"Apple 20th anniversary ad displays tomorrows date"

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  • Reply 1 of 61
    messiahtoshmessiahtosh Posts: 1,754member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by erbium

    Ok.. so what the heck is going on here...??



    AI post a news clip about how the new iPod 1984 ad displays tomorrows date on the large viewscreen, and then I go and look, and tomorrows date is on the original 1984 ad!? WTF?



    Now the news clip has been removed from AI, but still the question remains...



    Why is the date January 26th '04 on the original 1984 ad?



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  • Reply 2 of 61
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    It's not. If you look closely, it says '84, not '04.



    This has been pretty much hashed out elsewhere on the net.
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  • Reply 3 of 61
    messiahtoshmessiahtosh Posts: 1,754member
    Yeah well, check out the frame at about 41 seconds in...1/26...\
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  • Reply 4 of 61
    eddivelyeddively Posts: 74member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Messiahtosh

    Yeah well, check out the frame at about 41 seconds in...1/26...\



    haha Messiatosh...a bit sacriligous... but, what happens at that frame? what do u see?
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  • Reply 5 of 61
    akumulatorakumulator Posts: 1,111member




    It looks like an 8 to me.
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  • Reply 6 of 61
    deestardeestar Posts: 105member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Akumulator





    It looks like an 8 to me.



    But the date looks like the 26th of Jan, is it not ment to be the 24th?
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  • Reply 7 of 61
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    It's been *twenty years*, but the basic speculation is that this was just a screwup in communication during the ad production process.



    But yes, it's an eight. Compare it to the definite zero in the next line below it for the time.
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  • Reply 8 of 61
    akumulatorakumulator Posts: 1,111member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by deestar

    But the date looks like the 26th of Jan, is it not ment to be the 24th?



    Yeah, sure... I don't know. I guess we'll see tomorrow.
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  • Reply 9 of 61
    gabidgabid Posts: 477member
    Desperate we are for signs of new products! Maybe if I look closely at my palms...
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  • Reply 10 of 61
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    What, you'll find hair?
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  • Reply 11 of 61
    gabidgabid Posts: 477member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Kickaha

    What, you'll find hair?



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  • Reply 12 of 61
    jousterjouster Posts: 460member
    My God. Really. Does anyone seriously think this could be some sort of hidden clue about new products?



    When they release whatever is coming next there will be no doubt at all, cos it will be on their site with all the usual adspeak.



    Hold on. There's a cloud outside looks vaguely like a....tablet!!!



    Teh Apple Tablet si teh soon...
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  • Reply 13 of 61
    ipodandimacipodandimac Posts: 3,273member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by jouster

    My God. Really. Does anyone seriously think this could be some sort of hidden clue about new products?



    When they release whatever is coming next there will be no doubt at all, cos it will be on their site with all the usual adspeak.



    Hold on. There's a cloud outside looks vaguely like a....tablet!!!



    Teh Apple Tablet si teh soon...



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  • Reply 14 of 61
    celestialcelestial Posts: 17member
    Was the original Mac announced on the 24th and then for sale on the 26th or 28th?
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  • Reply 15 of 61
    messiahtoshmessiahtosh Posts: 1,754member
    LMFAO
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  • Reply 16 of 61
    akumulatorakumulator Posts: 1,111member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Messiahtosh

    LMFAO



    What does that stand for?



    Light My Fart At Oprah?







    Seriously though..... \
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  • Reply 17 of 61
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member




    Looks like a 6.



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  • Reply 18 of 61
    akumulatorakumulator Posts: 1,111member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by murbot





    Looks like a 6.







    Oh MAN!!! Damnit! We have to wait 2 more years?!
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  • Reply 19 of 61
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    What it says:



    Date 1.26.84

    Time 09:14

    Primary Monitor



    No hidden 2004 statement, Jan 26 1984, screwup in ad production.



    That's all.
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  • Reply 20 of 61
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    1/26/04
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