No, he made a bunch of money because he was there on day one with a ton of press lined up and ready to go and managed (against all odds, IMO) to actually be one of the more decent games at launch. (The prices were a lot higher back then, too, since no one knew how the market would evolve.) He either got lucky or was a marketing genius... The app doesn't sell for $4.99 anymore, either. I'm leaning towards luck.

I don't get why these local businesses and parents are willing to pay for ads on a math test when they could just drop off a ream of paper and a laser printer cartridge instead?

Why doesn't the teacher just ask for the supplies that are needed? Have kids bring them to school in exchange for some kind of bonus/credit/bragging-rights or something! Does it really have to jump straight to advertising? On a freaking TEST? Come on!

Yeah.. tell that to some of the admins over there... The way they reject things for being non-notable (as if there was a lack of space in wikipedia) and the other rules they fling at people sometimes, it's getting to where whole areas of the site aren't worth even trying to edit anymore simply because of the egos that might be stepped on.

Well at least it isn't Iowa. Wait.. *I* live in Iowa! Dammit!

A problem to watch out for is that if you add your own research to Wikipedia (even with all the proper citations), you'll get slapped by some self-important wikipedian because it is apparently wrong and evil to have the person directly responsible for the research itself to be included in the creation of encyclopedia content about said research.

Thanks for showing me what true cleverness is.

Personally, I'm holding out for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Imax YouTube Remix Extreme Deluxe Collectors Limited Edition. (But only after the first patch is released, because we all know that first versions suck.)

I had no idea I had to wait until Monday to start shopping online. I'm glad this Slashdot story showed up or else I might have just gone on buying stuff today and tomorrow and missed out on my chance to contribute to some meaningless statistics!

Boy.. I hope they don't cut funding for the stargate program... who would stop all the alien attacks?

Actually, I think it's pretty funny how much some people think he's already done - he doesn't have the power to do anything yet! Oh the insanity....

Bingo!

Note to others: The above comment is evidence that not all management types are clueless authoritarian blowhards. You can have a better life and a better boss if you look for it.

Sadly, I think point (b) is a significant cause of point (a) in the first place. :/

Whoa there... he hasn't done anything yet. He isn't even the president! His people are just gathering information. Calm down... Geesh.

Ugh. I've seen this comment (more or less) all over this thread and I just have to say: Why are so many of you living with such FEAR of your management? It can't be healthy! Lighten up, people! How can you even work for your management if you can't even think of them as *humans* who might like a joke as much as the next guy? Geesh. </rant>

... and I have... :)

As long as it's not some insanely time consuming thing that causes bugs or complexity in the "public" parts of the program, I don't see a problem with it. Gotta blow off steam somehow...