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Thankfully they don't play on Irish TV so I only ever see them when I specifically request to view one. If they played on TV I'd get very annoyed.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Yeah, I've never seen one on Danish television either. But there's many "Wauuuw"-Vista commercials on the telly these days.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
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I've said some harsh things about Vista and I still don't like it. So more Vista love from me isn't going to endear me to anyone. But I thought this Apple video[^] was pretty funny. And quite true. You either get hounded by UAC or you turn it off. I should point out that I think all the other Mac vs. PC ads from Apple are really poor. They are petty and annoying. This was the first one I actually identified with because UAC does suck. You can vote me down now :)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
I laughed out loud when i first saw it. But then, i think most of 'em are pretty funny, even when they're horribly unfair. John Hodgman just has such a great delivery...
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Yeah, I've never seen one on Danish television either. But there's many "Wauuuw"-Vista commercials on the telly these days.
"When you have made evil the means of survival, do not expect men to remain good. Do not expect them to stay moral and lose their lives for the purpose of becoming the fodder of the immoral. Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask, `Who is destroying the world?' You are."
-Atlas Shrugged, Ayn RandThankfully I have been sparred every WOW Vista ad except the main website which I visited in a fit of madness. What a daft campaign. Wow? WTF?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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That is truly funny and spot on. I agree about the previous ads I've seen, they were factually incorrect and annoying, but this is one I can identify with completely. When I first tried vista the moment I saw the UAC keep popping up my very first thought was "this is unbelievably stupid". Anyone who makes software and has *ever* watched a user run through their software quickly realizes how people glaze over and click anything just to get rid of it if it pops up without reading it. Whack a mole security is not the answer.
John Cardinal wrote:
Anyone who makes software and has *ever* watched a user run through their software quickly realizes how people glaze over and click anything just to get rid of it if it pops up without reading it.
to MS's credit, they made it tough to 'glaze over' because the UAC stuff flicks the entire screen to near-black, and puts up a system modal dialog. it made me think the system was totally crashing every time i tried to do anything. it really got my attention. until i turned the UAC off.
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I've said some harsh things about Vista and I still don't like it. So more Vista love from me isn't going to endear me to anyone. But I thought this Apple video[^] was pretty funny. And quite true. You either get hounded by UAC or you turn it off. I should point out that I think all the other Mac vs. PC ads from Apple are really poor. They are petty and annoying. This was the first one I actually identified with because UAC does suck. You can vote me down now :)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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I've said some harsh things about Vista and I still don't like it. So more Vista love from me isn't going to endear me to anyone. But I thought this Apple video[^] was pretty funny. And quite true. You either get hounded by UAC or you turn it off. I should point out that I think all the other Mac vs. PC ads from Apple are really poor. They are petty and annoying. This was the first one I actually identified with because UAC does suck. You can vote me down now :)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Although the commercial is funny it is so sad what Jobs is doing, compare one product to another to tell mine is better that's lame. Don't push too much or Gates can get angry... "you have to see the 30 sec ad first" http://video.msn.com/v/us/money.htm?g=91254431-cf03-4f4f-8e1d-e9f0f369d981&f=&fg=copy[^] Also looks like Apple forgot already that MS had to put 150 millions to keep Apple alive in 1997. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxOp5mBY9IY[^] This is so lame...
-- If you think the chess rules are not fair, first beat Anand, Kasparov and Karpov then you can change them. Moral is, don't question the work of others if you don't know the reason why they did it.
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John Cardinal wrote:
Anyone who makes software and has *ever* watched a user run through their software quickly realizes how people glaze over and click anything just to get rid of it if it pops up without reading it.
to MS's credit, they made it tough to 'glaze over' because the UAC stuff flicks the entire screen to near-black, and puts up a system modal dialog. it made me think the system was totally crashing every time i tried to do anything. it really got my attention. until i turned the UAC off.
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Chris Losinger wrote:
until i turned the UAC off.
And that just made me laugh! :) I ended up doing the same thing after using it 4 or 5 times. What's amusing is that while the idea is the same (at least how it's show to the end user) as Apple's, the Apple implementation is *much* less annoying, and *far*, far less frequent.
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Although the commercial is funny it is so sad what Jobs is doing, compare one product to another to tell mine is better that's lame. Don't push too much or Gates can get angry... "you have to see the 30 sec ad first" http://video.msn.com/v/us/money.htm?g=91254431-cf03-4f4f-8e1d-e9f0f369d981&f=&fg=copy[^] Also looks like Apple forgot already that MS had to put 150 millions to keep Apple alive in 1997. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxOp5mBY9IY[^] This is so lame...
