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

TC telecon at infosyndicate.net
Tue Jun 17 19:12:16 BST 2008


I got in, but the site redirected me to the firefox2 web page, since I
am running linux.

Andrew wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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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