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Opera CEO Prepares to Swim across the Atlantic

Posted by Hemos on from the stop-submitting-this-stupid-story dept.

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."

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  1. Since this is obviously not possible... by mfender9 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    ...I'd personally do it by swimming up and down in a nice warm swimming pool on the back of a cruise ship all the way across.

    Will be intersting to see how he gets out of it. Maybe he wants to feign his own death...

  2. modified headline by v1 · · Score: 0, Redundant


    Opera CEO Prepares to SINK in stupid publicity stunt.

    As if he has a chance of making it...

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  3. Cruise by gtog · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I would recommend von Tetzchner to take a cruise from Norway to the U.S.A. and spend his time swimming in the cruise ship's swimming pool.

  4. Ok.... by Capt+James+McCarthy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    He'll swim in a pool on a cruise ship...

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  5. Downloading kills by 9mm+Censor · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Not only does it rob artists and actors of their well deserved money, but now it drowns people as well.

    Unless of course he is just going to swim during the day, and at night sleep on a boat.

  6. cruise ship pool? by JDizzy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Does swimming in the literal, or technical sense, apply to bording a cruise ship, and staying immersed in liquid for the entire venture?

    Just currious.
    *smirk*

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  7. Cruise ship... by MadCow42 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I was thinking a nice trans-atlantic cruise would be more realistic.

    I'm sure he can spend 7 days in the swimming pool, maybe with the "support raft" by his side too.

    MadCow.

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  8. Re:How He'll Do It by zoombat · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Wow, that's lame.

    So you need Opera to view that link.. which makes it easily available to everyone that already runs Opera, but keeps it "secret" from everyone who's not using the software yet.. perhaps to add an extra incentive to those who haven't yet had enough incentives to try it out.

    To me it comes off as pretty dumb. Why would you showcase a "feature" that providess content that's only useable by 1% of the browsing population? Or is this some sort of content standard that only Opera has implemented yet, and they're just ahead of the curve??

  9. Here's how ... by scharkalvin · · Score: 1, Redundant

    He'll be in the pool on the QM2 all the way....

  10. Re:How the heck? by pizpot · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How to Swim the Atlantic: - charter a plane with a kiddie pool or hot tub - use a yaught or cruise ship with a pool