Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:17:49 -0800 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD slogan/advert ideas Message-ID: <19971031201749.09358@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <199710312312.QAA22691@usr01.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Fri, Oct 31, 1997 at 11:12:23PM %2B0000 References: <19971030200614.39160@micron.mini.net> <199710312312.QAA22691@usr01.primenet.com>
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On Fri, Oct 31, 1997 at 11:12:23PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > > "All the power, none of the price. Do what you want to do today"
>
> Too ad FreeBSD doesn't have a budget for attack ads... 8-).
>
> Start the "Start Me Up..." commercial.
>
> 5 seconds in, back camera out: it's running on a Windows 95
> box in a teeny little 640x480 window.
>
> Volume down on "Start me up..."
>
> stand: "Doesn't it get any bigger than that?"
> sit: "I'd have to drop the screen resoloution"
> stand: "well?"
>
> They go off to find the "display properties".
>
> The one in back is pointing and and giving directions to the
> one sitting in front. It's obvious that two people have a
> hard time doing this.
>
> stand: "800x600?"
> sit: "640x480..."
> stand: "you sure?"
> sit: Well, we can try the other one if it doesn't work..."
>
> You must reboot you computer for the changes to take effect.
>
> stand: "You have to reboot?"
> sit: "Yeah... hang on..."
>
> They click 'OK'; the commercial is about to repeat a
> "Start Me Up..", but an "end task?" comes up, and they
> have to click "OK"...
>
> stand: "I thought it was multitasking?"
> sit: <grimace, as in "you obvious don't know the real story">
>
> The first "Start Me Up..." hits just as he click "OK"...
>
> stand:
> sit: <chorus> "Shut me down... Shut me down... You make a grown
> man cryyyy-yyyy..."
>
> Turn roller chair to FreeBSD box...
>
> Run a video trailer... also tiny.
>
> Control-minus, Control-minus, Control-minus -- it's now full
> screen.
>
> View from FreeBSD monitor angle, with Windows 95 in the
> background "It's now Safe to Turn off your Computer...",
> In foregroung, "stand" looks surprised.
>
> Switch back to FreeBSD screen "beep, you have mail"...
>
> ... Etc. 8-).
>
Fade to black...
Title & V/O - FreeBSD: Go do something today.
Josef
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