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10 Ads The US Won't See
prostoalex writes "Some ads made by world's leading advertising agencies for well-known brands will never be seen in the United States. The Gucci G-Spot turned out to be too risque, video for Drug-Free America was deemed too disgusting, Internet's favorite Honda "Cog" commercial won't air due to the high prices for a 2-minute spot, and Japanese commercials with American actors have contracts preventing the companies to run the same ads in the US. AdAge provides a link to the pictures and video (Windows Media .ASF format, alas) of the 10 best unaired commercials." I can get the ASFs working under VLC.
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Damn. Slashdot is teh sl0w.
I tried to go to the site but my ad blocker filtered teh it. I thought /. was against ads, I guess only until they are censored from us, then we insist on seeing them.
Trollkore is stomping the GNAA.
"Production costs: $1.2 million
2 minutes of network airtime: $2 million
Mention on Slashdot: Priceless."
This is not off-topic.
"Derp de derp."
I'm not an expert, but from what I understand there are very clean ways of extracting energy from coal these days. It has a bad reputation embedded in many people's eyes from the past, though, so it's not always a politicians' first choice from a public relations perspective.
Whether these cleaner methods for burning it make it more affordable and "better", I couldn't say. I guess it depends on the situation.
I thought the Troll mod was stranger myself...
Wow, and starting at only $26,000 for an Accord...gosh, what a stellar deal.
I'll take a Mazda Six, thanks. Or an RX-8. Honda needs to stop trying to drink from the same boring trough if they want my business.
The RSX is a great car. The S2000 is a great motor in the body of a doorstop. Honda needs to get off the dime and start revitalizing their product, or they're not going to be top of the heap for much longer. (Top of the very boring "Cars that almost make you forget you're driving!" heap)
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
Of course, nuclear power is probably a better solution from an environmental perspective, but try making *that* argument in public debate...
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo
--Andy Finkel (J. Klass?)
Not only does coal release gobs of CO2, it releases more radioactivity than a nuclear power plant. Coal is a magnet for uranium so when you burn a lump of coal, some uranium goes up the flue along with the CO2.