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anyone know what the letters "This side up" in the video means? could it be an anagram? posibilities:
DIE THIS SUP
UPSIDES HIT
EDIT SHIP US
SUED HIS PIT


if we work together we can crack it. mysteries are fun.

*ducks tomatoes*
 
I know this is off-topic and might be deleted but man I Tell You What!!

This HAS to go down in the annals of history for MacRumors as one of if not the best discussion topics yet..
 
mazola said:
But there are two unanswered questions:

1) is that a '8' or a 'B' in the serial number
2) what do the Chinese characters mean?

With this video I'm putting it at 50:50 that it's a fake.
That's a 'definite maybe' then! :D
 
Has anyone noticed that the dock connector is different? If he was in fact reenacting his previous fake wouldn't he use the same dock connector?
 
NOBODY actually thought that was REAL did they ???

The first time you look at it you can see the barcode has the wrong perspective.

And then you can see all the blurry edges and distortions at the edges.

If you look at it really long and hard then it starts to look real because the brain starts to accept the slightly off portions of the image as having some kind of explanation.

For example I was thinking after squinting at it for a while the barcode is clearly fake but maybe that was photoshopped over a real prototype -- accept I still thought it was most likely a fake !!! :eek:



It is MOST likely this is the revenge of the Titanium design team, Apple would never make anything so plain.
 
Absolutely Brilliant

This is SUCH a brilliant idea, is really easy to do (you need a video camera, a 5g ipod, some white polystyrene sheet and some photoshop skills). I had a look at Macrumors and was mortified that this rumoured device was not real, the trouble was, with the video, a bunch of things just didn't add up, I watched it a few times slowly (sad I know but there was this nagging thing going on.) The video is CLEARLY fake but is such a good one, and such a good idea that I am doubly impressed.

Here's my nagging stuff:

1. To do this, all you need to do is take the original 'fake' picture and photoshop it into a series of 'in progress' steps interspersed with video of a 5g ipod in a similar setting with similar chinese writing etc..

2. I say similar because the chinese writing sticker is not the same, the upper of the two characters has two lines that converge in its lower left corner. These lines are closer in the fake photo than in the video they should be even closer in the video thanks to the viewing angle but they are further apart.. The brown sticker is also almost parallel to the bottom of the connector in the 'fake' photo but at a much more pronounced angle in the video (you can see this while it is being stuck on and while being connected to the ipod (see my attachment)). You never get a good view of the writing in any moving video, only during the ken burns effect later on (obviously the fake photo with stuff photoshopped off and a 5g photoshopped on (easy).).

3. The white polystyrene sheet is not the same (different translucency - you can see a cable under the top left corner of the sheet in the video, not in the picture), it is also less crinkly, seems to have a different texture and is bigger in the video (but all the bits not in the picture are nondescript (photoshopped))

4. The two piece de resistances (spelled wrong I know but too excited to care...) are the following......

The two frames between when the label is invisible and visible (switch between them, you don't need me to point out that there is a clear error in the area that THE LABEL'S JUST BEEN TAKEN FROM...) The process went like this, they had the 'fake' picture, they marqueed, selected and copied the label and then cleaned up the underlying area, but one of the frames that ended up in the video has still got a bit of fuzz around where the label had been deleted FROM the fake picture... There is no other reason why that area specifically would be modified unless the label had come from there...

And the final one, and this really caps it off, I didn't notice it either until double checking a few times, the black squiggle is not the same... They do a black squiggle which looks pretty close and then cut to moving the REAL squiggle that they just copied and cleaned out from its original spot. Again, switch between the frames and you'll see, it is just not the same squiggle.... The reason they had to do this was that they couldn't reproduce the squiggle perfectly with a mouse. Just do one as similar as possible and cut to the finished (real) on being moved as quick as possible. What is the point of the squiggle and why fake it? because it is there in the 'fake' photo, so we have to do it. That is there to cover something, not just done arbitrarily... Again, see my attachments..

This is a brilliant double whammy fake of a fake, I reckon it IS real (the video ipod) and Apple are playing us for goons. Well done Apple but you're busted. Very well done though..

