.jpg "Why Facebook borrowed $100 million for servers")
Valleywag
We were right: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales really did skip off to Richard Branson's Caribbean getaway in early March, even as a scandal unfolded over his governance of the world's most comprehensive list of gay animals. The powwow on Necker Island, which included Google's Larry Page, Tesla Motors chairman Elon Musk, former British prime minister Tony Blair, and VC Vinod Khosla, discussed global warming. Branson asked: "Is the world on fire?"
It may well be. Aflame, too, are the sentiments of Wikipedia's volunteers, many of whom are already enraged by Wales's jetsetting ways. For Wales, the gathering had an added attraction: After lunch, Branson took a party by catamaran to Mosquito, where women in bikini danced on the beach. "Normally the girls would be naked, but the prime minister is here," said Branson.
(Image via Wikimedia Commons)
Comments
Leave it to Owen to know about the gay animals page on Wikipedia.
Harry "not that there is anything wrong with it" Wang
He looks like a rucking fetard there.
what business do any of those assholes have discussing global warming? This is how an issue becomes contentious, when every moron thinks his opinion on the issue matters
@Rick Because it's an excuse to go hang with naked bitzzez! Duh.
How come every other person in this article has a business strategy of some sort related to global warming except for JimbHOpedia here?
Hey, Valleywag! Tell us how to get into *that* tattoo-and-piercingless orgy!
My wife and I honeymooned on Leverick Bay, across the water from Mosquito Island. We spent about 90 minutes snorkeling in the water off the western shore of Mosquito. Now that I know Jimbo's been there, drooling at bikini-clad dancing girls, I'm going to have to go Photoshop the island out of all our pictures of the Bay. Thanks, again, Jimbo.
Sex offender mug shot hot.
Owen, you missed the irony of my Photoshop joke. I created that pic as a dig at Valleywag's tabloid focus. See my userpage on Wikipedia.
[en.wikipedia.org]
Try doing some real reporting for a change.
Your version is out of date too. I've fixed the horn.
Thank youuuuuuuuuu Durova! We're so glad you cleared that up. He looks sooooo much better to the entire media universe now that you've pointed out that salient fact. That should do it. No really. Is Durova a Wikipedia cult name? I bet 100 Wikibucks and a "barnstar" that it is.
Humm... I wonder where the wives were?
Lily S.
[lilyseymour.blogspot.com]
@Durova: Anonymous user from a website anyone can edit argues with anonymous users on a website where anyone can submit rumors, about the ironic intent of a photoshopped digital copy of a painting. Which way is reality again?
You gotta be kidding me.
It takes many years, a boatload of money, and no kids, for it to make perfect sense to hang out with Branson on Necker Island........no matter what the topic.
Exactly when did it become a crime to become successful, make a profit, and enjoy the fruits of your labor?
Instead of condemning Jimmy - why aren't we celebrating his amazing contributions to our world -and thanking him for helping to make something like Wikipedia possible.
And if you really care who he is or isn't sleeping with - then you have too much time on your hands.
@Erica, it "becomes a crime to make a profit" when you're running a NON-profit.
As for Wikipedia being "amazing", have another chug of the Kool Aid and hang tight for the spaceship.
Start a discussion:
Login with your username and password below. Or comment on this post via email.
Forgot your username or password? New User?