Why and how people work for free on "challenges"

Chris McAuliffe cmca at alpha.c2.org
Tue Mar 26 02:15:16 PST 1996


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[To: Alan Horowitz <alanh at mailhost.infi.net>]
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[Subject: Re: Why and how people work for free on "challenges" ]
[In-reply-to: Your message of Mon, 25 Mar 96 21:47:17 EST.]
             <Pine.SV4.3.91.960325213654.8787A-100000 at larry.infi.net> 

>I think the "challenges" thing has gotten too ridiculous. Didn't some guys
>try to recently walk across Antarctica? Ended up eating some of their dogs
>before the Norwegian Coast Guard bailed out their ass, if I recall
>correctly? 

Wow, those Norwegians must be pretty keen to go all the way to
Antarctica...

Seasoned (ant)arctic explorers consider dogs to be stored food
anyway. You just don't eat them till the sleds get lighter, that is all.

Chris McAuliffe <cmca at alpha.c2.org> (No, not that one.)

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