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Pranksters Post Giant Windows Logo On Hamburg Apple Store

Posted by timothy on from the city-named-after-a-delicious-sandwich dept.

theodp writes "Working calmly in broad daylight and filming their efforts for YouTube posterity, a fake construction crew attached a large Microsoft Windows logo to the black facade of a soon-to-open Hamburg Apple Store. Neat hack in the MIT vein, but next time the crew might want to take along a pic of the Windows logo — with the adrenaline flowing, some of the colors got rearranged and were hung upside down."

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  1. Now had it been a penguin... by msobkow · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Had it been a penguin, then it would have been funny...

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    1. Re:Now had it been a penguin... by nomadic · · Score: 4, Insightful

      And nobody would have understood it.

  2. Re:Once Every Few Years by artor3 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Haha, yeah, remember that one time fifteen years ago!?

    Of course, there's no reason to believe these guys were paid, and even if they were it's just a bit of fun that I'm sure Apple employees got a chuckle out of. But not the fanbois! No sirree, everything is a war, and if MS does something like this, it's "creepy".

  3. Re:Would I have to be a fanboy... by DarwinSurvivor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Vandalism? Really? They attached some signboard to a TEMPORARY FACADE, of which the only purchase is to cover the building while under construction. Had they done this to the building itself, you MIGHT have a point, given that the signboard were attached in a way that A) was reasonably difficult to remove or B) actually damages the building (nails, etc).

    It's over-reacting like yours that has made the world see the US as a place where you can get sued for looking at someone funny. Thankfully I like in Canada where we have Justice's of the Peace that screen cases for stupid crap and tell the plaintive to screw off. Saves a TON of time/money the courts can use elsewhere.