using as a standard definition for what a 'lasting form' is, last for a 3200 to 50 orders of magnitude longer than flash memory, I concluded that flash memory can not suscesfully capture data and perserve it in a lasting form. Thus, I selected false as my answer.
So did I get the question right, or are mods not allowed to give any hints?? 
I got the 15000'th post in the Lounge!!
penguinking3 wrote:Hummm, tough question. I was thrown off by what was meant by 'captures', so I looked up the definition:
cap·ture
tr.v. cap·tured, cap·tur·ing, cap·tures1. To take captive, as by force or craft; seize.
2. To gain possession or control of, as in a game or contest: capture the queen in chess; captured the liberal vote.
3. To attract and hold: tales of adventure that capture the imagination.
4. To succeed in preserving in lasting form: capture a likeness in a painting.
I think we are going with the 4th definition, so I then went to determine what type of storage the Vado uses. From the looks of it, I am going to assume it is flash (a HD would take up too much room and there would be more storage space). From looking around, there are no exact numbers but flash memory can only store data for approximantly 10 years (or a few million writes). I then compared this to paintings, where the use of the word 'capture' is most likely derived from, where the oldest painting is approximently 32,000 years old, and 500 year old paintings are not uncommon. Since paintings, which I am using as a standard definition for what a 'lasting form' is, last for a 3200 to 50 orders of magnitude longer than flash memory, I concluded that flash memory can not suscesfully capture data and perserve it in a lasting form. Thus, I selected false as my answer.
So did I get the question right, or are mods not allowed to give any hints??
I believe you are right. Hmmm...
Penguinking3,
Don't be thrown off by the word. 
It's not really that difficult 
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penguinking3 wrote:Hummm, tough question. I was thrown off by what was meant by 'captures', so I looked up the definition:
cap·ture
tr.v. cap·tured, cap·tur·ing, cap·tures1. To take captive, as by force or craft; seize.
2. To gain possession or control of, as in a game or contest: capture the queen in chess; captured the liberal vote.
3. To attract and hold: tales of adventure that capture the imagination.
4. To succeed in preserving in lasting form: capture a likeness in a painting.
I think we are going with the 4th definition, so I then went to determine what type of storage the Vado uses. From the looks of it, I am going to assume it is flash (a HD would take up too much room and there would be more storage space). From looking around, there are no exact numbers but flash memory can only store data for approximantly 10 years (or a few million writes). I then compared this to paintings, where the use of the word 'capture' is most likely derived from, where the oldest painting is approximently 32,000 years old, and 500 year old paintings are not uncommon. Since paintings, which I am using as a standard definition for what a 'lasting form' is, last for a 3200 to 50 orders of magnitude longer than flash memory, I concluded that flash memory can not suscesfully capture data and perserve it in a lasting form. Thus, I selected false as my answer.
When I was reading your post, I was like Oh! his deciphering a baffling clue! 
I bet you read a lot of Dan Brown's books! this is an example of investigative approach.
Hi Loi
Sort of in a way...yes, the terms and coniditions posted by KokChoy say...
Terms and Conditions
The Promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet. It is open to all natural persons age 18 and older, who are residents of a country in Asia, the United States or Canada for the duration of the Promotion, and who have Internet access as of the day before the Contest begins. Employees, officers and directors of Creative, its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies, their immediate family members and persons living in their same household are not eligible to participate in the Contest. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. All federal, provincial, state and local laws and regulations apply
and also
More Terms stuff:
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. CONTEST IS OPEN TO RESIDENTS OF ASIA, THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA ONLY
