Youness Alaoui wrote: > oook.. so luckily enough, Rima found it online, and so, here it is for > the curious : > http://3arabtv.com/3arabtv/series/876/7854/Ebn_ElArendoli_مسلسل_ابن_الأرندلي_-_حلقة_4.html > yeah, it's in arabic and you won't understand a thing.. but anyways, > go to the end, around the time -5:31 (yeah, minus, since that flash > thing shows the time in remaining minutes) and you should see two > girls talking in front of the PC.. then they'll talk about aMSN and > you can see her loading the website (at -5:11) ... but unfortunately, > I misunderstood and we don't see the app itself... > so anyways, it goes something like this (I think) : > First girl : any news on that guy/boyfriend? > Second girl : I don't see him on facebook or messenger > First girl : Did he vanish ? > Second girl: no, he blocked me from facebook, and on MSN he's always > 'appear offline'... > First girl: I don't really understand that stuff... > Second girl : Now I'm installing a program called A.M.S.N. (and they > show the webpage :)) this way, I can know if he's really offline or > just appearing offline > First girl : And this program will allow you to know that ? > Second girl : yeah, this program was specifically programmed for this > sort of thing... > and.. then she finds him appearing offline and automagically starts a > video chat with him over... yahoo messenger... wtf! > Anyways, it's a bit less than what I originally thought it was, but > it's still awesome to see this kind of free marketing :p I mean, they > talked about us and showed our website on a tv show.. that's cool! :) > What pisses me off though is that... > 1 - aMSN doesn't allow you to see when someone is appearing offline.. > 2 - why would they say, it was specifically designed for that kind of > stuff... > 3 - wtf was that about suddendly starting a yahoo messenger webcam > session (which works on a 'appear offline' contact on the MSN > network... and which starts streaming audio and video without the user > accepting it or anything...) > 4 - Did you see the webpage loading? wtf! Is she on 56K modem or > what!??! That is just sad... Link doesn't work for me :( Anyway, in my experience, TV does a lot of that... just makes stuff up haha. And people, too... I remember some idiot in my English Lit class at uni was boasting to his friend how his Mac was more secure than windows because it used 'circular programming'...
> anyways, that's it! However, sorry Tom.. because of the above points, > I think we'll have to forget about the "As seen on TV" ad for the > website :p Ah well, worth a try! Hopefully thanks to Alvaro's friend we'll be able to say 'as seen on the BIG SCREEN' :D I see the future.. 'AMSN: The Movie' - a young brilliant artist growing up in the ghetto finds a laptop but can't afford windows. He craves the connectivity and visual richness of a fully-featured messenger... where can he turn??? If only I had time and a good camera :P > see ya! > KaKaRoTo > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:15 AM, Youness Alaoui > <kakar...@kakaroto.homelinux.net > <mailto:kakar...@kakaroto.homelinux.net>> wrote: > > Hi all, > Here's a quick and nice little info... > My wife, Rima, just came back from Morocco today, and she told me > that at some point when she was there, she was watching TV and > there was some egyptian sitcom bein aired... and in that TV show, > there was some woman who was wondering why isn't some other guy > answering her (phone/email/whatever), and it's been a while since > she saw him online on MSN, etc... and then she said something like > this : "and look, I even use aMSN, so I can see if he deletes me > from his contact list", and indeed, they showed aMSN on her PC, > with the aMSN logo, and the Tux penguin in the display picture, > and everything... > Obviously, she was shocked and very happy to see that, and when > she told me, I was just surprised! > So anyways, for those who heard about it (on IRC), now you get all > the details on how it happened, and for everyone else, that's one > juicy piece of information! > How proud are we, huh? :) > KaKaRoTo > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Amsn-devel mailing list > Amsn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Amsn-devel mailing list Amsn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel
