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ScifiterX wrote:

I just saw one, wasn't impressed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afR5J7eskno

+1
Shoes WTF!?! Jerry on his knees in front of Gates. The position I think Gates wants everybody in.

I can't wait to see the Mac and PC answer to that.

Jasoco wrote:

I don't see a reason for them to even reply yet. There was only one second of Windows advertising in the whole thing. At the end. Delicious Windows. So what? Is MS seriously thinking of making Windows taste good? Mmm.... I could go for some moist delicious windows right not come to think of it.

Reason? No. But I think it would be funny.

Jasoco wrote:

It's a freaking credit card commercial redressed!

Yeah!!

vote nader?

what?

who stepped on a duck?



smurf it, let's go bowling.

That ad is a complete waste of production time.

-mark

Delicious Vista commercial #1 = fail.

It's not actually 'in' HD, I assume.

No, it is "IN" HD. Sony took the original film and scanned it and cropped it and retitled it. It's 1080i/p. I noticed stuff today you just could not see on the original low resolution SD broadcasts. Like background jokes that totally make the episode better.

It is as "in" HD as say, an old movie you see on Blu-Ray or HD-DVD is. Like Back to the Future or Willy Wonka. Movies shot on film are able to be scanned at a higher resolution than a movie they recorded on tape.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthre … p=14578659

More specifically:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthre … st14578659

Last edited by Jasoco (2008-09-11 1:16 am)

Part Two is out and runs at FOUR minutes!
Computerworld's take on it
Mine: This one at least made me laugh a little but still going WTF?

Last edited by LLEVIATHANN (2008-09-12 1:17 pm)

I like it. Just don't let Uwe Boll direct.

LLEVIATHANN wrote:

ScifiterX wrote:

I just saw one, wasn't impressed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afR5J7eskno

+1
Shoes WTF!?! Jerry on his knees in front of Gates. The position I think Gates wants everybody in.

The first one was just to get people talking. Obviously they are.

As for the rest... life is complex. Gates has his 'save the world' foundation, gives millions and helps raise more to fight disease and hunger, and has willed away all his money to charity. The Steve can't be found on any charity list; his wife gives a smidge to the Democratic party. If Gates wanted the world at his feet he wouldn't have given up all but a minor, day-a-week position at MS for his Foundation work.

Humor's one thing, perspective has its place too.

Last edited by Bat (2008-09-16 6:11 pm)

Link
Umm not All.

Planning on leaving his children $10 million each, "Gates has always said that, like Carnegie, he will give away most of his fortune before he dies. He plans to make sure his children are well taken care of but doesn’t want to leave them the burden of tremendous wealth."

Me thinks Jennifer, Rory & Phoebe have nothing to worry about. Obviously his idea of 'tremendous wealth' is skewed. Ten million by most standards is tremendously wealthy. Sure pocket change to him but not to the rest of us serfs. NTM his kids are still young. Not even teenagers yet. Whos to say that after they graduate from their free ride at Yale or Harvard they won't ask papa to finance their multi million dollar <insert idea here>.

Amen to Bill, family and success but he didn't get there by playing nice. You can polish a turd all you want. In the end it's still gonna be a turd.

Last edited by LLEVIATHANN (2008-09-17 9:15 am)

LLEVIATHANN wrote:

Link
Umm not All.
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Amen to Bill, family and success but he didn't get there by playing nice. You can polish a turd all you want. In the end it's still gonna be a turd.

Make it virtually all, then. At $60 Billion give or take, I make $30M ~0.05%.

You really wanted me to bring this up here of all places?..

A former lieutenant of Steve Jobs's once told me something surprising about his ex-boss. "Steve is a monopolist at heart," he said. "He's just like Bill Gates. He just hasn't been as successful." Well, Jobs is getting there. This summer, Apple's market capitalization surged past Google's, making it the financial king of Silicon Valley.

Newsweek 9/08

Bill's business practices weren't good. His philanthropy is, is real, and he works hard at it. Steve's appears not to exist, hence.. complexity.


ed sp

Last edited by Bat (2008-09-16 6:15 pm)

It's funny in that car accident way.