Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:56 AM, mikexha...@gmail.com wrote: Well the bringing together only applies when you completely agree with the MFB's. Perhaps we can agree on this generality: Windows is the OS of the business and governmental world while Mac is the OS of the more artistic

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: What the heck are you talking about? Since when is targeted advertising (which is basically, all good advertising) vicious and reprehensible? You do know that ads like this are just make believe? This is not a real life scene

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread Jeff Wright
http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2009/08/microsoft-002225.php Those miracle workers in Redmond have had a busy day. What will they think of next? Apple will never have to worry about such things, considering how their ads are unfailingly stuffed with lily-white actors. It's like a 1950's

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread Tony B
I haven't been following the story closely, but I suspect it was just a random piece of clip art someone found. And it's unfair to now analyze the job so closely as to try to match the skin tone of the hand. Clip art is manipulated all the time; this really isn't a big story. Much funnier are the

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Jeff Wrightjswri...@gmail.com wrote: Apple will never have to worry about such things, considering how their ads are unfailingly stuffed with lily-white actors.  It's like a 1950's Newport yacht club. Unfailingly? A bad choice for a word to describe Apple's

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread chad evans wyatt
This is true, and, as a Mac user all my computing life, I've noticed this and felt quite uncomfortable about it.  The sense of community is rather skewered toward white reps and users; entertainers of other ethnic origin qualify as emblems only (eg Macy Gray).  --- On Fri, 8/28/09, Jeff

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread Jeff Wright
This is true, and, as a Mac user all my computing life, I've noticed this and felt quite uncomfortable about it.  The sense of community is rather skewered toward white reps and users; entertainers of other ethnic origin qualify as emblems only (eg Macy Gray). Even then, they have

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread t.piwowar
On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:32 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: They should have just staged a similar photos for the other markets at hand instead of photoshopping in a new head. I think the head transplant was plain lazy given that they m Lazy, of course. Isnt that M$ MO through and through?

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-28 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't been following the story closely, but I suspect it was just a random piece of clip art someone found. And it's unfair to now analyze the job so closely as to try to match the skin tone of the hand. Clip art is

[CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-27 Thread t.piwowar
http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2009/08/microsoft-002225.php Those miracle workers in Redmond have had a busy day. What will they think of next? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy **

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-27 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:01 PM, t.piwowart...@tjpa.com wrote: Those miracle workers in Redmond have had a busy day. What will they think of next? Anything for a buck. Totally unacceptable. Vicious and reprehensible advertising. Steve

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-27 Thread Tony B
What the heck are you talking about? Since when is targeted advertising (which is basically, all good advertising) vicious and reprehensible? You do know that ads like this are just make believe? This is not a real life scene that's been altered because of racism. Only an advertising idiot would

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-27 Thread t.piwowar
On Aug 27, 2009, at 10:09 PM, Tony B wrote: What the heck are you talking about? Since when is targeted advertising (which is basically, all good advertising) vicious and reprehensible? Its not like they put white hoods on all the people sitting at the table.

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-27 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
I know every one loves a good conspiracy theory, but if you read the article closely, the advertising was changed in Europe and they did the whitening over in Europe. It was not done in Redmond but in Europe. Racism is alive and well all over the world. Stewart At 10:05 PM 8/27/2009, you

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-27 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Then how do you explain the Windows/Mac crap? Stewart At 11:18 PM 8/27/2009, you wrote: On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshallpopoz...@earthlink.net wrote: I know every one loves a good conspiracy theory, but if you read the article closely, the advertising was changed

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-27 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshallpopoz...@earthlink.net wrote: I know every one loves a good conspiracy theory, but if you read the article closely, the advertising was changed in Europe and they did the whitening over in Europe.  It was not done in Redmond but in

Re: [CGUYS] M$ Turns Black to White

2009-08-27 Thread mike
Well the bringing together only applies when you completely agree with the MFB's. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall popoz...@earthlink.net wrote: Then how do you explain the Windows/Mac crap? Stewart At 11:18 PM 8/27/2009, you wrote: On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:18