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Wait, wait! There is also a free Web Browser that don't eat your hard-drive up? Cool!
Cool, right?
Here's "The Catch." THOMAS "TABLOID" HART is the sole and exclusive Judge of our contests. He like won Honorable Mention in the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link(WELL) Online Writing Contest for his premiere column, which we like KNOW you read, right? And a one year free membership on the reknowned ISP, the WELL. What did he do? He said, "Hey, Publisher Man, give it to one of our deserving Loyal Readers."
What a guy!
WAIT-WAIT-WAIT! Before we give you the click-throughs and all --- THERE'S A COUPLA OTHER RULES. Like, don't take part in this if you are like a Minor, An Axe-Murderer, Some Kind of Ideological Nazi, a Friend of Bill, related in any way, shape, or form, to J. Edgar Hoover(I thought that man would never die!). That said:
- Determine why you believe you are WORTHY of the great honor of FREE STUFF from the World's Magazine, then
- Click HERE and send it to our Talk-Back page.
OKAY, LET'S START OVER
WE HAVE A WINNER!
FREE OPERA BROWSER UPGRADE
BRIAN WILKS if you are out there, come get your FREE Opera Browser software.
Brian wrote in to Tabloid Hart and part of what he said was: "I am a firm believer in the "Nonags" theory of internet applications, that being if it ain't free, who needs it? Well, unfortunately, there are some apps which are just so good that everyone should have access to them regardless of cost. In this category are programs like WinZip, Eudora, WinRescue, IrfanView, and a personal favorite, WinAmp. All these programs are just too good for the average computer user to pass up, and as such, deserve the money they are charging (which is usually pretty nominal anyways). What ruins the entire industry is the "bloat-ware" which is out there, i.e. Communicator/Explorer, and the stuff which could develop the whole world of internet interactivity, i.e. Flash III, Quicktime Pro, and a Vivo encoder which you have to sell your firstborn for.
"At present I am trying to do the opposite of what the internet designer's handbook recommends and create a site which takes full advantage of the most innovative technology out there, and flips a big finger to the netizens (ooh, how I hate that word) who are unwilling to upgrade their browser for the sake of having the internet's technology progress. To achieve this, I am trying to "push the envelope" in my own limited way, using Flash, RealPlayer, SMIL, and XML to just create a good, clean site which will be a great interactive experience for everyone. For this to work, however, I need to be up on what the latest browsers can handle. Right now I use Netscape 4.5, IE 4.0 (after all the security fixes for this one, how can I trust a beta of 5.0?), Sun's HotJava 1.1.5, and a couple of different IE shells (Creative Inspire, Redsoft Nitro, SmokeZone Expedition, and Neoplanet). Opera would be a great boost to my development by giving me one more tool with which to pattern my development techniques. I have been interested in Opera ever since a former roommate of mine downloaded Opera 2.0, and I am interested to see whether their new improvements merit the hype I am hearing about it. That's it, I guess. Thanks for letting me rant on a bit."
Well, Brian, you should have gotten Tabloid's message in the mail by now. So as you as you confirm your age, the code for the FREE OPERA BROWSER software is yours.
Congratulations!
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