On Tue, 30 May 2006 11:31:51 EDT, Bowerbird@aol.com wrote: |michael said: |> I note that the press didn't give Yahoo the time of day when |> their similar announcements came out about a year later. . . | |c'mon, michael, you act like you're a novice when it comes to |knowledge about how "the news" is created in the u. s. of a. | |the media doesn't just "give" you attention, except superficial |treatment if you're some freak; otherwise, you have to buy it. | |google went and bought some coverage, and the o.c.a. didn't. | |it's as simple as that. Not all the world's media acts in such a cynical money grubbing way. :-( In the UK one gets coverage for being interesting to the readers :-) -- Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk> "Intelligent Design?" my knees say *not*. "Intelligent Design?" my back says *not*. More like "Incompetent design". Sig (C) Copyright Public Domain