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Firefox New York Times Ad Hits the Presses
Dave writes "The long awaited New York Times ad for Firefox has finally hit the presses. Because of the vast number of donations the ad covered two pages of the newspaper. It's being timed to coincide with 11 million downloads."
...we could start a fund raising project to run a full-page ad for Lynx?
This way to the egress...
Spinning newspaper injures reporter.
Unknown host pong.
I love the ad! I especially like the hidden image on the first page (stare at the page long enough with uncrossed eyes and "IE Sucks" will appear in 3D). Was this a clever easter egg or just an attempt at semi-subtle subliminal advertising?
What do you guys think they used as the font/size for all those names? That's like EULA sized print!
"No occurences of:
Bill Gates
Found in this document."
Must have ran out of ink.
It's my understanding a free copy of this ad is being included with every copy of the New York Times.
High-res, too. One day offer only, though.
This should do wonders for the NYT. I know I'm going to go out and buy a copy.
Badass Resumes
No. We'll see IE, the leading web browser in the world with 80+ percent of the market.
Funny, how that used to be 90+ percent of the market.
In a few months you'll be repeating the same joke with "70+ percent"
Regis Tration-Required
I don't keep a lid on my coffee so when I walk around I look busy -me
Here's the alphabet for reference:
ABCDEFGHIUJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
You might want to learn it. It makes using phone books and stuff easier.
What a fool believes, he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.
A nice representation of all sections of people. Russian,Chinese and Indian names are common. Too bad too few women in it (maybe 1:50). Maybe Firefox is not a chick magnet after all...
Does anyone have a scan of the actual ad, but with coffee stains, donut crumbs, and a few cigarette ashes on the page? I want to make it feel New York authentic.
Don't mind the extra U. It's there to break up the fight between the I and J.
What a fool believes, he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.
"Hi, I'm Al Gore, inventor of the internet. When I'm surfing the web, I like to use a little program I invented called Mozilla Firefox. It's got moxie!"
*dons tin-foil hat*
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"I did nothing. I did absolutely nothing and it was everything that I thought it could be."
Welp, googling for them brought me to http://travel.lanfear.com/ rather quickly.
Marc and Samantha Wandschneider, you suburban looking, plain Jane looking couple, prepare for the slashdotting of your life! Muahahahahaha
"As the intrepid kobold companion continues his journey, he begins to wonder... if priests raises dead, why anybody die?
There's a certain irony in checking out the Firefox ad from a CVS...
It's "no one," not "noone." Who the hell is noone anyway?
I paid for my name to be put in the ad. ... Gives me some free press as well even if I have to point it out to people.
:)
Don't you mean, gives you some free press, but all you had to do was pay for it?
Throw away that tired old web browser! With Firefox you get SECURITY, STANDARDS Compliance, all in one easy payment of not $100, not $50, not $25, but, FREE. Yes it's free!
This is my sig.
and they randomly appeared in alphabetical order! what were the chances? ;-)
A geek's true Christmas wish come true:
First name on the ad!
sorry :(
Surprised there is no surprise eh?