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Old 03 July 2009, 01:58 PM
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Default IE 8 makes you want to throw up !!

YouTube - O M G I G P Internet Explorer 8 Puke Vomit Girl


Microsoft have pulled the ad but who in their right mind would think it was a good advert in the first place

Now the question is. Would your browsing history make people sick
Old 03 July 2009, 04:11 PM
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WTF kind of advertising campain is that? Someone should get there **** kicked for that.

Anyway who has a choice if your on windows, my machines been nagging me for week, "upgrade you b*stard" it keeps telling me.
Old 04 July 2009, 01:53 AM
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Probably a viral ad: Like the Ford Ka that decapitates a cat and catapults a pigeon

Yup, my computer has been nagging me to update it.....again.
Old 04 July 2009, 02:10 AM
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IIRC, Apple Safari has had 'Private Browsing' since 2003. Way to go MS, as usual

$h!t ad, even by their standards
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Windows NT had an option setting called "paranoia"

Basically it vaped all your usage logs and history in one click (or automatically). V.4 IIRC which was 1996.
Old 07 July 2009, 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted by ALi-B
Windows NT had an option setting called "paranoia"

Basically it vaped all your usage logs and history in one click (or automatically). V.4 IIRC which was 1996.
Wasnt that in the tweakui addon though?
Old 09 July 2009, 10:37 AM
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Interesting ad

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noroviral ad
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I bet Dean Cain loved doing that ad

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