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It's Not Too Late (4/29/98)
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A cryptic message materialized on a Dalai Lama "Think Different" billboard yesterday; someone-- or something-- changed the ad's slogan to "Think disillusioned." In addition, the Apple logo had been transformed into a "creepy grinning skull." A ZDNet article describes the puzzling alteration.
Since nobody's come forward to claim responsibility for the vandalism, we can only speculate as to the identity of the artist and his/her/their intentions. The simple and obvious explanation is that some group of anti-Mac bigots with far too much time on their hands went to an awful lot of trouble to deliver a relatively slick (yet strangely ambiguous) message to the rest of Silicon Valley. Another possibility is that it's meant as a protest of Apple's recent decision to drop the Dalai Lama's image from its Think Different ads in Hong Kong, fearing reprisal from the Chinese government. (As an aside, we find it a startling coincidence that, as we write this, Agatha and Johnny Bluejeans are hawking the Dalai Lama Dolly on Comedy Central's Viva Variety. What's up with that?)
We at AtAT eschew both of these possibilities, however, in favor of the most likely explanation: extraterrestrial beings who have been monitoring the technological progress of our society are disillusioned by the majority's use of a clearly inferior computing platform when a superior alternative is readily available. The replacement of the Apple logo with the skull represents a not-so-subtle warning to all Windows users of a dismal and hopeless computing future-- a future that is, however, still avoidable. (Rod? Rod Serling? Are you there?)
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 4/29/98 episode: April 29, 1998: A mysterious message materializes on a "Think Different" billboard in Silicon Valley. Meanwhile, Microsoft prepares for a potential tag-team assault by twelve states and the Department of Justice, and Disney's shunning of Mac users from its "Disney Blast" site continues to raise hackles...
Other scenes from that episode: 659: Gang of Davids, 1 Goliath (4/29/98) Every time we resolve ourselves to the fact that Microsoft is an unstoppable juggernaut, something happens that reintroduces that teeniest little bit of doubt. You've certainly heard by now that the Department of Justice, who has accomplished relatively little in its ongoing "Redmond Justice" case, is considering filing a new lawsuit targeting anticompetitive practices regarding Windows 98... 660: Not Playing Nice (4/29/98) My oh my, the "legitimate" press has glommed onto the story of how Disney is discriminating against Mac users by allowing only Windows 95 users to access their "Disney Daily Blast" site. The New York Times apparently found the story noteworthy, once they found out that Mac users are hacking their browsers to make Disney's servers think those Macs are really Windows machines...
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