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Opera CEO Prepares to Swim across the Atlantic
rRogta writes "Previously reported on slashdot here, Opera CEO boldly promises to swim across the Atlantic should the new Opera browser be downloaded a million times in the first four days after it's release. Well, they reached their goal and in this press release it says he's now preparing for the long swim."
Given Opera's business model, shouldn't he have tied this stunt to sales rather than downloads?
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Successfully condensing fact from the vapor of nuance since 1998.
This seems incredibly fishy, as if it were a marketing ploy. At any rate, von Tetzchner will be smelling fishy very, very soon!
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Wow, you got to admire that man. I suppose he's not going to do it in one run, the journey seems quite long. Very nice map, though. :)
:)
I guess he could also get a Krusty burger at one of those abandoned shore oil platforms
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer both agreed to cross the United States territory up to Washington D.C. by crawling like two salamanders should the number of bugs in the soon-to-be released version 7 of the (in)famous Internet Explorer reaches 2000 in the first 2 hours of its release.
eno2001 submits: "News Lark Republic is reporting today that Opera CEO has successfully completed his swim across the Atlantic promise by contsantly doing laps in a Princess Lines cruise ship swimming pool as it travelled across the Atlantic. When asked if this was a compromise of his promise, the CEO said, 'I really don't see the point in this line of questioning. I did what I said I woud do. I swam continuously while crossing the Atlantic'."
Man am I thirsty!
-"...bad old ideas look confusingly fresh when they are packaged as technology" - Jaron Lanier (Digital Maoism on Edge.o
Well, now that this mission has been accomplished... *Switches back to Firefox when no one is looking*
Can you say publicity stunt? /. will give them before calling it quits.
I wonder how many more downloads
Now, if MS would do the same, at least we could hope for sharks...
Bill Gates and Steve Balmer promised to swim across their bath tubs, should 1 million bugs be found in IE7 within 4 days after release.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the light cone.
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
--- Hot Shot City is particularly good.
You cold hearted bastards have just sent this man to his death.. hope your happy.
"I am a kernel in the linux army"
if the ISS lands on him as he swims, I will give you all a Taco Bell taco.
http://people.opera.com/nicolasm/opera_ch05.svgz and the url...
"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell
I would hardly consider a hot tub with 3 hot flight attendents "swimming". But maybe that's how he got the idea past the wife.
-- Thou hast strayed far from the path of the Avatar.
"I wouldn't want to be him. At least unless I was swimming in a pool aboard a luxury liner."
Maybe a hot tub?
All kidding aside I have to wonder how much money they make on there add supported software.
See my blog http://ilovecookes.blogspot.com/ for light hearted technical information.
Wait till I get going!
--- Hot Shot City is particularly good.
"Browser company seeks new CEO"
My other sig is extremely clever...
( or maybe "dont doit" for those nerds who will attempt to point out that don't is not a single word... )
You're underestimating the power of postitive thought! All those million people who downloaded Opera are behind this effor 1000 per cent! In fact, I'm downloading Opera again, just to show my support! I predict he'll make the swim in record time, just due to the power of positive thought!!!
It's the land of the brave, and the home of the free
Where the less you know, the better off you'll be.
Beowulf swam the North Sea!! In chainmail! fighting sea monsters with a sword!
this can't be all that more difficult
The Princess Bride quotes with a Monty Python sig. That's the kind of humor that I needed on a dreary, Monday morning. :)
But you would have known that I would have responded to your post, so I clearly cannot mod the comment in front of me.
The Overrated mod is for reversing inappropriate, positive mods, not for voicing disagreement with a post.
In the case of "Opera Downloaders being charged for the murder of Opera's CEO" I would just like to state on record that I did not download Opera.
Not at all.
Those stories about explorers dying while crossing the Atlantic are all ploys to keep real-estate values high in Conneticut. If people found out that they could commute to Manhattan faster from France than from New Jersey, the friends of countless politicians would lose their shirts in the market collapse.
It is simple, just use a yacht with a built-in swimming pool. Swim laps all the way from Norway to the U.S.
"Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology" -- Search and Destroy -- Iggy Pop
While testing the Opera browser he was searching google for the term "swimming across atlantic ocean" and hit the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button.
"Look Lois, the two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a fat white guy who is threatened by change."
Opera is looking to hire a new Chief Executive Officer as they seem to suspect being without one soon.
2. Where can I get one?
Don't even bother. It doesn't stop laser beams. Worthless.
Have you ever been to a turkish prison?
moderation: -0.5, took story entirely too seriously
"For years, I struggled with reality... but I'm happy to say I finally won out over it." -- Elwood P. Dowd
so many ways to respond, a myriad of responses!
Continue the ad hominem attacks?
Educate you that its an homage to "Monty Python's Flying Circus"?
Make a velied reference to Monty Python's Flying Circus?
Make an allusion to another fav british show "Red Dwarf" by telling you to Smeg off?
Or some dissmissive missive that indicates you should simply give up because your ad hominem attack belies your own ignorance; a faux pas that diminishes your own standing in The Group by casting aspersions regarding the size of your manhood?
This is too much for a Monday morning; my head asplode!*
*-Ah, the old classic; escape via Homestarrunner reference!
In the future, I would want to not be isolated from my friends in the Space Station.
This isn't a dupe . The first article was about swimming across, this article is about swimming back.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur
I don't understand this post. A "doit" is a small Dutch coin (about a half farthing).
Is this a reference to trying to make money off the publicity?
Successfully condensing fact from the vapor of nuance since 1998.
...everyone should upload the browser back to the web site.
A little known fact is that his bitter ex-wife was personally responsible for downloading over 300,000 copies of the program, stating " I hope he frezzes his nubbins off!"
..........FULL STOP.
I'd rather see the Director for IE development swim to the bottom of the atlantic.
After viewing the pictures on your website, I would like to apply for the newly opened positions of CEO and PR Manager at your company. I feel I have the necessary qualifications, such as "not-drowned" and "not-reported-lost-in-the-northern-Atlantic".
Thank you for your time and consideration.
After swimming in that cold water, I would hate to see the size of his cluster.
given the parent of this thread, shouldn't that read:
"HOLY CARP"
May you be touched by His Noodly Appendage. RAmen.
most spas are 100+ degrees. i think you got mixed up between centigrade and fahrenheit... water boils at 212F/i
Even so -- I regularly stick my hand into a 450 degree oven when things need moving around in there. It ain't comfy, but I can take 20 seconds of it. I'll assume for the sake of argument that the outside air has cooled things down to a balmy 350 degrees (it hasnt, but my point will still be made)
Now stick your hand into water boiling at a "mere" 212 degrees for just 10 seconds. You've just learned a painful lesson about heat transfer.
I am no longer wasting my time with slashdot
You forgot:
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80-95 | Indefinitely | Indefinitely
95-105 | 2-7 Hours | 2-10 Hours
400-410 | 5-10 sec. | 30 to 60 sec.
etc.
Sorry. I'm an ignorant fool. I just assumed that *all* that mod_deflate did was decompress a file prior to serving it. In which case, it wouldn't save bandwidth, would it?
I see now that I got it bass-ackwards. Looks like mod_deflate *compresses* files then sends them on through. And "BrowserMatch" means that for browsers not happy with the compressed file, they can get it uncompressed.
So, actually mod_deflate is exactly what you want: keeps it whole on the server, compresses it for transfer, then sends it on.
So my earlier comment is bunk.
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