Slashdotted

Nelson Castillo nelsoneci at gmail.com
Tue Apr 7 15:24:43 CEST 2009


On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 7:11 AM, Carsten Haitzler <raster at rasterman.com> wrote:
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> stopped making ALL phones and decided to start making shoes instead. that'd make
> news!. :) these things  create a life of their own - if they are correct or
> not. the media interprets it in the way to make it as sensational as possible.
> sensation sells to readers. readers mean ads ... and ads are revenue. if half
> the worlds news was reported realistically in proportion.. you would have a
> pretty boring media. :)

It's all about getting our attention. Everyday I'm more afraid of
reading the news. I guess the press release will help. Anyway, here's
another article. LinuxDevices articles are usually better.

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8568412362.html

Now I bet a candy this one will not reach slashdot's frontpage :-)

N.-




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