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IE 8 ads?
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 13:31:38 -0800
According to http://vip.itworldcanada.com/t?ctl=5518A:46C72B916E30854898CF75B9B13DE 6F3&&p=EI &sub=7345 this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB9fhjnJcB0 was actually released as an ad by Microsoft. Given the ease of creating spoofs on the net, my first reaction was that it had to be fake. But given some of the other IE8 ads available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjUzzxAKs20&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyQolo0Xdqw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaqLgz_G97k It's fairly obvious that Microsoft has bought into the "really, really stupid ads will make people buy your products" myth. I find http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aA_PEltVTw particularly objectionable ... ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org Key escrow to rule them all; key escrow to find them. Key escrow to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In the land of surveillance where Big Brother lies. - Peter Gutmann http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/slade/index.html http://twitter.com/rslade http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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