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RandomPersonaon Microsoft appeals to poverty to get people download Internet Explorer 8

Quick sanity check.

Cost to you: 0

If you happen to be one more "extra" click that goes over the $1m cap, fine you aren't out anything. However, the cost to someone else leaving Microsoft's money on the table could actually be their life.

Just don't paint it as anything different than what it is. This isn't charity money. This is marketing money.

If we don't collectively use all of it up it isn't going to the Gates Foundation, it's going to more "I'm a PC" ads.

RandomPersonaon Ask HN: what unwanted domain names are you sitting on?

superyay.com is possibly the most amazing domain I've ever seen. I can't even look at it without chuckling.

RandomPersonaon Y Combinator is prohibited

If you're honestly asking this question, I think you've missed the point of a lot of what's said here on HN.

You might even want to pick up a copy of "The Hacker Ethic" by Pekka Himanen.