Comments on: Microsoft retail store gets odd viral marketing buzz

By: truthseeker

truthseeker — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:21:29 +0000

I wanted to work at the Mission Viejo store… but it asked on the questionnaire whether I’m good at line dancing and if I don’t mind making a complete ass of myself in public while representing a parasitic, monopolistic overlord corporation. I had to check “no” for both. So I didn’t qualify. Bummer.

By: gslusher

gslusher — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:54:40 +0000

There’s another version of the video on YouTube–same video, different music–The Benny Hill theme. Somehow, it’s more appropriate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaNDl9T2-Wo

By: The Mad Hatter

The Mad Hatter — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:08:43 +0000

@enzos,

Thanks, hadn’t heard of that. It would be a special way of letting your boss know what you thought of him. And of course, you wouldn’t be the one cleaning up the mess…

By: weave

weave — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:42:55 +0000

Brad’s website was thrown together so quickly he didn’t even have a chance to change the default picture rotation in the Thesis theme (which I wonder if he paid for).

By: enzos

enzos — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:20:13 +0000

@Mad.. there’s a special form of seppuku called kanshi (諫死, appropriately, “death of understanding”) that seems to fit line dancing Microsofties.. “The retainer would make one deep, horizontal cut into his stomach, then quickly bandage the wound. After this, the person would then appear before his lord, give a speech in which he announced the protest of the lord’s action, then reveal his mortal wound.”
spilling their guts for Redmond?

By: adamk359

adamk359 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:23:58 +0000

That whole “hard-core” Mac user thing sounds as legit as any Jehovah’s witness who comes to my door claiming to have Jewish relatives as if part of their script when approaching people like me who say we’re not interested because we’re Jewish. Very believable.

By: Imapolicecar

Imapolicecar — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:42:47 +0000

Microsoft – Inspired by Ballmer. ’nuff said I think!

By: The Mad Hatter

The Mad Hatter — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:01:02 +0000

It looks like Microsoft is committing Seppuku by numbers.

By: Berend Schotanus

Berend Schotanus — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:35:07 +0000

Well, it looks like Microsoft is in the process of reinventing itself. As everybody knows invention goes with trial and error. There’s a lot of error out there…

By: gus2000

gus2000 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:11:29 +0000

It’s OK for me, I have the “Symantec Anti-Viral-Marketing Adware Blocker” installed.

It’s a good thing, too; I could never resist making impulsive buying decisions when confronted with great line dancing.