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Top 10 Most Memorable Tech Super Bowl Ads

Posted by Zonk on from the hee-she-throws-a-hammer dept.

theodp writes "From 1977's lovable Xeroxing Monk to 2007's smug-and-rich SalesGenie pitch man, Valleywag has rounded up videos for its Top 10 most memorable tech-oriented Super Bowl commercials. The commercials are: Apple (1984), Monster (1999), CareerBuilder (2005), GoDaddy (2005), Xerox (1977), E*Trade (1999), Pets.com (2000), Computer.com (2000), SalesGenie.com (2007) and OurBeginning (2000). This year's ads are coming soon." I've always been a fan of the Outpost.com gerbil cannon spot.

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  1. digg? by loconet · · Score: 5, Insightful

    /me checks the URL. Yes, it says slashdot.org . wtf is going on? I'm scared.

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    1. Re:digg? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I'm a former jock and I don't give a damn about professional sports. What the hell do I care about some massive corporation pitting its employees against each other in arenas that were subsidized by tax payers? You might as well be rooting for coke versus pepsi. Incredibly retarded, but I guess sports suits the goal of placating and soothing the masses so they don't have time or energy to care about important things that are affecting them.

    2. Re:digg? by sqrt(2) · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Of course there are trolls. You're going to deal with people like that everywhere you go, on and offline (They're just more prevalent and egregious when they have anonymity). I've read genuinely interesting and informative posts too, and they usually out number the people that are just making noise.

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    3. Re:digg? by AmaDaden · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Why is slashdot trying to copy and compete with the likes of Digg?
      Why shouldn't it? The core of Slashdot is and always will be the same. Adding more on the edges (the Idle section) is unlikely to effect that. As for the layout if the site that is known to be 'news for nerds' fell behind tech wise it would be a laughing stock. They need to try new things every so often. If no one likes it they will go back to the old design.

      Side note: Scrolling in this new comment system does suck. Go in to Prefs and turn off "Enable Dynamic Discussions" for a speed boost.
  2. This new look... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is just horrible: Don't go the same way as Digg, or you'll also start attracting the same crowd. I don't need pictures of the movie: If I'm interested enough, I'll click the freaking link...

  3. You would think... by computerman413 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That Slashdot would bother to announce a major change to its layout. I don't like it any more than I like the new discussion system.

    1. Re:You would think... by VultureMN · · Score: 4, Insightful

      If only they had some way to post articles about the changes...

  4. wait a second... by hjf · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I thought I read "tech-oriented"? Then why the hell is Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com, SalesGenie.com and *gasp* OurBeginnings.com in that list? Everything with ".com" in the name is "tech-oriented" now? Sheesh.

  5. I can't filter idle? by Night+Goat · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So when is Slashdot going to let me start filtering out all idle.slashdot.org articles? This is not good, Digg is not something to emulate.