[CoLoCo] [off-topic?] geekiest world record ever w/ firefox

[Andrew]

Today is Download Day!!!

unfortunately the firefox site is too busy for me to get on.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/stunts-today-for-firefox-sophisticated-programs-tomorrow/?ref=technology



On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:08 AM, TC <telecon at infosyndicate.net> wrote:

> while true
> do
>        wget http://download.mozilla.org/firefox3.exe -O /dev/null
> done
>
> :)
>
> Adjust for syntactical correctness.
>
> Andrew wrote:
> > Now, I know ubuntu automatically will update to the latest firefox,
> > but I think I will download a manual copy just to support Mozilla.
> > -------------------------
> >
> > Mozilla is aiming to create what may be the geekiest world record ever
> > with its upcoming Firefox 3 browser release.
> >
> > The company on Wednesday started a campaign asking users to pledge to
> > download the next full release of its browser on the day it is
> > available so the release can set a Guinness World Record for the
> > largest number of software downloads in 24 hours.
> >
> >
> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146405/mozilla_shooting_for_record_books_with_firefox_3_release.html
> >
> > http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/
> >
>
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