Why Microsoft Visual Studio advertising sucks today
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ragnaroknrol wrote:
Cause planets and space has everything to do with a stable/bug free developing platform.
It looks like we've got more to be worried about as there seems to be a new smiling-face-planet in the solar system, plus what appears to be a few cross sections of a tree. What do they teach kids these days... :-D
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough" ~ Albert Einstein "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair Now reading: 'The Third Reich', by Michael Burleigh
Obviously, it's a dual-purpose commercial... They're also trying to convince kids that Astronomy will take them to their own little "happy place"... There are just too many jokes there, and so few are KSS...
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
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I noticed you linked to the UK version... The US version is worse. http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/default.mspx[^] We get a 5yr old drawing how cool it is on top of that slogan. Cause planets and space has everything to do with a stable/bug free developing platform.
For FSM's sake do they think we have a mental age of two or something?
I hope you realise that hamsters are very creative when it comes to revenge. - Elaine
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For FSM's sake do they think we have a mental age of two or something?
I hope you realise that hamsters are very creative when it comes to revenge. - Elaine
Steve_Harris wrote:
For FSM's sake do they think we have a mental age of two or something?
Yes. Yes they do. Case in point: Most of us use their products.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
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I can only think of one industry that does...
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
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Obviously, it's a dual-purpose commercial... They're also trying to convince kids that Astronomy will take them to their own little "happy place"... There are just too many jokes there, and so few are KSS...
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
Can't Resist......must try.....NOOOOOO! Why are there no rings around Uranus? Ahhhhh.
CCC solved so far: 2 (including a Hard One!) 37!?!! - Randall, Clerks
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Steve_Harris wrote:
For FSM's sake do they think we have a mental age of two or something?
Yes. Yes they do. Case in point: Most of us use their products.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
Ouch. Truth hurts.
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For FSM's sake do they think we have a mental age of two or something?
I hope you realise that hamsters are very creative when it comes to revenge. - Elaine
Apologies, I *might* have just undermined your point here: http://www.codeproject.com/Lounge.aspx?msg=3304433#xx3304433xx[^]
CCC solved so far: 2 (including a Hard One!) 37!?!! - Randall, Clerks
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ragnaroknrol wrote:
Cause planets and space has everything to do with a stable/bug free developing platform.
It looks like we've got more to be worried about as there seems to be a new smiling-face-planet in the solar system, plus what appears to be a few cross sections of a tree. What do they teach kids these days... :-D
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough" ~ Albert Einstein "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair Now reading: 'The Third Reich', by Michael Burleigh
I was actually thinking about that. "Hey look, Jupiter is hanging out next to that SMILEY FACE PLANET THE SIZE OF EARTH!!!" Seriously, looking at it, we are the only option there that has that crap thrown in.
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Can't Resist......must try.....NOOOOOO! Why are there no rings around Uranus? Ahhhhh.
CCC solved so far: 2 (including a Hard One!) 37!?!! - Randall, Clerks
Why am I getting lyrics in my head now? "I'm hung like planet Pluto, hard to see with the naked eye, but if I crashed into Uranus I would stick it where the sun don't shine."
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Your development happy place.[^] X| X| X| X|
I hope you realise that hamsters are very creative when it comes to revenge. - Elaine
That wasn't really that awful, relatively speaking (this IS Microsoft, afterall). I actually enjoy using Visual Studio!
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I can only think of one industry that does...
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
Thinking of a career switch? :rolleyes:
¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Personal 3D projects Just Say No to Web 2 Point Blow
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Thinking of a career switch? :rolleyes:
¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Personal 3D projects Just Say No to Web 2 Point Blow
Who in their right mind would pay to see ME like that? Ok, wait... I'll rephrase... Who in their right mind, wrong mind, or any other mind...
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
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Oh that is rough. Who thinks this crap up? Worse, who lets them do it?
It's the same guys that thought pairing Gates and Seinfeld in a commercial would be funny.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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That wasn't really that awful, relatively speaking (this IS Microsoft, afterall). I actually enjoy using Visual Studio!
CanslerForce wrote:
I actually enjoy using Visual Studio!
Sure, you like it NOW... But if this is their advertising campaign, imagine the product a few years down the road...
Hi, I'm smiley, the smiley-face planet! I see you've started a new solution. Would you like to: * Write a program? * Write a virus? * Play Minesweeper?"
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
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CanslerForce wrote:
I actually enjoy using Visual Studio!
Sure, you like it NOW... But if this is their advertising campaign, imagine the product a few years down the road...
Hi, I'm smiley, the smiley-face planet! I see you've started a new solution. Would you like to: * Write a program? * Write a virus? * Play Minesweeper?"
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
Play Minesweeper! hahaha that's great!
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Your development happy place.[^] X| X| X| X|
I hope you realise that hamsters are very creative when it comes to revenge. - Elaine
Advertising agencies aren't interested in moving the merchandise for their clients. Their top priority is to create clever ads that will win ad industry awards, thus enabling them to raise their rates. Honestly. That's a serious answer.
Christopher Duncan www.PracticalUSA.com Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Copywriting Services
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Your development happy place.[^] X| X| X| X|
I hope you realise that hamsters are very creative when it comes to revenge. - Elaine
I agree. X| OT Change subject: "Why Visual Studio 2008 sucked yesterday" I can tell you why Visual Studio 2008 sucked yesterday for me. So I finally decided to use VS 2008 for my C++ project I am working on. With cmake the project generation and upgrade to Qt-4.6.0 went without any problems at all and my code compiled fine with VS2008 in the new 32 bit VC.90 build tree I added. I experienced no problems until I had to search and then BANG "Visual Studio has experienced a problem and needs to shut down". I restarted Visual Studio and had the same effect. After searching there is supposed to be a fix in SP1. I applied that yesterday and will have to see if it's still broken.
John
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Your development happy place.[^] X| X| X| X|
I hope you realise that hamsters are very creative when it comes to revenge. - Elaine
I really like how the whole page is about Visual Studio 2010 and yet the ad at the top has a picture of VS2008. What, they couldn't manage to do a mock up of what the 2010 box would look like?:confused:
"The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion. Maybe I'm an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about. What is it? It's complete gibberish. It's insane. When is this idiocy going to stop?" -- Oracle CEO Larry Ellison
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I noticed you linked to the UK version... The US version is worse. http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/default.mspx[^] We get a 5yr old drawing how cool it is on top of that slogan. Cause planets and space has everything to do with a stable/bug free developing platform.
Look at it this way. It's actually a fairly smart tactic. We're all talking about the stupidity of the ads, rather than the bloated crapitude of the product. By the time we notice just how big the VS2010 accretion disc[^] is, they'll be hawking VS2013.
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CanslerForce wrote:
I actually enjoy using Visual Studio!
Sure, you like it NOW... But if this is their advertising campaign, imagine the product a few years down the road...
Hi, I'm smiley, the smiley-face planet! I see you've started a new solution. Would you like to: * Write a program? * Write a virus? * Play Minesweeper?"
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
What? No "Sod it, I'm going to play Solitaire for the 50th straight time this hour" option? *sigh* What's this world coming to? Flynn
Ian Shlasko wrote:
Hi, I'm smiley, the smiley-face planet! I see you've started a new solution. Would you like to: * Write a program? * Write a virus? * Play Minesweeper?"