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MSN Sponsors Mensa
crankyspice writes "Fresh on the heels of Google courting members via GLAT advertisements in the Bulletin, Microsoft's MSN is now sponsoring American Mensa events, featuring Mensa questions on the MSN homepage, and Mensa will put MSN's search on their new homepage."
Mensa will put MSN's search on their new homepage.
That's not very smart.
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If there was ever a group of self-important dweebs who deserved each other more, I can't imagine it.
To sum up everyone's responses to this:
1. No one respects Mensa since they base their membership on tests of dubious veracity and not on real world accomplishments.
2. And signing up with a deal with MSN kind of just drives the point home, doesn't it?
Hopefully I didn't put any [] around my words.
featuring Mensa questions on the MSN homepage, and Mensa will put MSN's search on their new homepage.
Whatever, that's fine with me.
It's just really too bad they keep spelling it "Msna".
"Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
Here's a quick link to the wikipedia entry on Karma Whore. Karma Whore Some info on what Karma Whore's goals are. Karma Whore has three stated purposes: to post information about a topic that everyone already knows; to link to wikipedia, because wikipedia pwns; and most importantly, to sell his/her brain to slashdot in order to whore karma. (from my cortex)
Without a proper flamewar, Anonymous was undecided on what shell to run.
It makes sense. A mensa membership carries about the same degree of prestige as an MSCE cert.
(Read: none at all)
Breaking news! Microsoft partners with Johnson and Hollings Advertising firm! This is important because Johnson just had a baby! Microsoft and babies!!! What next?
When you look at the state of the world, how can you not become a radical, liberal anarchist?
The implicit assumption is that the vast majority of humanity is incapable of civil discourse and intelligent discussion (at least on the level that they would like), but I see no reason why this should be the case.
;)
Obviously you've never worked in any sort of call center (tech support or otherwise).
(kidding!
.. because everybody knows anybody with the IQ over a mouse should run linux ;) .Albert
The implicit assumption is that the vast majority of humanity is incapable of civil discourse and intelligent discussion (at least on the level that they would like), but I see no reason why this should be the case. And I see plenty. Including slashdot posts.
"Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead." (John Maynard Keynes)
Microsoft's MSN is now sponsoring American Mensa events, featuring Mensa questions on the MSN homepage, and Mensa will put MSN's search on their new homepage in exchange for allowing Microsoft founder and CEO Bill Gates into their organization.
When asked of this peculiar action, Mr. Gates told reporters: "I tried the tests and the puzzles and stuff, but I couldn't really figure them out. Then I realized that I was the richest man in the world and I didn't have to deal with this crap."
Gates also spoke of creating a new organization tangential to Mensa, the Pecunia Society. "It has only one requirement -- just have more money than 99.998% of the world's population!"
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At first glance I thought I read:
MSN Sponsors Menses
And I'm thinking: gee, what a NOVEL way attract female readership!
I'm gonna go visit my eye doctor tomorrow
--- fyredragon
They deserve each other. An overrated web service and a bunch of pathetic mental masturbators. Good match.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Mensa is the biggest group of Mental Masturbators ever
Slashdot != Mensa
"cmon, anyone can score in the top 2% on a REAL iq test"
Except for the 98% who don't.
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And remember---if there's one piece of writing you can believe, it's the self-description on a porn star's website.
Do you think she even wrote it? Or is someone just trying (quite successfully, apparently) for the /. niche market?
I love busting people's dreams... :-)