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Firefox nears 50 Million Downloads

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that's-a-lot-of-foxen dept.

bluephone writes "Firefox hit 49,000,000 downloads last night. Today, as we approach 50,000,000, SpreadFirefox is offering prizes for photographic proof of your most amazing spectacles to celebrate. To quote: 'We have a handful of unique prizes that you won't find anywhere else, and we're asking you to do one simple thing to claim one: impress us. As we drive toward 50 million downloads, do something so cool, so unusual and so spectacular to spread Firefox that we can't help but scurry around the Mozilla Foundation to tell every one.' But you don't have long. The Infocraft Firefox Counter shows just over 800,000 downloads left at the time of this submission!"

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  1. Counter by fembots · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You want something spectacular, how about this site? However I sincerely hope no one does something stupidacular like setting a living fox on fire.

    By the way, I really need a pair of amazing spectacle to read the counter. I keep hitting F5 which causes the counter to reset to 49,253,815, how "weird".

    Is this the same stunt like what Gmail is doing with its 2134.752100 megabytes (and counting) of free storage so you'll never need to delete another message?

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  2. 50,000,0000 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yipee!!! I can't wait until we take over that evil devil empire Microsuck. Down with the Devil. Open Source Rules. No need to read anymore comments. That about sums it up.

  3. Hey MSFT IE Losers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Don't like it? Tough shit

  4. misleading? by u-238 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Tweak that number to account for militant firefox zealots forcibly downloadig/installing firefox on every public, friend and family member's PC, who in turn don't even notice the firefox icon in the start menu and never give it a second glance...

  5. After the party... by Virtual+Karma · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    After the party and the hangover please realize that you are BIG and RESPONSIBLE now. So please get back to work and make sure that there are no security issues.

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  6. Ooo! Ooo! Me! Me! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I know!!

    Exploding condoms!!

    Oh..wait..

  7. When it gets more stable... by callipygian-showsyst · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...I'll use it. I've wasted several hours trying it and rejecting it. (In fact, it doesn't even render slashdot correctly!

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  8. Re:I got it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    lol bush is the stoopid

  9. Re:Blogs are gay by TheKarateMaster · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow. Now *that* is poor taste.

  10. Re:flaming foxes by Council · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I set a fox on fire :(

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