Oh, and, by the way, when do we get to see the perp adding the colour specific moire patterns to the colour bars? as well as the white glow around the white bars? That is a real - and powered on lcd screen being photographed. A couple of other minor notes that didn't add up, why can we see the chinese writing so clearly but not the ipod controls? Why is the camera strap thrown around so theatrically ? because it lends credence to the photo which has something similar. Why (and when) is the 8 changed to a B? because there was so much talk about it being an 8 or a B - people expect the obvious, expect stuff that they've been talking about.. Brilliant..

These may both be fakes but I am convinced that the video and the photograph are not made by the same person (or at the same time). I Was crestfallen when I read that it was busted as a fake and am really happy to report whether or not the photo is a fake (and it is technically a MUCH better fake than the video), the video DEFINITELY is...

God Bless Apple.
 

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Re why people would waste time MAKING such fakery, or DISCUSSING it... Easy :) Entertainment. Both are a kind of hobby. Making a fake product sounds like good fun to me! A nice Photoshop challenge that would also incorporate knowledge of the Mac world and latest rumors. And analyzing what's fake and what's not has been fun too. Plus, we're all dying for a slight advance preview of Tuesday. OK, THAT part IS silly... we'll know soon anyway! But it's still true.


YoGramMamma said:
Ok i for one think that this is THE REAL VIDEO OF SOMEONE MAKING THE FAKE IPOD.... I paid attention to intricate detail and even the way that the gold foil is wrapped around the connector is exactly the same.
Read this thread: the video looks good, but it isn't what you think. Some details match perfectly, because the video faker USED the original image in making his video. But you'll see details that match in one scene NOT match in another. Many instances of that discussed above. But don't feel bad--at first glance the video is a very good job. It would have fooled me at first if someone hadn't already clued me in before I saw it.


jacinto45 said:
Or just hit option-return with the URL in the address bar.
File goes to Download Manager :) Many thanks! Just when I think I know Safari.
 
For all of you who believe it is real, you will see on tuesday that it is a fake, the differences in the characters could have been because he threw away the original piece and the photoshop differences maybe because he went back a few days later and made the movie.
 
8thunder8 said:
The two frames between when the label is invisible and visible (switch between them, you don't need me to point out that there is a clear error in the area that THE LABEL'S JUST BEEN TAKEN FROM...) The process went like this, they had the 'fake' picture, they marqueed, selected and copied the label and then cleaned up the underlying area, but one of the frames that ended up in the video has still got a bit of fuzz around where the label had been deleted FROM the fake picture... There is no other reason why that area specifically would be modified unless the label had come from there...

...
Oh, and, by the way, when do we get to see the perp adding the colour specific moire patterns to the colour bars? as well as the white glow around the white bars? That is a real - and powered on lcd screen being photographed.

...
These may both be fakes but I am convinced that the video and the photograph are not made by the same person (or at the same time).
Excellent analysis, and solid conclusion :) Or at least, if the video IS made by the same person, it was made later and there's no evidence to connect it to the earlier image. Making it later would be done as a demonstration--and the way this video is edited, it's not to demonstrate, it's theatrics that are trying to FOOL people into thinking he's making the original.

The original MAY be fake, but the video tells us NOTHING about it :)

(I'm not so paranoid that I think APPLE made the video to fool us though.)
 
so the chinese characters were thrown away and he went back later to do the movie?? No way, it was done by someone else....

All you need to make this fake movie is the original 'fake' picture, a 5g, a piece of white polystyrene, a video camera and some photoshop skill..

My point is not that that 'fake' picture is real, but that the video is provably fake - meaning that the picture may still be real... and Dammit I hope it is..
 
yac_moda said:
¡¡¡ WOOOW !!! Apple is going to buy Disney !!!

¡¡¡ WOOOW !!! Apple is going to buy Disney !!!

¡¡¡ WOOOW !!! Apple is going to buy Disney !!!


The market cap of Apple is 60 bil and Disney only 12 ??? :eek: :eek: :eek:


AHhh, YES !

Apple will soon be making ROBOTs, animatronics + Mac == MACimatronics !!!!!!

