Apple G5 Ads Banned In UK 709
Justen writes "The Independent Television Commission has quietly banned Apple from airing an advertisement (in QuickTime here) for the Power Mac G5 in the UK. The Committee says that, prior to the initial broadcast of the ad, it was critical of the assertion that the Power Mac G5 is "the world's fastest, most powerful personal computer." However, Apple supplied what was asserted to be "fair and even" data, based partially on SPEC benchmarks, which "substantiated" Apple's claims and "satisfied" the concerns of their "IT expert." However, the Committee says some "viewers complained that the advertising was misleading," and thus, after an investigation, it reversed its original decision. The Committee has now decided that the ad "should not be re-shown in its current form." Conspiracy theorists take note, Apple's sales in the UK are up 36%, so far, this year."
Conspiracy? Yes. (Score:5, Funny)
Conspiracy theorists take note, Apple's sales in the UK are up 36%, so far, this year.
.. sure, but I'll also note that The site www.itc.org.uk is running Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4/Windows 98. [netcraft.com] It's a ploy by Microsoft to bring that 36% number 'under control'..
..where's my tin foil hat?
Irony (Score:0, Funny)
Now THATS irony!
In other news... (Score:2, Funny)
Quotastic! (Score:0, Funny)
Must buy G5 (Score:4, Funny)
By the time the ad was out, it was no longer the most powerful computer.
Re:Censorship or standards? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Conspiracy? Yes. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:the FASTEST computers? Oh come on, now (Score:3, Funny)
I can say (Score:5, Funny)
Wow. 8 whole viewers complained! (Score:5, Funny)
But wait, there is more. I have installed Windows2003 on one of my computers, and contrary to Microsoft's TV ads, it didn't save me 5 cents per business transaction. I was hoping to make a killing on that.
In UK, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter is simply known as I Swear It's Not Butter!
Commercials (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Irony (Score:3, Funny)
He must be listening to Allanis Morrisette again.
Don't ya think?
Re:Conspiracy? Yes. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Superfalous? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Conspiracy? Yes. (Score:5, Funny)
phew! Thanks for clearing that up!
Conspiracy theorists take note (Score:3, Funny)
Real-world benchmarks (Score:5, Funny)
One Undisputable Troll Fact (Score:4, Funny)
Strait man? Is that a man in a straight jacket? Some guy who monitors ship traffic in the Strait Of Gibraltar? Mark Knopfler?
Lesson 1, Grasshopper: if you're going to troll, at least spell it correctly.
Re:UK Advertising laws are different. (Score:4, Funny)
Jaysyn
Re:UK Advertising laws are different. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Censorship or standards? (Score:5, Funny)
Where's my meds?
Let's start the list. (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe not just one... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Censorship or standards? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Conspiracy? Yes. (Score:5, Funny)
Now, see, I'm above that. Adding an eighth such statement would only serve to increase the clutter and confusion. It's become accepted that we
So, just letting you know that, uhm, I'm not going to do that. You're welcome.
Public safety comes first (Score:5, Funny)
Oh wait. You mean I am supposed to use my judgement and work out what bits are the truth and what bits are advertsing hyperbole.
Silly me! I though every part of every ad on TV was literal truth.
Re:Speaking of misleading numbers... (Score:2, Funny)
From what they were last year, to what they are now.
Will Slashdot be banned in the UK (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Centrino? (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, but one gets the feeling that the folks at Virginia Tech haven't grasped what a computer is for.
To help keep the ambitious job on schedule, "we used an assembly line of volunteer students to unpack computers and perform many of the routine but time consuming functions." Patricia Arvin, associate vice president of information systems and computing,... [emphasis mine]
http://computing.vt.edu/research_computing/teras cale/pressrelease.html
No, I'm New Here (Score:1, Funny)
Department of Truth (Score:2, Funny)