Apple Posts New iPod Television Ad: 'Bounce'

[beetlemanptm]

I saw this ad during the Detroit Lions-Philadelphia Eagles game on FOX today.

 

[twoodcc]

i really like this ad. if only the nano had wifi!

 

[lk400]

Before you go off on the Hot Coffee meme, you should actually read the details of the law suit. In short, when you ask for a cup of coffee, do you expect it to come to you at a scalding, near boiling point temperature? No

Well... When I am in the states, yes, thats what I expect - the coffee there is just that bad!

And I wasn't talking about the "hot coffee" case/meme. I was using the fact that my coffee cups, in a country other than the US, have "Caution Hot" warnings on them as an analogy of how our thought processes have changed somewhat based on a protectionist society, in reference to the poster's joke that people would now try to bounce their ipods.

Are you trying to tell me that my coffees dont have that written on them? I can take a picture, if you like.

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Haha - mainstream media and corporate America has lobbied you to stupidity. are you still one of those who thinks they understand the Hot Coffee case?

i suggest you log onto netflix and rent the movie Hot Coffee, to find out what the case was all about. to sum up facts you are clueless about

1) McDonald's standard operating procedure was to serve their coffee at a near-boiling temperature
2) McDonald's had dozens of complaints about burns from their near-boiling coffee for years leading up to this lawsuit and did nothing
3) McDonald's offered $800 in medical payments when the woman suffered tens of thousands in medical bills, rehabilitation, and never fully recovered from her burns and prevented her from walking without assistance
4) The woman's burns almost killed her

Google the burn images as posting them here will violate the Mac Rumor Forum TOS.

Corporations threw millions of dollars at the mainstream media to blast negative coverage of this lawsuit. CNN and Fox News soaked it up like a sponge and blasted it everywhere, saying how ridiculous it is, without actually mentioning any of the facts of the case. This lawsuit was not a "lottery lawsuit" as it was referred to over and over again, the woman was simply seeking full reimbursement of her medical bills. It was a jury who awarded her millions and money to others with similar complaints about the temperature of McDonald's coffee.

McDonald's own Quality Assurance team had nothing to say about why the temperature was set so high. However it was obvious that McDonald's took the stance of thinking "the hotter our coffee, the better it is than the competition", similar to how GM thought the strongest smelling leather seats would show customers they have the best leather seats...except for the fact the chemicals they used were carcinogenic. But that's a topic for a whole different thread

The success of this lawsuit set a precedent that corporations are responsible for negligent and gross negligent acts upon its customers. The courts are the only place where a common-man citizen can have an equal voice against a corporation. If you are against this freedom, a country like China might suit your needs better

Thanks for the long post.

As I mentioned, I am not from the US. Also, I was not referencing any particular case.

If you are going to be a good Internet lawyer, you need to read the facts in front of you, and not jump to unfounded conclusions based on your own thought prejudices. All I said was that my coffee cup that I was drinking from at that moment had a warning on it (it does, I can take a picture if you like), and that I live in a country where it would be difficult to litigate if I burned myself with the coffee, with or without a warning (its true, there are very few of such cases here).

Anything else that you read was in your mind, so your summary of an American case, evil corporations, film review and civil liberties in America vs China, while interesting, were irrelevant.

Also - I was actually trying to be funny (and I suspect the person I responded to was also trying to be funny). I guess some jokes are not cross-cultural after all!

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I think it was a joke...

Mine was also supposed to be funny. Sorry!