-- If you think the chess rules are not fair, first beat Anand, Kasparov and Karpov then you can change them. Moral is, don't question the work of others if you don't know the reason why they did it.
Yeah, it is like politicial mud slinging, sad stuff. UAC still sucks though and OS X does get it right.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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Although the commercial is funny it is so sad what Jobs is doing, compare one product to another to tell mine is better that's lame. Don't push too much or Gates can get angry... "you have to see the 30 sec ad first" http://video.msn.com/v/us/money.htm?g=91254431-cf03-4f4f-8e1d-e9f0f369d981&f=&fg=copy[^] Also looks like Apple forgot already that MS had to put 150 millions to keep Apple alive in 1997. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxOp5mBY9IY[^] This is so lame...
-- If you think the chess rules are not fair, first beat Anand, Kasparov and Karpov then you can change them. Moral is, don't question the work of others if you don't know the reason why they did it.
CastorTiu wrote:
Also looks like Apple forgot already that MS had to put 150 millions to keep Apple alive in 1997.
As so many people seem to be fond of reminding me, Microsoft is a business. I doubt they would have put the money up without expecting a good return on their investment...
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Ah k, Rohe linked to the one I think you mean. The Apple ones came first. The Wii one was in response to the Apple ads and I don't think it is official, just something some fans knocked up.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
OK, the Wii ad was awesome, but then, I love Nintendo in ways I don't love MS or Apple. But, I like the Apple ad, it's very true.
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I've said some harsh things about Vista and I still don't like it. So more Vista love from me isn't going to endear me to anyone. But I thought this Apple video[^] was pretty funny. And quite true. You either get hounded by UAC or you turn it off. I should point out that I think all the other Mac vs. PC ads from Apple are really poor. They are petty and annoying. This was the first one I actually identified with because UAC does suck. You can vote me down now :)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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I've said some harsh things about Vista and I still don't like it. So more Vista love from me isn't going to endear me to anyone. But I thought this Apple video[^] was pretty funny. And quite true. You either get hounded by UAC or you turn it off. I should point out that I think all the other Mac vs. PC ads from Apple are really poor. They are petty and annoying. This was the first one I actually identified with because UAC does suck. You can vote me down now :)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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CastorTiu wrote:
Also looks like Apple forgot already that MS had to put 150 millions to keep Apple alive in 1997.
As so many people seem to be fond of reminding me, Microsoft is a business. I doubt they would have put the money up without expecting a good return on their investment...
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So many people seem to think that Apple ads are unfair because MS invested; and that it was charity on Microsoft's part. Apple would have found someone to invest in their new initiative. But they don't realize that advertising has always been unfair; customers are unfairly treated all the time with all the products promising heaven. Thomas
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Nah, the others are better ;)
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Um. Huh? What does your choice of OS have to do with your success under the sheets? You did also notice the PC guy was ten times more likely to die early of heart disease than the Mac dude? ;)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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I've said some harsh things about Vista and I still don't like it. So more Vista love from me isn't going to endear me to anyone. But I thought this Apple video[^] was pretty funny. And quite true. You either get hounded by UAC or you turn it off. I should point out that I think all the other Mac vs. PC ads from Apple are really poor. They are petty and annoying. This was the first one I actually identified with because UAC does suck. You can vote me down now :)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Paul Watson wrote:
You either get hounded by UAC or you turn it off.
I have to wonder what applications you're running to get hounded by UAC. I get the prompts only when installing new software, or when I intentionally run something elevated. That's not hounding to me, and I've left it on.
Mike Poz
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Paul Watson wrote:
You either get hounded by UAC or you turn it off.
I have to wonder what applications you're running to get hounded by UAC. I get the prompts only when installing new software, or when I intentionally run something elevated. That's not hounding to me, and I've left it on.
Mike Poz
Well you are a lucky man then because deleting files, moving files, fiddling with shortcuts etc. pops up plenty of UAC dialogs for me. And every review I have read of Vista complains about UAC. Are you running in admin mode by any chance?
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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I've said some harsh things about Vista and I still don't like it. So more Vista love from me isn't going to endear me to anyone. But I thought this Apple video[^] was pretty funny. And quite true. You either get hounded by UAC or you turn it off. I should point out that I think all the other Mac vs. PC ads from Apple are really poor. They are petty and annoying. This was the first one I actually identified with because UAC does suck. You can vote me down now :)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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Looks like a pretty stupid commercial to me, it looks like it was created by an immature child.... oh wait.
Matt Newman
Oh c'mon Matt - it's f*cking hilarious, especially the agent's last comment... "You're coming to a sad realization. Cancel or allow?" The ad guys are brilliant!
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