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Google sends Cr-48 to "Will it Blend?"

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Re: Google sends Cr-48 to "Will it Blend?"

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Post by gloob »

riobard wrote: post #16
guiseppecalzone wrote: post #6

Google did another advertisement where they destroy at least 5 laptops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-Vnx58UYo&feature I used to think that "Will it blend" was funny. Maybe the novelty of it has warn off. Instead of laughing, watching this video made me wince.

I had the same weird feeling watching that video. There is something fundamentally wrong there. I'm especially worried about the last part when the little girl destroying the last CR-48: she was so calm to do that without a blink. I was shocked. This is not the way we teach our children. [edit]: there's a tagline said by the demo guy in the video: “good thing I get a new one every time”. This kinda thinking bothers m…

What about it bothers you, exactly?

Re: Google sends Cr-48 to "Will it Blend?"

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Post by cma »

riobard wrote: post #16
guiseppecalzone wrote: post #6

Google did another advertisement where they destroy at least 5 laptops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-Vnx58UYo&feature I used to think that "Will it blend" was funny. Maybe the novelty of it has warn off. Instead of laughing, watching this video made me wince.

I had the same weird feeling watching that video. There is something fundamentally wrong there. I'm especially worried about the last part when the little girl destroying the last CR-48: she was so calm to do that without a blink. I was shocked. This is not the way we teach our children. [edit]: there's a tagline said by the demo guy in the video: “good thing I get a new one every time”. This kinda thinking bothers m…

Almost the entire advertising industry is pure waste, whether they are physically destroying laptops or not.

Re: Google sends Cr-48 to "Will it Blend?"

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Post by hugh3 »

thingie wrote: post #25
huntero wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's advertising. Admittedly, I don't have the numbers to back it up, but I would imagine that the economic impact of this advertising is worth more than the cost for Google to send a CR-48 to be blended.

It might still be cheaper than some kind of elaborate ad with a lot of actors, scenes and stuff, and even have lesser environmental impact (one laptop is much less waste than, say, flight to some distant place to take the shots for an ad). So, yes, it can actually make sense. But still, I just don't like the culture which shows that it's perfectly ok to smash and destroy stuff just for pleasure and marketing. Imagine…

It's just a bunch of atoms. It was a bunch of atoms before the manufacturers got to it -- mostly goo, some rocks, a bit of sand. They rearranged the atoms into a different order. Then Blend-Tec guy put it into a blender and rearranged the atoms again, now it's dust instead of goo. What has been lost, apart from a bit of irreplacable time out of the lives of everyone involved (including me writing this comment and you reading it)?

Re: Google sends Cr-48 to "Will it Blend?"

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Post by cypherpunks01 »

bdb wrote: post #13

This is particularly awesome because my Cr-48 came with a piece of paper that said something like: "Do not crush, incinerate, blend (guess we'll never find out if it'll blend...), ...(several other things)..."

The full first paragraph of the Safety Notice:

This product contains sensitive components. Do not drop, disassemble, open, crush, bend, bake, deform, puncture, blend (guess we'll never know if it'll bend), shred, incinerate, paint, bring to the moon, or insert foreign objects into the device. Do not spill liquids, rocks of any size, or food on the device. Do not expose the device to water, moisture or rap music.

It keeps going... :)

Re: Google sends Cr-48 to "Will it Blend?"

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Post by JonnieCache »

hugh3 wrote: post #34
thingie wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It might still be cheaper than some kind of elaborate ad with a lot of actors, scenes and stuff, and even have lesser environmental impact (one laptop is much less waste than, say, flight to some distant place to take the shots for an ad). So, yes, it can actually make sense. But still, I just don't like the culture which shows that it's perfectly ok to smash and destroy stuff just for pleasure and marketing. Imagine…

It's just a bunch of atoms. It was a bunch of atoms before the manufacturers got to it -- mostly goo, some rocks, a bit of sand. They rearranged the atoms into a different order. Then Blend-Tec guy put it into a blender and rearranged the atoms again, now it's dust instead of goo. What has been lost, apart from a bit of irreplacable time out of the lives of everyone involved (including me writing this comment and you…

>What has been lost, apart from a bit of irreplacable time out of the lives of everyone involved (including me writing this comment and you reading it)?

Short answer, we've gained entropy. Over time, entropy will be the end of us, and therefore it is our responsibility as lifeforms to hold it back wherever we can. Otherwise what's the point? May as well just give up on the whole spontaneously emergent complexity deal altogether if you're just going to go wrecking up the place.

Re: Google sends Cr-48 to "Will it Blend?"

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Post by cypherpunks01 »

jrockway wrote: post #18

I actually wanted to test my application on a Cr-48, but I didn't get one. Oh well. I keep forgetting that it's Microsoft that says "developers, developers, developers, developers".

Uh, well I wanted to test my application on a Cr-48, and they did send me one...

Microsoft has never given me anything except excruciating IE 6/7/8/9 bugs.

Re: Google sends Cr-48 to "Will it Blend?"

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Post by jrockway »

apetresc wrote: post #29
jrockway wrote: post #18

I actually wanted to test my application on a Cr-48, but I didn't get one. Oh well. I keep forgetting that it's Microsoft that says "developers, developers, developers, developers".

You're joking, right? The fact that you weren't one of the thousands to receive a free laptop makes Google developer-unfriendly?

Yes, my post was intended to be tongue-in-cheek. The article is about putting the laptop in a blender; comments should be read with that in mind.
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