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Video Adverts On the Printed Page

Posted by timothy on from the for-those-not-following-alien-tech dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Prepare yourself. A staple of near-future sci-fi—magazine video ads—are now a thing of the present. And which high-tech magazine is leading the charge? Wired? Popular Mechanics? Nope. Successful Farming. The advertisement itself is for a pesticide that protects crops against nematodes. You can see a video of the video here."

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  1. Landfill... by bennomatic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Aren't there a lot of "bad things* in computers and monitors? Isn't it bad enough the ones on our desktops turn over every few years? Can you imagine if hundreds of thousands of these ended up in the landfill every month? Forgive me if I sound like a kneejerk hippy, but this just doesn't seem at all green.

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    1. Re:Landfill... by gringer · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Well, actually, the way you are meant to be moderating (according to the /. underlords) can be found here. It's almost the reverse of what you suggest. Quote unrelated:

      • Insightful -- An Insightful statement makes you think, puts a new spin on a given story (or aspect of a story). An analogy you hadn't thought of, or a telling counterexample, are examples of Insightful comments.
      • Interesting -- If you believe a comment to be Interesting (and it's not mostly Redundant, Offtopic, or otherwise lame), it is.
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  2. Re:Mute button by camperdave · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Did anyone catch whether or not there was a mute button?

    I would imagine that it is like those musical greeting cards: close the page, and it shuts off.

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  3. Re:Mute button by 246o1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is the kind of thing that will make me want to carry around a hammer or an EMP device. Ads already pollute enough of my life.

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  4. Looks cool, but by Max+Romantschuk · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is it just me, or isn't that horrendously fucking ridiculously wasteful? Environmentally, that is.

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