On 1 July 2010 20:34, Joseph Cooney <joseph.coo...@gmail.com> wrote: > This as intended as a spoof of cheesy ads (according to the original MSR > site > http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/video_everyonehasasonginside.html > ) >
One man's cheesy is another man's water-boarding. It isn't a real professional ad, That much is clear. :) > it's filmed at the Microsoft campus. The green coffee cup with the MS logo > on it is a dead give-away (see attached). I'm willing to bet everyone in the > video has PhDs in machine learning, except maybe the little girl who is > probably just a masters student..... >From the MSR link, in the best tradition of anyone from America's inability to understand irony: "We’re going for over-the-top comic irony." Quite. Or rather: The ironic part is that the ad shows the nasty piece of software that produces nothing but an aural affront to anyone with a modicum of taste - BUT once you install it you really see that it is a nasty piece of software that produces nothing but an aural affront to anyone with a modicum of taste. Hang on ... -- David Connors (da...@codify.com) Software Engineer Codify Pty Ltd - www.codify.com Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 189 363 V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
