./cmsimike » advertising http://www.cmsimike.com/blog thoughts from a computer scientist Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:32:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Best Buy Strikes Again with Brilliant Advertising http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2008/09/09/best-buy-strikes-again-with-brilliant-advertising/ http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2008/09/09/best-buy-strikes-again-with-brilliant-advertising/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:14:56 +0000 Mike http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2008/09/09/bestbuy-strikea-again/ Ok Best Buy I’m sold. Where can I get a iPhone 3GB? 8GB and 16GB are just way too much for me.

]]> http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2008/09/09/best-buy-strikes-again-with-brilliant-advertising/feed/ 0 This is not an Upgrade… GOOD NIGHT http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2008/09/05/this-is-not-an-upgrade-good-night/ http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2008/09/05/this-is-not-an-upgrade-good-night/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:46:54 +0000 Mike http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/?p=42 I’ve been looking into picking up a new Dell Latitude Mini 9 now that it is released (Dell if you’re reading this and want to send me a FREE, fully upgraded Ubuntu model, I’ll happily review it for you!) and came across this image from Dell’s website (click for the full size version):

Really?

“Upgrading” from Ubuntu to Windows XP? That is not what I’d call an upgrade. This puts Ubuntu in a really bad light if read by people who don’t know better. This sort of false advertising and misleading the public with opinion rather than fact is pretty bad in this case. I’ll meet you half way on this and won’t say that Ubuntu is an upgrade from Windows (since my personal opinion doesn’t matter here). It’d be more honest if you suggested that Windows is an alternative to Ubuntu, rather than an upgrade.

]]> http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2008/09/05/this-is-not-an-upgrade-good-night/feed/ 0 No Final Fantasy 7 Rerelease on the Playstation 3 for 2008-08-16 http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2008/08/16/no-final-fantasy-7-rerelease-on-the-playstation-3-for-2008-08-16/ http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2008/08/16/no-final-fantasy-7-rerelease-on-the-playstation-3-for-2008-08-16/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:22:06 +0000 Mike http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/?p=40 In response to: http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2008/08/14/final-fantasy-7-release-on-the-playstation-3/

It is with a sad and heavy heart that I report that there doesn’t seem to be a Final Fantasy 7 release for the Playstation 3 today. Not at the Best Buy in Pasadena anyway. Seems like the internet was right once again. And, in a way, I didn’t think it would happen either. I just had some hope. Hope that is now crushed.

If you need me, I will be in the corner sulking and watching Spaced.

]]> http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2008/08/16/no-final-fantasy-7-rerelease-on-the-playstation-3-for-2008-08-16/feed/ 1 Final Fantasy 7 Release on the Playstation 3? http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2008/08/14/final-fantasy-7-release-on-the-playstation-3/ http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/2008/08/14/final-fantasy-7-release-on-the-playstation-3/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:35:18 +0000 Mike http://www.cmsimike.com/blog/?p=37 I really have no other information on this other than these pictures I’ve snapped at the Best Buy on Sepulvida Blvd in Manhattan Beach. The pictures and poster suggest the Final Fantasy 7 will be released for the Playstation 3 on August 16th, 2008.

Final Fantasy 7 Rerelease

and

Final Fantasy 7 release on PS3

A friend of mine linked me to this post that also talks about Final Fantasy VII PS3 Version releasing August 16th.

If anyone has any other information, please let me know.

*Edit* Here is the original Kotaku link.

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