Robots that go on road tours to local theaters, movies with audience participation, mice that look like Mickey, Apple shaped laptops, MASSIVE Mickey mouse hat shaped dirigible cruise ships that tour the country looking for FUN !!! :cool:


YES<YES<YES, media consolidation is what we need !!! The new ADpIpleS company will be perfectly positioned to buy up all the radio stations and TV networks, TOTAL Jobs DOMINATINATIONnation here we come !!!

Wow...yup, this has a lot to do with this thread:rolleyes:

I'm in the camp who thought this was real. I'm also in the camp, however, that now believes it was a fake and the movie is proof that it was a fake.

CP
 
mackeeper said:
It's not that difficult to do. Are you all challenged at photoshop or something??
this coming from the guy who still thinks apple's going to introduce a product just like this (post #14, 35) :rolleyes:
 
AvSRoCkCO1067 said:
I'm in the camp who thought this was real. I'm also in the camp, however, that now believes it was a fake and the movie is proof that it was a fake.

CP
Perhaps some kind person could summarise all the available 'camps' that we could set up in?

Then MacRumors could put a vote up on the front page so we can come to a democratic decision before Tuesday morning! :)
 
nagromme said:
The original MAY be fake, but the video tells us NOTHING about it :)
Exactly.
nagromme said:
(I'm not so paranoid that I think APPLE made the video to fool us though.)
I wouldn't doubt it for a minute, it gets us all going, thats what apple is always all about. (Oh, and one more thing..)

This is sooo cool...
 
i don't know how many times i have to say this (seems like 10X/day for the last few days), but it's a FAKE!!! and just to put my money where my mouth is, if it is indeed real, i will go out and buy one. :D
 
mackeeper said:
CONSPIRACY THEORY!!!!

Wow who do we believe now? What do we believe? I bet the person who took the picture is going to be killed now to keep him silent....
What seals the deal for me:

1) VP Cheny shot a lawyer (supposedly) while quail hunting.

2) The incident wasn't reported to the press for 8 (1/3 of 24) hours.

3) A google search for apple quail gives the following:

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did nobody notice?

Did nobody notice the Photoshop version used in this video?

It was a Dutch version.... So that leaves only 16 milion people who could have dunnit!...

:rolleyes:
 
kev0476 said:
For all of you who believe it is real, you will see on tuesday that it is a fake, the differences in the characters could have been because he threw away the original piece and the photoshop differences maybe because he went back a few days later and made the movie.
That's an interesting possibility. However, I don't believe a Dutch guy will write those two chinese characters IN THAT WAY. ONLY A NATIVE CHINESE CAN WRITE LIKE THAT. And that chinese person has to be around 40 years old, and didn't have high education. The reason lies in how the second character is written. Do a translation on your mac for "this side up" and observe the second chinese character. There is only one dot on the left side. However, in the original ipod image or the video, there are TWO dots on the left side of the second chinese character. That's an old way of writing it, and only those chinese people who are not very literate still write that way.
 
kugino said:
i don't know how many times i have to say this (seems like 10X/day for the last few days), but it's a FAKE!!! and just to put my money where my mouth is, if it is indeed real, i will go out and buy one. :D
You can't lose :)


rockblade said:
ONLY A NATIVE CHINESE CAN WRITE LIKE THAT. And that chinese person has to be around 40 years old, and didn't have high education. The reason lies in how the second character is written. Do a translation on your mac for "this side up" and observe the second chinese character. There is only one dot on the left side. However, in the original ipod image or the video, there are TWO dots on the left side of the second chinese character. That's an old way of writing it, and only those chinese people who are not very literate still write that way.
Interesting analysis. Just when we think there nothing NEW to analyze about the Chinese characters :eek: (What do they mean, I wonder?)
 
Look what i found.. hm..

is that the sopranos??!?!! Im waiting for March 12th for the new season.. Sopranos on iTunes would be so much sweeter.
 

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With all of the people reading this thread, some of you with PhotoShop skills should see if you too can emulate the infamous photo. The only thing I can do in PhotoShop Elements 2.0 is cut, resize, and manage layers a bit.

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