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Apple Integrates Humorous Ad with Web Pages

Apple Integrates Humorous Ad with Web Pages

by , 4:00 PM EST, November 26th, 2007

In a clever deomonstration of Web technology, Apple has been seen running a variation of its Get A Mac ad on Web pages that has John Hodgman interacting with your computer screen.

The PC, "John Hodgman," has a control box and is trying to light up a banner that says "Don't Give up On Vista." It doesn't work in a lighthearted way.

There have been some reports that the Flash ad crashes some PCs, and that has annoyed some observers.

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Close Name:Guest
Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:14 pm Subject: sit

John,

Past participle of "sit" is "sat". Your last sentence should read, "There have been some reports that the Flash ad crashes some PCs, and that hasn't sat well with some observers."

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Close Name:Guest
Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:41 pm Subject: this is a good news article

What a cool article. Thanks. Not only was it informative, there was a link to a video that showed me what the article was talking about. It's a little thing, I suppose, but I really like a well-thought article like this. Kudos!

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Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:44 pm Subject: Here's the actual ad

You can actually view it on PC Magazine's webpage on Vista at http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,2705,1786052,00.asp

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Close Name:Guest
Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:02 pm Subject: Short but what a mess

That's a short article but what a mess, John.

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Close Name:Steve Ballmer Guest
Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:51 pm Subject: NOT FUNNY! LIES!

[pointless trolling/spamming deleted]

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Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:19 pm Subject:

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Guest wrote:
John,

Past participle of "sit" is "sat". Your last sentence should read, "There have been some reports that the Flash ad crashes some PCs, and that hasn't sat well with some observers."

Do you mean shat?

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