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Microsoft decided to pull this add, I wonder why. (pretty graphic warning)
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Microsoft decided to pull this add, I wonder why. (pretty graphic warning)
July 7, 2009 at 5:18 pm
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How they ever got Dean Cain to do this commercial is beyond me.
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July 7, 2009 at 5:24 pm
(July 7, 2009 at 5:18 pm)leo-rcc Wrote: How they ever got Dean Cain to do this commercial is beyond me.

Actually I thought it was quite funny ... but then I like tasteless adverts LOL!

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RE: Microsoft decided to pull this add, I wonder why. (pretty graphic warning)
July 7, 2009 at 5:30 pm
I thought the marketing dept. of Microsoft would have anticipated the shitstorm of complaints they would get from this one.

As for the joke, I liked it when the Monthy Python crew did it in "The meaning of life" but that was for the brilliant timing and excellent delivery.
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July 7, 2009 at 5:36 pm
(July 7, 2009 at 5:30 pm)leo-rcc Wrote: I thought the marketing dept. of Microsoft would have anticipated the shitstorm of complaints they would get from this one.

Well if Madasafish had to pull their advert (Harry Enfield and Churchill) then I guess MS would have to pull that one ... I'm not offended by many things ... stuff against kids makes me angry as does mindless racism, sexism and utter stupidity (of which I can also be guilty) ... I still like the advert.

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July 7, 2009 at 7:31 pm
What I don't get is how a decision to only let users run 3 applications at once got through to a stage where they actually announced it...

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July 7, 2009 at 9:53 pm
So what was the web site?
"On Earth as it is in Heaven, the Cosmic Roots of the Bible" available on the Amazon.
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July 8, 2009 at 9:31 am
(July 7, 2009 at 7:31 pm)Tiberius Wrote: What I don't get is how a decision to only let users run 3 applications at once got through to a stage where they actually announced it...

And then (predictably I suppose) the thread became an MS bashing one!

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July 8, 2009 at 10:06 am (This post was last modified: July 8, 2009 at 10:10 am by Rob.)
That post (adrian's) was rather off topic wasn't it Tongue
As funny as this advert is, it doesn't beat the two banned Xbox adverts.
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July 8, 2009 at 10:24 am
(July 8, 2009 at 10:06 am)rjh Wrote: That post (adrian's) was rather off topic wasn't it Tongue
Just pointing out another instance where MS let something slip through further than it should have...only I think my example was more hilarious. I mean, even with all the MS-bashing put aside...3 application limit? Seriously? Wasn't there a single person who stood up and told the guy who suggested it that it was the worst idea ever?
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RE: Microsoft decided to pull this add, I wonder why. (pretty graphic warning)
July 8, 2009 at 10:30 am
(July 8, 2009 at 10:24 am)Tiberius Wrote:
(July 8, 2009 at 10:06 am)rjh Wrote: That post (adrian's) was rather off topic wasn't it Tongue
Just pointing out another instance where MS let something slip through further than it should have...only I think my example was more hilarious. I mean, even with all the MS-bashing put aside...3 application limit? Seriously? Wasn't there a single person who stood up and told the guy who suggested it that it was the worst idea ever?

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