new sony POS
ushere
wrote on 2/9/2009, 10:10 PM
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Laurence
wrote on 2/9/2009, 10:15 PM
I believe that the design was actually ripped off from another company. ;-)
Tim L
wrote on 2/10/2009, 3:52 AM
Just a warning for those who might be sensitive about it, or who might be viewing from work (and aren't self-employeed): the link contains a lot of "coarse" language...
baysidebas
wrote on 2/10/2009, 7:51 AM
What a disappointment. I went to the link expecting info on new point-of-sale terminals....
John_Cline
wrote on 2/10/2009, 6:23 PM
I typically find the Onion videos to be hilarious, however, this one was not particularly clever and it seemed to be exclusively based on the lowest level of humor; a bunch of curse words strung together for their shock value. Only Saturday Night Live, with their weekly scatological references, is less funny.
It's not like I haven't uttered each of the words myself in the last week, so it's not like I'm claiming some sort of moral superiority, I just expected better from the Onion.
It's not like I haven't uttered each of the words myself in the last week, so it's not like I'm claiming some sort of moral superiority, I just expected better from the Onion.
TheHappyFriar
wrote on 2/10/2009, 9:12 PM
i found it as funny as the one with the "mac wheel". Same basic premise: take a companies "product ideology" & push it to the extreme. Mac = easy & cool to use, Sony = so many features it's amazing. :)
bStro
wrote on 2/10/2009, 9:32 PM
The strung-together curse words in the clip isn't for shock value -- it's satire of a certain subset of gaming console users -- in particular, most of the teen / 20-somethings on Youtube, web forums, etc. The "press conference" segments are practically "ripped from the headlines," as the case may be.
Rob
Rob
PeterWright
wrote on 2/10/2009, 9:40 PM
I totally agree John. By using swear words they are openly admitting it's not actually funny, and in fact they are moving away from worthwhile satire, which works best when it uses the same mode of delivery as the people they are trying to send up.
A lot of their stuff is good, but they dropped the ball with this one.
A lot of their stuff is good, but they dropped the ball with this one.
rmack350
wrote on 2/10/2009, 10:03 PM
The only thing I think is unfortunate is that they laid it all on Sony. To be sure I've had a lot of hardware send me into the same fits of cursing (I see a lot of early versions of things in the course of work). What I'd like to see next is a series of reports on Sony's competitors struggles to make their products more curse worthy than Sony's, culminating maybe in a crane shot in a big box store with people screaming at products in every aisle.
Sometimes I'm just cursing on the inside.
Sometimes I'm just cursing on the inside.
John_Cline
wrote on 2/10/2009, 10:40 PM
I don't find foul-mouthed 20-somethings funny either.
Xander
wrote on 2/11/2009, 6:39 AM
You every tried hooking up a co-axial cable to the rear of a 32-port patch panel, when four panels are mounted one on top of the other using a BNC tool? Not for the faint hearted!
Laurence
wrote on 2/11/2009, 7:49 AM
You know, when you look at this video, there does seem to be too many cuss words in it, but on the other hand, anybody who (like me) has found themselves completely baffled by the menu system of some consumer electronics gear has probably said all this and more.
TheHappyFriar
wrote on 2/11/2009, 8:11 AM
anybody who (like me) has found themselves completely baffled by the menu system of some consumer electronics gear has probably said all this and more.
especially as items get more complex, there starts to become lag when using menu's & one second it doesn't work, another it's zipping through a hundred button presses you did.
but anyone else notice this thread ain't deleted & the poster isn't warned about posting offensive content when the person who posted the topography video & asked "how can I do this" got the thread deleted & them warned?
especially as items get more complex, there starts to become lag when using menu's & one second it doesn't work, another it's zipping through a hundred button presses you did.
but anyone else notice this thread ain't deleted & the poster isn't warned about posting offensive content when the person who posted the topography video & asked "how can I do this" got the thread deleted & them warned?
wm_b
wrote on 2/12/2009, 3:15 AM
The foul mouthed commentary is, in my opinion, an homage to anyone who has tried interfacing with cryptic technology. The ribbons of profanity roped out in the name of programmable VCRs, universal remotes and other technology trying to exert some type of proprietary hold on your television knows no end. I was tuned into this pretty much immediately when video started playing. I was reminded of the first time I wall mounted a flat screen TV and ran all the cables inside the wall. Yeah, I remember that.
busterkeaton
wrote on 2/12/2009, 7:20 AM
At it's most basic humor involving something unexpected, a shock as it were. Someone is walking and they slip in on banana peel. On The Simpsons, they called the basic America's funniest home video humor as "Man-hit-in-crotch-by-football."
The humor of this clip is that it involves several shocks. The torrent of profanity-- taking what folks normally say when they can't get their new stuff to work (Us at our worst) and applying to every other aspect of the life of the product, buying it, promoting it, etc is more than just shock value. The idea that someone would be buying a product they know is going to enrage them is funny. As is the idea the spokesman would promote a product in that way. Also the torrent of profanity is a pent up reaction to decades of "news" stories that are really public relations for a new product, that are really commercials for consumerism.
The humor of this clip is that it involves several shocks. The torrent of profanity-- taking what folks normally say when they can't get their new stuff to work (Us at our worst) and applying to every other aspect of the life of the product, buying it, promoting it, etc is more than just shock value. The idea that someone would be buying a product they know is going to enrage them is funny. As is the idea the spokesman would promote a product in that way. Also the torrent of profanity is a pent up reaction to decades of "news" stories that are really public relations for a new product, that are really commercials for consumerism.